Follow along as I interview Jamie Lee about her journey as an omni-channel e-commerce expert from working at massive companies like Nike, EA, and Sony, and her pivot to working with smaller, emerging brands like Everlane and Vital Proteins. Jamie's shift to smaller companies came as she realized she wanted to work in a faster paced environment, and to experience the challenged of making outsized impact with a smaller team.

In this episode, we'll talk with Jamie about her shift from huge corporate giants into emerging brands, about her refreshing approach to work-life balance, and why talking to people who are already in the environment you are looking to get into is the best way to de-risk the switch.

Jamie's Maven Course

Follow along as I interview Michelle Villasenor about her journey creating an entirely new role for herself as a creative strategist. Michelle has always been what she calls 'left brained / right brained', where she's drawn to experiences and careers that live at the intersection of creative and data. So, when she was working as an Art Director at high-growth e-commerce startups and was receiving creative briefs that always seemed to be lacking the data and insights she felt she needed to do her best work, she decided to try to carve out a new role that historically didn't exist. Over several years, Michelle worked on proving the value of this new role and over time has successfully established herself as a valuable member bridging the gap between creative and growth teams.

*Correction* - I met Michelle in 2019... but it shows how good of friends we are that we thought we knew each other for an extra two years!!

Follow along as I interview Andrew Morrell about his journey from working in public radio for two decades to his successful career as a wedding photographer. When Andrew strted doing photography professionally, he made a promise to himself: never take pictures of anything with a pulse. Andrew loved music since an early age but considered himself too undisciplined to pursue it professionally. One day, he discovered his college's public radio station and immediately fell in love with the profession. Over the next 20 years, Andrew would work at a variety of public radio stations around the country, until he 'flamed out' after working his way up the seniority ladder into more managerial roles. He decided to leave public radio and become a real estate photographer, only to be asked by a friend to shoot photos at a wedding 'his way'. He showed up in June 2006 and for the second time in his career fell in love with wedding photography and has been doing it ever since.

Photographers Andrew Loves

Connect With Andrew

Lauren's Podcast Resources

Follow along as I interview Jenn Trepeck about her journey from working in Hedge Funds and building her Wellness Practice as a side hustle for over a decade to launching her podcast Salad With a Side of Fries in 2019 and working on her wellness practice full time. Jenn saw entrepreneurship modeled for her by both her parents since a young age, but didn’t know what sort of business she’d want to create until she discovered the wellness curriculum that worked for her that she now bases her practice on. Jenn steadily built her wellness practice in the background as she navigated full-time jobs, until 2019 when she decided to take the leap and launch Launch Salad with a Side of Fries. And, five years in, Jenn is only loving the podcasting and wellness industry more each day.

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Follow along as I interview Janine James (She/They) about her career journey through startups and tech giants to her current role thriving as a professional Psychic. During this episode, you'll learn how to fearlessly step into a career that others may judge you for by being your own biggest cheerleader and believing in yourself. We'll also learn about what a professional psychic's day-to-day looks like, why saying you aren't psychic is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and that even a witch's least favorite part of the job is finances.

Show Notes

'Twitter 2.0' Email Coverage

'Twitter 2.0' Email Coverage & Severance Info

Janine's Website

[email protected]

Resources

Captolia's Website

Psychic Teachers Podcast

Third Eye Bind Podcast

Blood Sex Magic

Follow along as I interview Ty Conner about his journey working north of the Arctic Circle as a geologist to becoming an offline media buyer. We'll talk about why you don't need to wait to get permission to make a career shift, how to acknowledge and honor your priorities, and why playing board games can make you better at business.

Show Notes

Follow along as I interview Brittany Smail about her journey from 15-year veteran of the Restaurant Industry to Product manager. We'll talk about why when you're pivoting careers you need to get used to saying yes to opportunities that come your way, how your network is bigger than you think, and why you shouldn't let the fear of failure hold you back.

Show Notes

⁠The Fig Tree Excerpt by Sylvia Plath from The Bell Jar⁠

⁠Wynter & Olivin Marketing Product Positioning and Marketing Course⁠

Welcome to the Informational Interview podcast, the show where I talk to people who have pivoted into careers they love to hear what they do, how they pivoted into that profession, and advice for people looking to 'make a change'.

This podcast is for you if you're:

Each interview, we're going to talk about the realities and risks of making a career pivot, the best and worst parts of each job, and what qualities you should have to be a good fit in that career. My goal for the show is to give a realistic peak behind the curtain for a wide variety of jobs to give you guidance and actionable next steps for making that pivot.

If you know of someone you think I should talk to, fill out the form at theinformationalinterview.carrd.co