1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,280 My name is Arthur. Some of you guys might know me as Artie, but I am the social media manager. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,920 I've been doing this for only a couple of months now. I've been a social media coordinator for 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,840 the longest time, but I've been at LMG for about a year and a month now. I think for me, 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:21,920 I mean obviously the big thing is just working with tech all the time. I've always been really 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,880 interested in it. I'm maybe not on the same level of enthusiasm as some of you guys here, but 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:34,960 I've learned a lot and just being able to absorb that knowledge and really dive 7 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:40,800 into the whole tech industry, it's been really, really fun. Also, I've been creating content 8 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:46,560 since I was a kid, so being able to do that here on obviously a much larger scale has been really, 9 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:53,600 really fun. The smell. I don't know, there's like a really specific smell here, isn't there? I'm 10 00:00:53,680 --> 00:01:08,960 kidding. What's the worst part about working at LMG? Probably how everything changes. We try to 11 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:14,400 schedule things, but obviously things fall through the crack or things go on longer than they can. 12 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:22,640 Obviously you guys know from the WAN Show, but it's really hard to predict when things are going 13 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:28,720 to happen accurately, so being in the right place at the right time, it's hard to coordinate that. 14 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,840 I'm really impressed how much of a machine he is when it comes to just being able to 15 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,080 deliver content in such an engaging way. It's second nature for him. Obviously he's been doing 16 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:49,760 this for more than a decade now, but when I think of last year, around mid-2020, I was tasked with 17 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,800 creating three YouTube shorts every week on top of basically everything else I do, 18 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:01,520 which was pretty tough, but I felt confident because whenever I went up to Linus with any 19 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:08,000 type of short idea, he would help me flesh that concept out, get it done in one or a couple of 20 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,200 takes, which I don't know. I don't know anybody else that can do that. That's probably my favorite 21 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:19,920 part about working with Linus. Learning from him too. I don't know. Sometimes it's a little 22 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:27,840 intimidating because to me, he's still a celebrity. I know we work together. I'm able to talk to him 23 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:37,040 whenever, but to me, he's that guy. I feel like that just getting over that barrier has been 24 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:42,320 the tough part about working with Linus, but it's not like you're working with somebody that's rude 25 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,480 or inconsiderate or thinks that they're better than you. I feel like he genuinely takes my feedback 26 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:55,840 in and it does its best to make it seem like we're on the same level, if that makes sense. 27 00:02:55,840 --> 00:03:01,840 I feel like people forget we're a business. We're obviously here to try and grow and make money, 28 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:08,240 so I feel like people lose sight of that a lot. I feel like one thing that people misunderstand 29 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:13,680 about Linus Media Group, I know it's tough because YouTube is my favorite thing in the world. 30 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,280 The thing I literally do, I don't watch movies. I don't watch TV. I literally only watch YouTube. 31 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:26,880 As a viewer, I understand this, but sometimes people lose sight that we're people too. We have 32 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:33,440 feelings. Whenever people have criticism, obviously we take it in, but sometimes people 33 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,760 aren't so constructive about it. We have to see all the nasty. We see the good, but we also see 34 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:45,280 some nasty. Most of the community is great, but obviously there's a few in there. No, they're not 35 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:51,280 good. No, they're not good. It happens a lot on Instagram specifically. I don't know why, 36 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,640 but you have to moderate it especially for the first hour or so that you post something, 37 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:02,240 just because there's a ton of bots and it's pretty bad. Same type of deal with Twitter 38 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,640 and TikTok and stuff though. For the most part, our community is pretty great. They're really 39 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:12,640 enthusiastic about tech and I see that at the end of the day, they just want us to be the best that 40 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:19,360 we can be. I just graduated university. I was looking for a job and I graduated from business 41 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:25,200 school. Kind of the normal thing to do is just go through your connections, see if anybody's hiring, 42 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:32,480 look at corporations, but one day my friend sent me over this role, a social media coordinator 43 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:38,480 role here. I knew Linus Tech Tips from when I used to watch them back in university. It was like 44 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,800 first and second year. These were the types of videos that would get me through the day. 45 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:51,440 It gave me something to look forward to. I took a shot and I applied. I definitely knew I wanted 46 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:58,080 to work in some sort of capacity within the creator economy. I just didn't know that it 47 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:04,720 could happen right out of university. I took the shot, applied, and got an interview. I started 48 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:10,800 working here. To me, it was really, really exciting, but also there was a little part of me that was 49 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:17,280 like, oh man, I haven't been really up to date with tech and stuff. I knew I had to get back on it, 50 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:24,720 but within a couple of months, I feel like I'm a little bit more in there when it comes to 51 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:32,480 uh, technology, technology, yes, technology, technology, technology, knowledge. 52 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,640 If I could change anything about this company, I wish we were just in one building. I haven't had 53 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:44,240 to travel too much between the two buildings yet, um, because I'm still here in the main building, 54 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:50,400 but as soon as the social team moves, I feel like it's gonna be, the workflow isn't gonna be as great 55 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,200 as it was before. I'm sure we'll figure it's something out like down the road, but I don't know. 56 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:01,120 I wish we had planned for everything to happen, at least within like the same complex. You gotta 57 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:07,520 be passionate about what you do. I don't think it's enough to, you know, just want to work out a 58 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:13,040 place because you think it's a cool, cool idea. You want to, you need to have like a legitimate, 59 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:18,640 like drive within you to, you know, see things that you think you feel like could be improved 60 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:24,480 within the company, um, and execute on them. I don't know. Uh, and also, you know, just having 61 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:30,320 like a real passion, uh, obviously for, for technology. Um, but you know, even the YouTube 62 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:35,600 space, um, I feel like there's a lot of growth within there. Um, and there's a lot to learn. Um, 63 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:42,080 which is why I joined. Um, but yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, um, if you do want to work 64 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:47,200 for Linus Media Group, uh, you got to be passionate about what we do and what your role will entail.