Taylor Drainer Champions for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Taylor is the Immediate Past President of the Junior League of Wilmington, DE (JLW). She joined the JLW in 2018 and served in various roles including, Communications Chair, President-Elect and currently the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Chair. Professionally, she is a Strategic Communications Manager at Trinity Health. Taylor holds an MBA with a concentration in Marketing Management from Goldey-Beacom College and a BA in Mass Communications from George Mason University.
Q: Can you introduce yourself?
A: I was the 2023-2024 President of the Junior League of Wilmington, DE. You can learn more about the organization here: https://www.jlwilmington.org/
Q: What is the best career advice you ever received?
A: Always be authentic and stay true to yourself.
Q: What compelled you to enter your field?
A: During undergrad, I focused primarily on broadcast journalism until my first business communications class my junior year. That class showed me that I could use my writing, website building and video skills to work in marketing or internal communications at a company. It was nice to realize that I didn't have to commit to the long hours that come with journalism.
Q: What’s one industry-specific thing you wish you knew when you started?
A: Now that I'm in internal communications and love it, I wish that I would've focused more on building my internal email campaign skills.
Q: What trends do you see dramatically influencing the work in your industry?
A: As younger generations continue to enter the workforce, there is a huge need for communication to be short and concise, especially as work technology transitions to social networking-like platforms. For example, companies are using technology like Teams and Viva Engage, which both have a social networking feel, to communicate with their colleagues.
Q: What’s a common myth about your industry/job?
A: People seem to view communications departments as order takers or flyer designers when in actuality there is a lot of strategy and planning that goes into communicating across a company, especially a national health system.
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Junior League of Wilmington, DE
