Your Career, Unscripted

Join Columbia MBA grad, writer, and former actor Jane Cortez as she interviews business leaders and rising professionals on their career paths. She shares stories and advice to inspire you to build a career on your terms, and not anyone else's. @janecortezmba

Your Career, Unscripted is a business podcast hosted by Jane Cortez, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jane Cortez hosts Your Career, Unscripted, a business show with 22 episodes published.

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  Episode #22

  Kimberly Hairston-Hicks - CMO - I am a champion of celebrating diverse beauty

  Jun 7, 202639 minS0

  <p>I interviewed Kimberly Hairston Hicks, CMO of Gold Bond Co., on this week’s episode of Your Career, Unscripted! I first heard Kimberly speak on a panel at The Female Quotient’s SXSW event this year. I was inspired by her ethos and drive to champion diverse beauty narratives.</p><p>I immediately asked her to be a guest on my show, and was so excited when she said yes. Listen to learn about</p>Kimberly’s career storylessons from being both an entrepreneur and an intrapreneurthe women who helped her get to where she is nowthe woman who tapped...

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  Episode #21

  Gideon Spitzer-Williams - Canva - I refuse to be in a job that doesn’t bring me joy

  Apr 21, 202643 minS0

  <p>This week on Your Career, Unscripted, I spoke with Gideon Spitzer-Williams, Global Experiential Marketing Lead, B2B at Canva, someone who gave me thoughtful advice years ago when I was trying to break into marketing.</p><p>What stayed with me most was Gideon’s overall honesty and his intentionality about building a career rooted in joy.</p><p>Gideon walks through his journey from Snapchat, Tinder, Archrival, Red Bull, and Canva and what each chapter taught him. We also get into the differences between product, brand, and experiential marketing, his ambition to become a CMO, how he spends hi...

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  Episode #20

  Carla Stickler - Spotify - From Elphaba to Engineer

  Feb 20, 202652 minS0

  <p>How do you go from performing as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway to becoming a web engineer at Spotify? And then what happens when you get all the things you wanted, but then you realize you still want more ? On this week’s episode of Your Career, Unscripted, Carla Stickler details her career pivot, the growing pains she experienced, what gave her courage to step outside of performing and into tech, and advice to artists on making career changes.</p><p>It was a joy to commiserate with another artist about the challenges of identifying with your art form, an...

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  Episode #19

  Isaac Sundsted - Samsung - Love your story

  Jan 16, 202646 minS0

  <p>Isaac Sundsted took an unconventional path into tech and gaming. In this episode of Your Career, Unscripted, Isaac shares his journey from sign language interpreter in courtrooms and emergency rooms to strategy consulting at Accenture, business development at Xbox, and now leading gaming partnerships at Samsung. We talk about career pivots, learning to navigate corporate environments, building resilience in the face of rejection, clever job search strategies, and what it really means to do zero-to-one business development inside large organizations. Isaac also breaks down what business development actually looks like day to day, how to think about scale and...

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  Episode #18

  Sarah Bond - President of Xbox - The only person you can ever beat is your younger self

  Nov 12, 202543 minS0

  <p>Sarah Bond is the President of Xbox, and I am beyond honored to have her as this week’s guest on Your Career, Unscripted!</p><p>For some context: when I was brainstorming dream guests, Sarah immediately came to mind. I had seen many of her talks on gaming, leadership, and empathy, and found them deeply impactful. Reaching out felt like a stretch, but I’ve learned it’s always worth pushing yourself to try to make a connection anyway.</p><p><br>Huge thanks to Shawn Layden for the intro—and to Sarah for graciously joining me to share he...

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