San Francisco, CA | Saint Louis, MO
Also known as: claytonhopkins
Clayton is a Client Staff Assistant in the Technology Practice at North of Nine Communications in San Francisco, a company spun off and owned by Burson-Marsteller (Part of the Young & Rubicam and WPP Network). He primarily works for Intel’s Channel and CSR (education, workplace) divisions as well as Plantronics (mobile and bluetooth company). Driven by a passion for sharing exciting news and stories about Silicon Valley companies, he is thrilled to be working for North of Nine Communications, a company working with innovative clients. Prior to joining North of Nine Communications, Clayton interned at a different WPP company in San Francisco, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. Primary account responsibilities included working on the Chevron, Virgin America, Yammer and Examiner.com teams. Before Ogilvy, Clayton moved to San Francisco to intern at The OutCast Agency in SoMa, focusing efforts on the Andreessen Horowitz, Jawbone and Yahoo! teams. Before working in PR, Clayton was a portfolio analyst for over a year at the nation's third largest asset manager for universities and nonprofits, Hammond Associates in St. Louis, Missouri (acquired by Mercer Investments in 2011). It was his exposure to the marketing and communication efforts that turned his attention towards the tech marketing and PR industry in SF. Clayton received his B.A. from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in May 2009. He majored in Economics and minored in Communications. Highlights from DePauw include being trained as a speaking and presentation tutor in the academic resource center, being president of the Student Alumni Association and studying abroad in New Zealand.
