Wintry Mix

Careers don’t come with guarantees—but resiliency can be built.

Shifting Fronts: Building Career Resiliency and Navigating Change is next Thursday, 2/19, and we’re diving into:
✨ Transferable skills
✨ Career pivots vs. power moves
✨ Resumes that can handle anything from AI to layoffs

Featuring Marie Corcoran, Ashleigh Penrod, and Tsubasa Tanaka.

Keep the new year going strong with a plan to close any gaps in your professional skills. Think about what you need to develop to achieve the goals you outlined in December, and organize them into soft skills (e.g. communications) and technical skills (e.g. AI). Choose one of each to focus on for either the quarter or the year—you can always add more later. Don’t forget to share with your mentor/mentee for feedback and encouragement! ✨

This month we’ve got an eye on 2026 and all we hope to accomplish. Whether you use the SMART framework to set personal and professional goals or a method uniquely your own, a goal-setting exercise is sure to get your creative gears moving.

We’ll be chatting goal setting (and making holiday art) on Dec. 18 at our next Blizzard meet-up at La Doña in Minneapolis, so RSVP if you’d like to join in. Link in bio! ❄️🗓️🎨

We’re excited for this season’s mentorship program! If you applied, check your email––we sent you info on next steps to RSVP to the virtual onboarding session on October 9th. See you then!

Not seeing anything? Make sure you saved [email protected] in your contacts so our emails come through.

Time’s almost up – applications close tomorrow! One more day to apply and join us for another inspiring season of mentorship. [Link in profile]

For the first time ever, we have more registered mentors than mentees! If you have less than 10 years of experience, we strongly encourage you to apply. Having a mentor can open doors, spark new ideas, and help you grow into the professional you aspire to be.

📣 Calling all creative, advertising, marketing, PR, web and media women and nonbinary folks!

You don’t want to miss the opportunity to build connections and gain valuable career experience through mentorship during the 2025-26 Wintry Mix Mentorship Progam! Apply today to be a mentor or mentee. [Link in profile]

You’re a good fit if:
➡️ You’re an emerging professional or student looking to gain career advice through a 1:1 mentorship relationship
➡️ You’re a mid- to senior-level professional looking to give back to the creative community by becoming a mentor and sharing your experience and expertise

We can’t wait to meet you! 🤝

Thank you to all the mentors and mentees who came out to connect at our January happy hour last night! We love the energy you all bring to our community and can’t wait to see you at our next event. 🩵❄️

Had an amazing time kicking things off at Eat Street Crossing last night. We connected with so many great humans and can’t wait to see where the mentorship season takes us. 🩵 💙 🤍