Juan Luis Bravo has worked as a storyboard artist in animation for shows like Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures and LEGO Dreamzzz.

Today het gets into the steps from a digital media specialist making corporate videos to storyboard artist for a Star Wars based show; how to actually yield results from networking events; and how to tap into your power as a member of a marginalized community.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN (updated - 2:36 is actually 1:43 )

1:43 - Young Jedi Adventures: years in the making!

2:13 - Starting off as a Digital Media Specialist internally at Disney

4:52 - Getting aggressively poached from a show

1:27 - What’s the best way to follow up/advocate for yourself with a new connection?

13:27 - How to get someone to want to help you

18:07 - Landing & leveraging a first job toward your long-term goals 

23:52 - Identifying opportunities for further education past college

26:57 - How to decide to leave your “steady” job to pursue your dreams - and convince the next hiring manager you can do it (leaving helping to cut Marvel animatics to pursue storyboarding)

33:07 - Cultivating relationships from college into long-term professional relationships 

34:47 - How to balance being direct about what you want without being an egomaniac 

39:17 - Friends from college making the Black List

40:27 - How to say what you want 

44:37 - The right questions to ask in a cold email or mentor outreach

46:33 - Living situation impact on creativity 

49:22 - If you hate LA…

50:17 - Were there moments of wanting to quit? 

57:52 - How to tap into your power as a member of a marginalized community 

1:00:55 - TIME CAPSULE

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