Security Check: Tom work at Skimlinks as Head of Publisher Development. Tell us more about what you do there: Skimlinks is a monetisation and analytics platform used by some of the world’s leading publishers (and, increasingly, e-commerce retailers) including Hearst Magazines, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Gawker Media, Vox Media, Mumsnet, and Refinery29, to measure…
Category: Passengers
Jacqui Kavanagh: London
Security Check: This month’s passenger Jacqui Kavanagh is the Commercial Director of Video at Condé Nast, within what is a very small and very new department inside CN. Here she works on the massively exciting UK launch of video channels of Vogue, GQ, Wired and Glamour. Despite being from New York and living in London,…
Nico Perez: New York City
Security Check: Our passenger this week is: Nico Perez, the co-founder of an internet radio startup called MixCloud, which he founded in London. When he first started MixCloud, there was no money or funding, so they lived from a warehouse on an industrial estate in northwest London. There also wasn’t any Internet connection and so they…
Nour Diab Yunes: London
Security Check: Our New Yorker in London is Nour Diab Yunes, an interaction designer at service design consultancy Fjord (part of Accenture Interactive), where her role involves understanding customer expectations and industry/branding trends to inform the design of service focused digital experiences. She is also deeply passionate about the intersection between art, science and technology where…
Chris Bell: New York City
Security Check: This week our passenger is Chris Bell, a Londoner in New York. He’s a full-stack developer and works at Made by Many, a product innovation studio that helps companies build new products and take them to the market. He setup and ran the Front-end London at Made by Many, which has gone on…
Zosia Swid: London
Security Check: Our Londoner in New York is Zosia Swid. Zosia used to work as a copywriter for Moleskin in Italy but needed a bigger challenge and New York fit that bill. Last year, she moved to the Big Apple. But she’s never in town for too long, as her love for travel writing keeps…
Camilla Hearst: New York City
Security Check: Camille Hearst is a Director of Product Management at Hailo in New York. She spends time between both #NYLON cities. What’s your historical London and New York connection? I lived in London a couple of years ago, from September 2012 to August 2013, working for Google. I moved to New York in October…
Thomas Benski: New York City
Security Check: Thomas is the founder and CEO of the cross platform production company: Pulse Films. He is French Brazilian, smokes only Marlboro Lights, and loves what he does. What’s your historical London and New York connection? After 14 years just in London, I became a resident in of both cities. Describe your experience in…
Elizabeth Paton: New York City
Security Check: Our Londoner in New York, Elizabeth Paton is a Fashion and Luxury correspondent for the Financial Times. What’s your historical London and New York connection? I was raised in London and settled back there straight after university. But after a year I began feeling restless: I realised I didn’t want to be born,…
Asia Lindsay: New York City
Security Check: Asia works for TED as their in-house linguist in New York, as a speaker of 6 languages (English, Spanish, French, Portugese, Russian and Catalan). She is also in charge of the TEDx Instagram Feed and the office jellyfish (#TEDJellies). What’s your historical London and New York connection? I’m from all over. I was…
Toby Storie-Pugh: New York City
Security Check: Toby is an avid explorer and social entrepreneur. He’s currently running two expeditions: Kenyan Everest Expedition 2015 and Walk the Congo Expedition, the world’s first attempt to walk the length of the Congo River. The patron of the Congo Expedition is Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who generally is described as the world’s greatest living explorer. Seeking…
Tara Hein-Phillips: London
Security Check: Tara runs an independent consultancy focused on digital transformation, working with large and small companies to help with digital strategy and product roadmaps. She started her career as a writer, journalist and playwright and is a lifelong student currently studying organizational leadership with a heavy focus on organizational psychology. What’s your historical London and…
