Flexibility and positivity carves career pathway

by Dalton White

Josey Trimble-McCready, ‘19, is still making an impact in Topeka through her career and community involvement.

Trimble-McCready is currently the product marketing manager at Community Brands. Before she got to where she is today, she underwent many different experiences and plan changes, to which she credits her ability to be open minded and adapt with her success.

Trimble-McCready works in tech doing strategic marketing for software that is geared toward nonprofits.

“Knowing that I can do what I like in marketing while also being able to benefit people in different organizations and K-12 schools as well, I feel like I am making a difference,” Trimble-McCready said.

Working from home, she is able to help the sales team have the knowledge with new and potential clients of what products the company is offering, what other competitors are doing, how the company tends to do things and even what the team can improve on in the future. Trimble-McCready is also responsible for guiding the direction of what the marketing team does and leads a lot of the strategies for the company.

“I am very thankful I was able to get to a place in my career where I am really doing what I love,” Trimble-McCready said.

During her time at Washburn,

Trimble-McCready had a marketing internship at UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science. The company offers testing, inspection, and certification services to support innovation and business growth.

After graduation, she accepted a full-time position as the social media coordinator at Prairie Band Casino, later leaving to become a project manager at America’s Job Link Alliance.

Trimble-McCready said she was able to use her skills to find her current employment as a Product Marketing Manager at Community Brands here in Topeka. Dealing with difficult factors such as COVID and insufficient grants created challenges that she had to overcome.

Trimble-McCready not only had to overcome professional challenges, but she also faced personal challenges.

“I have had some medical issues in the past,” Trimble-McCready said. “I finally had surgeries and that has helped me overcome those issues and be in a position where I can have the time, mental and physical capabilities to be where I am in my career which was huge.”

Trimble-McCready said that part of her success is self-awareness.

“Knowing what was right for me and knowing when to leave to do what was best for me was something I learned along the way,” Trimble-McCready said. “I am most proud of the fact that I was able to have the perseverance to be able to get to the position I am at now.”

Staying in the Topeka area she is still making an impact on the community. She is currently involved as a volunteer for the YWCA in Topeka. The main purpose of the YWCA is to empower and encourage women against racial injustices and push for equality for women in all aspects of life. She said she feels as though giving back to the community she has spent so much time in is very important. Those who have been around her are not surprised by the success she has been able to find.

“She has been able to overcome challenges personally and professionally,” said Jessica Knieff, her friend and former classmate. “Her career has scaled rapidly and it’s no secret that it’s due to her work ethic and meticulous nature.”