Chris Payne is a football brand designer and is the man behind the Alfreton Town and Eastleigh FC badges. He is based in USA and tells the story of how he won his first football club client by presenting a rebrand to his local team via email.

We also discuss why football club badges are changing to circle designs and the emergence of secondary logos for sports teams. If you are an aspiring sports designer Chris also reveals the best practices on how to win your first clients and the tools you need in the industry to get started.

You can see Chris' work at: https://www.footballbranddesigner.com/

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Kara runs the twitter feed for the renowned Bayer 04 Leverkusen English account. She has the distinction of working from New York and commutes only to the coffee shop as she is employed as a remote worker for the club. She speaks about the importance of having a second language under her belt which set her apart from other applicants when looking for jobs and gives some valuable tips on how to be successful on social media, building communities, and developing the Bundesliga's presence overseas.

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Jay Taylor is the Digital Media Manager for i2i International Soccer Academy and is just about the busiest man in football media, running multiple social media accounts; some of which you might have seen with the likes of 'All Orlando City' and 'All FA Vase'. We discuss how he got himself straight into a full-time job out of his studies at UCFB, reporting on Orlando City from the UK and working the digital department for an international organisation.

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