Sum up what you do at News UK in the shortest sentence possible.

I produce great radio for talkSPORT.

Lay a bit of context on that.

I produce great content for talkSPORT shows; Kick Off with Hugh Woozencroft on Thursdays and Weekend Breakfast with Georgie Bingham and Tony Cacarino. This involves booking great guests, structuring running orders, topics and subject matters, to enable insightful and engaging conversations along the way for our listeners to enjoy.

What attracted you to the role in the first place?

I’ve been a listener of talkSPORT for many years, so pair that with my love of football and producing radio shows, it was a perfect fit for me. Simples.

What’s the most interesting/challenging part of your job?

The most interesting part of my job is speaking to all the different people from all facets of sport, who contribute to the Industry, especially the legendary sportspeople I get to work with. The most challenging part of the job is getting the access to the people we REALLY want to talk with the questions we REALLY want to ask. The wall that surrounds these people can be challenging to get past, but I do love a challenge.

What are the three most important things on your working agenda today?

1. To be prepared for any possibility in the sporting news agenda.

2. Cross off as many things I can on my to-do list.

3. Contact my production team and presenters ahead of this week’s shows.

Explain the concept behind talkSPORT’s Kick Off show and what makes it unique…

The Thursday evening show (7-10pm) is a conversational round table-based show, discussing football, but a deeper dive into issues in finer detail, discussed by experts in their field and voices that you wouldn’t normally hear on talkSPORT. What makes the show unique is that it’s the first show on talkSPORT to be led by two black presenters, Hugh Woozencroft and Darren Lewis. Diversity is the key to this show, while we are not afraid to discuss difficult topics in detail, such as race issues in football.

Best piece of radio you’ve produced at talkSPORT?

I recently produced a Kick Off special to reflect the impact of the Black Lives Matter on sport, hosted by Hugh Woozencroft, Darren Lewis and former Aston Villa and England striker Gabby Agbonlahor. It was a three-hour show that enabled the difficult discussion around race in sport, in a raw and unfiltered conversation, that included guests Chris Eubank Jnr, Jason Roberts, Pat Nevin, John Amaechi, Jess Creighton, Robbie Lyle and Lianne Sanderson. It was an absorbing listen for three hours and, at times, an uncomfortable listen around issues of race in sport. Great radio and a great show, award-winning I think.

Last book, film, binge watch and sounds you consumed?

Binge watch most recently was The Defiant Ones and Hip Hop Evolution on Netflix. The last film I watched was Friday, classic comedy from the 90s starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. The last book/s, which I am/was reading are Tom Vanderbilt’s The Sneaker Book and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder (a book talkRADIO host Penny Smith gave to me).

Who is your role model? And why?

My dad, because his sacrifices (along with my mum) he made, the values he instilled to me, and as a man who came from Jamaica in the 60s, and to settle her and build a life for himself (along with my mum), despite the challenges he faced, he to me is my role model.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

Taking life one step at a time and the importance of doing so. The journey isn’t the destination you are trying to get to, but the destination is the journey that you are on.

What one bit of advice would you give someone wanting to do your job?

Be a sponge, and soak up as much knowledge you can, shadow, do work experience as a runner, assistant producer, broadcast assistant, and study other producers and what they do best and don’t do best to adapt to your style. Keep networking and showing your enthusiasm. Be approachable and approach people and don’t take knock-backs personally.

Tell us something not many people know about you?

I was a hip-hop and RnB DJ/radio presenter in the noughties on stations such as Galaxy, Capital and Choice FM. I had a three-year summer residency at Pacha in Ibiza DJing, and also DJ for the likes of Beyonce, Drake, Black Eyed Peas and Nicki Minaj at their concerts before they came on stage for their shows. I also interviewed people like Usher, Jamie Foxx, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Amy Winehouse and Snoop Dogg (there are more, but I just can’t remember who else there is, my memory is shocking when it comes to this) for a nationally broadcast radio show I presented and produced (it won an Arias Silver award in 2004). All of this happened while my boss at that time was a certain Mike Cass, now doing a great job making Virgin Radio sound fantastic.

As the working day comes to a close, who would be your three Fantasy Dinner Party guests? And why?

Bob Marley, because the spirituality and deepness of the conversation would be next level in terms of all types of issues; Eddie Murphy, because he is a comedy legend, so he would add the laughs to the dinner party and John Lennon, because of his wit and dry humour, and at some point Lennon and Marley would have to pull out the guitars to sing something, surely?