Dom Cook

COMPANY : MySpace UK

JOB TITLE : Director of Creative Marketing

• Marketing at MySpace is more interactive than traditional marketing, largely event based and creative like the School Invasions and Secret Shows.
• Managing smaller teams which focus on specific areas such as Music, Fashion, Celebrities and so on .

RELATED DEGREE :

• A Levels in Biology, Geography, Economics
• Psychology Degree at University of Sussex

WORK EXPERIENCE :

• Worked at Virgin Records as A&R coordinator for a year
• Set up first ever online Marketing department for Virgin Records
• Left to set up international online Marketing for EMI
• Band manager
• Joined MySpace 2 years ago

SKILLS REQUIRED :

* Go beyond the job, do ABC that are asked of you – then D and E as well!

• Enthusiasm and commitment
• Be friendly and easy to get on with
• Genuinely enjoy the job

BENEFITS OF THE JOB :

Fast pace, creativity, working on a cutting edge youth brand

CAREER GOALS :

I enjoy the creative side more than anything else. I enjoy commissioning content such as drama shows as well as short films. I’d like to move more towards this than the Marketing side.