Good morning and happy Monday to you all. I’m back from San Diego from the National Association of Black Journalists 35th Annual Convention where I met tons of journalists, a few other great PR pros, and got to present on a fun panel called “Turning Your Passion into a PR Career.”

There were so many good takeaways, but I’ll leave you with these three. One:If you’re looking for a job in journalism, diversify your skills with business reporting. Two: Business stories are always en vogue. If you’re a journalist, large public relations agencies are always looking for former reporters to bring into the ranks. Three: If you’re looking to turn your passion into a PR career, if you can dream it up, you can do the PR for it. So remember to focus on your true passions and dream BIG.

Here are my job picks for the week:

Burson-Marsteller Managing Director-Government Relations, Direct Impact (Washington, DC)

Capitol One Senior Communications Manager (McLean, VA)

Dell Global ODG Social Media Manager (United Kingdom)

Formula PR Account Executive (San Diego, CA)

Formula PR PR Assistant (New York, NY)

Google Communications Associate (Mountain View, CA)

Google Creative Director-Copywriter (New York City)

Amanda’s Pick —–>Google Events Manager (San Francisco, CA)

Harper Collins Publishers Publicity Director (San Francisco, CA)

HUGE Social Media Strategist (Brooklyn, NY)

Kembrel Fashion Marketing and Social Media Associate (Philadelphia, PA)

LewisPR Account Manager (Washington, DC)

National Trust for Historic Preservation Presidential Speechwriter (Washington, DC)

National Trust for Historic Preservation Communications Associate (Washington, DC)

Scripps Health Senior Director of Public Relations (La Jolla, CA)

Southern Living Magazine Associate Travel Editor (Birmingham, AL)

Sterling Children’s Books /Sterling Publishing Publicist (New York City)

United States Chamber of Commerce Media Relations Manager (Washingt0n, DC)

World Gold Council PR Manager (Mumbai,India)

World Vision Media Relations Director (New York City)

It’s Monday. And it just so happens to be my birthday. So happy birthday to me! Cake for everyone.

Seriously, I just want to let you know how happy  I am that you’re a part of this community. You are the greatest birthday gift of all. Really.

AT&T Director of External Affairs (Washington, DC)

Bank of the West Corporate Communications Social Media Officer (San Francisco)

City of Philadelphia Communications and Outreach Coordinator (Philadelphia, PA)

Department of Agriculture Writer (Washington, DC)

Devex Communications Director (Washington, DC)

Formula PR Senior Account Executive (San Diego, CA)

Holland & Knight, LLP Freelance Copywriter (Florida)

Market City Inc SEO/Social Media Account Executive (St. Louis)

The Marketing Store Senior Multicultural Copywriter (Greater Chicago Area)

Microsoft Director of Strategic Marketing Communications (Redmond, Washington)

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Communications and Government Relations Specialist (Baker City, Oregon)

Republic Director of Communications (Miami, FL)

Amanda’s Pick———->Spectrum Communications Digital Associate (Washington, DC)

Southern Poverty Law Center Communications Assistant (Montgomery, AL)

United Nations Foundation Director of Online Communications-Public Affairs (Washington, DC)

United Way Worldwide Director of Strategic Communications (Alexandria, VA)

The Walt Disney Company Manager of Executive Communications (Lake Buena Visa, FL)

The Washington Post Publicist / PR Specialist (Washington, DC)

Wells Fargo Communications Consultant (Des Moines, Iowa)

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