Career Profiles

Meet professionals working in a variety of jobs in the creative industries

Emma Warren, journalist and broadcaster

When she’s not working with teenagers, Emma is writing and presenting for NME radio

Dan Walsh, Culture Manager

Dan Walsh works with cutting edge music as the Culture Manager for Red Bull

Victor Frankowski, photographer

Victor photographs major music festivals and gigs, including the Underage Festival

Paul Kennedy, PR Director

Paul gets the best coverage possible for his clients – including Underage Festival

Andrew Spiro, entrepreneur

Andrew runs several venues and club nights – and is involved in the Underage Festival

Anja Wohlstrom, Art Editor

Anja is the Art Editor at political weekly magazine the New Statesman

Martin Robinson, Editor

Martin is editor of successful free magazine Shortlist – and before that he was Deputy Editor of music mag NME

Joe Frost, Art Director

Joe is Art Director of the Sun’s Buzz magazine – and before that he was in charge of the look of NME’s magazine and website

Simone Baird, Features Editor

Simone is the features editor at Time Out, the London arts and entertainment magazine, and the founder of Trashed.

Alan Rutter, freelancer

Alan is one of the co-founders of Trashed. He has freelancer who has worked for Time Out, Maxim and currently Wired UK.

Jo Kotas, Managing Director

Jo is the Managing Director of Bunch, a design agency with studios in London, Zagreb and Singapore.

Boaz Sachs, photographer

Boaz is a freelance photographer and founder of the music blog Cougar Microbes.

Mark Jenkins, web designer

Mark is a freelance web designer and developer. He also runs a blog network covering art, music and streetwear fashion.

Kristjan Gillies, Creative Director

Kristjan is Creative Director for various companies – including Kung Fu Media – as well as a professional artist.

Naomi Richmond-Swift, Publisher

Naomi is a Publisher for TATE ETC magazine, the official publication produced for the Tate galleries in London.

Nikhil Shah, DJ and entrepreneur

Nikhil is the co-founder of music website Mixcloud.com, and is also a DJ and club promoter.

Stephen Bolles, Media Director

Stephen is the US Media Director of the Berlin based record label K7! Records.

Sarah Oliver, Account Manager

Sarah is an Account Manager at We Are Social, an international social media and conversation agency.

Chris Gold, club promoter

Chris is the founder of Trouble Vision, Corsica Studios’ ‘genre-smashing’ in-house club night in London.

Chris Manning, fashion designer

Chris is a fashion designer and owner of DBD clothing, a London-based streetwear brand.