Humanities
What do you do?
Jamie Masters Job history 2020–Present Product Manager Aerobotics 2018–2020 Product Marketing Manager Aerobotics 2018 Design and Communications Coordinator Aerobotics 2017 Digital Marketing Intern Rhino Africa
As Product Manager (PM), I work with a team of engineers and a product designer to deliver products that serve our customers and fulfil our business needs. A PM interfaces with customers to understand their needs, and collaborates with the development team to produce solutions and products to solve our customers’ problems. All this is done while working with the commercial side of the business to ensure we’re building the right things at the right time to ensure business success. I also work with other PMs and our Chief Product Officer to define the product vision and strategy. My favourite part is that I get to work closely with different parts of the business, and I get to be involved in executing the company’s vision, with an incredible team of software engineers.
2016–2017 Intern one2love agency
How has your degree helped you in your job?
2015 Community Manager (Part-time) King James Group
During my degree, I had the opportunity to become well-rounded in a digital capacity; I learned online writing skills, I was able to express myself creatively, I learned a bit of HTML and CSS, created a blog and got to work with many different people in varying roles. All of these skills, as well as the experience I gained doing internships, set me up with the know-how
Academic history 2014–2016 BA Media and Interactive Web Design University of Cape Town
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and confidence to begin working at a tech startup as a bit of a jack of all trades, and eventually mould my way into the career I’m in now.
What has been a highlight of your career so far? Last year I was involved in the re-launch of our new webapp, called Aeroview. It’s an online software that’s used by farmers across the world, helping them to optimise their yields. The app has and continues to gain a lot of traction among our customers and prospects, and is a solid foundation upon which our business can build even more valuable products.
How did you juggle working part-time with your studies? At first, knowing how to manage my time was a learning curve, but after a few weeks I got the hang of it. Being able to work part-time on a remote basis became super manageable. With the recent COVID-19 related shifts in the working world, these kinds of opportunities are thankfully more widely accessible now. Whilst interning, since everything was online, I’d be able to set aside an hour in the morning or evening each day (depending on lectures) to focus on work,
