School Leavers Podcast

Our School Leavers podcast is on a mission to raise awareness about the huge range of choices there are out there for young people after school. We're ditching the prehistoric stigmas around apprenticeships and diving into the incredible training and opportunities they offer. In our first episode of the podcast, Shingie sits down (virtually) with Tom Culley, a Networks Apprentice at BT. They discuss why Tom went for an apprenticeship in the first place and what his journey has been like.

This week, we bring you a sit down we had in 2019 with Rozzy Knox, a Production Assistant from The Bridge Theatre, the first new theatre to enter London’s commercial sector in 80 years. We talk about the power of innovation within the industry, the importance of representation on stage and predictions for the future of theatre.

This week, we sit down with Matt Hutchinson, Communications Director at SpareRoom, a brand that’s played a huge role in democratising an industry. We talk about how the world of renting has changed in the 15 years SpareRoom has been about, the evolving definition of the home in society, and predictions on how the needs of renters and landlords are going to continue to shift.

This week, we sit down with David Otton, Head of Creative at eve sleep, a brand that has revolutionised the mattress market in the space of just five years. We talk about how to cause disruption in a crowded marketplace, sleep’s evolving role in today’s culture and what it means to develop content in the age of instant access.

This week, we sit down with Samantha Yu, Vice President, Strategy & Client Services at Refinery29, a brand that has had ignoring the ordinary at its heart since its launch back in 2005. We chat about how Refinery29 has built itself such a unique role in the market, what it means to cater to the modern female reader and predictions for the future of the digital media landscape.

Speaker, author and consultant, Tom Goodwin heads up Transformation at Publicis Groupe and is the EVP and Head of Innovation at Zenith USA.  In our second episode of the podcast he speaks honestly and openly about digital disruption, innovation and the state of the industry.

Kicking off the first episode of Digital Insider we have Jens Riegelsberger, who will be giving us insight on what it takes to be a Design Leader at Google.

Design now, and in the future, with Stephen Gates Tom's latest guest is Stephen Gates. He caught up with Stephen to talk about all things design - looking at leadership, design tasks, remote working, the future of the design world and why there is a lack of product designers.

Tom caught up with Louis and Amber on how to get into UX, advice on navigating recruiters, building a portfolio, creative job hunting methods and much more. 

Alastair Clegg - Tom sat down with Alastair, to discuss how to make organisations more user-centric.