[I] graduated a double-major in Psych and French in 1998 -- I currently live in
San Francisco, CA. I went straight into work for a marketing agency and have not
pursued additional education.
I work for MPG Media Contacts, a global internet marketing company with 17 offices
in 13 countries around the world. As an account director, I manage the San Francisco
team and am ultimately responsible for the client relationships and work product
coming out of this office. While I do believe that as the world economy and business
become more global my French will become more integrated into my profession, I
don't currently use it very much. --We will sometimes need to purchase ad space
from French websites, in which case I'm sent in to decipher the site for contact
information. --We do have an office in Paris (and our parent company, Havas, is
headquartered in Paris) -- there was talk at one point of relocating me to that
office, but I was reluctant to leave the States at that time (having studied in
the Skidmore abroad program in Paris, I know moving there permanently isn't as
simple as just having a job!).
I still read as much French as I can get my hands on, I keep in touch with my
French family with whom I lived on the Skidmore program, and I translate menus
for my boyfriend in the French restaurants I drag him to! I have returned to Paris
once since my stay (spring of 1999) with my aunt, who had never been, and we had
a blast; my boyfriend has never been, and Paris is definitely on our list!