Live streaming coordinator, virtual conference planner, podcast marketing consultant
Formats / Genre
Interviews / Roundtable
Narrative Non-fiction / Documentary
Fiction
Other Format / Genre
solo short form podcasts
Languages spoken
English, Amharic, Intermediate Spanish
Open to relocating
No
Open to branded content?
Yes
More about me
My name is May Tsehay and I am located in Los Angeles, CA. Lucky for me the podcast/audio industry has allowed me to work remotely & co-create with amazing content creators from across the nation.
I understand the unifying power of storytelling & edutainment- which I believe can be the antidote to ignorance, boredom, and stagnation. I've published over 500 episodes and enjoy the collaborative spirit required within the production industry. I am grateful to learn & work amongst thought leaders, researchers, mothers, businesswomen, and creators every day.
This website is a growing directory of people of color who work in audio around the world. You’ll find editors, hosts, writers, producers, sound designers, engineers, project managers, musicians, reporters, and content strategists with varied experience from within the industry and in related fields.
It’s both a place for employers to find POC candidates, and a place where POC can find each other for meetups, collaborations, advice and so on, which means that not everyone you’ll see on here is actively looking for a job.
To our POC family: we see you and we stand with you. Let’s continue to support each other.
If you’re an employer, we need to talk.
*clears throat*
While recruiting diverse candidates is a great first step, it’s not going to be enough if we want the industry to look and sound meaningfully different in the future. Let us be clear: this isn’t about numbers alone. This is about getting the respect that people of color—and people of different faiths, abilities, ages, socioeconomic statuses, educational backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientation—deserve. So before you get started, here are the Terms of Service:
I will pay employees a living wage.
I will consider the ways in which my workspace might be hostile to people of color and find concrete ways to support their contributions and wellbeing.
I will continually reflect on how my networks, taste, curiosity, comfort and values are shaped by my race, class, gender, where I grew up, the media I consume, and the fact that we live in a white supremacist culture. This takes time. It will require vulnerability, and a commitment to ongoing learning.
I understand that this directory is not ZipRecruiter, and that expanding my hiring practices requires that I dedicate some time to engaging with potential candidates in a deeper way than simply scanning their years of industry experience.
If you are unable to commit to these terms, please click “I do not accept.”