Our mission is to establish and nurture a program that supports the growth of participants along a core set of values: service leadership, content-driven knowledge sharing through a highly relevant intellectual agenda, and an experience-rich community.

AMA Cincinnati is the essential community for connecting and inspiring marketing professionals across the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Northern Kentucky region. And the bedrock of any community is the relationships that form and grow within it.

Last chapter year, the mentorship program connected 12 mentor-mentee pairs. During the 2023-2024 chapter year, AMA Cincinnati would like to continue this success and guide 12-15 mentor-mentee pairs to reach their relationship goals.

The structure of this program is facilitating an application process for interested mentees and matching them with a mentor based on their stated strengths, passions, interests and/or areas of curiosity. There will be opportunities for all pairs to come together and connect, yet the shape and modality of independent connections between each mentor-mentee pair is up to the participants themselves.

The helpful content of this program encompasses regular check-ins and educational opportunities around career and professional development and making the most of mentor-mentee relationships.

For Mentees

  • Elevate your career and how you relate to business by getting comfortable speaking and developing relationships with someone at a higher role or experience level in marketing.
  • Gain skills, wisdom, and advice from someone who complements and/or shares some of your attributes.
  • Learn about the concerns and issues facing some of the region’s most established and successful marketers.
  • Enrich your career, company, and life with a valuable relationship.
  • October through May.
  • Opportunity to take an active role in shaping the course of the program by joining the committee.
  • $50 participation fee.
  • PRIORITY: Time commitment of approximately three hours per month, which encompasses independently meeting with mentor (virtually or in-person) and participating in all-mentee check-ins or other educational opportunities. This is the most important commitment of the program!
  • Your passion for the marketing profession and growing your career.
  • Your honesty and candor with your mentor and with the mentorship committee in evaluating the success of the program pilot and offering constructive ways to improve for the future.

For Mentors

  • Make a direct impact on the region’s up-and-coming marketing talent by imparting your skills, wisdom, and advice to someone who complements and/or shares some of your attributes.
  • Gain experience mentoring young professionals and working together towards common goals.
  • Learn about the concerns and issues facing some of the region’s emerging marketing talent.
  • Enrich your career, company, and life with a valuable relationship.
  • October through May.
  • Opportunity to participate in the cohort in future years or take an active role in shaping the course of the program by joining the committee.
  • PRIORITY: Time commitment of approximately three hours per month, which encompasses independently meeting with mentee (virtually or in-person) and participating in all-mentor check-ins or other educational opportunities. This is the most important commitment of the program!
  • Your passion for the marketing profession and making a difference for the region’s marketing talent.
  • Empathy, a listening ear, ability to form and nurture a relationship.
  • Your honesty and candor with your mentee and with the mentorship committee in evaluating the success of the program pilot and offering constructive ways to improve for the future.

2024 Participants

Read advice and recommendations from our 2024 program participants.