Welcome back to Stella Oak Mavens! Today we bring to you an episode about creative careers. We have actress Elizabeth J Carlsie and digital marketing maven Alisha Johns to share how they turned their passions into a career.
Welcome back to Stella Oak Mavens! Today we bring to you an episode about creative careers. We have actress Elizabeth J Carlsie and digital marketing maven Alisha Johns to share how they turned their passions into a career.
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this episode is brought to you with the help from Powertech Fitness, a global leader and premier strength equipment celebrating over 20 years of being committed to stronger lives. Please visit them on Facebook, Instagram or the website at www dot powertech dot com. Welcome back to the Stella Oak mavens podcasts. Today we're bringing our 15th episode career in arts. Many individuals who are pursuing and create art are greeted by Doubters. That's a career in art, won't make a comfortable living or is to unsustainable. Today we're joined by two mavens who shattered that notion thes. We've been paired the artistic talents with business skills to build their empires up. First, we have Alicia John's the CEO and founder of Wish Creative, a digital marketing agency. She now works with big companies such as Benefit Cause Medics Yes to Dunkin Donuts and many more keep listening to hear what her day to day looks like and what her company does. What do you guys? What is less creative, really? D'oh! We create Oh, no video motion for a variety, my Salome on about eight grand And why do people go through a company like yours versus a competitor or someone else. Well, we attract brands that have are saying a great, vibrant style, and it's usually companies that have an internal social media team. But maybe they need a little help. Maybe they need help with the contact. Maybe they have a new one change, and they want Stop motion to share that with people when AH company is is being evaluated by you guys to see if there's something you you can do. Is there sometimes where it wouldn't be a good fit, like maybe a certain industry, like if it was aerospace or cars? Is they're certain industries or or companies that you would decline the work with because of the type of industry they're in? Definitely. I mean, I think for us about that have been a lot of beauty lifestyle hospitality, because there, right on a colorful I don't think that was dark and Moody Brand would do well in cash. I mean, as much as we can adapt, Um, we also work with lot of rent. The target females. One of the work is, oh, coming in and find pain. Um, it's rare that will work with the brand whose target audience is now. So, um, when you're working with different females on putting together a brand strategy, how does it start? Like, how did they reach out to you? They say, Hey, I've got I've got a brand. I need some help in in, uh, outreach. I want to do something on the marketing side. Like, how does how does it actually work? So we start with a grand discovery and we find out, like, So they are what they're trying to do, who they're trying to target, What age is their target? Gender is their targets. Were the story like, in shock? You know all these questions to try to get a sense off what we can really help with, whether it contact with their instagram or video for the website. We have to try and figure out how and so do you guys actually create the videos? Like, do you have a videographer and photo people that go out and see them? Yeah. Awfully. And I'm actually the primary photographer in the company and then have a team of videographers editor Silas wardrobe desires. Um, I bring in these different people, help with the product. If you like. What? Alicia had to say and wanted to hear more. Listen to the full interview Episode six Up Next we have acts. Elizabeth Jake Carlisle, known for her role on Rich in the Ruthless on Amazon as well as her rules and how much your mother, parenthood house and more keep listening to hear how she pursued her passion.
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Thank you. Thank you for having me here.
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Absolutely So, Elizabeth, what was Elizabeth J. Carlisle like a 21 years old? Paint the picture for May like, how did you end up
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in L. A. Pursuing acting as a career? Well, at 21 I was not acting. I was actually a makeup artist. I started acting in my 12th grade year of high school, and then I decided to pursue that in college. But I ended up quitting because I didn't think I was any good. And I became a makeup artist, and I did that for a number of years. And then I had this personal trainer at the gym who kind of pushed me back into acting. But what are you doing? You need to be, you know, you you love it. You talk about it all the time. um So he suggested that I go down to this place called Central Casting CM. I'm in Maryland right outside of DC at the time. And, um, I went down. I had headshots taken on. And I tell you, the very next day, I got called to go and audition for Chris Rock film that was shooting. They're called Head of State with the first movie I ever directed. Remember? Remember the movie? So you that wasn't even really on the radar. You probably didn't even know what he was thinking. Directing. And then here you are getting an audition for Yeah, Yeah, it was amazing. I auditioned and I got, you know, the small role. But I was throughout the film and maybe three or four different scenes on I was a Nate Dogg's girlfriend. Dog was a rapper with a dog and Dr Dre and those guys passed away. But it was a really, really cool. And at that moment, I thought, Okay, this is this is what I So you already knew that just after the first deal? You did. You knew? Yeah. Yeah, there was. I mean, people say, Oh, you got bit by the acting bug. Well, yes, I did it bit me hard. So
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did you give up the
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makeup artist work right away? No, I didn't because I I had bought a condo and I had a mortgage payments and I needed to pay those. So and then there's not really a huge acting market. That area is growing, but at the time, there really wasn't much going on. So I did one more acting job before moving to Los Angeles. I did an episode of the Wire and, uh, and then about a year, year and 1/2 later, I moved to Los Angeles.
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Well, I want
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to hear about some of the challenges, but before we get into that, you you said a couple things that was really interesting to me, and it's really revolves around your passion for her in this high that you get when you're in the in this world, that do you think that's the same thing that most actresses get from the type of work they're doing? Or do you think that's unique? Yes, I do think it is. I think that that is definitely what what? Uh ah, lot of actors that I talk to feel especially specially actors to do theater. Because if you're in front of a live audience you I think I I think that we many actors feed off that energy on getting an instantaneous reaction is just so satisfying. Uh, so, yeah, I think a lot of actors still
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away. If you wanted to hear more about Elizabeth's journey, please refer to Episode 10 of our podcast. Thank you so much for joining us. This has been a stellar oak mavens productions. Please follow us at still oak mavens on instagram. See you next week.