Jamie McEldowney

Who: Jamie McEldowney
What: Rockstar promoter
When: Through out the year
Why: Promote the sales for Rockstar
Where: Willamette Valley

Every college campus is alive with extracurricular activities, and Oregon State University is no different. Amongst all the sponsored parties and bar events you can be sure to catch a glimpse of ,22 year old, Jamie McEldowney's smiling face.

Born and raised in Corvallis, being a local has aided McEldowney with his work as a Rockstar energy drink promoter. Many of the events he sponsors consist of parties and bar events, but he also enjoys promoting at extreme sporting events, businesses, and block parties. “We give free products to people hoping that they will buy it later.”

McEldowney didn't always work on promotions, he began his career with a sponsorship from Rockstar for Motocross racing. When a couple of his racing buddies who worked for the Northwest Division for Rockstar offered him a job as the Rockstar Promoter for the Oregon State campus, McEldowney jumped at the opportunity.

“Working for Rockstar has effected my life in a positive way. I've met a lot of really cool people and now have my foot in the door to a great business.” He hopes to advance within this company, and maybe one day call himself manager of the entire Northwest Division, who is in charge of promoting at all colleges in the Northwest and parts of Canada.

Not only does he promote for Rockstar at college events, McEldowney has also worked for Mod Quad, a four wheeling company located in Albany, as an associate at Tony's Smoke Shop, and even has co-ownership of a clothing line named Live to Ride. Clearly, “sit still” is not a term that McEldowney knows too well. McEldowney started Live to Ride with a few close friends, who wanted to create clothes that are custom made for people.

Currently they have a location off of 9th street, but hope to someday have a place big enough for design, production, and retail all under the same roof. "We hope to succeed where other clothing shops in town have failed by having fresh, new ideas with more choices and more flexibility to incorporate work done by local artists that will appeal to students at OSU." Jamie's business partner, Mike Barat stated.

Jamie McEldowney has built his career from the bottom up. Using his skills in networking and becoming closer to his clients, on a personal level, has helped him succeed in promoting Rockstar all over Corvallis and eventually the rest of the Northwest in the upcoming future.

Jamie's room mate, Alex Hendrixson, describes him as having "tremendous passion for all aspects of his life and of having a big heart." “I just want to be able to support my family and be happy by doing what I love to do.” says McEldowney of his future life.