In episode 22 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Zaylie-Dawn Wilson, head of Creative Partnerships at Birmingham Hippodrome and overall winner of the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year awards 2023. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Zaylie about her career journey into the Creative Arts sector, through to winning the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2023. Zaylie talks about her awards journey, from the application process to her judges interview, as well as what it has been like for her since she won her award. Zaylie also offers a personal insight into being a working mother, with how she has juggled having a young baby, spearheading the Creative Partnerships department at Birmingham Hippodrome, and applying for the awards.

In episode 21 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Tara Attfield-Tomes, founder of PR agency EAST VILLAGE., and Georgie Butler, associate director at Blackberry Events. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Tara and Georgie about the importance of being both a mentor and mentee in a young professionals' career, and how young professionals can access a mentor through the Future Faces network. Tara and Georgie offer a personal insight into their own mentor relationship, and how the mentoring journey contributed to both their careers.

In episode 20 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Faye Jacklin, assistant manager at Claritas Tax, and Leon Thomas, Media and Partnerships consultant at Pearl Comms. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Faye and Leon about the importance of diversity and inclusion, and why businesses must invest in their work spaces and people in order to create a diverse and inclusive environment. Faye and Leon offer a personal insight into their own career journeys, and how ensuring the businesses they work for are equipped to deal with people with diverse abilities has been a key part of choosing their career paths.

In episode 19 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from Alex Bishop, co-head of Shoosmiths in Birmingham. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Alex about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace following Shoosmiths' move to their new offices, and what businesses can do to ensure their employees feel like they are being included and listened to. Alex offers an in-depth insight into the design process behind the new Shoosmiths offices at 103 Colmore Row, including everything herself and co-head Beth McArdle considered in their design decisions with input from their fellow employees, and why each design decision was so important.

In episode 18 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from one of the prime movers of the BYPY awards, John James. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to John about the history of the BYPY awards, his involvement in it, and why it is so important for young professionals to be involved in awards, such as the upcoming Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year awards 2023. John offers an insight into his life and career in Birmingham, and a personal reflection on his and other prime movers' involvement in bringing the BYPY awards to the city.

In episode 17 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from previous BYPY awards winner Laura Thursfield on this month’s theme of Imposter Syndrome. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Laura, director and chartered financial planner at Mazars, about winning the BYPY awards in 2018, and how Imposter Syndrome had an impact on building her career after winning the award. They talk about how Imposter Syndrome feels, how to try and overcome it, and how important it is for young professionals to apply for the upcoming Greater BYPY awards (applications close on Monday 10th of July.) Laura offers an in-depth insight into her career journey, and how winning the awards presented her with opportunities she wouldn't have thought to be possible.

In episode 16 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from social media and brand experts Clare Genner and Chloe Baker on this month’s theme of Personal Brand. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morrell talks to Clare, head of social media, and Chloe, senior account director, from Birmingham-based agency Liquid about personal branding. They talk about best practices, how to manage it effectively, and how young professionals can maintain a positive and strong personal brand both for themselves and for their business. Clare and Chloe also offer an in-depth insight into building a personal brand and how it has changed over the years, especially through the Covid pandemic.

In episode 15 of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, we hear from health and well-being expert Sheila Lord on this month’s theme of Stress Awareness. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morell talks to Sheila, founder of BMR Health and Wellbeing, about stress, including the main causes, how to manage it effectively, and where young professionals can go to access help with any stress-related problems in both the workplace and at home. Sheila also offers an insight into her own workplace mental health journey, how she learnt from mistakes throughout her career, and advice she has collected along the way.

In our newest episode of Future Faces: The Young Professionals Podcast, one of the region's leading women in business joins us to discuss this month’s theme of Leadership. Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morell talks to Rebekah Taitt, regional development director for the Midlands at Lloyds Bank, about being a leading woman in the business sector- including how she got to where she is in her career today, and what advice she would give young aspiring leaders in the business sector. Rebekah also offers an insight on being a black female leader in the business sector, and how she hopes to see more representation in the future.

One of the region's leading training providers joins us to discuss this month's theme of Lifelong Learning.  Future Faces manager Sophie Poduval-Morell talks to Harry Paige, centre manager at Digital Innovators, about learning opportunities available to young people - including the ability to develop soft skills which they can then put into practice in the workplace.  They also discuss the power of mentoring as a learning experience for both the mentor and mentee. And Harry offers an insight into how Digital Innovators are working with young people to help develop solutions that will help businesses with their skills requirements.