“I tread a thin line between creative and analytical”
My job is mostly about telling the right stories to the right people. I help spread the word about the remarkable science we do here to inspire businesses to work with us and use our supercomputers to improve their products.
That story can be told in a variety of ways such as written content, video, images, social media or events. The most important part of my job is making complex science or technology easy to understand, no matter who is listening.
It’s cool working with interesting people who are passionate about things that matter, many of whom really are changing the world through their research.
I enjoy how varied my job is. Creating different kinds of content to engage with different people means you get to experiment and develop many different skills – from design and video editing to blogging and web analytics.
I tread a thin line between creative and analytical, so at high school I elected to take languages and creative subjects alongside the compulsory maths, English and sciences. In college I chose to continue maths, physics, German and art.
My physics teacher in college, overhearing that I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, suggested I look into engineering, so I came down this route somewhat by chance!
I looked into it and engineering appealed to my curiosity about how things work. In our house I’m the one who fixes things when they break (or at least has a stab at it) so this subject struck the balance between my desire to study something practical with good career prospects and the chance to work with my hands and be creative. I’ve always thought of engineering as the discipline that takes theoretical science and turns it into something useful!
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