Nonlinear - Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at SparkToro, on Her Recipe for a Nonlinear Career

Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at SparkToro, on Her Recipe for a Nonlinear Career

05/24/22 • 47 min

Amanda Natividad, now the VP of Marketing at SparkToro, has always been a content creator of some kind, whether that meant writing short stories in kindergarten or setting out to be a journalist. After graduating from UCLA, Amanda’s career took an unexpected pivot in her mid-20s: she chose to attend culinary school—which then led her to become a test-kitchen cook and, ultimately, a content marketer. In this episode, Amanda opens up about feeling like college wasn’t for her at first; the quarter-life crisis that so many people struggle with; how to find work that’s energizing; how she leveraged her transferable skills to job search through cold outreach to companies; and how rejection really can be redirection.

Connect with Amanda:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandanat

Website: https://amandanat.com

Learn more about SparkToro:
Website: https://sparktoro.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparktoro

This show is presented by Teal, and hosted by Teal’s Founder & CEO David Fano. At Teal, we’re building the first genuinely consumer-first platform to help people grow and manage their careers. Our goal is to empower people to land jobs they love with free tools that guide and automate the process. Learn more at tealhq.com

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Connect with Amanda:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandanat

Website: https://amandanat.com

Learn more about SparkToro:
Website: https://sparktoro.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparktoro

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