EP97 - Pinterest Country Manager, Canada - Kristie Painting
Sales is a performative art, and presentations are like a play. Notes serve as the script, while the PowerPoint deck acts as the set. The boardroom the stage, and clients the audience. At the heart of the production\u2014the sales rep.\n\nWhen comparing the two professions, you can see why today\u2019s guest, Kristie Painting, has enjoyed a successful sales career.\n\nKristie is Pinterest\u2019s Country Manager for Canada, and while many people in her position have a marketing or business degree, Kristie majored in drama.\n\nHer first job out of university was handling pharmaceutical orders. Kristie wasn\u2019t enthused by the work, and quickly moved into media sales with NOW Magazine. \n\nShe progressed into roles with Yahoo! and DoubleClick, and ascended into leadership positions at Olive Media and Bell Media, to name a few.\n\nKristie Painting stops by to chat about growing up in suburban Toronto, her passion for the dramatic arts, her media sales career, why she took an agency job, and leading Pinterest\u2019s Canadian office. \n\n**Subscribe to the Media People Newsletter**\nmediapeople.beehiiv.com/subscribe\n\n**Listen & Subscribe**\nwww.mediapeople.ca\nwww.youtube.com/@mediapeoplepodcast\nwww.instagram.com/vicgenova/