Zendaya's charm tricks for introverts

Media People Newsletter
Written and curated by Victor Genova · September 11, 2024 · Issue #17

Welcome to the seventeenth issue of the Media People Newsletter. Subscribe here if you haven’t already. In this edition:

• Victoria Cromie from Mars United Commerce stops by the podcast

• Zendaya's charm tricks for introverts

• Rapid Fire Questions with Talon OOH Canada CEO, Debbie Benadiba

• From the Media People Podcast archives: Head of Jones & Jones Group, Jesse Jones [2022]

🔉Selling Olympic-calibre balance beams on Amazon? Seemed impossible, but Victoria Cromie pulled it off! Episode 105 of the Media People Podcast is live with the Mars United Commerce Managing Director, Canada. We chat:

🎯Victoria’s move into retail media
🎯Working on the Hyundai & Ford media accounts
🎯Jumping out of a plane
🎯Victoria’s affinity for DIY projects
🎯Growing up in Toronto

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and online at mediapeople.ca.

Zendaya's Charm Tricks for Introverts

Zendaya has two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, is an accomplished musician, stars in HBO’s Euphoria, stars in the remake of Dune, is Spider-Man’s on-screen (AND off-screen) love interest, has extensive business interests and…is an introvert.

Wait what? This can’t be right. No shy person can amass such a career in the spotlight!

Well it turns out you can. Using Zendaya as their example, the good people at Charisma On Command have put together a simple five-minute video showcasing different techniques introverts can employ to seem more outgoing and charming.

Watch here on YouTube.

Rapid Fire Questions with Talon OOH Canada CEO, Debbie Benadiba

🎯Who would play Debbie if Hollywood turned her life story into a movie?
🎯What would Debbie call this movie?
🎯What is Debbie's favourite movie?
🎯The campaign Debbie is most proud of?
🎯What's the best advice Debbie has ever received.
🎯What would Debbie be doing if she were not in media?

Watch here on YouTube and don’t forget to subscribe.

From the Media People Podcast Archives: Head of the Jones & Jones Group, Jesse Jones

Founded in 1987 by Denise and Allan Jones, the Jones & Jones Group has served many sides of the creative world for Afro-Caribbean & multi-cultural creators. And at the head of this is today’s guest, Jesse Jones.

Born in Sudbury and raised in Toronto, Jesse studied marketing & communications at the University of Ottawa.

Being in the nation’s capital presented a coincidence that Jesse parlayed into an opportunity which would arguably help launch his career. Working at the campus radio station allowed him to apply for press credentials when the JUNO Awards were in town.

While at the JUNOs, he networked his way into a sales and marketing job with Hot 89.9, which at the time was a new Ottawa FM radio station focused on hip-hop, R&B, and popular music.

From there Jesse moved into marketing and PR roles with SonyBMG Canada, Youthography, and the Timex Group.

And if you’re a fan of realty TV and ET Canada, you’re probably asking yourself: Is it THAT Jesse Jones? It is.

Some of you might already know Jesse as the season one host of the Bachelor in Paradise Canada, and ET Canada’s Black History Special: FORWARD, Celebrating the Future of Black Entertainment in Canada.

Jesse Jones stops by to chat about his career in the boardroom and his work in front of the camera. This episode originally aired in September of 2022.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and online at mediapeople.ca