In this first Season Wrap Up, Anthony, Essie & Mawuena come together to reflect on UNSCRIPTED’s journey so far. They shout out their favorite episodes, spotlight some milestones & touch on future plans! 

Enjoy your listen and until Season 2, Happy Holidays and as always,

 Stay Cool & stay UNSCRIPTED!

Our guest this week is Natalie Narh, an all round creative with a passion for providing artists and creatives with a platform to showcase their talents and abilities. She is the co-founder of New Comma which is a social media platform for local and diaspora creatives to connect, create, learn and earn. She is also a Creative at Billion Dollar Boy - a social and influencer agency in London.

Previously she was a Social Content Creative at Ogilvy UK, there, her clients included Mattel, Škoda, British Airways, TikTok, and Axe Music. She was also the Chair of Ogilvy Roots, a network dedicated to championing greater ethnic and cultural diversity within the advertising industry. Her creative skill sets fall across Graphic Design, 2D Animation, Photography, Videography and Website Design.

Natalie sat on the 2020 D&AD New Blood Awards jury & has been recognized in the Yahoo Finance (2020 + 2021) EMpower Top 100 Ethnic Minority Future Leaders list, Campaign Magazine’s List for 30 Women in Advertising (2021) and the BIMA 100 (Creatives and Designers Category, 2021). 

Independent to all this, she is the founder of Latch Productions - a company dedicated to shaping how creative visions are accessed and assessed through various skillsets in media

Our 10th episode features Rabiah Damji, Product Marketing Manager @ Instagram – bridging the gap between people and products. She is currently leading efforts on Instagram's Camera and Reels products. She is also a Twitter alum and graduated from UC Berkley! In this episode, Rabiah shares her introduction to the tech industry, her experience thus far, a viral LinkedIn post (linked below) and insight into the role of a Product Marketing Manager. We hope you enjoy yet another inspiring conversation!

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What the heck is Marketing?! 

How I landed my dream internship 

This week’s episode of the UNSCRIPTED podcast features co-host Daniel Mawuena Ackuaku (Mawuena) who graduated from Calvin University in 2020 and is a Technology Consultant at Dynatrace! A soccer enthusiast, Mawuena also hosts the Checking Var Podcast! In this episode, he shares his passion for tech, his experience at college and working with various clients in the tech industry. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Mawuena.

Until next week,

Yasmin Abdi is our guest on Episode 8 of UNSCRIPTED! Yasmin Abdi is an experienced Software Engineer and Entrepreneur. She has spent her career building and managing technology at Instagram, Google, and currently at Snapchat. Yasmin is a founding member of Meemo – recently acquired by Coinbase and founder of noHack, a digital security contracting and consulting company focused on helping people understand cybersecurity threats and protect their digital platforms. Outside of tech, Yasmin loves to travel and is a brand partner for several up and coming consumer and fashion brands, including Yubico, Dot Cards, Weem, and Zora Luxury Co.

Yasmin shares her inspiring journey in “Big-Tech” and the startup world, tips on juggling many career hats & highlighting your talents within your network! We enjoyed speaking with Yasmin & hope you enjoy this conversation as well!

Until next week,

Stay cool & Stay UNSCRIPTED

This week’s episode of the UNSCRIPTED podcast features Elikem Kuivi, a Software Engineer on the Google Assistant team whose initial interest in game design drew him to the world of tech. Before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, Elikem lived in Chicago where he went to college. In this episode, he highlights the importance of soft skills in a technical field, diligence & leveraging your network! We hope you enjoy this inspiring conversation with Elikem!

Our 6th episode features our co-host Essie, a software engineer at Google. Join us as she shares her college experience, changing career focus, internships & post grad life transitioning from college. We hope you enjoy this UNSCRIPTED conversation!

In our 4th episode Shameemah Fuseini-Codjoe, a Senior Technical Product Manager at PayPal joins us to share her inspiring journey in the fin-tech space. Her passion for Product Inclusion and Accessible Design is evident as she speaks on the value of a support system & establishing yourself credible source of information. We enjoyed speaking with Shameemah and hope you enjoy the conversation!

In this episode Kofi Sakyi-Appiah (@yanfosah), a Software Developer at Shopify, joins us to share a bit about his journey throughout college and the tech industry. He highlights how he became a Software Developer at Shopify!

In this episode we have one of our co-hosts, Anthony Attipoe (@tony_poe), on the hot seat! Currently a Software Engineer at Google, Anthony shares a bit about his journey within the tech industry.