Kay Snels on Clubhouse

Bio

Hi, I’m Kay. 👋 Previously in Marketing & Growth at Uber and Head of Marketing at a community w/ 3 million entrepreneurs on Instagram. Always believed growth comes from building a purpose-driven brand. Spent 1 year working for myself, now exploring my next move. Open to joining your team.

At 16 years old, I realized that most people around me didn’t have a growth mindset due to traditional Belgian narratives we’re fed as kids. Dreaming big was seen in a negative light and discouraged. It was better to not try than to fail. I took on a job at a local dance school with a goal to save enough money to get out.

At 21 years old, I used my newly gained digital marketing skills to launch a YouTube channel that caught the eye of a local brand which sent me to Silicon Valley for 3 months.

At 22 years old, I knew that I didn’t have a visa or a fancy Ivy League education, so breaking into tech was gonna be tricky. That’s when I heard about this tech startup called Uber.

I asked people for tours of Uber HQ, Facebook HQ, and secretly left messages on whiteboard to draw attention & hopefully score an interview. Got rejected twice, but tried a third time.

Spoiler alert: I got the job! That’s how I landed my job. I bought my one-way ticket to San Francisco to join Uber as a social media manager.

That kickstarted my career in Marketing.

Today, I’m SO excited to see how much easier it is for anyone with internet to connect with communities of like-minded people and tap into the growth mindset of successful people (e.g. Instagram communities, ClubHouse, Facebook groups, webinars, audiobooks, podcasts, personal brand newsletters).

MY INTENTION:
✔️ Take Clubhouse conversations “offline” & turn them into a professional circle of friends, collaborators, and mentor/mentee relationships

✔️ Build connections with investors & within the world of VC

HAPPY TO WEIGH IN ON:

✔️ Marketing Strategies for creators and businesses + Personal Branding on social media
✔️ Consciously using Social Media as a tool for meaningful connection or effective marketing for your business vs. an addiction or source of depression or a place for comparison

SKILLS:

✔️ Marketing & Growth Strategy
✔️ Organic Marketing via Social Media
✔️ Ghostwriting for personal brands
✔️ Empathetic Leadership
✔️ Listening & Embracing the Uncomfortable Conversations

ACTIVELY LEARNING:

✔️ E-commerce marketing

✔️ Personal Finance

✔️ Fundraising