First Friday: Simplicity Consulting

Communication Leadership

Join Simplicity Consulting and UW Communication Leadership for an exclusive networking event

Our October First Friday features Simplicity Consulting, a female-founded, female-run, and committed to helping everyone thrive in today’s on-demand world consulting organization.At this event, the Communication Leadership director, Ekin Yaskin, will give opening remarks. After the remarks, Simplicity Consulting&#x27;s talent managers Markelle Linstedt and Erica Elliott will introduce Simplicity Consulting, their work, and then open for questions from the crowd.Current Comm Lead students, alumni and faculty are invited to learn more about Simplicity Consulting at this event.<h3>Who will join the First Friday:</h3>

About<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-elliott-b84bb522/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Erica Elliott</a>As a seasoned Talent Manager, Erica Elliott finds passion in match-making individuals to their desired passions. With over 20 years of recruiting experience in Healthcare, Marketing and Healthcare IT, she prides herself in cultivating meaningful relationships with others.Topics I’m excited to mentor students in include:<ul><li>Job search skills: resume writing, interview coaching, career networking, creating your brand statement on LinkedIn.</li><li>Marketing</li><li>Healthcare</li><li>Human resources</li></ul>About <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/markelle-linstedt/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Markelle (Linstedt) Rich</a>Markelle (Linstedt) Rich is a Talent Manager at Simplicity Consulting. She is a professional matchmaker, pairing marketing, communications, and business operations experts with the right projects and clients. Before joining Simplicity, she worked with tech giants like Microsoft and Expedia after getting her BA in Society, Ethics, and Human Behavior from UW Bothell. Outside of work, Markelle loves riding her horses, taking care of her rowdy chickens; and spending time with her husband and 2 dogs.

<h3>About Simplicity Consulting</h3>From strategy to execution, Simplicity Consulting is the on-demand marketing and business management consultancy for the new world of work. We help enterprise companies accelerate growth, add a fresh perspective, and increase capacity—at the speed of business—by placing our marketing, communications, and business operations experts in project-based roles. A few of the projects we help our clients with include project management, media &amp; visual design, modern storytelling and more. Check out <a href="http://simplicityci.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">simplicityci.com</a> to learn more!Questions? please contact Evelyne Kuo at evelyne1@uw.edu.

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