{"id":17707,"date":"2022-03-29T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/international-womens-day-ashley-cooksley"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:59:59","slug":"international-womens-day-ashley-cooksley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/international-womens-day-ashley-cooksley","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day: Stories from female leaders at The Social Element (4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, as part of our series celebrating International Women\u2019s Day, we hear from our managing director of North America, Ashley Cooksley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ashley talks about her inspiration, what she\u2019d tell her younger self, and the best career advice she has ever received.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen vimeo\"><iframe title=\"Ashley Cooksley: Managing Director, North America\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/693540073?h=06a05d9dab&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ask what you can do to help other women<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspiration comes from the women all around you. Ashley considers herself really lucky to work with inspirational female mentors, leaders and colleagues throughout her career, starting with a college professor who gave her her first break &#8211; the opportunity to take part in a paid internship that gave her a fantastic start to her career.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Creativity thrives on fun<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If Ashley could tell her younger self (and women who are early on in their careers) one thing, it would be to continue to work hard, but have fun along the way, and not to sweat the small stuff. It\u2019s easy to get bogged down in unimportant issues and worry too much, but everything works out in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cFind a creative outlet. Find a hobby. Find the things that make you happy outside of work so that you can have that <\/strong>r<\/em><strong><em>eally good work-life balance,\u201d<\/em> Ashley says.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter how busy you are at work and at home, it\u2019s important to make time for something that brings you joy. Something you do just for you and that acts as a form of escapism. It\u2019s a great way to switch your brain over from \u201cwork mode\u201d and can help you be more effective and inspired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Women have an exciting future in marketing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashley\u2019s been in marketing for 25 years and has seen so many changes! 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