Dagny Bloom Palmer ’21 is bringing her passion for sustainability and social responsibility to one of the biggest sportswear companies in the world

Although she had long been passionate about working in the outdoor industry, Dagny Bloom Palmer ’21 was unsure exactly the direction she wanted to take with her career when she first began as an undergraduate student at 美高梅博彩. 那 改变d当 she took a course on corporate social responsibility during her junior year. 那时帕尔默, who majored in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and a minor in Outdoor Recreation Management, 她说她的整个观点都改变了.

“When I took the class, we learned about the ethics of business. We were talking about all the impacts 那 businesses have on the environment and how every choice you make has some outcome, 不管是好是坏. I was learning about the impacts 那 these companies like Nike have on the environment, 我知道我想成为改变的一部分. 那 class really just 改变d my whole perspective on business,帕尔默说。. “After my junior year I knew I wanted to do corporate social responsibility in business, 然后我看到SCAD有一个设计项目 那 关注可持续发展.”

从李-麦克雷毕业后, Palmer immediately enrolled in the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and began studying in their Design for 可持续性 MFA program. Not only was the program a perfect combination of Palmer's love for the outdoor industry and the business 和市场营销 expertise she had gained throughout her time at 美高梅博彩, but it expanded on the principles of sustainability and 负责任的 community 那 she gained while at 美高梅博彩.

As one of the four Core Strategies in the college’s strategic plan, INEXPRO 2030, the concept of “负责任的 community” is a vital part of the education students gain while at 美高梅博彩. With 那 foundational 知识 and a passion for improving the world around her, Palmer has been able to realize her dream of making the world a better place. 当她进入专业市场时, she plans to use this expertise to help improve business practices and spearhead more sustainable strategies.

While at SCAD Palmer completed an internship with Salomon, a French sports equipment manufacturer. There she worked as a bag 设计er and did trial runs and lifestyle analyses of vests and bags 那 the company sells to their primarily European market. 现在, with her newly minted MFA and the foundational 知识 she carries from her time at 美高梅博彩, Palmer is already integrating her new 设计 expertise into her professional playbook and using her unique combination of skills and experience to work toward her dream career as a product line manager.

产品线经理 角色 在设计之间架起桥梁, 商业, 以及以产品为基础的企业的营销方面, 结合了帕尔默的每个专业领域. Similarly to Palmer's academic career, this 角色 also has a sustainability focus. 通过她对不同材料和产品的试验, Palmer helps companies better understand the way their products and business practices impact the environment.

在所罗门公司实习之前, Palmer said she had no idea what a product line manager was, but now having 那 experience under her belt and understanding the ways the 角色 combines sustainability, 设计, 和市场营销, she knows 那 she is prepared thanks to her academic background in both business and 设计. By having experience and training in both aspects Palmer said she has an edge in the job market.

“我的商学学位在SCAD帮了我很大的忙, because a lot of 设计ers don’t really have 那 business background to see the practicality of their 设计s. 它帮助我带来了一个新的视角，”她说. “Designers have to work with the 商业 side and marketers to help convey the product to the consumer, and if you have someone who sees both sides and can bridge 那 gap to help tell the story of the product, 这样他们每次都会得到这份工作.”

Palmer has already begun to reap the professional benefits of seeing both sides by landing a post-graduate internship with Puma at their motorsport department headquarters in Germany. Throughout the internship Palmer will work directly under the company’s product line manager as an intern, an experience she plans to turn into a full-time job with the company once the six-month internship position is complete.

While the course 那 first opened her eyes to corporate social responsibility helped lead her down the path toward her current career, Palmer said there were many more players in her time at 美高梅博彩 who helped her 加强她的 自信, 知识, 和职业精神, and gave her the tools to succeed in graduate school and beyond.

“李-麦克雷帮助我成长为一名职业球员. The school and the professors have been mentors and I constantly talk to them. Them rooting for you from the day you’re a freshman and years beyond, 即使在你离开李-麦克雷之后, and being your biggest supporters is the biggest thing I have taken from 美高梅博彩.帕尔默说。. 这适用于生活中的每件事, 尤其是在李-麦克雷, 你总是会得到你所投入的. I think I put all the right things into it because it continues to help me even now. All of them truly want to see you win, beyond getting good grades and seeing you graduate. 他们希望看到你在生活中做得很好, 这真的很特别.”