Climbing The Rungs

How Your Socio-Economic Background Can Be Used Against You

June 16, 2021 Gary Izunwa Season 1 Episode 11
Climbing The Rungs
How Your Socio-Economic Background Can Be Used Against You
Show Notes

In today’s episode I sit down with Tony Hursey. Tony is a Planning Manager at Zenith, which is a part of the wider Publicis Groupe, one of the largest marketing and communications networks in the world. In his role, he has worked on award-winning industry campaigns with brands such as Ray Ban, Carling, & Rekorderlig, acting as a key client partner delivering media campaigns and cross-agency presentations. For his standout work, Tony has been identified as standout agency talent having been recognised as Highly Commended at the 2020 Zenith Annual Awards.

 In our conversation we discuss a range of topics such as how your socio-economic background can be used against you, why privileged professionals are overrepresented across industries and how young people from less privileged backgrounds can enter the advertising industry.

***Please note that the views shared in this podcast by the speakers are personal and do not represent their respective employers.***