Jeffrey (Gemini, twin), the team’s senior curator is next up, joining just over five years ago, following curation roles at both the Hamptons and Tribeca film festivals. Meghan (Sagittarius), a curator on the team whose job before working at Vimeo was on a farm – “my mom was always saying ‘20 per cent of people like their jobs’ and I was like, ‘That’s not how it has to be!’” – too joined in a different department, before making the move to curation. Ian, the lead curator and a filmmaker in his own right (who begins by telling me jokingly he’s a Pisces like he’s being interviewed on a panel show), joined as an intern in Vimeo’s community team nine years ago. Obvious film fanatics from the word go (references to directors and suggestions of films I have to watch immediately fly around), each member ended up at Vimeo after following various routes. ![]() “People don’t think we’re real,” explains one of its curators, Jeffrey Bowers, to a patter of laughter from his other very real colleagues Ina Pira, Meghan Oretsky, Ian Durkin and Courtney Horwitz.Įach has been at the company for a surprisingly long time for the tech world, and sitting down with the team is like meeting a family who are very familiar with each other – their tastes, attitudes and points of view, however different. In today’s digitally driven and content-heavy world, many people suspect a Staff Pick is purely based on an algorithm. It’s also a coveted stamp of approval many creators long for, respected for the power it holds to catapult someone’s career in an industry traditionally difficult to break into. Set up in 2008, four years after Vimeo was founded, this team hand selects innovative videos and has become a beating heart of the global film community, championing everything from big-budget to bedroom production. ![]() Small and nimble is also the best way to describe four of Vimeo’s employees in particular: its Staff Picks team. “It’s just more in our personality to stay small and nimble.” It’s one Jordan Smith, who looks after communications at the company, describes as a “scrappy organisation,” in a way that instantly puts you at ease. But once you walk through the doors and onto Vimeo’s floor, a very different kind of business presents itself. On paper, you’d probably think this too, with its 150 million members in over 150 countries, an estimated worth of $1 billion, and employees based across the globe. ![]() On entering the Vimeo offices in New York, you could be forgiven for thinking this was just another tech company, residing in another towering glass building.
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