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With offices closed and employees working remotely, she didn’t have the usual chances to meet, get to know, and network with her new colleagues. Without “water cooler moments,” as Quiroz puts it, “it can be challenging to get to know others,” especially those outside of her team. To give herself more opportunities to build camaraderie, Quiroz joined Women@Audible, one of several <a href="https://www.audiblecareers.com/spectrum-and-belonging" target="_blank">employee-led impact groups</a> that facilitate mentorship, professional networking, and belonging at Audible. </p><p>Through the group, Quiroz was set up to meet female employees around the globe for virtual, casual coffee chats as part of an initiative Women@Audible kicked off at the start of the pandemic to help keep employees connected. Called “Let’s Be Friends,” the meet-ups were centered around icebreaker questions inspired by the Audible Original podcast <a href="https://www.audible.com/?ref=Adbl_ip_rdr_from_DE&source_code=AUDGBHP0923159F0F&ipRedirectFrom=DE&ipRedirectOriginalURL=pd%2FFreunde-sein-Wenn-zwei-sich-treffen-Staffel-2-Original-Podcast-Hoerbuch%2FB07ZFDPMHT%3Fqid%3D1644414400%26sr%3D1-1%26ref%3Da_search_c3_lProduct_1_1%26pf_rd_p%3De54013e2-074a-460e-861f-7feac676b789%26pf_rd_r%3DMMXT3R2QZ9BQ100R8932" target="_blank"><em>Freunde sein?</em></a>, released in Germany. Sibylle Schwarz, who works in Audible’s Berlin office and spent several years as co-lead for the EU chapter of Women@Audible, helped conceive the idea. “We wanted to create something that brings back the ability to just meet a random person and find out together common topics that make you both tick,” she says.</p><p>The enthusiasm for the program has spawned others like it, always with an eye toward global accessibility. Parris Brown, who works on Audible’s customer service team and heads up Women@Audible’s events committee, organized a “Meet Me Mixer” that different locations could take turns hosting in order to help manage the differing time zones. During the initial mixer, Brown says, everyone decided they’d need to make the event longer, that it was so refreshing to talk about life with colleagues they’d never met, or who lived half a world away. </p><p>Along with the opportunity to connect and network, providing mentorship is one of Women@Audible’s core goals, and Brown found her own mentor thanks to an event the group organized around the Audible Original By Sophia Chang, <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Baddest-Bitch-in-the-Room-Audiobook/B07TVKM94R" target="_blank"><em>The Baddest Bitch In the Room</em></a>. Chang “was speaking about the mentors in her life and how everyone should have someone they can identify with and who advocates for them,” says Brown, who then raised her hand and asked how she could find a mentor of her own. As it happens, a senior vice president who was present volunteered on the spot. The two connected regularly, discussing the personal and professional. “We have built a friendship that I suspect will be long-term,” says Brown. “I also learned that she is just as human, even being in a very senior role, and that we all have to find our strengths and hone those skills.”</p><p>There are multiple chapters of Women@Audible in the cities we operate in worldwide, with more than 20% of global employees involved. Women@ members are often active with other impact groups as well, including Moms@Audible, Women in Tech (WiT), Black Employee Network (BEN), AudiblePRIDE, and UNIDOS. The group joins forces frequently with WiT and Moms@Audible to organize panels, workshops, and public events throughout the year, especially during Women’s History Month, and together they work with Audible’s editorial teams in each marketplace to <a href="https://www.audible.com/ep/womens-history-audiobooks" target="_blank">curate content</a> that highlights women’s stories and voices. The groups have also been key advisors on promoting Audible initiatives that affect women the most, such as the range of supports the company offers employees to <a href="/about/newsroom/caring-for-our-employees-by-helping-them-care-for-their-families">help with caregiving</a>, or the “Next Chapter” <a href="/about/newsroom/they-paused-careers-for-caregiving-now-their-journeys-resume-at-audible">Returnship Program</a> that helps professionals return to the workforce after time away to raise families or care for a relative. </p><p>“We are working intentionally to improve representation and growth opportunities for women at all levels of the company worldwide,” says Susan Jurevics, Audible’s EVP, Head of International and the executive sponsor for Women@Audible. “Making Audible a place where women can thrive at every stage in their career and personal life is a responsibility I am personally very invested in.”</p><p>Women@Audible engages with our local communities as well. The UK chapter created a program with The Girls Network in which 12 volunteer mentors were paired to work one-on-one with young women from under-resourced backgrounds. Over the course of a year, the pairs will focus on building confidence, learning new skills, and meeting more female role models. In the US, Women@Audible coached 22 students on how to adapt their group written-novel, Daughters of the Community, into an audio production as part of a pilot program created in collaboration with Audible’s <a href="/about/impact">Global Center for Urban Development (GCUD)</a> and the Newark nonprofit International Girls Academy. </p><p>“This workshop not only helped introduce these students to new opportunities, like we strive to do for our own members,” says Monica Tirri, co-lead of Women@Audible and a member of the corporate communications team, “but it also drove forward our impact group’s mission in elevating women’s stories and lived experiences.”</p><p>Quiroz says the mixers and coffee chats have helped her keep up her friendship with colleagues, admitting to “geeking out” to whatever they’re listening to, reading, and watching. “It’s helped me to feel much more connected to the wider Audible team,” she reports. “Getting to meet so many friendly, interesting, and supportive people makes working from my little Brooklyn apartment all the better. 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Among these is a brand new Audible Original by one of our very own editors, [Yvonne Durant]( https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/with-quite-the-contrary-an-audible-editor-creates-her-first-original), whose memoir, [*Quite the Contrary*]( https://www.audible.com/pd/Quite-the-Contrary-Audiobook/B09Q4Q1964) recounts her experience as the only Black woman in a *Mad Men*-esque advertising landscape and her romance with Miles Davis. 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After spending several years in print and digital journalism, she joined Audible as an editor in 2017, and in 2018, she co-founded the [Black Employee Network (BEN)](https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audibles-black-employee-network-is-gearing-up-for-something-new), one of Audible’s employee-led impact groups. 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That ended up being the connective tissue that led to taking the editorial role here at Audible. \n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"uvusGi77jjDxSJmX8xwVQ","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-18T22:15:30.090Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-18T22:15:30.090Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":3,"revision":1,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsCopyBlock"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"copy":"###### How does your approach to editing content differ, coming from a print background to audio?\nIt’s a different approach because you’re leaving more to the imagination. It can be as technical as not doing a lot of “he said” and “she said” because performers are acting those out and it’s unnecessary. And it can be as intangible as understanding how intimate a format this is, being processed in a different way, inciting imagination in a wholly different way than the written word. They can be paired and go hand in hand, but they are different experiences. Something may benefit from more sound design or a specific cue that moves the story along in a different way from on paper. \n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"3ntTk4k3dfLzMqQH78cRPB","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-18T22:16:00.119Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-18T22:27:59.142Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":5,"revision":2,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsCopyBlock"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"copy":"###### What do you like best about your work?\nI love talking with smart people about books and storytelling. I really appreciate our original content team, our acquisitions team, and our editorial team. I’m a mission-driven person, so when I’m working hard on my projects, it’s incredibly satisfying to know there are smart, equally driven people right alongside me.\n\nOne of the things I appreciated when coming to Audible was the extra attention to the importance of culture, and that it’s something we all create together. There’s a lot of thought and care put into the [People Principles](https://www.audible.com/about/people-principles), so we have an understanding of what this company stands for and what it encourages employees to do for each other and the communities we live in and serve. Something that makes Audible unique is the marriage of tech, content, and culture. \n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"77WFF4gtXlMaCMDrfF410I","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-18T22:17:50.890Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-18T22:23:19.162Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":7,"revision":2,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsCopyBlock"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"copy":"###### That’s a great way to put it. Can you give an example of that marriage?\nI co-founded, with my fellow editor Yvonne Durant, the [Black Employee Network (BEN)](https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audibles-black-employee-network-is-gearing-up-for-something-new), mainly to provide key opportunities for Black employees to gain visibility within the company and insights to help with career growth and success, and to foster connections and ally support. But BEN is also impacting the way content is produced; it has been particularly gratifying to see BEN’s very natural and cohesive connections to Audible’s Hear My Story content programming, which ensures people from underserved groups are able to see themselves in the content we’re creating and the creators we’re working with. \n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"3IplBTqR7pIxYLA2Jueub7","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-18T22:18:15.808Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-18T22:18:15.808Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":3,"revision":1,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsCopyBlock"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"copy":"###### You and BEN made a huge impact on Audible employees grieving the murder of George Floyd. Can you talk about that?\nI sent out an email to BEN members entitled “It's OKAY if you're NOT okay!” and invited anyone who wanted to join us in a call for the next hour—30-35 people did. Two virtual companywide town halls took place afterward, widely attended by senior leaders including our CEO and the founder and Executive Chairman, because they understood the moment in time; they were the ones to help the company bridge that gap. They took up the reins and kept things moving forward from there. Being remote helped in that moment because we couldn’t have pulled that off in the office.\n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"7dDay4qnZchNx8iWFMWSzA","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-18T22:18:49.717Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-18T22:18:49.717Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":3,"revision":1,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsCopyBlock"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"copy":"###### When you say that being remote helped, how do you mean?\nIt increased the access both locally and globally; employees from other marketplaces attended those townhalls. But let’s even note that our impromptu first meeting happened at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday. I don’t think we would have been able to say “let’s have a big meeting, right now.” People would normally have had to worry about their commute or have left the office already. That kind of on-the-fly gathering couldn’t have come together like it did, and I’m really grateful we were able to do that at the time it was needed. Not to mention I think being at home gave people, particularly Black employees, a sense of security that allowed them to be vulnerable in the call and express their pain and their anger. Something I don’t think would have happened in person.\n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"70L2E8Szx6GJixdjS0wtB2","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-18T22:19:44.349Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-18T22:19:44.349Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":4,"revision":1,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsCopyBlock"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"copy":"###### Recently you were on The Culture Soup podcast talking about your work paving the way for more storytelling and spoken word from creatives of color. What were some of your favorite takeaways from that conversation?\n\nI loved getting to share our upcoming titles I’m excited about, particularly for [Black History Month](https://www.audible.com/ep/black-history-audiobooks-audible) this year, and sharing my core belief that what really matters is how we can make authentic connections through storytelling.\n"}},{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"76h8fW4DCNwKsrBSeQGMVQ","type":"Entry","createdAt":"2022-02-24T01:28:49.181Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-24T01:31:02.812Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":6,"revision":2,"contentType":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"ContentType","id":"newsVideo"}},"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"youTubeLink":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06eaFCSelfI","vIdeoThumb":{"metadata":{"tags":[],"concepts":[]},"sys":{"space":{"sys":{"type":"Link","linkType":"Space","id":"3sa0209epr53"}},"id":"34iAPbd1k6zCkAu8wueAaV","type":"Asset","createdAt":"2022-02-24T01:28:41.795Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-24T01:28:41.795Z","environment":{"sys":{"id":"master","type":"Link","linkType":"Environment"}},"publishedVersion":23,"revision":1,"locale":"en-US"},"fields":{"title":"newsroom abby-west-yt-thumb1","description":"The host of The Culture Soup Podcast is shown kneeling, looking up to the camera to the left of the podcast's logo. 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Her story of coming of age in the advertising world as a young Black woman, as well as her unforgettable romance with Miles Davis, takes you on a journey and lets everyone get to know the amazing woman I know. 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