About Desi Bjorn Ramos
Who am I? Well, if you’re asking, I will assume you want to know. So here goes…
At my core, I am a writer. I’ve known this since the fifth grade when I read my writing samples in front of the class and Ms. Dapolito sucked her teeth – as only a Long Island Italian woman can – and proclaimed, “My gawd, you’re a writer!” That realization birthed my love affair with words and as technology began to change the landscape for communications, I was all in.
I secured a communications internship in my second year of undergrad. This internship afforded me the opportunity to learn hands-on with my supervisor and mentor who had a background in news broadcast and documentary film making and a team that consisted of videographers, graphic designers and web developers who taught me so much over the next three years that I spent working with them. By my senior year, the director offered me a paid staff position running their newly built media production lab where I would train and assist underclassmen in using Adobe Creative Suite and Final Cut Pro.
This foundation in understanding communications technology, married with my writing and speaking skills as an English major, would help me to remain competitive in the marketing communications field as it evolved. Today, after more than 15 years in this field, I am still competitive and able to not only understand the broader strategy of branding and marketing, I can also roll up my sleeves and get down in the trenches with my team and help produce. I love it and I continually seek opportunities that allow me to bring all of my skills and experience to the table while professionally challenging myself to be better.
So, yeah, that’s me. A Marketing Maverick.