- So I've been with Pokemon
since November 1st of 2018.
It's not a typical nine to
five job where you come in
you do the same thing every
single day and you check out
and then you just come in the next day.
Every event is different, I
don't get bored because it's
a fun company to work for
and what I'm doing is fun.
My name is Kelly Katon I
studied sociology and geology
while at Whitman College.
I'm the class of 2001 and
I'm currently the Manager of
Events at The Pokemon
Company International.
After I graduated from Whitman
I decided that I wanted
to travel and I started
working for Universal Pictures
while I was abroad.
When I went in for my
interview I said you know what
you look at me on paper, I'm
a sociology major but the
fact is, you know I did
fine arts, I took different
accounting classes, I took
communications classes
and it all built towards my degree.
And I did get to use a
lot of my sociology and my
social theory work being
able to articulate that and
put that forward really made
me learn the value of my
liberal arts education.
So when I came back to the
United States I took a job with
the Seattle Seahawks where
I was for three years the
Event Manager at Century Link Field.
A recruiter had contacted
me about The Pokemon Company
and it just seemed like
a perfect fit for me.
So I took a job with Pokemon.
The most exciting aspect
of my job is two-fold
there's the actual event
day when we go live
and everybody is just blown
away by the spectacle that is
what Pokemon events are.
The second part are the
attendees and how much
they love Pokemon.
That pretty much takes the cake.
