Hayley is our first featured guest of the podcast, she's from Minnesota and majored in broadcasting at the University of Nebraska. She currently works at SBNation and is the creative mind behind connecting sports fan with fun interactions!

We talk about her experiences after college from working for her hometown basketball teams, the behind-the-scene of running social accounts, celebrating the wins through social with the WNBA, and the growth of women in sports!

Follow her on Twitter: @HayleyKArcher

We'll see here back next week on Sept. 10th at 7:30 pm edt!

S1:E1 - Hayley Archer

Juju was born and raised in Washington and received her graduate degree from the University of Portland, throughout her journey, she was a bartender and walked dogs during the time she was building her own identity and brand. She is now currently working at Nike LA as a digital storyteller.

We talk about athletes expressing their personalities and values on and off the field, from Sue Bird and the WNBA as a whole, Nike's Just Do It campaign with Colin Kaepernick and Dream Crazy with Serena Williams. We also discuss Nike collaborations that happened this past year and the impact it has from influencers all-around, and what it is like working for a company like Nike.

S1:E2 - Juju Kennedy

Jimmy was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, he grew passionate about sports and played QB at Division III before switching his major from marketing to graphic design at Elmhurst University. We talk about what’s it like working for his hometown team and what it takes to make your graphics go to the next level of engagement on social.

From starting as an intern to getting freelance opportunities from major brands/networks to grinding it out to lead to his position with the Chicago Bulls as Creative Services Coordinator.

S1:E3 - Jimmy Mitchell

Missy was born and raised in Tampa, FL and grew up in a passionate sports household which led to graduating from the University of Florida! We talk about what it's like switching from reporting to social, interning with the Rays and Indians, and the MLB social program!

From finding out her first post-grad internship, being in Cleveland for both the NBA and MLB postseason runs, to running an account on social that has over 1.9M followers on Twitter!

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