Jessica L. Ransom Has Been Doing This Diversity Thing. Ready to Catch Up?
Join me in hearing about Jessica L. Ransom's career path from quality control at MTV, to reality TV, to doing a talk series about diversity in production, to starting her own production company. Now she's wearing two big old hats, as managing partner at The Gig Media, and on the agency side at Deutsch LA. Jessica speaks about The Gig's Hire Black Talent campaign, and her career-long focus on creating diverse content and hiring diverse talent. And it doesn't stop at race. She's championing diversity of age, experience, body type and sexuality as well. Plus, hear her take on "company culture" and why she feels it's used more to exclude than to include, and her mission to change access from the top by considering relevant skills and experience to bring fresh perspectives into the advertising industry. Then for fun, we talk about her dream powerhouse dinner, and what it's like to work with Niecy Nash. And that's martini! Hope you enjoy!
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