SIMONA GEORGIEVA

International Product Trainer at TikTok

By Katie Daly

If you could sum up your experience at City in three words what would they be?

Insightful, challenging and interesting.

What can people take from how you have done an MA at City and now you work for TikTok?

In my degree, we did everything from print to online and a little bit of TV as well so I managed to take those skills, especially how to present informative and short videos for social media. Working for a social media company you need to know about misinformation — I wrote my dissertation on misinformation and I can see how I can implement that because I’m working on a few projects right now at TikTok which are related to that. So journalism is applicable, not just to social media, but to everything in life.

Have you ever experienced sexism in your career?

Yes, a few times. When I was doing one of my work experience jobs, I was sent to flm an event and do interviews and my boss asked me: “Are you sure you will be able to carry the equipment by yourself, it’s too big for a small lady like you” - this comment made me feel very uncomfortable.