Congratulations to our February Employee of the Month and Buzzy holder, Bridget Rawls! Bridget joined Buzz Franchise Brands back in 2016 and has built the digital marketing program from the ground up. She helped bring search engine optimization (or SEO) in house for all of our brands, helping franchisees improve their website performance. Bridget is now the digital marketing director, leading the digital marketing team and bringing strategic guidance and skills to everything she does.

A Georgia native (go dawgs!), Bridget lives in Virginia Beach with her husband Japheth. They enjoy riding their bikes, going to the beach and traveling.

Why We Love Bridget

Aside from her broad knowledge in the digital space and her strong work ethic, Bridget brings a warmth and kindness to everyone she meets, making her feel like an old friend. She’s always making her fellow employees laugh at happy hours and provides the best book and show recommendations. She’s even been known to help coworkers make lists for what to pack when traveling.

Why Bridget is Employee of the Month-Worthy

Bridget is truly deserving of this recognition for many reasons. In January, two of our brands, British Swim School and Pool Scouts, had their first ever virtual conventions. Bridget was a leading force for both conventions, which was no easy feat. Planning a major event like these is always a huge task, but combining that with finding ways to keep everyone engaged over Zoom and ensuring there are no technical errors adds a whole new level of stress. However, Bridget was up to the task. She remained enthusiastic throughout the planning process and was always willing to do the research to make sure it was a success. Which it was! Franchisees were highly engaged and came away with the same refreshed energy for the year ahead that they have gotten from previous in-person conventions.

And on top of that, she got married in December! You would never know she was planning a wedding during all of her day-to-day work and preparation for the conventions. She was on top of every detail to ensure the convention was the best it could be, and was still always willing to help coworkers out when needed. Here’s a note from one of her fellow employees: "Bridget did an excellent job helping to plan TWO back-to-back virtual conventions! On top of planning a wedding! She never misses a beat."

Beyond her recent event planning, she has continued to support franchisees and lead her digital marketing team. She helped roll out new processes to improve the franchise system and provided strategic insight to ensure all the new processes being put in place are the best thing for both the corporate team and the franchise system.

Get to Know Bridget Better

Here are a few fun facts to help you get to know our employee of the month better!

If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and why? Well, after not traveling as much during COVID, anywhere please. But I’ve always wanted to travel to South America, specifically Argentina. It's got hiking and wine, could there be a better combo?

What are your favorite hobbies? Other than traveling and staying active, I love to read! When COVID started, I treated myself to a Kindle and it was the best decision. Each year I up my reading goal. Last year I read 41 books and this year my goal is 50! 

If I could be anybody besides myself, I would be…Chrissy Teigen. She’s hilarious, gorgeous and professionally accomplished. Being serenaded by John Legend on the regular also wouldn’t be the worst. 

Thank you, Bridget, for the amazing work you do every day, and for always bringing laughter to the office.