Happy 5th Zilkerversary, Zilker Media!

Happy 5 years, Zilker Media!

Five years ago, our company was founded with the mission to build people-driven brands. 

Since then, our team and partners have poured every drop of their expertise into growing magnetic brands while driving clear results for our clients.

The Zilker Media team wouldn’t be where we are today without the foundation our leadership team built years ago, including the five core values we strive to live out every day: 

  1. Good Vibes – Our culture is rooted in empowering our team, clients and community in all we do.
  2. Meaningful Relationships – We invest time into building mutually beneficial relationships.
  3. Bold Integrity – We do the right thing and give honest counsel – forgoing short-term rewards if it comes at the expense of compromising our values.
  4. Leading The Way – Our team is composed of industry and community leaders who are constantly listening, learning and taking initiative – everyone has an ownership mindset.
  5. Bettering Our Community – We proactively seek out opportunities to use our talents to foster the communities we create.

Now, as an award-winning boutique agency, we want to thank each of those who have been a part of our journey over these past five years. We cannot wait to see what the next five bring!

 

The Zilker Media team members shared what they love most about our company’s mission and culture.

Nichole:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • The TEAM!! I am so incredibly grateful to be surrounded by the most brilliant minds in marketing and PR but also the warmest and community-centered people who truly care about each other, our city and our clients. 

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • The power of personal branding and how meaningful it is when people use their influence online to make a positive impact. It’s very rewarding to work with amazing clients using their brands to make a difference. 

 

Katherine:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • Our good vibes! It’s the special undercurrent that runs through what we do: how we interact with one another, how we service our clients and how we impact our community at large. You’d be hard pressed to find another team that works as hard while maintaining such an upbeat, empathetic and innovative attitude. 

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • Learning to adopt an ownership mindset has been such a powerful tool for my personal and professional development. 

 

Melanie:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • Working with the BEST team around. There are lots of places to work…but we have something special with our team and our culture.

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • How to be confident in my expertise and embrace the partnership mindset with our clients.

 

Paige:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • It’s special to wake up everyday and help clients make an impact bigger than themselves with a team of people you love working with.

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • It’s incredibly rewarding to build our company alongside each other and to create a culture we are proud to be part of. 

 

Sara:

What is one thing you love about Zilker?

  • I love how collaborative our team is! We are all working towards a common goal together, and you can really feel that on a daily basis.

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • In an industry like digital marketing where the landscape changes constantly, you have to be willing to take risks and more importantly, learn from failures. This is something I work hard to embrace and has helped me grow both professionally, and personally!

 

Ashlyn:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • Working with an incredible team. Everyone is extremely talented and supportive of one another. 

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • Zilker Media has built my confidence and knowledge through interacting with my peers and clients.

 

Hannah:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • The thing I love about Zilker Media is the amazing company culture we possess. It is an honor to work for a company who values their employees the way they do. I also love how transparent Zilker Media is with their team members about every detail because it brings a sense of inclusivity and unity. We are always striving to achieve good vibes and meaningful relationships, which also reflects positively in our work.

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • To be honest, I learn something new everyday with Zilker Media. The main takeaway I have learned from working with Zilker Media is how to be constantly evolving and innovating ways to improve your soft and core skills. I have also learned how to be more collaborative and offer support to my fellow coworkers daily. 

 

Kate:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • I love how collaboratively our team works together to support one another– it creates such a positive and uplifting work environment where I genuinely feel cared for by my coworkers, who I consider to be friends of mine. 

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • How to communicate effectively and intentionally with clients and other team members.

 

Patti:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • Our ZM team members make up a community that I’m excited to be a part of.  We come together to solve issues, laugh, support each other and get things done!

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • I have learned that having an environment that empowers our team, and rewarding them for their contribution can really create amazing results. 

 

Shelby:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • I love getting able to do the thing that I love (public relations) everyday with my amazing team!

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • I have learned so much about myself, grown in my career and learned how to create a community of great client relationships!

 

Haley:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • I truly cherish the unique team environment I am privileged to be a part of. I am surrounded by dedicated and ambitious industry experts who drive me to be more than I was yesterday. This bleeds into our level of client service where we continuously raise the bar for each other on how we execute our work.

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • How to effectively problem-solve for not only our clients, but our team and community as well.

 

Morgan:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media? 

  • Being new to the Zilker team, I felt so welcome and immediately included as a part of the Zilker family. That type of environment is very rare in a company and I feel very lucky to be a part of it. 

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • The amount of industry knowledge our team has is incredible and they are very helpful in sharing that knowledge with new team members so that we can all help each other win. 

 

Rusty:

What is one thing you love about Zilker Media?

  • I love having a chance to make an impact while working alongside great friends – we do remarkable work for great clients and have fun along the way.

What is one thing you have learned from working at Zilker Media?

  • That an empowered, aligned & culture-driven team can do great things.

 

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