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How a Black American Indie Filmmaker Made History on Poland’s Tech Scene | The Network Journal

How a Black American Indie Filmmaker Made History on Poland’s Tech Scene | The Network Journal An American is making history in Poland. Jeffery Thompson recently became the first Black person to ever be part of a startup in Poland.

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Thompson is the User Attraction Officer at Shuttout Ltd, joining the tech startup in December 2017. Shuttout is an internet platform for amateur photographers. Not only can users post their photos, they can also participate in competitions as well as earn money. In this position, Thompson handles media channels management and user engagement in which he builds a community of users for Shuttout. He’s also handling marketing and communication strategy and execution.

Photography is right up Thompson’s alley. The St. Louis native is also a noted indie filmmaker, hip hop recording artist, comic book writer and for a while played and coached American football on the international circuit in countries such as Egypt, Poland, Slovakia and Brazil. In fact, he was in Germany working on a few marketing projects when the Shuttout opportunity came about.


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