Spotlight: Katie Bartlett

This cheese lover makes project management look like a brie-ze, and her dad jokes just get feta and feta gorgonzola time. Meet Katie Bartlett in this edition of PRPL Spotlight!Name: Katie BartlettHometown: Sarasota, Florida… where Americans go to live out their golden years, and also home of TripAdvisor’s #1 beach in AmericaNickname(s): KB, Cheese, Fartlett (ugh)Years at PRPL: 7 beautiful months.Spotify Playlist:Create!

What do you do here?

I’m an Associate Producer, managing projects and helping the talented people make the things. Besides that, I’m eating all the cheesesticks or stalking the designers to learn anything I can. Also, I am single-handedly trying to get everyone to watch Twin Peaks, to no avail.

If you were a type of cheese, what would you be?

I thought you’d never ask. Monday through Friday I’m a sharp cheddar, and on the weekends, I’m a pepper jack.

What was the inspiration for your playlist?

No inspiration. This playlist was handed to me on a scroll by a hooded stranger when I was just a child. He told me I'd know when to use it.

Favorite restaurant in Orlando?

Kappo at East End Market. Their sashimi is a religious experience.

Would you rather wear full scuba gear to work every day until you retire, or permanently glue antlers to your head?

Oh, deer. Definitely permanently glued antlers to my head. Fashion AND function.

What podcast is top of your list right now?

Radiolab! It combines really interesting science topics with powerful storytelling and good music, basically like Bill Nye for adults who like long car rides. You have my permission to go geek out.

If you could move anywhere in the country tomorrow, where would it be?

To Pawnee, Indiana. Just kidding. To Colorado or anywhere out West. It’s beautiful all year round, and I’m a big fan of the great outdoors.

Liz Lemon or Leslie Knope?

Liz Lemon. Cuz there ain’t no party like a lemon party.

What productivity tool can’t you live without?

I can’t live without Wunderlist (literally). I keep track of everything from work tasks to my water consumption. Plus it makes an exceptionally gratifying noise when you check stuff off.Thanks, Katie. These are very gouda answers. Queso, who's next?