“The Invincible” Mark Tsuchiya

The work environment at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the Marketing/Communications department is very unique in my opinion. A lot of work gets accomplished during each and every day and numerous projects continue to become refined. Mark Tsuchiya, the Communications Specialist, one of my many bosses, has a variety of responsibilities. Everyday seems to be entirely different than the next, and I believe he prefers it to be this way. This is a very basic list of some of his set responsibilities:
Producing a variety of Informative Newsletters and External Publications on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis provided for our audience of Physicians. These publications being most or our entire external outflow.
Managing Interns. (And apparently I am a lot of work!)
Scheduling Meetings / Press Conferences.
Producing Marketing ideas for a variety of Medical programs and Specialties.
Take part in the Creative Process during meeting with Agencies and PR companies.
There are many things that I have learned from shadowing Mark, most importantly being that being a member of this team requires that you be flexible in what projects need to be accomplished. Also, determining what projects deserve priority over others, and knowing what projects are worth our efforts.
I have not worked too much in a corporate office environment, and there have been many times when my college critique voice kicked in and Mark had to tell me to be careful how I talk. During college you are told to critique functions and processes without regard of audience and regard for the other members of your office. This is something that I had to work on, but with the help of Mark, was able to get much better at. Also, it is Mark’s birthday today!