Jennifer brings her love of gaming, geek culture, and cosplay to her role as Associate Creative Director at Moxie (and wins the award for coolest headshot, hands down!). Hear about how she kept up her portfolio and landed a job after four years out of the industry, how to translate your creative hobbies into your skillset at work, working on social media for Arby's, and her tips for those who aren't naturally vocal.

Heads up: To help you navigate your summer internship, get hired, and be more comfortable and confident overall, here's our best advice for interns in one place: The We Are Next Internship Guide Vol. 1. You got this!

Mouzel Manugas, Jr. Copywriter at PP+K, Peter Iliopoulos, Senior Account Manager at Catalina Marketing, and Kaitlyn Zeitler, Copywriter at Dunn&Co discuss the successes and learnings from Ad 2 Tampa Bay's diversity and inclusion initiatives. Hear about the benefits of a tight-knit ad community, advice on creating events that allow people to open up and get to solutions despite differing viewpoints, and small but powerful ways to advocate for diversity and inclusion as jr. talent.

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Ever wonder what it's like to start your own agency? Co-founders of HAYMAKER—Matt Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer and Jay Kamath, Chief Creative Officer—give us a peek into what's on their minds as they prepare for their first interns. Hear about the collaboration that inspired the agency (and how you can be a better partner to your creative or strategy teams), how to start forming your POV as junior talent, and why you shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes. Plus, lots and lots of sports metaphors!

Heads up: LA! I'm moderating a panel for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month hosted by RPA on May 30. RSVP here to hear from and meet industry leaders from Anomaly, POSSIBLE, and HAYMAKER (Jay is a panelist!).

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Aliya tells us everything we need to know about getting started in UX and product design. Hear about her transition from the wine industry to UX, the hard and soft skills needed to be a product designer, specific resources (including blogs, courses, and communities) for those starting out, and her advice on the biggest hurdles that junior designers face—including building your portfolio from scratch and finding mentors.

Heads up: Introducing the We Are Next Index, a crowdsourced directory of resources that help students and jr. talent start and slay in their careers. Check out the list and help us build the Index by submitting a resource you love!

Cecilia takes us through her journey from print production, to creative manager, to creative recruiter, to talent development specialist. Hear about why operational roles like creative services make for great careers, how to be thoughtfully considered about when to leave an agency, and how jr. talent can check their own unconscious biases. 

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Rebecca gives us a peek into the world of social strategy from her experience working on clients like Coca-Cola, Converse, and Bud Light. Hear about how the past stigma of being a social strategist has evolved, how she stays up on new platform developments, and the value of bringing your fresh perspective and understanding of youth culture to the agency.

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Eli joins us to talk about naming, branding, and running a creative studio. Hear about why naming is more complicated than you think, the importance of guiding someone through your creative process, what you should put in your portfolio, and why we should seek out weird shit as inspiration.

Heads up: For some reason my mic recorded me a little quieter than usual, but you can hear Eli just fine, which is all that really matters. :)

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Nika shares especially insightful advice and her love of planning in a conversation about all thing strategy. Hear about her hypothesis on why strategy is especially hard to break into, why you don't necessarily need a strategy portfolio, qualities of stand-out interns she's worked with (who got hired!), the stigma surrounding LA and why she’s never worked harder in her career.

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Lauren Walker, Media Supervisor at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, brings tons of useful advice and tells us what's what in the world of media, drawing from her experience working in creative agencies, media agencies, and ad tech. Hear examples of how media can drive creative, why working in ad tech is a great way to get to an agency role, plus key media-related terms you should know—including one that will make you stand out if used in an interview!

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Michael comes to us from the world of visual branding, sharing his experience from 20+ years of being a self-defined design nerd. Hear about the process of creating a visual brand identity, personal branding and resume tips from the class he teaches at CU Boulder, and being a creative of color in a city not known for its diversity (and the case for sticking it out).

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