Ep. 47: Christian Villacres | Zumiez Marketing Manager

Where Are All My Friends | Discovering Creative Careers with Inspiring Entrepreneurs

English - May 04, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratings
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Christian Villacres went from working retail, into touring, then becoming a marketing manager at Zumiez. He's got an extremely relatable story that I think will inspire many to make the career pivots needed and keep chasing dreams!

Here are a few topics we cover:

- Early days of growing up in NYC

- Working some whack jobs

- Working at Glamour Kills

- How important networking is

- Touring on Vans Warped Tour

- Starting at Zumiez and working his way up

- What he's currently up to at Zumiez (booking huge music and skate events with ASAP Ferg, Adidas Skateboarding, & many others)

- Advice to those on their current grind

If you liked this one, please let us know and share it! I'm @andrew_ftw and he's @chrisvillacres