My journey to Netflix!

The power of a personal brand and warm referral combined landed me an offer from The Walt Disney Company and Netflix on the same day! 🤗

I get asked a lot about my road to Netflix, and there’s a cool story behind it.

First, I wasn’t looking. I was very happy with my role at Ubisoft. I had an amazing team, was recently promoted, was working on an internship program, started an internal podcast, and was having a blast! 🙌🏼

I saw the hiring manager post the role for the recruiter position for Netflix Games. My best friend works at Netflix Animation and we were catching up. I mentioned I wasn't looking, but it sounded cool and would be open to it, and he eventually “wrote a gushy email” to the hiring manager about me 🥰 It eventually turned into a chat with the recruiter, and then a full interview process.

At this same time, Disney approached me! 🤩 The recruiter mentioned they loved my brand on LinkedIn and thought I could have a lot to offer to the role. It was an honor to hear someone at Disney mention how "on brand" I was! Well, it was Disney so I took up the interview, of course!

On the same day, Disney and Netflix presented an offer! 😱 I was speechless and couldn’t believe my luck! It was the hardest decision of my career so far — split between my current role at Ubisoft, the dream company and dream role to recruit for Disney Parks, or build up a new gaming division for Netflix!

Y’all know where I ended up, but the experience speaks for itself. Having a brand that is uniquely you while also having a network of people who will lift you up is magic ✨

I mean, call it magic, luck, preparation, the right timing, all of the above. Either way, I never saw it coming, but I share my story (to answer this repeated question 😅) with the hope that someone finds it inspiring that being you and having good support can make magical things happen!