Offbeat & On-Brand
Offbeat & On-Brand is the podcast where bold strategies and sharp insights meet branding with an edge — because ordinary just won’t cut it. Hosted by Nikki Stasiuk, a Brand Experience Designer who helps entrepreneurs turn unconventional ideas into unforgettable brands, this show dives into the art of standing out.
Expect a mix of expert advice, real-world brand transformations, and unapologetic truths about what it takes to build a business that gets noticed. If you’re ready to ditch the cookie-cutter approach and create a brand with personality, purpose, and presence — you’re in the right place.
Tune in and let’s make your brand impossible to ignore.
Offbeat & On-Brand
Focus is overrated with Caroline Ceniza-Levine
Caroline Ceniza-Levine is a career expert, founder of the Dream Career Club, and a media personality sharing career advice and hiring trends for the US job market.
Caroline is a Senior Contributor to Forbes Leadership, author of Jump Ship: 10 Steps To Starting A New Career and executive coach for Columbia Business School’s Executive Program in Management. She has been a repeat guest on CBS, CNN, CNBC, and Fox Business and is regularly quoted in major media outlets. Caroline speaks on all aspects of landing your dream career, including how to change careers into something new, how to build a strong personal brand, how to cultivate a supportive network and how to negotiate what you’re worth.
A longtime recruiter, Caroline shares the inside knowledge of how companies decide who to hire, promote or let go. She has coached executives from Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey, Tesla, and other leading firms on how to make a great living doing work they love. Clients work with Caroline to advance their careers from middle management to the executive level, to make more money (including landing significant raises) or to make a big career pivot and do something new.
A classically trained pianist at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music, Caroline stays active in the arts, writing and producing with FBC Films. Caroline divides her time among Florida, New York, and Costa Rica.
Highlights:
01:06 Meet Caroline
01:37 Fear
03:42 Career Transition
05:22 What Brings you Joy?
07:54 An Inkling
12:15 The Stand-up Comedy
17:41 Unique Things in Us
24:01 Bucket List
25:33 The Dream Career Club
29:17 What’s My Next Thing?
31:03 Connect with Caroline