Juggling with Julia: Life, Lens and Initiatives at Brafton

these individuals who appear to have an uncanny skill to spin a number of plates, juggle flaming swords and stability on a tightrope, all on the identical time? Nicely, in the event you’ve ever puzzled what it appears to be like like when such an individual sits on the helm of Brafton’s mission administration division, meet Julia Hergart. 

Her typical day may embody liaising with worldwide groups, coordinating deliverables, planning for a large number of tasks and nonetheless discovering time to take a coastal stroll throughout her lunch break. 

However Julia doesn’t simply juggle work duties, she additionally indulges in hobbies that require the identical delicate stability — like yoga and movie images. “I really like the thought of simply having one shot and the joy of getting it developed!” Julia shares. 

Nicely, crafting this piece about her feels identical to that — I’ve one shot to captzure Julia’s essence (with the luxurious of some rounds of edits and peer revisions, after all).

So to really get this proper, let’s rewind a bit to the place it began…

Julia’s Journey to Brafton

Image this: you’re scrolling by way of LinkedIn, and a job posting catches your eye. As you learn the outline, a wave of pleasure builds — it’s as if somebody crafted a job only for you. This was Julia’s actual expertise the day she found Brafton.

From overseeing tasks at college to working a content material creation company alongside her research, and later working in a advertising position at a style label, Julia’s path to Brafton was paved with different experiences. Her enterprise and economics diploma, in addition to her wide-ranging work historical past, supplied her with an all-encompassing understanding of the broader enterprise context, a useful asset in her position.

Julia recounts, “I discovered about Brafton by way of a job posting on LinkedIn, and as I learn by way of the job description I knew I needed to apply. The position felt like an ideal match for my pursuits and expertise, and I used to be excited for the chance to work for a worldwide firm and chief inside the business.”

From the get-go, what attracted Julia to Brafton was the scope and variety of the position. The prospect to work with a variety of companies, throughout totally different industries and in several elements of the world, was thrilling. Extra so, she relished the prospect of working with numerous varieties of content material and collaborating with the “amazingly proficient manufacturing groups.”

She works carefully with our purchasers within the APAC area, ensuring the content material we ship not solely meets their targets however aligns with their advertising methods, too. A key component of her work additionally includes guaranteeing that the totally different groups are well-supported. “I’ve very shut contact with all our manufacturing groups to ensure they’ve all the data and help they should create superb content material.”

Nevertheless, it’s not all in regards to the content material supply for Julia. A vital a part of her position lies in nurturing shopper relationships. She says, “One other essential a part of my position is to construct relationships with purchasers, so that they need to hold working with us!”

Julia in Motion

Julia’s work expertise at Brafton is a mix of autonomy, studying and suppleness. She discovered herself entrusted with appreciable duty from day one — an empowering gesture she sees as a testomony to Brafton’s religion of their workers. “I’ve discovered this very empowering and it has helped me to develop and study rapidly,” Julia shares.

She’s on a steady studying journey at Brafton. Working amidst specialists throughout numerous departments, Julia is consistently awed by the vary of expertise round her. “It’s actually inspiring to be round individuals with such a variety of expertise!”

Julia’s most up-to-date success story provides a glimpse into her strategy. “Managing web site redesigns may be very difficult, however when you’ve gotten an incredible group of creatives and manufacturing employees, the outcomes may be spectacular. We have been in a position to create an internet site that the shopper completely liked,” she recounts.  “There’s nothing fairly like delivering a mission that the shopper is thrilled with. Being there from the very begin till the tip and witnessing how all of the items come collectively — it’s extremely rewarding.”

A Phrase of Recommendation

Working at Brafton, Julia thrives in its world environment. “We have now individuals on virtually each continent! I really like that I can work with individuals from all around the world, all with totally different backgrounds.” 

Her recommendation to anybody who’s fascinated with a mission administration profession? Dive into real-life conditions. “The extra you handle totally different tasks, the extra you study and the extra snug you grow to be with dealing with surprising circumstances.” 

In her view, inventive companies are the best launchpad for budding mission managers. Right here, you possibly can study rapidly, work with numerous tasks and interact with numerous purchasers. However keep in mind, it’s a job that comes with substantial duty. “Attempt it out first, perhaps handle an occasion or volunteer to supervise a mission at your office,” Julia suggests.

So hold juggling, hold balancing and should your journey proceed to develop in essentially the most lovely methods. 

As for me, I can solely marvel at how Julia makes all of it work. And who is aware of, maybe at some point we’ll see her juggling flaming swords throughout a yoga pose, all whereas balancing on a tightrope strung between two cliffs on one in all her coastal walks. Understanding Julia, I wouldn’t put it previous her!