Natalie Kates

Background

About Natalie Kates

Welcome to my Linkedin profile! My name is Natalie and I was raised by a bilingual Cuban family in Miami, FL. My first communications experience was volunteering for two summers at the City of Miami Office of Communications assisting the TV producers with their documentaries and shows. In the summer of 2007, I was chosen to intern at TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles, CA through the American Association of Advertising Agencies’s Multicultural Advertising Intern Program. At the agency, I worked with the Infiniti and Method account management teams. During the summer of 2009, I interned with the Integrated Marketing department at Zubi Advertising in Coral Gables, FL helping to create and launch a social media marketing plan for the agency. Throughout my senior year at FSU, I began working with the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (HMC). In April of 2008, I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.8 GPA and received my Bachelor's degree in Communication from FSU with a double minor in HMC and Journalism. I was selected as the sole recipient from my graduating class with the 2008 Outstanding Mass Media Studies Student Achievement Award. I graduated again from FSU in May 2010 with my Master's degree in Integrated Marketing Communication (3.5 GPA) and a graduate certificate in Digital Video Production. Post-graduation, I was a Digital Media Coordinator at the Zimmerman Agency in Tallahassee, FL. The main accounts I worked with included Party City, The Emerald Coast, George Foreman, Cooper Tires, Firedog, etc. In Aug. 2010, I became the Promotions and Publications Coordinator at The FSU Career Center. In Jan. 2013, I started working at my two-time alma mater, the FSU College of Communication & Information as their Creative Director. Through this role, I continued to support the Center for Hispanic Marketing, as well as the entire College. After moving back to Miami, I became the Director of Operations & Strategy Architect at Whitewall Media in April of 2015.