Job Tales - I interview professionals to help you become who you wish to be

When my DJ friend Green Giant told me about Yvan Jaquemet, a.k.a. Peacemaker, I searched online « beatmaker » , and I found that a beat maker is the person who comes up with melodies, drum patterns and loops. Put it that way, it sounds easy, I mean easy, if you know how to make beats! But making a living by making beats is a different story. 

So, in my interview with Peacemaker I discovered not only the artistic side of his job, but also the business behind it, and how he managed to have a 15 year career dedicated solely to producing beats. 

If you are listening to the beginning of the episode, the piece in the intro, "Gravé dans la Roche",  is produced by Peacemaker for the artist Sniper.  

Elind Sulmina is a friend I met in Geneva. He studied interpreting and translation in Italy, with a minor in diplomacy. To get to the United Nations is not an easy task. Also, it is a very large organisation with many different agencies, so I find it is interesting to hear Elind’s personal path that took him to Geneva and the UN. 

Enjoy the episode and reach out to me if you have questions for Elind!

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Greg Dubuis is a sound engineer and producer. I am sure his job will attract many of you, young people, because it’s technical yet creative, it’s linked to music and video production, and as you will hear from Greg, there are a lot of applications for a sound engineer, such as concerts, albums, conferences and expos, video gaming, TV, movies, you name it. 

Check Greg’s Studio and his website :

www.studioduflon.com

gregdubuis.com

“Sound engineers are audio professionals whose work is vital to the creation of movies, video games, concerts and albums. These skilled individuals choose or create music, dialogue and sound effects to deliver an impactful final product.” See Source

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Alex Kitain is a coffee expert and founder of the Coffevine and Freshdrip in Amsterdam. He has started almost ten years ago and keeps exploring, as coffee keeps evolving. And as jobs keep evolving too, he has found a good title for himself: Chief Coffee Officer. 

Enjoy the episode! And if you want to listen to more expert professionals, go to Episode #60 where I talk to Alessandro the Barista.

Silvia Morganti lives in Los Angeles where she works for Amazon as Creative Director for Alexa and Devices Brand. She studied at the IED, Istituto Europeo di Design. She tells her personal story as she became Creative Director, what it means in concrete terms, and how you can become one.

Alessandro is the Video Director of Jumpcut Media, a video and TV production company based in Milan. His initial career path was in business management; he worked for a few years in an advertising company and then as an Account Manager for Juventus Football Club. As something was missing, he found the guts to knock at doors of companies where he could practice his true passion: directing. 
Listen to Job Tales' 80th episode to know more about Alessandro's story. 

We live in an era where electric mobility, energy transition and batteries are the subject of news media and the focus of companies worldwide. More and more jobs are opening up in the battery field, one of them is Battery Analist. Hans Eric Melin started his career in Communication Sciences, and he has spent the second half of his career specialising in battery analysis. Today he runs Circular Energy Storage. Thank you Hans Eric for sharing your experience with us!

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When you choose to study journalism, you have a vast array of opportunities awaiting you out there. Elisabeth started as a journalist and documentary producer and over time she gathered experience in safety issues pertaining journalists on the field. Today she directs a coalition of organizations, freelance journalist associations and NGOs working together to champion safe and responsible journalistic practices. Elisabeth, you have the floor.

 The coalition's website: https://www.acosalliance.org/

As you will discover, there are many applications of what a journalist can achieve during his or her career. If you are a journalist and want to share your own experience, write me at Jobtalespodcast AT gmail.com.

Federica is an Evolutionary Biologist with an obsession for Paleo genomics and immune genetics.  Wow, what a title! 

Well, with the covid pandemic we understand first-hand how epidemics have a huge impact on our lives. Federica’s job could not be more relevant. Today she is a postdoc in archaeogenetic at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.

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