For those of you who haven’t heard, today was my first day at 6S Marketing - I think I’ve done a somewhat poor job of keeping this quiet over the past month and a half. This morning I was filled with both excitement and nervousness, but today was amazing - getting to know the people that I’d not met yet at the company and getting settled into the new office (check out my new office set up below, it’s pretty sweet!).

The opportunity that I have at 6S is an amazing step for me in my career. They have brought me on as the Director of Social Media and they’ve tasked me with building a social media department within the company and creating strategic relationships with other Vancouver technology firms. I think that this is a great fit for me, as they’ve done an amazing job over the past few years of building one of the most well known and respected Internet Marketing companies in Vancouver and Canada.

Over the past year particularly, I have really started to take notice of 6S with the steps they’ve taken within the Vancouver technology and social media scene.  As many of you know, they have really stepped up to the plate with participating in, learning about, and sponsoring events. Recently, 6S has become a sponsor for WordCamp Whistler, Northern Voice - which I am on the organizing committee of and will be speaking at, and Twestival. This demonstration of interest in and desire to help through their sponsorship of events - these great events really aren’t possible without sponsors - really helped me to solidify my desire for working with this company.

I’ve had the opportunity to meet with many of people who work at 6S over the past month, including spending this past weekend with them in Whistler for WordCamp and have been overwhelmed with how friendly and accepting they have been with both myself and the changes that are happening within the company with the creation of a new Social Media division.  6S has built an great crew and I am proud to say that I am now a part of.

You can expect to hear a lot more things coming from 6S about social media and my involvement with the company, including me joining the organizing committee for Ideas on Tap.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Bollwitt