A fun day at work!

The Clamato Brand Team planned a fun-filled day of 2016 briefings and creative Michelada making. Yum!

Updates at work!

I'm not sure if I ever blogged about my promotion, but back in June I was promoted from the Media Coordinator to a Media Buyer. I'm loving it! We just started planning for 2015 and everything is going great!

Since Dr Pepper is the sponsor of College Football Playoffs, we had the trophy come in and we all took pics!




















Dr Pepper also wanted to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, so we all donated money and watched our co-workers get soaked!

Lastly, Dr Pepper scheduled an off-site with awesome speakers, and one of them just so happened to be Mack Brown, Ex-UT Football Coach. If I wasn't such an Aggie fan, I probably would've enjoyed this a lot more.

 
 
 

Support for West, Texas

It's nice to work for a company that is so giving.

DPS Responds in West, Texas

Following the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, earlier this week, we're grateful to report that our DPS employees in the area are safe, although the community was devastated and outreach is ongoing. Our local teams responded to support impacted employees, and the DPS Employee Relief Fund is available to assist with emergency financial support. DPS also has partnered with the

American Red Cross through a $1 million, four-year commitment to the Annual Disaster Giving Program to ensure that the Red Cross, which is now on the ground in West, is able to provide immediate relief to disaster victims.

Opening Day - TX Rangers

Today, our Media Buyer Amee got tickets from Clear Channel so we were able to go to opening day at Ranger's Stadium. We were not ditching work, this was a team building event....right?! ;) We had so much fun! Go Rangers!!

Kickball with Dr Pepper

Today my team members and I went out to the Frisco Roughriders stadium to play kickball. It was kind of a gross day out but we still had a blast! We all love the show Duck Dynasty so our team name was DP Dynasty and we wore camo....and of course we wore camo bandanas like Willie!

































Left to right: Amee (Local Media Buyer), Cambrie (Local Media Buyer), Paula (Media Manager for Finance), Whitney (Associate Mgr. for DP Digital), Marinela (Associate Mgr. Shopper Marketing - not on my media team), Kaysie (Shopper Marketing Coordinator - not on my media team), Amanda (Associate Mgr. Sponsorships - not on my media team), Me (Media Coordinator), Elizabeth (Local Media Buying Manager), Stacey (Digital Manager for Shopper Marketing).

This is my media team minus Wendy (Branded Entertainment Manager - lives in NJ), Catherine (National Media Manager - out on maternity leave), Kristin (Media Buyer - lives in Houston), Barbara (Local Media Buyer - MIA), Eve (Local Media Buyer - also MIA), Robert (Director of Digital Media - MIA), Richard (DP Digital Mgr - MIA), Stephanie (Associate Mgr. for DP Digital/Crush - lives in NYC), Monique (Digital Mgr for 7UP, Canada Dry, Sunkist, A&W and Sun Drop - MIA), Jennifer (Associate Mgr for Monique - MIA), Jordan (Digital Mgr for Snapple and Motts - played on another team), and Pat (Marketing Technology Mgr - MIA).

Work Tour for Karina

My bestie came to visit me at work so I gave her a tour. Chance has already been to visit but we didn't take any pictures :(

My New Job @ Dr Pepper Snapple Group

The time has come....time to grow up and get a big girl job....again. I use to work full time and attend night school full time for a while so this should be a piece of cake!

I applied to a few companies but the one I was most excited about was Dr Pepper.
I got a call to interview for one of the positions I had applied for. I wasn't super thrilled about it but I thought what the heck the interview will be good practice for me since I haven't interviewed in so long. After learning more about their company and the position it just didn't feel right so I did not accept.

A few days later I receive a call saying Dr Pepper would like to interview....holy cow....is this really happening right now?! YES!

I have an interview with two ladies, named Paula and Elizabeth, and this place seems like so much fun! I think my interview went well and I just have to play the waiting game at this point.

A few days go by and they call me to tell me that I have made it through to the next round and I have a phone interview with the Director, Lauren who works out of NY. For days I practiced interview questions and responses....it consumed my life....seriously!

After the phone interview I felt really good about it. Lauren was so nice and she use to work at Nordstrom just like me, so we bonded over that.

A few days later I receive a call and when I see it's Dr Pepper I'm shaking.....is this it? Is this the call to tell me I got the job? Or is this the call to tell me I didn't get the job? Oh gosh....ok answer....they want me to interview with one more lady....WHAT?! I'm so anxious and nervous and the interviews are never ending. But it's great because I'm getting good practice out of them and I'm meeting new people. So for this interview I went back up to Dr Pepper headquarters in Plano, where I would work if I got hired, and interviewed with the VP, Jaxie and it went great!. Again, when I walked in it just felt right.

The next day my phone rings and it's Dr Pepper....oh my gosh is this it?!.........."We are calling to let you know that we will be in touch in about a week with an answer for you"......oh, ok, thanks for the update :(

I was really bummed because it didn't sound too promising and then I started playing the "what if" game with myself. What if I didn't answer they way they wanted me to? What if they didn't like my personality? Just a million "what if" questions.

I think Chance could tell it was getting me, so he decided we should go to his parents for a few days. I'm not sure what gave it away....oh maybe because it was all I talked about at all times of the day! His parents live out away from the city on some land so we like to go out there and relax. The stars are so much brighter and the air is a lot more clean it feels like. And of course Rylee loves running around!

It wasn't but about 3 days later (I expected not to hear back from them until a week) when my phone rang and it was Dr Pepper. I jumped off the couch and ran outside because my service isn't that great in the living room. Did I mention they lived in the country? I was outside in the driveway when the HR lady was telling me that they loved me and would like to offer me the position if I wanted to accept. I could give them a verbal answer right then and there on the spot if I would like. I immediately accepted but my phone was cutting out so she couldn't hear me and the call dropped. NOOOO!!!!! She called me back and I was finally in a good spot, I was jumping for joy and accepted on the spot! After some paperwork and legalities (I had to prove I graduated from UNT because UNT was claiming I wasn't a student, so I had to pay a company to look into and UNT came back and said "Oh wait, yes she was a student!" ha Thanks UNT!) I was on my way to starting my career as the Media Coordinator for Dr Pepper Snapple!

After all the interviews and waiting it was definitely worth it. I ended up interviewing with my boss Paula, her boss Lauren and her boss Jaxie. So I was able to meet all of my bosses during the interviews!

The front of Dr Pepper Snapple

My home away from home!

  

 A billboard I saw on the way home from work. They are every where!