[She’s Got Hustle] The Path to Growth and Leadership With Steffanie Rodriguez
Steffanie Rodriguez is a Project Manager at Ready Artwork, a digital marketing agency dedicated to B2B services. She is a certified project management professional (PMP) who excels at leading teams, overcoming challenges, and executing projects efficiently. Steffanie is passionate about collaboration, building strong relationships, continuously learning to enhance her project management skills, and exceeding expectations to achieve organizational goals.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- [2:42] Steffanie Rodriguez talks about what first drew her into the field of marketing and project management
- [5:35] How getting a PMP certification shaped Steffanie‘s career
- [7:56] The driving forces behind Steffanie‘s hustle
- [10:15] Overcoming challenges and self-doubt
- [12:26] Success stories at Ready Artwork that Steffanie is most proud of
- [15:57] Balancing work and personal life
- [21:47] Steffanie‘s advice for aspiring project managers
- [24:59] The importance of flexibility and learning from failures
In this episode…
How do you balance creativity and structure while leading a team? In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, project managers must be adaptable and resourceful. What does it take to keep pushing forward and growing, even when the landscape keeps changing?
According to Steffanie Rodriguez, a certified project management professional, it starts with being honest about your strengths and using available resources to grow. She highlights the importance of embracing both challenges and wins as opportunities to improve. By tapping into her natural curiosity and problem-solving skills, Steffanie has crafted a career driven by adaptability and a constant drive to get better.
In this episode of RAW Spotlight, host Emily Au sits down with Steffanie Rodriguez, Project Manager at Ready Artwork, to talk about the hustle behind her career. Steffanie shares her top three tips for aspiring project management professionals, how she overcame imposter syndrome, and the tools she relies on to streamline her work. Steffanie also talks about finding work-life balance and how her love of music fuels her hustle.
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Special Mentions
Quotable Moments
- “Marketing covers how a person behaves or engages with a business or a brand, and the psychology behind that was something I loved learning.”
- “I was always that person who volunteered to be the project leader.”
- “Self-doubt or imposter syndrome… I’ve learned that I have to reframe that mindset.”
- “I’m getting the opportunity to dabble more into operations… looking forward to how I can apply project management in a higher setting within the organization.”
- “Everything I do, professionally or personally, is just having that natural curiosity to learn, grow, and improve.”
Action Steps
- Embrace your natural skills and personality traits that align with project management: This will encourage you to pursue a role where you can utilize your unique strengths.
- Seek out resources and learning opportunities to grow continuously in your field: Steffanie Rodriguez’s successful self-teaching before getting her PMP highlights the value of being proactive in learning.
- Be open to and seek out leadership and project management opportunities in both professional and personal settings: Hands-on experience can help you confirm your aptitude and enthusiasm for the role.
- Maintain a healthy work-life balance by setting boundaries and engaging in outside interests: Balancing a demanding career with personal hobbies can help you recharge and avoid burnout.
- Learn to adapt and be flexible within your role since things may not always go as planned: Learn from every situation, no matter the outcome, and be resilient in the face of challenges.
Sponsor for this episode…
This episode is brought to you by Ready Artwork, where we deliver uniquely tailored B2B digital marketing services to facilitate the long-term growth of your business.
At Ready Artwork, we combine data-driven insights with innovative design to help your business thrive in the digital age. From SEO and digital advertising to web development and email marketing, we have experts who help companies uncover growth in unexplored and extraordinary ways.
To learn more, visit readyartwork.com or get a free proposal. Let Ready Artwork discover your full potential.
