No One Else by Allie Winters

Author:Allie Winters [Winters, Allie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allie Winters
Published: 2020-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

13

Natalie

“MS. MILLER, MAY I HAVE a word?” Dr. Kaufman asks as class ends, his tone implying that it really isn’t a choice on my part.

I zip up my backpack and catch Evan’s eye, his eyebrows raised in a what’s this about gesture. I shrug back in an I have no idea way, then whisper that I’ll text him later before I head to the podium at the front.

“I looked at your proposal for the rebranding project we’ll be starting after midterms,” Dr. Kaufman leads with in his usual no-nonsense manner. “I appreciate you turning it in early, by the way.”

“You’re welcome,” I murmur, unable to tell if he’s happy or unhappy with my ideas. Since Evan and I finished our group project so early, I figured I might as well get a start on the individual project due at the end of the semester.

“I wanted to make sure I was reading it right that this plan isn’t hypothetical. You’ve actually started new marketing and rebranding efforts at the campus gym?”

“Yes, I work there and I got the go ahead from my manager. Some of it has already been put into effect.”

He crosses his arms over his pinstripe suit and strokes his jaw, his face as inscrutable as ever. “Do you work in the marketing department there?”

“No,” I hedge. “Not technically. But I help with a lot of the front desk and office stuff.”

“And you’re what? A sophomore? They just let you do all this?”

My temper flares at his dismissal of me. “I’ve worked there for a year and a half. The manager trusts me. And the marketing I’ve already done has increased business there.”

A smile flashes across his face before he covers it with a finger, as if he’s donning a thinking pose. “And what about the actual marketing department there? The gym must have one.”

I do my best to contain an eye roll. Jerry, a relic from a bygone era, refuses to listen to my suggestions. He’s only focused on his upcoming retirement, not implementing the strategies I know will work.

“The person in charge of it hasn’t been keeping up with the times,” I tell him bluntly. “He’s stuck in a previous decade, insisting that handing out fliers and putting posters on bulletin boards is the way to go. He doesn’t have personal social media accounts, let alone any idea how to fully utilize the ones for the university gym.”

“And you do?”

I recognize now that he’s testing me, trying to push my buttons. I won’t fall for it again. “I asked my manager to let me do additional stuff, just on Instagram. It was free and she trusted me to be professional. It couldn’t hurt anything right? And our growth exploded. So many students weren’t aware of everything we offer. Some didn’t even know there was a gym on campus. We had a six hundred percent increase in the number of people that walked through the doors in the week after I started posting, and a two hundred percent increase in the number of signups for personal trainers compared to the week prior.

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