Jamison Medrek
- Strategic Account Director
- Intentsify
School Information
School: Umass Amherst
College Major: Other
Years at College Works: 2012
Career Information
Working For: Intentsify
Title: Strategic Account Director
Industry: Software
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Combination of hunting new logos + account management, for major global B2B technology brands like Dell, FICO, HPE.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
My first step to getting outside my comfort zone and realizing that I had what it takes to embark on a high-stakes career such as sales.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Immediately upon graduating I went into a startup as their 3rd sales person, and used a lot of the same skills. I’ve now had a decade-long career as a successful sales professional.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Favorite one was my first one, I don’t remember the name but it was a small job in 2011. Just knowing that someone trusted me to work on their house, having just met me, meant a lot for my confidence that this was something I could do.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Stay consistent with the things that “suck” the most. Go door to door every day, even when you’ve already hit goal on leads. Consistent small efforts compound over time.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
I had several great friendships that carried on past my internship, former interns became my roommates, and I stayed friends with many College Works alumni all through college.
If you had to come up with a one line slogan for CW, what would it be?
Experience real-world business and entrepreneurship at age 18-20, while partying and having fun, while getting paid.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Use this as a way to gauge what sort of career might be a fit for you. Doesn’t have to be sales, what about recruiting, marketing, finance, management. College Works exposes you to a lot of areas of real-world business, way more than a classroom does.
Many college students struggle to choose between an internship specific to their target industry or doing CW. What advice would you give them on this subject if they wanted to enter your career field?
This internship exposes you to several key facets of the business world, not just sales. And no matter which field you want to work in, knowing how to sell is extremely important.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Learn your own best style of selling, given YOUR personality, not someone else’s. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Building relationships matter with every position, but none more than in sales.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Cancun trip in 2012!
Last words of wisdom?
When I look back on my experience with College Works, am I glad I did it, or am I bummed that I missed a few weekends of parties? You guess my answer there ;)