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Five Challenges for Creatives Looking to Lead and How to Overcome Them

July 26, 2023





Hindsight is always 20/20, but you shouldn’t have to wait on hindsight. This session is designed to help you prepare and succeed in leadership roles at your organization. As a creative turned manager, Dr. Carrie Phillips faced several struggles when she was elevated into a formal leadership role. While she had some successes, she also had several failures. In this session, she’ll share five challenges for creatives hoping to lead and offer strategies for success. By providing practical takeaways and sharing a few lessons learned the hard way, you’ll have a better understanding of what to expect on your leadership journey. Whether you’re managing a team for the first time or are considering leading a team in the future—this session is aimed at helping you step into the role and be ready to lead.

Presenter
Dr. Carrie Phillips, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
University of Arkansas at Littlerock

Carrie Phillips, Webinar presenter

This 60-minute webinar is at:
2 p.m. Eastern
| 1 p.m. Central | 12 noon Mountain | 11 a.m. Pacific

Custom link provided after registration


REGISTRATION OPTIONS

LIVE EVENT ONLY

$20—UCDA Member
$50—Non-member

Participate in the webinar live

DIGITAL RECORDING ONLY

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$50—Non-member

Receive a link to the digital recording after the event

EVENT AND DIGITAL RECORDING

$30—UCDA Member (save $10)
$75—Non-member (save $25)

Participate in the webinar live and receive a link to the digital recording after the event

 

UCDA ESSENTIAL SERIES are 60- or 90-minute webinars on timely and relevant topics for creative professionals both in and out of the educational arena. UCDA offers live webinars or they can be viewed on-demand.

Note: There is a minimum number of attendees required to hold each of the UCDA Essential webinars, and UCDA reserves the right to cancel any of the webinars. If UCDA cancels a webinar, registrants will be given full refunds. See UCDA's cancellation policy.


Featured Speakers

Dr. Carrie Phillips
Dr. Carrie Phillips
Dr. Carrie Phillips is the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at UA Little Rock. Carrie is part creative, part analyst, but fully curious to solve higher education challenges. She began her career as an assistant director of new media, moved to supporting a team of creatives, to now leading both …

Dr. Carrie Phillips is the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at UA Little Rock. Carrie is part creative, part analyst, but fully curious to solve higher education challenges. She began her career as an assistant director of new media, moved to supporting a team of creatives, to now leading both a marketing and communications team at a university in the state’s capital city. 


Her leadership philosophy focuses on creating a positive and fun work culture, and her teams have won both national and global awards as a result. 


She earned her doctorate from Texas Tech, studying how universities are using marketing to mitigate the enrollment cliff. After finishing her doctorate, she is now carrying on about higher education and leadership on her website andcarrieon.com.  


She has presented nationally at multiple conferences including HighEdWeb, AMA, CASE, Hashtag HigherEd, UCDA, and more. 

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Date and Time

Wed, July 26, 2023

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
(GMT-0600) US/Central

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