Videostories¹⁴

Julius "Ghouling" Guldbog

“Actually to be able to talk with fans, that enjoy our games“, is the coolest part of Julius “Ghouling“ Guldbog Job as a Community Manager at Image & Form Games. In his position, he is the direct link between the community and the developers – it’s all about social media, blogging and communication. His advice to his 14-year-old self? “Take your time with everything and really let your life grow on its own. You don’t need to act all the time because things happen that you never saw coming. So be prepared for that.“

David Noël

“Always be good to people”, would be one of David Noel’s advices for his 14-year-old self. The Vice president community at SoundCloud and his team empower the users to connect around the sounds. The coolest thing about his job? “Hearing how much people love SoundCloud every day is like the first time you hear it. Hearing that over and over again never gets old.”

Bistra Kumbaroska

“Communicating with people from all over the world is the coolest part of my job,” says Bistra Kumbaroska. As Online Community Manager she engages youth in an online competition by giving them support for their ideas. “With an academic background I have the skills to be responsible”, but most of the knowledge wasn’t applicable to her job. This is why she suggests: “Go out of the school desk and into reality! Work, work, work!”

Leonhard Widrich

"Ich hab keinen Werdegang, mein Werdegang ist 'Learning by doing'." Ein erfolgreiches StartUp zu gründen sei für jeden möglich, sofern man sich aus seiner Comfortzone bewege: "Wenn man immer im selben Umfeld ist, ist es schwierig zu sagen, ich fange irgendetwas Verrücktes an und gründe ein Millionen-Dollar-Unternehmen."

Jana Vladusic

“My job is to be a bridge between Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Austria and to bond these countries.“ The main goal of the Austrian Integration Fund is to successfully integrate immigrants. Jana Vladusics job as Community Manager is to make people feel good in Austria, for that she organizes events where all kinds of people have the possibility to connect and network with each other. “The coolest thing about my job is facing people. We all can write e-mails, but this job is more than words.“

Krista Kauppinen

“The bigger vision of helping people to manage their money better is inspiring for me.” Krista Kauppinen is the Community Manager for Holvi, a new type of internet banking. The newness and the constant change determines the up- and the downsides: “The limitation is, we can never move quite as quickly as we want.”

Monika Kanokova

“Man sollte zuerst sich selbst kennenlernen und wirklich wissen, was einem wichtig ist und nicht versuchen, es runterzuspielen, weil man kann nur Spaß an der Arbeit haben, wenn man so agiert, wie man es sonst auch machen würde” rät Monika Kanokova ihrem 14-jährigen Ich. Das Coolste an ihrem Job als Community Managerin? “Dadurch, dass es im Internet ist, kann ich mir aussuchen, von wo aus ich arbeite.”

Samantha Stein

“As I had different jobs and grew up I realized that it’s a lot less important what work I’m doing, other than the fact that I’m intrinsically motivated by it, and much more important that I enjoy the people I work with”, Samantha Stein, Community Manager sums up her individual insight. What the startup she’s working for is about? “Vint is an App that connects you with personal trainers on demand.”

Barbara Schwede

"Ich kann überall arbeiten wo ich will. Ich muss nur ganz selten an einem bestimmten Ort sein“, meint die Community Managerin und Mutter. Ihre Arbeit ist extrem vielseitig. Dies bringt sie mit den unterschiedlichsten Menschen zusammen. „Ich bin völlig unabhängig und zeitlich sehr flexibel. Das ist das, was mir Freude macht.“