Kinston native accepts new position at the Economic Development Partnership

A Kinston indigenous has not too long ago created the soar to senior communication manager for The Economic Enhancement Partnership of North Carolina in Raleigh.

Maggie Bizzell, who grew up in Kinston will now oversee the EDPNC’s media relations, press releases, social media and task bulletins. She will substitute their previous interaction manager Mary Wilson.

She has been in her present-day position for a month and says she feels it is operating out terrific so far. Bizzell’s past placement was at The North Carolina Division of Data Technology’s communications manager – a position she held for four decades and 6 months starting in 2017.

She stated most of the positions she’s held have been in the communications industry.

“All of the positions I’ve labored has had some sort of public relations ingredient to it. And, I determined to go back again to college and get my masters in it at Syracuse at their Newhouse Faculty, and it just type of solidified that this is what I preferred to do,” Bizzell explained.

She stated when this job arrived together it was too superior to move up and so considerably, she hasn’t faced any hard challenges moving into the job but was certain they would occur up in the long run.

“It form of transitions from what I did do above at the Division of Data of Technologies, and I am essentially kind of doing the job with the same people in and out of state authorities I’m nonetheless form of doing work with the similar reporters. It has not been a substantial swap, so remaining in this placement for only a month, I am certain anything (massive) will come alongside,” she claimed.

Her common working day so far consists of creating campaigns for economic development, promoting small firms and operating with the media.

“It’s various and exciting, and it is acquired a terrific innovative aspect to it which I definitely enjoy,” she said.

In accordance to a launch, the EDPNC’s mission is bringing new businesses to the state, supporting the demands of existing organizations, connecting exporters to worldwide shoppers, encouraging compact organization owners get their get started and attracting visitors and tourists from all over.

The EDPNC is a non-income general public and personal partnership and operates underneath agreement with the North Carolina Department of Commerce with further financial guidance from the non-public sector. It is ruled by an 18-member board of business enterprise and market leaders who characterize the entire condition.

This write-up originally appeared on Kinston/Jones No cost Push: Kinston native is communications supervisor at Economic Dev. Partnership