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Marketing Mentorship Program 2024

Launching in fall 2024, AMA Chicago’s marketing mentorship program will match new marketers with experienced professionals for monthly, one-on-one mentorship sessions. This program is in high demand, and we welcome all prospective protégés and mentors to apply.

Get a quick overview of the importance of mentorship with this live conversation between Cheryl Grace, Founder & Executive Coach at Powerful Penny, and Chris McGuire, Immediate Past President of AMA Chicago.

Marketing Mentorship Program Details

program requirements

Criteria for Protégés

Mentorships are available for protégés in any of marketing’s diverse specialties. Protégés should be:

  • Currently employed in a marketing position
  • Emerging marketing professionals with 1–5 years of experience
  • Able to provide clear goals for participation in the program
  • Commitment to actively participate and engage with mentors for 9 monthly one-on-one meetings
  • A current member of AMA Chicago or willing to join

Download a 1-pager with complete details about being a protégé

One year of enrollment in this program is $200. The program is only open to active AMA Chicago members, but non-members may purchase membership as part of the application process.

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program requirements

Criteria for Marketing Mentors

Mentors are needed across many marketing niches, including experienced professionals in market research, social media, DEI, project management and general career growth and hurdles. Mentors must have:

  • 10+ years of professional marketing experience
  • Proven track record of success in senior marketing roles
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Willingness to provide guidance, support, and constructive feedback
  • Current AMA Chicago membership
  • Availability for an initial training session and monthly one-on-one meetings with a protégé

Download a 1-pager with complete details about being a mentor

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    Our Mentors

  • Cheryl Grace (AMA Chicago Mentorship Program Manager)

    Certified Public Coach CPC, Powerful Penny LLC

  • Jennifer Spainhour, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP

    Founder, Executive Coach & Career Empowerment Coach at Position For Success Coaching & Consulting

  • David Aren

    Professor of Marketing and Director of Graduate Programs and Executive Education, Dominican University

  • Oladoyin Taiwo

    Marketing and Communications Manager, Athlos Academies

  • Colleen Fahey

    Author & US Managing Director, Sixième Son

  • Paul Kuzma

    Founder, KUZMA & Creative Agency

Apply to be a mentor

The below application is for mentors only. Apply to be a protégé here.

AMA Chicago Mentor Application

Complete this form to apply to become a mentor with AMA Chicago. Mentors will be matched with protégés in September 2024, followed by mentor training and a program kick-off.

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
Approximately how many employees are at your company?*

Your experience

Please explain your specialties in marketing as well as the years of experience you have in each area.
What topics would you be most interested in mentoring on?
Check all that apply.
Do you prefer to be matched with a protege of a certain gender?*
Please note that we will try to honor these requests, but it is dependent on our mentor pool and the number of requests.

Your communication preferences

What is your preferred communication method?
Check all that apply.
What is your monthly availability for mentoring sessions?
Check all that apply.
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Questions? If you’d like more information about this mentorship program, contact chapter Executive Director, Bonnie Massa: ExecutiveDirector@ChicagoAMA.org or (312) 280-0449.