Jul 30, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
In this episode we're joined by Rafaela Perera, an executive creative director working across brands, in particular television networks. Starting out her career in creative at an independent…
Rafaela PereraGuest
Kabir MalikHost
I think I did this thing that a lot of people do when they are artistic in some way, which is to sort of compare and despair.
And I felt like maybe I didn't have what it took to be a fine artist, and I felt like I really had to choose a path that felt economically safe.
It sort of hadn't even occurred to me that TV could be a career, even though there was something about it that felt, you know, it was kismet because I'd always loved television.
My name's Kabir, and today I'm joined by Rafaella Pereira, an executive creative director working across brands, in particular TV networks.
More recently, she's also returned to ceramics and fine art and is working towards her first exhibition scheduled for summer 2026 in the Canary Islands.
Yeah, so how, so how we like to run the show is it's really interesting for us to hear about, um, your career from the time you left, uh, secondary school up until now.
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I think I did this thing that a lot of people do when they are artistic in some way, which is to sort of compare and despair.
And I felt like maybe I didn't have what it took to be a fine artist, and I felt like I really had to choose a path that felt economically safe.
It sort of hadn't even occurred to me that TV could be a career, even though there was something about it that felt, you know, it was kismet because I'd always loved television.
My name's Kabir, and today I'm joined by Rafaella Pereira, an executive creative director working across brands, in particular TV networks.
More recently, she's also returned to ceramics and fine art and is working towards her first exhibition scheduled for summer 2026 in the Canary Islands.
Yeah, so how, so how we like to run the show is it's really interesting for us to hear about, um, your career from the time you left, uh, secondary school up until now.