Carissa Castilleja

Carissa Castilleja-Rustad has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Carissa is currently working at JH Specialty as a Digital Marketing Specialist, starting in April 2022. Before that, they worked at CAPITAL Services as a Marketing Analyst II from October 2021 to April 2022, as a Marketing Analyst from May 2019 to November 2021, as a Market Research Assistant from July 2018 to May 2019, and as a Marketing Intern from May 2018 to July 2018. Carissa also has experience as a Social Media Coordinator at DMC WATERJET, LLC from January 2017 to April 2022 and at JRC Construction from January 2020 to November 2021. Carissa worked as a Social Media Manager at Northstream Outfitters from September 2018 to May 2020. Additionally, Carissa has customer service experience from their time at Hy-Vee, Inc. as a Customer Service representative from January 2016 to January 2018 and banking experience as a Teller at First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard from July 2013 to December 2015.

Carissa Castilleja-Rustad has an extensive education history and various certifications. Carissa earned their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Advertising with a minor in Marketing from South Dakota State University from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, they attended Southeast Tech from 2013 to 2015, where they pursued Business Administration. Carissa completed their high school education at Lincoln High School, receiving their High School Diploma from 2009 to 2013.

In terms of certifications, Carissa has acquired multiple certifications. In 2019, they obtained an Advertising Ethics Certificate from the Institute for Advertising Ethics. In 2018, they earned the Google Analytics for Power Users certification from Google Analytics for Business, as well as the Email Marketing certification from HubSpot. Furthermore, they completed the Google AdWords Fundamentals certification from Google and the Inbound Sales certification from HubSpot in 2018.

Most recently, Carissa obtained numerous certifications in 2022, including The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing from Google Digital Garage, as well as various certifications from Semrush, such as Link Building, Rank Tracking, PPC Fundamentals Exam, Semrush SEO Toolkit Exam, and Semrush for Digital Agencies. Additionally, they obtained various certifications from Google, including Google Ads - Measurement Certification, Google Ads Video Certification, Google Analytics Individual Qualification, Shopping ads Certification, Google Ads Display Certification, Google Ads Search Certification, and Google Play Store Listing Certificate.