It's Monday already (how?!) which for many of us (me included) means that we are back at work in a job we don't exactly love. That's why I started my Go Be It! series- it features people who have gone out and created their perfect job.
Today I have an interview with Jade from Cellardoor Magazine. I featured the magazine a few weeks ago as I love it, so I am excited to be able to share this interview with you.
Hi Jade! Thanks for being part of Go Be It! Can you tell us about your creative business?
We run Cellardoor, an bi annual online magazine aimed at the stylish young woman. The magazine is jam packed full of the best new talent in music, art, fashion, food - basically everything we love!
Why did you decide to start Cellardoor magazine?
It was a project we both started whilst still at University, but decided to carry on with once we graduated as we just loved working on it. There wasn't anything like it out there at the time and has since grown from just being a hobby.
How did you get started?
Graduating into a recession made it difficult to find a job in our chosen career. We didn't want put all the skills we had learnt in our degree to waste, so cellardoor seemed like a positive step. We created a twitter and FB page alongside a temp website and then started a search for contributors to help with the next issue. We were inundated with responses, and it's gone from there. We're now nine issues in and still loving it!
What do you love most about your job?
Definitely working with all the talented contributors. Also having complete creative control over all our content - we really do love everything single thing that goes into our pages.
What has been the most fun part of your job so far?
Covering some of our favourite events and getting to interview people who inspire us.
What have been the business challenges you have faced?
Starting off with absolutely no knowledge of what it actually takes to put a magazine together, and a lot of financial restrictions have meant that we can't always stretch to all the things we really want to achieve with Cellardoor so I guess that's the main thing. We run the magazine alongside our day jobs, so sometimes it's difficult to push yourself to carry on working in the evenings and weekends when all you want to do is sleep!
How important is your blog to your business?
We like to think of the blog as an extension to the magazine, so it's become a pretty important part of the content we put out there. We try to post daily so that it gives our readers a chance to still have a slice of cellardoor in between issues.
How important is collaboration and creativity to you?
Very! I think it's a massive part of what we're about. We're always trying to think of new ways we can inspire our readers, whether that's through recipes or discovering a new band. Having an open submission policy means that we can do this.
What are your plans for the future? What exciting things do you have planned?
As we're currently only online, we'd love to finally see the magazine in print - it's just too pretty not to! So watch this space!
Do you have any wise words for people wanting to take the leap into a creative career?
If you're really passionate about what your doing, other people will be too. You have to be willing to work hard, and it's definitely not easy but it is completely worth it
Thanks Jade! I love how the magazine is being developed alongside day jobs too- busy people get cool things done! I really urge you to check out the magazine- it's fresh, fun and a great read.
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