A Ballerina's Approach to Paid Media
There’s something about ballet that is so evocative for me. Whether dancing, teaching, or simply watching, my love for ballet is visceral. I hear the opening bars of The Sleeping Beauty’s Rose Adagio or the iconic leitmotif of Giselle, and the music envelopes me, radiating through my fingertips and moving me like little else does. Whether this love was learned or entirely innate, I know that ballet has been a passion of mine from my penchant for walking on my tiptoes in infancy on through my days performing as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
My career shift from such a physical art form may seem like quite the leap (pun intended). I moved from a world ruled by movement, music, and performance to one laden with spreadsheets and heavily ruled by the Google gods. My transition to life as a PPCer was a smooth one, however, as many of the trends and practices inherent in the Paid Media world align with those of ballet.