Podcasts Culture Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast #211 Connie Hunter-Jamison: StudioStereo

#211 Connie Hunter-Jamison: StudioStereo

Published: June 21, 2021, 4 a.m.

Connie Hunter-Jamison is a partner at StudioStereo, a multi-disciplinary design firm based in East Belfast which she co-founded with her late husband Craig in 2008.\xa0 \xa0 Some of her clients include:

  • Madlug
  • Van Morrision
  • Belfast Whiskey Club
  • And many, many more\u2026
\xa0 From hot chocolate start-ups to multi-million-pound tech companies, Connie\u2019s day-to-day is spent helping people communicate more effectively what it is they do well.\xa0 \xa0 Her approach to branding is informed by her background as a photographer but draws equally on her broad artistic palate and principled approach to visual communication.\xa0 \xa0 In today\u2019s conversation we chat about:
  • Starting a business during the 2008 recession
  • Dealing with grief and loss at such a young age
  • The importance of moving forward (rather than moving on)
  • And the greatest successes she\u2019s experienced along the way
\xa0 Check it out.\xa0 \xa0 // \xa0 Webpage for this episode: https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/connie-hunter-jamison-studio-stereo \xa0 // \xa0 What's One Thing Most People Don't Know About You? I once got into a load of trouble in school for selling my free school dinner tickets. \xa0 What's Your Favourite Book? Ok this is not a very satisfying answer\u2026but 90% of the books I\u2019ve read in the last decade (or more specifically since having kids) I haven\u2019t finished. I have a real issue with \u201ctaking time for myself\u201d, and as reading is such a solitary activity that requires extraction from activity/\u201cdoing\u201d it always gets bumped down my list until I realise it\u2019s been 6 months and I\u2019m still only on chapter 3. I guess that\u2019s why I listen to a lot of podcasts\u2026?! I need to commit to audiobooks, up my game. So picking a favourite feels like an exercise in pretence, because I probably haven\u2019t read a book in years that\u2019s really blown me away, but that\u2019s more to do with my own crappy attitude. Plenty of classics in my \u201chave read\u201d list, but naming any of them just feels wanky because I don\u2019t cite them as having had a profound impact on me. I still think writing literature is one of the highest art forms, though. I\u2019d just struggle to pick \u201cthe one\u201d. Basically I\u2019m a very tormented lover of literature who barely reads. I\u2019m also a tormented artist who rarely paints. And a tormented musician who can\u2019t play any instruments *facepalm*...can of worms much? Ha! \xa0 What's Your Favourite Quote? I saw an Oliver Jeffers keynote speech this year at the Adobe conference (perks of Covid, it was all remote)\u2014and I'm paraphrasing, but the basic thrust of it was "everyone's just making it up as they go along, no one has a clue what they're doing". I love reflecting on that, and I come back to it all the time. It's true, right? \xa0 Show notes: