Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

- The Basics

Doniree Walker is a writer, editor, consultant, wanderluster, yogini, and advocate for mindfulness, self-awareness, and living with intention.

By trade, Doniree is a freelance writer/editor and social media consultant. Current clients, partners, and collaborators include: FRWD New Media Agency, Appolicious, & the National Center for Women in Technology.

In her spare time, she helps new bloggers build their first blogs and helps current bloggers take their sites to the next step with moves from Blogspot and Wordpress.com to self-hosted Wordpress.org sites.

- The Quirks and Personality

Doniree believes in champagne with breakfast, chooses yoga as her personal form of therapy, and lives by the belief that people and relationships are never accidents, and that the lives we live are crafted by our intentions.

She's a yoga teacher-in-training and completed her certification in November 2009 at CorePower Yoga, Minneapolis (a Yoga Alliance recogonized program).

- A little more background

A recovering media buyer, she’s connected consumers to brands, readers to content, and people to ideas. She has purchased online media for multi-million dollar brands as well as direct-response marketers. This media experience comes in handy with her current collection of work and clients, and she loves the variety that different opportunities afford her.

- Geography and Wanderlust

Doniree is a sprinkle of Southern charm, a dash of Minnesota nice, and a whole lot of wanderlust. She’s lived in Alabama, Tennessee, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon as of December 2010. She’s losing track of where she’s from and has become instead more focused on where she’s headed.

Work History

• ARAnet/Adfusion
• Online Media Buyer
• October 2008 to Present

• Partner with major news organizations, portals, ad networks, and other websites to place online banner ads.

  Also write weekly entertainment blog on http://buzzdish.com

• FRWD Co
• Blogger/Editor
• January 2010 to Present

• National Center for Women & Information Technology
• Community Manager
• August 2010 to Present

• Manage social media accounts, campaigns, and marketing efforts for Boulder-based non-profit (NCWIT), focused on getting (and keeping) more women into IT and leadership positions.

• Campbell Mithun
• Broadcast/Interactive Media Buyer
• November 2006 to October 2018

• Place and manage online branding campaigns for multi-million dollar clients on top broadcast, network, cable, and online media outlets.

Education

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Strategic Communication
• 2003 - 2005