Renie Anderson

 By: Maggie McDaniel

Renie Anderson, NFL Vice President and Business Development never thought she would have been in the job position she is in today if it was not for her hard work and dedication. 

Anderson has been working for the NFL for seven years. Her job is to sell the NFL logo to other companies, so they can represent the NFL on their own products. Anderson works from Monday through Friday and is constantly traveling to make deals. Her big work day is Sunday where she gets to see all the products she has made deals with on national television for everyone to see. 

When deciding on where to go to college Anderson and her parents both wanted her to get away from her small town in Kentucky to somewhere different and new. Anderson chose Ole Miss, because she knew no one and it was far from home, but not too far. 

While studying writing at Ole Miss in the school of journalism, Anderson enjoyed everything about Oxford and things around it from Oxford’s history and town, McAlister’s sweet tea, and traveling to Memphis for Memphis in May. Once Anderson graduated, she moved to California wanting to pursue a career in writing for a newspaper. 

Once getting to California she found herself working different jobs, none requiring writing. Finally after applying for several jobs and working as an assistant she got the job with the NFL. Since then she has loved her job and she knows as of now she is the best at it. 

Most people may say her job is hard, because she works with a lot of men, but Anderson thinks differently about it. “I give one hundred and ten percent of my job every day, but I just look fabulous doing it,” says Anderson. 

Anderson finds herself running at a fast pace from the train everyday minus her high heels to get home and fulfill her motherly duties, to her two daughters, ages 6 and 4. Besides days like these with the help of her husband and others she can stay on task with her job and tend to her children’s needs. “Every day is like drinking from a fire hose,” says Anderson.

Anderson still has a love for writing and likes to write letters, especially to her aunt Flo. However she still cannot believe where she is in the world today. Her job requires a lot of work, sacrifice, and travel, but she still would not want to work anywhere else. Anderson says she has no regrets in life and thinks everyone should find a job that they are good at. She says as a person you should think about your life goals and take every opportunity you get.