Yale Career Panels-A Candid View of the Social Media & Influencer Professions, Jan. 28, 2025

This event is the 64th in a series of events covering different professions and career issues. There have been 53 Yale Career Panels, 9 Yale Career Fireside Chats, 1 Advisor and Networking event and 1 Yale Career Conversations event. Organized 13 years ago by a group of Yale alumni volunteers, these panels strive to provide candid, unvarnished views of featured professions.

Social Media has been a thriving and important force in global society along many dimensions in terms of communication, entertainment, advertising, self-expression, etc. The rise of influencers has been more recent, but it has, without a doubt, become increasingly important along the same lines. Roles in social media and as influencers have become professions, both full time or part time, and can be financially rewarding. This panel includes influencers and social media mavens who will share their view of where the professions are heading, the myths, how they got…