{"id":9,"date":"2014-10-22T13:59:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T12:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital-era.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:00:59","slug":"work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/work\/","title":{"rendered":"WORK STUFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Public<\/strong> <strong>Policy<\/strong> <strong>@Roblox<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1045\" height=\"1857\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260127_164120716-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260127_164120716-edited.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260127_164120716-edited-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260127_164120716-edited-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260127_164120716-edited-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260127_164120716-edited-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ve been saying for years that eventually I will work for a gaming company and by some lucky break, I made it on September 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I take care of the Roblox public policy agenda in Europe and we can geek out any time about favorite games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonus points if you know &#8220;The Beast&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Policy @Google <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/digital-era.org\/hello\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20211116_101550_292.jpg 1796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>OK, dream job number two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 2021 to August 2025 I worked at Google public policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took care of privacy, cybersecurity and platform safety for a couple of regions and then globally &#8211; from Mountain View no less. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public Policy&nbsp;@Airbnb\u200b<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>February 2015 until October 2021 I had my first dream job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across 7 years at Airbnb I served as a political campaign lead and then went on to do EMEA level policy strategy and campaign operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some cool stuff:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.airbnb.com\/telling-a-story-airbnbs-faces-of-tourism-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faces of Tourism exhibit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/africatravelsummit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa Travel Summit<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/214529358\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/214529358\">3.5 Square Meters &#8211; Sofia Gkiousou (Airbnb): Creating a World Where Anyone Can Belong Anywhere<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/telavivmuseumofart\">Tel Aviv Museum of Art<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sofiagk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sofiagk\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EDUCATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MSc Innovation Management &amp; Technology Policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Birkbeck, University of London<br>2008<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/3309570\" width=\"510\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong> <a title=\"Creativity 2.0\" href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sofiagk\/creativity-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creativity 2.0<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sofiagk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sofia Gkiousou<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A presentation I gave&nbsp;to the postgraduate students taking the E-Business Strategy and Policy course at Birkbeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sofiagk\/we-can-build-you-identity-fashion-in-second-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My presentation on Second Life community &amp; creativity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sofiagk\/convergence-connections-and-social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My presentation on convergence and social media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BA Humanities &amp; Media<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Birkbeck, University of London<br>2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Policy @Roblox I&#8217;ve been saying for years that eventually I will work for a gaming company and by some lucky break, I made it on September 2025. 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