I Want Your Job
Welcome to I Want Your Job. This is the podcast where I, Camille Allen, get to chat to some really inspiring people on the diverse nature of their creative careers. How do you balance a fashion design business with depression? Do friendships make or break your film career? Does jealousy drive the successful? No one follows the same trajectory.
Episodes
35 episodes
How to Create A Fashion Brand with Kelly Le Marseny
This episode is all about the behind-the-scenes of building a brand. From finding inspiration to marketing the final product, how do you grow an idea into an iconic business? I spoke with Kelly Le Marseny of Marsenè about her career in fashion....
What's Your Purpose? The Psychology Behind Decision Making and Your Insights!
In this solo episode, we’re talking about purpose. How your passion actually turns into a career, especially when it feels like everything’s working against you. That pressure of not having enough time to figure it out can send you into a spira...
Starting a Fashion Label at 25 with Kacy Heywood
When's the right time to start? Is fashion loosing its originality? In today's episode of I Want Your Job, self taught Kacy Heywood of KAHE and I discuss the fashion industry. Can you launch your own brand in today's current climate? <...
The Reality of Being a Comedian: Mental Health & Identity with Lou Wall
Comedy and tragedy have always gone hand in hand. But what does it actually mean to build a career turning life’s chaos into jokes?In this episode, comedian and content creator Lou Wall opens up about using humour to process the world. F...
How to Market a Non-Profit Without Performative Activism with Project Planet's Tegan Lerm
Tegan Lerm is the co-founder of Project Planet and Build-a-Ballot, non-profits focused on turning care into action. In this episode, we talk about building a mission-led organisation, marketing a non-profit without performative activism, and fe...
Balancing Love, Career & Moving Overseas with Izzy Woods
Moving countries sounds romantic, until it’s your career, your relationship and your identity on the line. In this episode of I Want Your Job, Izzy Woods opens up about moving countries, making new connections and how to build an authentic audi...
You Don’t Have to Overshare to Stay Relevant | Conversation with YouTuber Joyish
Joy Ben Hur, also known as Joyish, has built a loyal audience on Youtube and Instagram.In this episode, we talk about growing up on the internet, the pressure to share, and how to build an audience without losing your sense of self. From...
Does the Music Industry Reward Self-Sacrifice? Jariah Travan on Music Management
There's a lot that happens behind the scenes in the music industry. And Jariah Travan is a big part of it. She's the artist manager at Tiny Minds Agency and Lonely Lands Agency, so there's a lot on her plate. In this episode we disc...
Meg McConville on Working With Julia Fox and Trusting Your Creative Instincts
Meg McConville, aka Moochimade, is one of Melbourne’s most exciting makeup artists, known for her maximalist, experimental looks.In this episode we talk about trusting your instincts, resisting trends, beauty as power, and building a cre...
How to Build an Ethical Business with Cristina Napoleone
Cristina Napoleone, founder of Terrain, left year 12, took a year off, went back, studied geography, and eventually built a design practice rooted in ecological ethics. In this episode, we get to the bottom of business. We chat about what you n...
Camille Olsen-Ormandy on Whether You Can Really Make It as a Fine Artist
What does it actually take to make it as a fine artist? Growing up surrounded by art is one thing. But building a career is another. Painter Camille Ormandy joins me to talk about how backing your own instincts and deciding that wanting a caree...
Yasmin Suteja Doesn’t Have It All Figured Out
Yasmin Suteja doesn’t have it all figured out — and that’s kind of the point.Director, photographer, content creator and founder of Culture Machine, Yasmin’s career has been anything but linear. From building a creative platform at the star...
Actor Tamala Speaks on the Politics of Getting Booked
Actor, performer and poet Tamala talks rejection, audition rooms, and the politics of being booked. What do you do when the industry can’t decide where to place you? From starting acting at 15 to leading Ghosts, Tamala opens up about mixed-race...
Reflecting on Season One | Solo Episode with Camille Allen
Welcome back to I Want Your Job! I took a little hiatus but I'm back and so excited to jump into season two. For this episode I wanted to look back on the past conversations that you loved. I'll be back next week with regular interv...
Is There Really a Dream Job? With The Psychology of Your 20s’ Jemma Sbeg
What even is a dream job? This week I’m joined by Jemma Sbeg, host of the hit podcast The Psychology of Your 20s, to unpack the psychology behind purpose, burnout, and whether chasing a “dream job” is ever really the answ...
How to Be a Magazine Editor | Rachel Weinberg of To Be Magazine on Building Legacy and Voice
Rachel Weinberg, editor-in-chief of To Be Magazine, joins me to talk about inheriting a legacy publication and reshaping it into one of Australia’s sharpest creative platforms. We chat about breaking into an industry that can feel clos...
Asking for the Job You Want | Confidence and Imposter Syndrome with Anai Godfrey
How do you figure out what you want in your career? Sometimes, it’s by learning what you don’t want. In this episode of I Want Your Job, I sit down with Anai Godfrey, producer and host of Secondz, an online platform spotlighti...
Behind the Decks | DJ Caucasian Opportunities on Burnout and Self Branding
What happens when your passion becomes your job - especially in music? In this episode, I sit down with Tawana, aka Caucasian Opportunities, a Naarm-based DJ, to unpack the realities of DJ culture. From parasocial relationships with au...
I'm Every Woman | Izzy Burns on Turning Ideas Into Communities, Love vs Longing & Female Friendships
"If you don’t take yourself seriously, no one will." Melbourne’s modern-day Cupid, Izzy Burns, runs dating nights at Crush Club and friendship film hangouts at Club DVD. These two spaces have been built to make people feel a little less ...
The Invisible Woman | Beci Orpin on Career Longevity and Navigating a Male-Dominated Industry
How does a woman’s visibility shift when we stop trying to be palatable? What about when we move past the stage of “up-and-coming”? Internationally celebrated designer Beci Orpin joins I Want Your Job to explore what falls away as you ...
Not Knowing is Knowing | Graphic Designer Rowena Lloyd on Time & Uncertainty
Designer and illustrator Rowena Lloyd joins I Want Your Job to talk about building a career she wouldn’t dread. From studying politics to enrolling in an animation course without knowing how to draw, Rowena figured out how to ...
The Leap from Idea to Impact | Paige Aubort on Building a Business in a Taboo Industry
You don’t have to feel empowered to begin. You just have to begin. This week on I Want Your Job, I’m joined by Paige Aubort. She's the co-founder of High Tide, a modern sex store redefining what intimacy and connection can look like.
It’s Half Luck, Half Persisting | Artist Veronica Charmont on Art School and the Ethics of the Image
"There is so much unsaid in photos." That’s part of what draws artist Veronica Charmont to photography. But there’s a lot said in this episode of I Want Your Job — about courage, recognition, and even calling yourself an artist
Floristry Saved My Life | Kayla Moon on Addiction, Impermanence and Creativity
Mental health is a big hurdle within a career. How do you care for yourself while feelings of depression, obsession and jealousy arise at any moment? After reading florist Kayla Moons’ instagram posts about her ups and downs, I had to speak to ...
What We Carry | Olivia Cummings (Cleopatra's Bling) on Legacy, Loss & Making Things That Last
Building her brand, baby and after the loss of her father, Olivia's perspective on life shifted. In this episode of I Want Your Job, I chat with the founder of Cleopatra's Bling, Olivia Cummings, to understand the roles of life and death ...