Info Session: 8 Week Product Management Program

This is a Program Information Session conducted over Zoom with the Founding Directors of School16 to discuss career pathways into product roles in tech, and how our Product Management Course is structured to drive career outcomes for our students looking to break into this role. Our team will be available to answer questions about our upcoming course and admissions process.

How a Journalism Major Segued an Adweek Internship into Roles at Google and Meta

In this seminar, Brittany will discuss how she transitioned her career from advertising and media to working in big tech at places like Google and Facebook, and what it takes to leverage your customer facing experience in another industry to succeed in sales, account management, and business development roles in tech.

How Generalists Thrive in Operations Roles: From Finance and Marketing to Product Ops at Shopify

School16 presents a live seminar with Anita Tang, Product Operations Lead at Shopify. In this seminar, Anita will share how her experience in different industries (from finance, marketing communications, to product) led her to her current role, what skills from those industries translated to her tech career, and how being a generalist has led to her success.

How do Growth Marketers Create Engaging Content at Companies Like Snapchat and Pandora

School16 presents a live seminar with Katie Weidmann, Listener Growth Marketing Manager at Pandora. In this seminar, Katie will share how she went from interning at a publishing company and writing a thesis for her psychology degree to becoming a content leader at Snapchat and Pandora.

How To Break Into Partnership Roles at Companies Like NBC, Viacom and Twitter

School16 presents a live seminar with Jasmine Shockness, Content Business Development Manager at Twitter. In this seminar, Jasmine will discuss how her experience across multiple roles has led to her current role, what working at companies like NBC or Twitter is like, and what makes someone successful in a partnership role.

From Entry Level at NYTimes to Head of Sales in Tech Within 5 Years

School16 presents a live seminar with Peter Adams II, the Global Head of Sales at Mozilla. In this seminar, Peter will discuss his entrepreneurial beginnings, navigating cross-industry career moves, and how he's been successful in sales.

How to be Successful as a Product Manager at Tech Companies like Webex, IBM, and PulseSecure

School16 presents a live seminar with Aishwarya Rao, Product Manager at Webex. Aishwarya builds features that help colleagues learn about one another and establish effective working relationships. In this seminar, Aishwarya will share how to be a high-performing Product leader in both big companies like IBM or Pulse Secure and start-ups like Akido Labs.

From Business Development to Product Management at Facebook and TikTok

School16 presents a live seminar with Chloe Shih, who is a Product Lead at Tiktok building tools that combat bullying and harassment. In this seminar Chloe will discuss how she leveraged her background in partnership development and operations across growth stage and established tech startups to become a product leader at places like Facebook and TikTok.

Breaking Into Partnership Development In Tech

School16 presents a live seminar with Erin Kelly, Head of Partnerships at Transparent Financial Systems (previously at Crunchbase), a blockchain FinTech company. In this seminar, Erin will discuss how partnerships are managed and structured in tech, and the skills required to manage strategic partnership relationships with various stakeholders.