CHAIRMAN, TRUE AGENCY AND TRACE MAGAZINE (WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE GUARDIAN ETHNIC media Summit - http://media.guardian.co.uk/ethnicmedia)
Full interview
Q1: What has been your main inspiration in your career so far?
A1: THE ABILITY TO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, THROUGH INSIGHTFUL MAGAZINE REPORTING AND TARGETED MARKETING CAMPAIGNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC
Q2: Who was your childhood hero?
A2: MARTIN LUTHER KING
Q3: What has been your most exciting time in your career so far?
A3: THE DAY (IN MAY 2008) THAT MY LATEST (FRENCH LANGUAGE) BOOK OF ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS, “TRANSCULTURALISMES” (EDITIONS GRASSET), WAS PUBLISHED, TO RAVE REVIEWS
Q4: If you could do any job in your industry, what would it be?
A4: I WOULD LOVE TO RUN A GLOBAL, TRANSCULTURAL, MEDIA-CENTRIC MARKETING AGENCY FOR ONE OF THE BIG NETWORKS LIKE WPP, PUBLICIS, HAVAS OR OMNICOM
Q5: If you didn't get into your current career, what path would you of like to of taken instead?
A5: I WOULD HAVE GONE INTO POLITICS, LIKE MOST OF THE MEN IN MY FAMILY.
Experience
Relevant Career Accomplishments (if applicable): 1) MENTORING YOUNG WRITERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS THROUGH MY MAGAZINE (TRACE), AND HELPING YOUNG CREATIVES TO REFINE THEIR VISION THROUGH MY ADVERTISING AGENCY (TRUE)
2) LAUNCHING TRUE MAGAZINE AT 24, AND TRACE MAGAZINE AT 25
3) WRITING FOR THE GUARDIAN AT THE AGE OF 25
4) LAUNCHING AN AWARD-WINNING TRANSCULTURAL AD AGENCY (TRUE) AT THYE AGE OF 31
5) PUBLISHING FIVE WELL RECEIVED BOOKS IN THE US, UK AND FRANCE
Achievements
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
Personal:
1) HELPING TO SUPPORT MY MOTHER
2) BEING A GREAT FRIEND
3) LIVING THE LIFE THAT I WANT TO LEAD
Relevant Awards (if applicable):
1) FINALIST FOR ERNST & YOUNG “ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR” AWARD (USA, 2007)
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