CREATIV SPORTS PODCAST

Jalen Jones, Senior Motion Designer with the Vegas Golden Knights, shares his journey into sports and motion design. Initially picking up Photoshop to be like his brother, Jones found his passion for the art and is now pushing the bound of design and motion. He stresses the importance of pitching content that means something to you. 

Mio Linzie loves to explore stories and express them through her illustrations. As a queer, autistic artist, she finds that a pen in her hand clears her mind of the noise, and lets her imagination run free.

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Regardless of your medium, we are are storytellers. From long-form to short-form, and producing content in the pros and college, Jasmine has a unique perspective on how to develop the storytelling structures to strike the right notes at the right time for the audience.

Managing expectations and collaboration is challenging. As we wrap up mental health month, we dive into a conversation about work, life, and the pursuit of happiness.

Donny is the Design Manager with the Seattle Seahawks. She got into sports because she applied for an internship she never expected to get. Bringing her fashion interests to her work, this conversation covers everything from creating the work to saving your time and energy for that which is meant for you!

We’re going international this week to chat with Dariusz, a designer from Poland. Growing up as a fan of the old school design of the Charlotte Hornets logo, he got his start designing wallpapers in the early 2000’s and built a platform that grew to over a million impressions. He now freelances with clients around the world. 

It's rare someone stays at their first job out of college. Derek Ochoa is the Creative Director for Texas Football and has seen the college landscape make some major transitions over the past decade plus with Texas. There have also been new coaches that have come and gone in his time. What he found is the right fit for him. 

We explore his journey from the athletic department to Football focused work, what his primary day-to-day role is as a leader of Football creatives, and what you should do as you wait for opportunities to get into a leadership role.

There are many challenges when it comes to freelancing, whether you're breaking out full-time on your own, or do it while holding down a full-time gig. What do you need to know, and how do others do it? That's what we're diving into today!

We are sharing what we do, and this convo should not be taken as legal advice.

Jhalen Wingate, content creator for the reigning National Champion South Carolina Women's Basketball team, has seen what it takes to be at the top of your game. He shares stories about his journey, helping his family as the oldest of 7 kids, finding his way through the pandemic, and coach Staley's leadership.

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Greg Walter the owner and creative director of 2Tall Animation. His job is to pump up fans, stoke community pride, and build tribe for clients like Puma, Chiefs, Cavs, Amazon, ESPN, and dozens of other sports and lifestyle brands. 

Before that, he used to write and produce original educational and scripted shows for kids. 

We dive into how 2Tall went from Sesame Street to Sports, and what it takes to turn around character driven content quickly!

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