Content People: Career Plans, Imposter Syndrome and Making Room for Magic

On Content People, host Meredith Farley interviews creative professionals and leaders to get a behind-the-scenes look at their career experiences and turn that into actionable advice for listeners. Tune in to hear from experts in various media, and get inspired to find contentment in your own creative career.

Episode #5 Summary

The Cut’s career advice columnist Kimberly Brown has a strong sense of who she is and what she’s doing — but it wasn’t always that way. In her conversation with Meredith Farley, Kimberly talks about the struggles and triumphs of finding her career path. She explores the importance of passion, when to move on from a job, overcoming imposter syndrome and more.

Kimberly Brown’s resume includes everything from being an author, to an advice columnist at New York Magazine’s “The Cut,” a career development expert, a Global Diversity Talent Acquisition Leader at a Fortune 100 company, and of course, earning a Master of Science in counseling.

It’s easy to think Kimberly was born knowing exactly what she wanted to do. However, she says her path wasn’t always so clear. She studied vocal jazz for 10 years before stepping into psychology and marketing — the two fields that made her the career leader she is today.

Luckily, Kimberly is generous with her career advice. In our chat, she talks about how she got over missing out on her dream job, planned her work through a series of milestones and learned to represent herself in the workplace — and how she does...