BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190109T174500Z DTEND:20190109T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:DT | Build Your Brand: Navigate Your Job Search with Kim Yates DESCRIPTION:Session 1 Overview:\n\n\n\nKim spent 22 years at Procter & Gamble before choosing to leave in 2015. While she had built her network and her career inside of P&G\, she hadn't really understand the process of navigating an external job search until then. However\, in looking at opportunities across the country\, Kim learned quite a bit about building her resume\, maximizing LinkedIn\, and building/leveraging her network. That job search landed Kim with a VP of Marketing job right here in Kansas City\, her home town. Kim has also spent quite a bit of time hiring new members to her teams\, work which has given her additional advice to share in the area of navigating your job search.\nSpeaker Bio: \n\nKimberly Yates is a strategic executive\, brand builder\, and inspiration leader. Most recently\, she has served as the VP of Marketing for Lee Jeans. Kim joined the VF Corporation and Lee Jeans in July 2015 with the intent of retelling the story of the 130-year-old authentic\, American Lee brand. She created a new brand positioning\, campaign\, and architecture for the iconic brand. She transformed the look and feel of the brand\, including the launch of three high end collections that have placed the brand in Free People\, ShopBop\, and on the runways of New York Fashion Week. Kim led a team of marketers\, PR & digital strategists\, creative design\, and e-commerce leaders. She also served on the lead team to reinvent the Lee organization and to create the 5-year strategic business plan. Prior to joining Lee\, Kim grew her career via both sales and marketing at Procter & Gamble. From 2012-2015 Kim served as the VP of Marketing for the P&G luxury beauty business in New York City. She led a team of marketing\, internal sales\, and design\, across a portfolio of brands\, including: Dolce & Gabbana\, Gucci\, SK-II\, Lacoste\, Hugo Boss\, and The Art of Shaving. Prior to that\, while working at P&G's Global Headquarters in Cincinnati\, Kim held global and North America marketing roles for Pampers\, P&G's largest brand\, Secret Deodorant\, and Old Spice. Kim began her career with Procter & Gamble in her home town of Kansas City\, where she sold nearly all P&G's brands to grocery stores throughout southwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. While working for P&G in Chicago\, Kim obtained her MBA from Northwestern University\, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management\, with degrees in Marketing and Finance. Kim completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri where she earned her BSBA in Marketing and Minored in Spanish. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Session 1 Overview:
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\nKim spent 22 years at Procter &\; Gamble before choosing to leave in 2015. While she had built her network and her career inside of P&\;G\, she hadn'\;t really understand the process of navigating an external job search until then. However\, in looking at opportunities across the country\, Kim learned quite a bit about building her resume\, maximizing LinkedIn\, and building/leveraging her network. That job search landed Kim with a VP of Marketing job right here in Kansas City\, her home town. Kim has also spent quite a bit of time hiring new members to her teams\, work which has given her additional advice to share in the area of navigating your job search.\n
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Kimberly Yates is a strategic executive\, brand builder\, and inspiration leader. Most recently\, she has served as the VP of Marketing for Lee Jeans. Kim joined the VF Corporation and Lee Jeans in July 2015 with the intent of retelling the story of the 130-year-old authentic\, American Lee brand. She created a new brand positioning\, campaign\, and architecture for the iconic brand. She transformed the look and feel of the brand\, including the launch of three high end collections that have placed the brand in Free People\, ShopBop\, and on the runways of New York Fashion Week. Kim led a team of marketers\, PR &\; digital strategists\, creative design\, and e-commerce leaders. She also served on the lead team to reinvent the Lee organization and to create the 5-year strategic business plan. Prior to joining Lee\, Kim grew her career via both sales and marketing at Procter &\; Gamble. From 2012-2015 Kim served as the VP of Marketing for the P&\;G luxury beauty business in New York City. She led a team of marketing\, internal sales\, and design\, across a portfolio of brands\, including: Dolce &\; Gabbana\, Gucci\, SK-II\, Lacoste\, Hugo Boss\, and The Art of Shaving. Prior to that\, while working at P&\;G'\;s Global Headquarters in Cincinnati\, Kim held global and North America marketing roles for Pampers\, \; \;P&\;G'\;s largest brand\, Secret Deodorant\, and Old Spice. Kim began her career with Procter &\; Gamble in her home town of Kansas City\, where she sold nearly all P&\;G'\;s brands to grocery stores throughout southwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. While working for P&\;G in Chicago\, Kim obtained her MBA from Northwestern University\, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management\, with degrees in Marketing and Finance. Kim completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri where she earned her BSBA in Marketing and Minored in Spanish. \;

\n LOCATION:Central Exchange Downtown 1020 Central Street STE 100 Kansas City\, MO 64105 UID:e.9235.21762 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260411T060549Z URL:https://members.centralexchange.org/events/details/dt-build-your-brand-navigate-your-job-search-with-kim-yates-21762 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR