11 episodes
The Press Conference Podcast Dan Simmonite
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4.9 • 15 Ratings
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A sports media podcast focusing on the best of social media, press, marketing, commercial and PR at clubs and organisations. There is a strong community of sporting minds in the creative industry and in this series, Dan Simmonite speaks to the expert individuals and extracts the story behind their role and the best practice in their field.
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Chris Payne - Football Brand Designer
Chris Payne is a football brand designer and is the man behind the Alfreton Town and Eastleigh FC badges. He is based in USA and tells the story of how he won his first football club client by presenting a rebrand to his local team via email.
We also discuss why football club badges are changing to circle designs and the emergence of secondary logos for sports teams. If you are an aspiring sports designer Chris also reveals the best practices on how to win your first clients and the tools you need in the industry to get started.
You can see Chris' work at: https://www.footballbranddesigner.com/
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Kara Head - Social Media Manager at Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Kara runs the twitter feed for the renowned Bayer 04 Leverkusen English account. She has the distinction of working from New York and commutes only to the coffee shop as she is employed as a remote worker for the club. She speaks about the importance of having a second language under her belt which set her apart from other applicants when looking for jobs and gives some valuable tips on how to be successful on social media, building communities, and developing the Bundesliga's presence overseas.
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Jay Taylor - i2i International Soccer Academy
Jay Taylor is the Digital Media Manager for i2i International Soccer Academy and is just about the busiest man in football media, running multiple social media accounts; some of which you might have seen with the likes of 'All Orlando City' and 'All FA Vase'. We discuss how he got himself straight into a full-time job out of his studies at UCFB, reporting on Orlando City from the UK and working the digital department for an international organisation.
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Dean Davies - Freelance Sport Designer
Dean Davies has worked as a freelance sports designer for the likes of Squawka, Eleven Sports and the Football Association of Wales. He takes me through the best steps to learn photoshop, how to get paid clients when just starting out, and when to sacrifice payment for exposure. We also discuss 'copycat' designers and graphic design skills being heavily undervalued in football.
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John Gillespie - Irish Football Association
John Gillespie is the Digital Manager for the Irish Football Association (Northern Ireland) and speaks to me about his grounding in news reporting which helped his transition over to sport digital as well as an insight into how the relationship works between national team and clubs from a media point of view and an anecdote of interviewing Virgil Van Dijk.
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Luke Lambourne - Leyton Orient
Luke Lambourne is the newly-appointed Media Manager at Leyton Orient and is the man behind the viral #UltimateQuaranTeam FIFA competition which attracted reach of well above 100 million people as well as over 25,000 new twitter followers and global press attention. He talks through how to go viral on Twitter as well as stories about interactions with AS Roma whilst at AFC Fylde and his decision to move up north to start his football media career.
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Intro/Outro music by True Magenta.
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Customer Reviews
So beneficial to the sports media industry!
These chats have really helped me get a better idea of what it’s like to work in football media. Dan is doing a great job of helping everything make that step into the industry!
Superb Podcast
A really insightful dive into the world of the Sports PR. Essential listening if you’re a student looking to work in a media role at a club with tips and tricks in how to succeed. You’ll learn a thing or two for sure!
Great insight into football media!
Really interesting conversations, really beneficial as a media student, can’t wait for more podcasts!