Business development: marketing, sales, management, strategy. All the above and some more. This is how Andreea Filip describes what she likes to do and what she delivers daily to her company, clients and partners. As there are plenty of challenges and professional rewards in what she does, they motivate her to always move forward and seek passionately the new, the road-opener.BR talked with Andreea Filip, New Business Director at Oxygen, about her career path and the challenges along the way, changes in the marcomm industry, what clients want from the agency and vice versa, as well as about the agency she represents.
Actually, advertising chose me. At the beginning of my career, I wanted to develop and coordinate projects, meet new people and manage challenges. I enjoyed seeing plans turned into results.
For this reason, I started off at an agency specialized in communications projects for youth segment and managed to build a network of 24 major universities throughout the country. Eventually, I found myself doing new business development and created an entire strategy targeting college and high school students through special publishing & event projects, thus successfully connecting brands with younger targets. For the past seven years, I have been coordinating new business efforts at Oxygen and am happy to see the results of my contribution reflected in the constant growth of the agency.