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Killian Page is a Boston born, San Francisco based Director, Photographer and Producer.

If you're not familiar with the name, don't worry he hadn't heard of me either. But you will have seen his work with San Francisco City FC.

Killian details his childhood discovery and love of photography before sports and all the other things that go with being a teen temporarily re routed his path until re-arming himself with a camera whilst studying Industrial Psychology on the West Coast.

Post college he continued shooting whilst working for sustainable footwear brand IndoSole. When the pandemic hit, rather than taking cover in the relative safety of the corporate environment, he took a shot at full-time photography.

He shares the roles of both building relationships within his community and the support of his network in his successes to date, how to add structure to the unstructured freelance landscape – including the odd semester at the University of Youtube, and the three main requirements of turning your creative skills into a sustainable, professional business.

At the heart of it all, collaboration, connection and community are the bedrock of everything he does.

Enjoy!

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Show note: The documentary referenced at the tail end of the episode is titled 'They'll Love Me When I'm Dead', with the subsequent film titled 'The Other Side of the Wind'. Both are available to watch on Netflix

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Pete Hoppins has a career path to pique your interest.

After studying fashion in Northumbria UK, he found himself in London designing for Box Fresh. Wanting a change, he shouted "I'm a designer, get me out of here" and headed to Amsterdam for a role at Nike.

They packed him off to Portland, Oregon where he'd eventually become Design Director for the sporting behemoth.

Then he sacked it all off to run a pub!

From creating designs for football's elite to creating community in his adopted home via the Toffee Club, Pete found fulfilment and balance whilst finding his way around a sink full of dishes.

Entrepreneurship has brought a different set of challenges than those of the corporate environment but Pete shares how the lessons learned in that career help him navigate running the Away Days brewing Co. as well as his design consultancy, Home and Away.

Enjoy!

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Aaron Durand is the Sports Marketing Manager at Avery Dennison and arguably the nicest guy in showbiz.

He explains the role Avery Dennison plays within football and beyond (spoiler alert - they're everywhere) and gives a fascinating insight into how they can and will change the way the game is watched.

We also rewind through career stints at Twitter, Adidas and youth counselling, and chat dogs, family, photography, and Andrei Kanchelskis.

Lots to take away throughout on career opportunities, work ethos, relationships and personal growth.

Enjoy!

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Show notes:

Stutz is the documentary we couldn't place and is available to watch on Netflix

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If you know Virginia Dream and Vermont Green you’ll know the work of Casey Peckio; the US designers fingerprints are on the output of both clubs, not least Virginia.

Their 2024 jersey release (you know the one) had all of our eyelashes fluttering in their direction and Casey shares details on the process behind it, why he works with clubs like these, how they push him as a creative and what this path gives him that playing the game didn’t. 

He also offers his perspective on seeking growth in his field, the benefits of collaboration and why he’s excited at the prospect of topping his latest efforts rather than daunted by it. 

But not before we discuss the importance of long distance running, the nuisance of hay fever and brilliance of Bruce Springsteen. 

Enjoy!

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As co-founder of Atoot, the grassroots non-profit using football to empower young girls of rural Nepal, Sarah Van Vooren is doing what I’d call God’s work. And the good news is she’s not the only one! 

Sarah shares the origins and mission of Atoot along with the impact it and other organisations like it has on the individuals involved and the communities they are a part of. 

For good measure, she walks us through her own route into the ‘sports for development’ landscape which though has seen her work in countries such as India, Cambodia and Haiti, began on a study trip to Italy whilst on a Golf scholarship. Life, eh? 

An insightful, educational and often inspiring conversation highlighting the positive power of football when harnessed by those such as Sarah, her colleagues and those like them around the world.

Enjoy!  

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DiDi Haračić is the goalkeeper for NWSL side Angel City.

With a job like that it’d be easy to wrap up the intro there. But DiDi lives somewhat of a double life – when she’s not stopping shots, she’s taking them.

Off pitch, DiDi finds peace (and therapy) through her lens, the ocean and often a combination of the two. 

We talk about both her photographic and football journeys, their similarities and how the foundation laid by her parents armed her with a resilience to meet the challenges of both.

In DiDi’s words, “Believe in your path, believe in your journey. Do your best not to compare” 

Enjoy.

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Aside from being an incredibly handsome man, Tarek Pertew is CEO and co-founder of NYC Footy, the co-ed league initially formed 'for fun' back in 2010. 

Fourteen years on, Footy has not only consolidated itself in the city, but has grown into the largest amateur league in the United States whilst only existing inside the boundaries of the Big Apple. For now, at least!

Tarek discusses the off-pitch battles that come with running the league, the cost to not only his own experience of the competition, but his health, how he finds balance (sometimes, anyway) and the motivating factors that keep him going. Spoiler alert: it’s love not money. SWOON!  

It’s impossible to say how many lives Footy has impacted in a positive way, but I can say with certainty this conversation offered me a ton of value and encouragement to draw from on my own journey.

There might be something in there for you too.

Over to Tarek 

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Mack Mansfield is President and CEO of USL newcomers Brooklyn Football Club and Executive Director of Two Bridges Football Club, a non-profit dedicated to enriching New York’s inner-city youth through a first-class soccer environment, intense academic preparation, and leadership development.

But before that, he was a young player with a dream of becoming professional and that dream took him to Germany with stints at the academies of Schalke and Cologne.

Mack shares the impact that dream ending had on his mental health, the career path it then led him down back in the US and how a phone call from the blue not only presented a way back into the game, but provided an opportunity to be of service which would change the trajectory of his life and ultimately dozens of others.

Over to Mack...

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Jordan Jesolva is one third of Neighborhood Sports Club, the creative collective using football, fashion and art to build community for the people of Oakland, California. 

That’s pretty cool, but we don’t really talk about that.

Instead, Jordan shares the origins of her football love story, that playing professionally was the only option she ever saw for herself and how that dream was met with constant opposition from her body.

No bitterness in sight, though. She’s stronger for every injury and corresponding surgery, finds herself exactly where she’s meant to be and in a position to help those fighting the same battles.

All that and more, including breath work!

Over to Jordan

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This week I’m joined by This Fan Girl founder Amy Drucquer. And occasionally her coffee machine.

Amy charts her journey from childhood match days with her dad and the sense of belonging that came with those, to the wilderness years of early adulthood when football stadiums no longer felt like home. 

Knowing this wasn’t a feeling unique to her and with a creative itch to scratch, Amy began an ambitious photographic project across the country to re-address media representation of female fans. 

Along the way she not only reclaimed her place in the game but, through This Fan Girl, forged a community for women in search of one in the process. 

But it doesn’t end there and we’ve got Leicester City winning the Premier League to thank.

Over to Amy.

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