The story of Ex Gleam. Influencer Talent Manager turned CEO and Founder of TBH Talent

According to Statista, the global influencer marketing market size has more than tripled since 2019. In 2024, the market was estimated to reach a record of $24 billion USD. It's not surprising that the job market is changing; in fact, I will be making a conscious effort to refer to jobs in the past tense. Why, you may ask? Well, I'm pretty excited about the future of work and what this could look like for all of us. I firmly believe we will be seeing more casual and ad-hoc, yet lucrative, opportunities. This episode is for anyone looking to explore a career avenue that perhaps isn't as common, but you may have an inkling that it could be significant or that your skillset would add great value to the industry. We get the inside scoop on how a former influencer manager at Gleam navigated her career to form TBH Talent. Having managed talent like Grace Beverley, supporting the conceptualization and birth of Beverley's VC-backed brand, TALA, and securing her book deal, among many other incredible achievements, Verity is the definition of a trailblazer. With a gut feeling that "Influencer" was going to be big and that Gleam was the place to do it, you'll hear how she actually landed the role at Gleam and what happened post Gleam's acquisition by Dentsu. We talk, the importance of having a personal brand, the future of the Influencer industry and where you should be focusing your attention if you want to win in this space.  Hope you enjoy this conversation as much as i did, zero gatekeeping here! Follow Verity here: @tbhtalent Follow In Her Shoes here: @inhershoes_podcast Thank you to our partner @Huel for supporting our mission in discovering the women behind the titles and fueling our success.