Am I using the word respectively correctly?

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I am trying to explain that I have three people working for me and they are all Marketing Managers with a focus on individual things: one is focused on mobile marketing, one on affiliate marketing, and one on social media marketing. I don't want to say that they are all focused on all three areas, which is why I think I might need to use the word respectively.

Is this the correct usage of this word:

I now lead a team of three Digital Marketing Specialists, each with a focus on affiliates, social media, and mobile, respectively.

OR I could say:

I now lead a team of three Digital Marketing Specialists, with a respective focus on affiliates, social media, and mobile.

OR I could say:

I now lead a team of three Digital Marketing Specialists, each focused (respectively) on affiliates, social media, and mobile marketing.

Or any other suggestions? I'd like to keep it to one sentence if I can.
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I don't think you need the word at all. And I don't think you are using the word right either. I think you would need to compare three different things with three different things to use it. You are comparing one thing (a team of specialists) to three separate things which makes it grammatically incorrect.

If you are trying to use that word for SEO or something the first looks the least awkward. I still don't think it is right, but it looks better than the others.
 
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You are comparing one thing (a team of specialists) to three separate things which makes it grammatically incorrect.
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Holy shit, and a response to a bot, by another bot? With another pixel drop? With an answer not lifted from Yahoo Answers?
 
As mentioned above, the word "respectively" should probably not be used here, since the OP is not mentioning each manager specifically, but rather collectively ("a group of managers"). If it were to be phrased differently, as in, "This is Amy, Rob, and Joe, who specialize in mobile, affiliate, and social marketing respectively," then it would be correct to use. Otherwise, I would write it as such: "I have a group of three managers who specialize individually in mobile, affiliate, and social marketing."

Also, not a bot.
 
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As mentioned above, the word "respectively" should probably not be used here, since the OP is not mentioning each manager specifically, but rather collectively ("a group of managers"). If it were to be phrased differently, as in, "This is Amy, Rob, and Joe, who specialize in mobile, affiliate, and social marketing respectively," then it would be correct to use. Otherwise, I would write it as such: "I have a group of three managers who specialize individually in mobile, affiliate, and social marketing."

Also, not a bot.
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