Voicebox: Want my job?

From radio presenters and journalists, to circus performers and festival producers, here we chat to industry professionals about their careers and get advice on how to follow in their footsteps.
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15 May 2018
Want My Job? with Paige Martin - Music Management
After graduating university, Paige has received a kick-start in her career in the music industry by working as an apprentice at the O2 Apollo Manchester, as well as managing her own business with her sister. Let's see what she has to say!
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9 May 2018
Want My Job? with Nici West - Arts Editor
Nici has been a vital member of the Voice Mag team ever since she first joined us, but what exactly does it take to be an Arts Award Editor? Let's find out, shall we?
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26 April 2018
Want my Job? from Jess Weiss, Press Officer for Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe Festival is just around the corner, so we catch up with their Press Officer, Jess Weiss, to find out how you can get a job like hers.
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17 April 2018
Want my job? by comedian Suzi Ruffell
We speak to comedian Suzi Ruffell about getting into comedy, using arts as a platform for activism and her work with Alan Carr. Lauded as ‘a real stand up gem’ by The Guardian, this young independent woman celebrates her working-class roots with a sideways look at the world.
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17 April 2018
Interview with writer/performer Jackie Hagan - activism in the arts
We interview writer/performer Jackie Hagan about activism in the arts, diversity, inclusion and social engagement.
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8 February 2018
Interview with Alison Wheeler, MBE - Suffolk Libraries CEO
Suffolk Libraries chief executive talks to Voice about the importance of reading, her career, and offers advice to young people
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26 January 2018
'Want My Job?'… with Cicely Taylor - Project Manager
We speak to Cicely Taylor, Project Manager at Children & the Arts
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4 January 2018
An Xiao Mina, visual and digital artist with MozFest Artist Open Studio
An Xiao Mina, one of the artists in this year's MozFest Artist Open Studio spoke with me about her work in exploring the role of memes in today's internet culture and culture-at-large.
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3 January 2018
Want My Job? with Dave Darch
Dave Darch from A Little Learning (among other places) sits down to talk about the many hats he wears in the creative world but particularly the one which led to him getting young people to teach adults how to code at MozFest 2017.
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3 January 2018
Want My Job? with Katie and Cheryl
Hear Katie and Cheryl talk about their work with Helix Arts and how their experience working with young people brought them down to MozFest to deliver a workshop around Social Media and expression.
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3 January 2018
Want My Job? with Hannah Prentice
We spoke to Hannah Prentice, currently doing her Gold Arts Award about the volunteering she’s doing as part of her award and it bringing her to MozFest.
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3 January 2018
Want My Job? with Shelby Johnston
Shelby Johnston, together with Sarah Longfield, both of See Think Make, have put together an accessible workshop to engage young people with digital creativity at Mozfest. We spoke to Shelby about her work with See Think Make.
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30 November 2017
Want my job? Barbara Zambrini, BBC
We talk to Senior Producer at BBC Research & Development about her job, fake news, and what you can do to follow in her footsteps!
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22 November 2017
Want My Job? with Santosh Viswanatham
At MozFest 2017 we spoke to Santosh, an engineer and web developer for Gaian Solutions India Pvt Ltd. and a Mozilla Tech Speaker.
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22 November 2017
Want My Job? with Otis Laundon
I spoke to Otis Laundon who teaches beginners 3d modelling and animation with Blender software about how he got into this so young and his road to MozFest.
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22 November 2017
Want My Job? with Neha Lahkanpaul
Dance teacher, journalist, marketer, and facilitator, Neha, spoke to me about how she came to wear so many hats and how those hats took her to MozFest 2017.
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24 October 2017
Want My Job? Sally Zabroski, theatre practitioner & projects organiser
I interviewed my friend and colleague Sally Zabroski about her career so far - by day, she is a Projects Coordinator for Unit Twenty Three, a social enterprise and arts firm based in South Norfolk. But by night, she is an experienced Theatre Practitioner delivering projects and youth groups left, right and centre. Here's what Sally had to say!
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10 October 2017
Want My Job? with Shwetal Shah
Read about the work of the eternally enterprising Shwetal Shah of Erase All Kittens who has spent her life closing the gap between science and technology, and social issues.