Sherice is an inspirational leader with nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, brand and product management, strategic planning, change management and organizational development. She currently serve as Marketing Director in Google’s Brand Studio – creating programs to illustrate Google’s values in the areas of Environment, User Care, Crisis Response, and Employment Branding.
Previously, Sherice was responsible for Google’s kids and family products, empowering families to make the most of their digital journey together. She also served as Marketing Director for Android Pay – the simple, secure way to pay with your Android phone, both in-stores and within apps, and as Marketing Director for Google Express.
Prior to Google, Sherice spent nearly 15 years at Nickelodeon, the #1 network for kids 2-11 in the US, in a variety of leadership roles with multi-billion dollar P&Ls covering consumer products, strategic planning and digital. She is a mother of 2 boys, with a passion for revolutionizing the public education system in the US.
She serves as a board member for Breakthrough Silicon Valley – a nonprofit empowering high potential students from underserved schools in San Jose prepare for and gain entrance to four year universities, and is an advisor and former board member of the Global Language Project – a non-profit bringing language learning to urban schools. Sherice is a GooglersGive ambassador for North America marketing – focused on education projects including MadeWithCode, Youth I/O, on-campus tours and speaking opportunities with students from South Bay and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts, in addition to volunteering time with the Google for Education Engagement Program team.
Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…
02:36 – Sherice shares how she reinvented herself and took unexpected turns in order to craft the career she wanted.
09:55 – We learn Sherice’s well-laid plans for managing her family life changed in a moment after her son was born prematurely and the key to her ability to handle the change.
12:25 – Sherice shares the important advice she received that made a big difference in the way she manages her worklife.
16:44 – Sherice reveals the critical things she had to have in place in order to find balance in her life.
26:15 – Sherice shares her biggest challenges in balancing work and family and what steps she takes to manage them.
29:50 – Sherice discusses what she would have done differently and what she wishes she would have known, if she could do it all over again.
39:00 – Brass Tacks— The lightning round of concrete advice and tips.
Quotable quotes:
- “You can have a plan, but on any given day something can go wrong….”
- “Be the best at whatever you are, because then you have the equity for the times when you can’t deliver 110%.”
- “When you have a child, everyone has an opinion as to what you should be doing, but at the end of the day, only you have to live with your decisions. You have to reevaluate what’s really important to me.”
- “People talk about having it all, and you can. But you’re not going to have it all at the same time, and you’re not going to have it all on the same day.”
- “Self-care is not optional and self-care is not selfish…You need to find something everyday that’s just for you.”
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