Interview with Matic Kašnik

“You should follow your passion and always surround yourself with extraordinary people.”

 

MATIC KAŠNIK, DIGITAL CONTENT MARKETING MANAGER, EDUCATION FIRST

 

“I learnt, with AIESEC, that the single most important thing is that you have to follow your passion and surround yourself with people who are more experienced. They will push you out of your comfort zone and enable you to constantly achieve personal and professional growth.”

I am always seeking new challenges in life and that’s what brought me to join AIESEC in Ljubljana, which was one of the most important decisions of my life. I was pursuing an engineer degree in Computer Science when I took a year off to find what my passion in life was. That made me curious and after working as a developer in a corporation I found my passion for constantly learning new things and that enabled me to discover the world of digital marketing, leadership and startups.

I had the privilege of leading the local chapter of AIESEC Ljubljana. I found myself working in various projects such as Youth 2 Business Forum, or the organization of international conferences.

Later, I applied for an internship, which at that point seemed impossible for me to get. I managed to prove my value for EF Education First and I was accepted to go on a life changing journey in India, leading a digital marketing department. Living in a country which challenges you everyday enabled me to excel my learning experience even more. Not only I got to know different cultures from around the world, it also enabled me to learn from the best in the industry. One of the most important lessons that I learned is to always be curious and trying to get in the same mindset as some of the industry giants have. I am still learning new things everyday and that allows me to really pursue my passion in digital marketing and working in a startup environment (even though EF is a global 42,000+ employees enterprise).

Thanks to prior experiences I had in AIESEC, I got offered a full-time position, just 2 months after my internship started, to manage the digital marketing team in Bangalore. This way I was able to prove my value, not only to myself but also the company.

If there’s one thing that I’d have to expose from this experience is that there are no failures. We only win and we learn and keeping a positive outlook makes me want to pursue for even bigger challenges.

 

Are you an active person, looking for new experiences? AIESEC Ljubljana is looking for new members! Get to know more about us here http://aiesec.si/students/future-leaders

 

 

This article was taken from the AIESEC Leadership Magazine, Edition 2: World 15/2020, page 9.