Alumni Spotlight
Sean Carroll, Class of 2000
Senior Account Executive
Benson Marketing Group, Napa Valley & New York
After graduating from Carroll College in 2000, Sean Carroll set his sights on San Francisco's fast moving, high-tech world. He quickly landed a job with Blanc & Otus, one of the tech industry's most respected public relations agencies, where he worked on such famous startups as Tivo. This experience helped propel him to another job at K/F Communications, where he helped create and execute public relations plans for a handful of startups and publicly traded companies.
After more than 4 years in the dot.com world, Sean traded his high tech gear for a glass of wine and the chance to market and promote wine brands and regions at Benson Marketing Group located in Napa Valley. Since then, Sean has helped launch close to a dozen new winery brands and built national consumer and media awareness for some of the world's finest wines.
"I am indebted to the Carroll College Communications and Public Relations Department. Their required internship policy helped create a real world experience for me and provided a resume building block that became marketable early on in my job searches. And, having a NBC affiliate television station on campus also helped prepare me for working with broadcast journalists and the demands of a fast paced, breaking news driven environment."