When you first meet the employees here at Impact Marketing, you’ll probably assume we’ve been in marketing our whole lives. After all, we’re experts at web development, graphic design, media buying, video production, writing, and so much more. Believe it or not, it took a lot of work and experience to get where our team is today, so we thought it’d be fun to share what we did before we became the marketing superstars that we are today. Here are the first five jobs of each Impact Marketing team member.

James—CEO
1. Auto Body Apprentice
2. Stocker at Hy-Vee
3. Video Warehouse Clerk
4. Tradehome Shoes Salesman
5. Carpenter

Andy—Creative Director
1. Paper Boy
2. Auction Runner
3. Lawn Mowing
4. Farm Hand
5. Pizza Maker

Kay—Copywriter

1. Dietary Aide at a nursing home
2. Journalist/Bookkeeper for my hometown paper
3. Projectionist at my hometown theater
4. Bookkeeper/Receptionist
5. Legal Secretary

Jeremy—Media Buyer
1. Paper Boy
2. Lawn Mowing
3. Telemarketing
4. Grocery Stocker
5. Building Cabinets

Alek—Web Developer
1. Business IT
2. Freelance Developer
3. Marketing Intern
4. Web Development Work Study
5. Developer

Beth—Video and Social Media Specialist

1. Daycare Teacher
2. Barista
3. Reporter at college TV station
4. Intern for a Congressman
5. Intern at Wartburg Castle

Dan—Web Developer
1. Snapping off the tips of raw green beans at a Chinese restaurant
2. Stock boy at a firework stand
3. Caterer at a Chinese restaurant
4. Marketing Intern
5. Junior Stock Broker Intern

Ross— Graphic Designer
1. Lawn Mowing
2. Engraver at a Trophy Shop
3. Buying/Selling Fence
4. Movie Theater Usher/Projectionist
5. Front Desk at a Bowling Alley

Mi Kayla—Digital & Social Media Production Specialist

1. Sandwich Artist at Subway
2. Waitress at a restaurant in my hometown
3. Waitress at Buffalo Wild Wings
4. Waitress and Bartender at Pepper’s
5. Intern at Impact Marketing