The Startup Podcast

I've been working with Chris and Yaniv at the Startup Podcast since September 2022. As of July 2024, they've found a global audience, with more than 200K listens across more than 160 episodes on YouTube and Spotify.

Editor, Audio & Video

P. Zinner & Co.

P. Zinner aims to support podcasters by offering them affordable access to industry-standard hosting services. The network also uses dynamic advertising and advanced analytics to help creators effectively cross-promote their shows and grow together.

Founder, Business Manager & Podcast Producer

Lived

Short-term contract to produce audio content for Lived, an app that supports people to drink less and live more by connecting them with people who have been there and figured out what works.

Acting Content & Community Lead

Swivol Media

Working remotely as a Producer for Melbourne-based podcast company Swivol Media.

Projects include:
- Fumes: The Truth About Inhalants
- Mummy Village

Podcast Producer

Ampel

Working remotely as the Senior Audio Producer for Sydney-based audio agency Ampel.

Projects include:
- Mates in Space (also co-host & lead researcher)
- The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce (finalist for Best Audio Program, 2023 Australian IT Journalism Awards)
- The Swab with Georgie Carroll (finalist for Best Comedy Podcast, 2022 Australian Podcast Awards)
- Flex Your Hustle (branded podcast for Commission Factory)
- Waltzing Jimeoin
- The SnortCast with Diana Nguyen

Senior Audio/Podcast Producer

Neptune Today

From July 2019, I wrote, edited & illustrated articles for Neptune Today, a public interest science magazine. In April 2020, I began co-hosting & editing the spin-off COVID podcast Radio Lockdown.

Managing Editor

Westpac Group

From July 2017 to April 2019, I worked in Home Ownership Services for the Westpac Group, moving between a number of roles:

•	Managing investor data for securitised loan portfolios
•	Working with databases, spreadsheets and online systems
•	Processing high value (>$1B) financial transactions and loan documents
•	Speaking directly with customers, solicitors and bank representatives
•	Writing and editing letter templates
•	Temp of the Month, August & September 2017

More generally, my work involved:

•	Professional handling of private information and sensitive cases
•	Developing tools and processes to minimise 'rework'
•	Learning on the job
•	Being versatile and accommodating
•	Wearing a necktie

Analyst - Securitisation and Investor Reporting

Great Scott! Media

From 2013 to 2020, I covered the Adelaide Fringe and WOMADelaide festivals as a freelancer for various online publications, including Great Scott, Fest, Glam Adelaide and Heckler.

My longest role was with Great Scott (3 years), where I covered both festivals as Music Editor:

•	Producing a 14-episode podcast series ('Artists Pass', 2018)
•	Arranging, conducting and recording/writing up interviews with Fringe and WOMAD artists
•	Running a live WOMADelaide blog 
•	Writing honest, critical reviews, informing audience decisions
•	Providing editorial feedback to other writers
•	Managing social media presence

Writer/Music Editor

On Dit

•	Best Journalistic Piece, 2016; Best Article, 2014.
•	Wrote 25 pieces (totalling more than 40,000 words) including journalistic articles, reviews, puzzles, and prose
•	Arranged & conducted interviews
•	Participated in layout/design decision-making
•	Edited submissions by other writers

Writer/Copy Editor

Radio Adelaide

•	Co-hosting, producing, interviewing & researching
•	Reporting on human interest stories within the Adelaide community
•	Writing a weekly comedy news rundown
•	Engaging listeners online via social media

Host/Producer, "Left, Right, and Centre"

Consultant Podcaster

Hi there! I'm Justin (he/they), an Adelaide-based science communicator, podcast producer & business operator. I'm best known for hosting the astronomy podcast 'Mates in Space', editing the startup podcast 'The Startup Podcast', and running podcast hosting company P. Zinner & Co. 

My DMs are open to anyone that wants to talk about: 
- Building community, both in the media industry & beyond!
- Making social media algorithms work for you! 
- Getting nerdy about sound design and/or YouTube thumbnails! 
- Making science accessible to everyone!

I like indie comedy, D&D, and long walks on the beach.

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