2 minutes with...
Alex Mills, advertising manager
What do you love about working here at IPC?
The people, the building and playing golf with clients
What did you want to do when you were five years old?
A policeman!
What has been your greatest career moment so far?
Becoming deputy ad manager on Golf Monthly and Rugby World, two sports I love.
What would be your dream job?
A professional golfer
What's the best benefit of working at IPC?
The modern building creates a great working environment.
What three words sum up a typical day for you at work?
Different, banter, fun
Pete Cashmore, senior writer, Nuts
What do you love about working here at IPC?
I get to do something of which I am inordinately proud, every day, with the Thames flowing serenely by within viewing distance, and I like the pasta that they serve in the canteen.
What did you want to do when you were five years old?
The same thing that I wanted to do when I was 35 years old, which conveniently I actually am doing
What has been your greatest career moment so far?
Being awarded IPC Writer Of The Year 2008 and spending the 500 spondulicks that the award afforded me.
What would be your dream job?
Don't you mean, "You have your dream job, Pete - how is that for you?"
What three words sum up a typical day for you at work?
Arrive, excel, depart.
Lucy Pavia, features writer, InStyle
What do you love about working here at IPC?
I like the building. When I walk across the inside bridges I sometimes feel like I'm a storm trooper on the Death Star - but in a good way.
What do you have for breakfast before starting your working day?
I don't, I'm a terrible at eating breakfast. Luckily there's always the Blue Sky Café, where I can pop up and get a coffee and a banana at around 11.
What has been your greatest career moment so far?
When I did the InStyle food page, someone once sent me a turkey.
What would be your dream job?
This, or one of those actresses that does BBC costume dramas.
What's the best benefit of working at IPC?
Nice people and the lifts are fast.
Julie Lavington, publishing director, Look
What do you love about working here at IPC?
It might seem like a cliché but it really is the people.
What has been your greatest career moment so far?
Launching Look.
What would be your dream job?
To be the CEO of IPC!
What's the best benefit of working at IPC?
To be able to borrow make-up, shoes and handbags from our fashion cupboard
What three words sum up a typical day for you at work?
Manic, fun, varied
What will be your legacy?
The Look brand
Danny John Casely, Senior Publishing Executive, Decanter
What do you love about working here at IPC?
I came to IPC as a temp for Decanter Magazine having left the British Army after 10 years of service. When I started I was only supposed to be at Decanter for a week and somehow managed to stay! I began my time with the magazine assisting them with the move from their Fulham base to the Blue Fin Building. My role is currently Senior Publishing Executive for Decanter, which is a challenge I enjoy and I am backed up by a fantastic close-knit team. IPC is a really supportive employer with various employee benefits. The Blue Fin Building provides such an amazing working environment and I think we are really fortunate to have this.
What do you have for breakfast before starting your working day?
On walking through Borough market on the way to work I love to pick up an organic raspberry yoghurt from Neal's Yard Dairy (delicious!)
What did you want to do when you were five years old?
I can't remember! I've asked my mother and she says that I wanted to be a dragon slayer! Apparently, I was addicted to Dungeons and Dragons on TV.
What has been your greatest career moment so far?
On the last day of wearing the uniform of the Coldstream Guards I was asked to read the lesson at the Christmas Carol service held for Her Majesty The Queen at the Guards Chapel Birdcage Walk.
What would be your dream job?
I have a fantastic job which I love, how could it be better...
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