{"id":45224,"date":"2023-10-30T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smps.org\/?p=45224"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:00:13","slug":"spotlight-on-certification-kimberly-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smps.org\/2023\/10\/30\/spotlight-on-certification-kimberly-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Certification: Kimberly Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Name:<\/strong> Kimberly Graham, CPSM<\/p>\n

Title:<\/strong> Director of Marketing<\/p>\n

Firm:<\/strong> RSC Architects<\/p>\n

SMPS Chapter:<\/strong> New York<\/p>\n

Number of years in the A\/E\/C industry: <\/strong>13<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

How has SMPS helped you in your career?<\/strong> I wouldn\u2019t have the career I do today, or the network, or the incredible circle of marketing friends I have without SMPS. I\u2019ve grown so much more confident and at a faster rate by being able to brainstorm and collaborate with other marketers. I\u2019ve benefitted by learning from others and receiving advice from the wonderful mentors I\u2019ve worked with along the way \u2013 and by giving back and sharing my experiences, too. It\u2019s the best community.<\/p>\n

Helpful hint to share with your fellow SMPS members:<\/strong> Get involved! Join a committee, show up at a networking event, make a new friend, and step outside of your comfort zone. And if you\u2019re interested in taking the CPSM exam, join your local chapter\u2019s study group! The New York City\/Upstate New York Boot Camp was a lifeline to me throughout the process. Now, I\u2019m excited to help future test takers navigate the exam as a Boot Camp \u201cinstructor!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell us something we would be surprised to learn about you:<\/strong> Even though I\u2019ve spoken at an SMPS regional conference and appear time-to-time on SMPS New York\u2019s The Marketing Department podcast (if you haven\u2019t listened, go check it out!), public speaking still makes me a bit nervous.<\/p>\n

What I did at work yesterday:<\/strong> Developed content for our firm\u2019s website re-launch, prepped our team for a presentation, coordinated some logistics for an upcoming photo shoot, and ran a go\/no-go meeting \u2013 all in a day\u2019s work!<\/p>\n

As a CPSM, how has certification benefitted you?<\/strong> CPSM certification was on my radar for the past few years \u2013 I wanted to prove to myself that I could master each element of my job as an A\/E\/C marketer, and not just proposals. I\u2019ve found since studying that I\u2019m a better manager, better leader, and better equipped to help RSC\u2019s leadership team in their planning, BD, and account management efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Kimberly Graham, CPSM Title: Director of Marketing Firm: RSC Architects SMPS Chapter: New York Number of years in the A\/E\/C industry: 13   How has SMPS helped you in your career? I wouldn\u2019t have the career I do today, or the network, or the incredible circle of marketing friends I have without SMPS. I\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[764],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-member-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45227,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45224\/revisions\/45227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}