Career Snapshot

Written By Brook Maier

  • Went to college in Mankato, MN, and graduated with a Marketing Degree in 2012.

  • Started classes with Google for SEO in 2012.

  • While self-learning with Google, I worked full-time as a Traveling Project Coordinator and Footwear Supervisor at Dick's Sporting Goods in Woodbury, MN.

  • Hired by the Conservation Corps of MN & IA and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, State Parks and Trails Division, as a Web and Marketing Specialist for the Outreach Section in January, 2013 until January, 2015. Continued to work with them as independent contractor until 2019.

  • Awarded the Minnesota Northern Lights Government Innovation Award in 2014 with the collaboration of MN DNR staff for the new website application, ParkFinder.

  • Marketing Manager at Twin City Tees from January 2015 to June 2016, bringing the shop to see it's best year yet of the 11 years it has been in business.

  • Became an Independent SEO/Digital Marketing Consultant and Project Manager for the State of Minnesota in early 2015. I worked with various Divisions at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and other clients from 2015-2019.

  • Nominated Chair of the Parks and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee in February 2017, member of committee since February 2014.

  • Moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 2016 and started working in Canada after saying goodbye to my Minnesota clients in 2019.

  • Worked as the International Marketing Lead for Confederation College, International Education Centre, from April 2019 to May 2021.

  • Started working on Sociable Thunder Bay full-time in June 2021.

Brook Maier
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