Meet Leonie. After graduating from a degree in Business Studies with Accounting from Ulster University, Leonie worked in a local clothing store Yellow Moon as a retail assistant and helped out with building and maintaining the stores website. Leonie then moved towards a career as a manager at a local hair salon ROCO and also set up a social media clothing store Your Statement on the side.

Leonie decided to move to Australia to travel and gain some experience. During her travels Leonie worked in various positions, including fruit picking and helping out at jewellery stands. After months of travelling Leonie decided to move home as she missed her hometown of Derry and also her job as a salon manager.

Since moving home Leonie has been working as a salon manager in Atelier Hair and has also restarted her social media page Your Statement, however instead of a clothing store Leonie now assist local businesses and offers marketing advice to help promote their services through social media marketing.

In this episode we will discuss changing career paths, what a days work looks like as a manager, and Leonie offers advice on careers in social media marketing.