All about Somethin' Else's Paul Bennun

Each week we'll be asking people from all parts of the media industry - from channel controllers to catering staff, directors to digital technicians - to tell us about themselves and their job.

This week it's the turn of Paul Bennun, strategy director for Somethin' Else, the largest independent radio producer in the UK and a top ten producer of TV entertainment including shows like Trouble's MyTv: Homegrown and Living's Get a Life.

Name
Paul Bennun

Job Title
Director of strategy at cross-platform production company Somethin' Else.

Age
35

Lives
16 floors above Hackney, east London.

In the role since
I’ve been with Somethin’ Else since its inception 15 years ago and I’ve been in my current role for a year.

Responsibilities
Making sure what we decide to do now makes sense in five years. Impossible - but worth a pop.

Best thing about your job
Being part of a fantastic team and being paid to be a visionary.

First thing you do in the morning when you get in?
Make myself a very large espresso!

What question have you been asked most this week?
"Can you sign this cheque please?"

Any downsides to working in the media?
Professional jealousy: "I wish I'd done that."

First media job
Tea-boy at DevonAir Radio when I was 13.

Biggest achievement to date
Somethin’ Else.

Anything you wish you'd done differently?
Tuesday night. Oh lord.

Dream job/company/lifestyle
Working for Somethin' Else from my permanently connected video-conference suite in the French Alps.

Best media jolly/event you've ever attended
An all-expenses paid week at a Tasmanian nature reserve inventing stuff.