Nick Willis

Nick Willis studied Business, Computing and IT at Aston University and now leads a team of campaign managers at Spotify in New York City.

From a small village in West Sussex to working in New York City for Spotify, one of the world’s largest music streaming service providers.

Hi, my name is Nick and I studied BSc Business, Computing and IT at Aston University. I’m from a small village in West Sussex called Upper Beeding and I manage a team of campaign managers at Spotify over here in New York City. I have a team of six people and we represent a pretty large broker business over here in the United States.

The role of the campaign management function is effectively to deliver advertising campaigns across the Spotify platform.

 

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Why did you choose to study at Aston University?

I chose to study at Aston University because I wanted to explore a new city, and because they have got a great business school.

The part I enjoyed most about my course was the depth in the subjects that I hadn’t necessarily experienced before. I enjoyed learning about the more legal side of running a business, diving a little bit more into entrepreneurship as well as developing my coding skills and building websites. I thought that the University did a great job of creating a syllabus that really went deep enough into both of those different topics but did a great job of bringing them together.

 

What did you do for your placement year?

I did my placement at GlaxoSmithKline in my third year, which was hugely beneficial and definitely something that was again a big reason for me studying at Aston. Having that real world experience in which you gain so much knowledge and understanding is very difficult to teach in a classroom.

 

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What is special about Aston University and how did it help your career?

I didn't fully appreciate the value of a campus university until I visited Aston. It really helped me to feel more included in the university community, more so than somewhere that isn't.

From a personal perspective, I developed some really strong connections that I still have today. My career today has really followed the path that I started whilst at Aston University. Having the DNA of a business school and having that entrepreneurship running through many of the courses has helped encourage me to think a bit differently. Aston University really gave me some of that entrepreneurial DNA that has massively helped me through my career.

 

Nick commented:

If you're thinking about studying at Aston University, I would say it's one of the most rewarding experiences that I've had both personally and professionally. It's set me up on a great path for my career and has allowed me to build a great network of friends.

 

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