Heidi Nielsen
Posted by Communications2 on Jun. 10, 2022 / Member Spotlight / Subscribe 0
Heidi Nielsen | Southwest Regional Conference Rep
Heidi Nielsen, Marketing Director at FFKR Architects, is our Southwest Regional Conference Representative at SMPS Utah, and sees her service as an opportunity to give back to an organization that was instrumental in her professional growth.
How long have you worked at your company?
15+ years
What are the rewards of your job?
I sincerely enjoy the people I get to work with. The marketing team at FFKR is dedicated, smart, and talented. I am truly honored to work with them.
What are your challenges?
I am still surprised when marketing is seen as the people who “make things pretty.” We are strategists, communicators, and researchers. And yes, we are also the ones who can take jumbled notes and drawings and create proposals that are well designed, even pretty, that lead to winning a pursuit.
How long have you been an SMPS member?
I have been an SMPS member since 2014.
What is your role on the Board?
Southwest Regional Conference Rep
What led you to serve on the Board?
I saw it as an opportunity to give back to an organization that was instrumental in my professional growth.
How has SMPS membership helped you?
The network and friendships I have built through SPMS have been invaluable to me personally and in my career.
What’s the best career advice you’ve received?
Don’t take losing a project personally. Rather, take a step back and analyze the process to see how we can make the next pursuit better.
What’s the best career advice you've given?
Learn the business of your company.
What’s on your bucket list?
Scuba dive in the Mediterranean Sea, mountain bike on the island of Sardinia, and do a pelagic dive with Manta Rays in Hawaii.
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