Pip Jamieson
Jamieson at a Wikipedia editathon
Born	1980 (age 44–45)
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (MA)
Employer	The Dots
Website	the-dots.com

Pip Jamieson (born 1980) is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Dots, a professional network for people in the creative industry.^[1]

Jamieson's father worked in the music industry.^[2] She is dyslexic and could not read until she was 11 years old.^[3][4] She studied economics at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with first class Master of Arts (MA) degree with honours.^{[when?][2][5]}

After graduating, Jamieson joined the Government of the United Kingdom fast-track civil service program for economists.^[6] She worked for David Blunkett.^[6]

Jamieson joined the creative industries in 2004, working for the Brit Awards then as Head of Business Strategy for MTV Australia.^[7][5] She helped to develop the model that launched MTV and Nickelodeon to New Zealand.^[8] She launched the Mile High Gig in 2008, where Dizzee Rascal performed live on a flight from Auckland to Sydney.^[9] Jamieson believes that homogeneous teams are dangerous for creativity.^[10] At MTV she struggled to find new talent and service providers.^[11]

In 2009 she launched The Loop in Australia, a visual networking platform that was used by 67% of Australian professionals.^[11]

Jamieson moved to the UK in 2014 and lived on a houseboat in Kings Cross, London.^[12][13] She noticed that there was no networking site for people in the creative industries, as LinkedIn is optimised for a white-collar workforce.^[7] She launched the Dots, a professional network that is used by 10% of the UK creative sector.^[14] She raised £4 million from Hambro Perks Ltd., John Hegarty and Tom Teichman.^[14][15][16] Jamieson appointed John Hegarty as chairman.^[17] Their membership is around 500k, 62% of whom are women and 31% Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME).^[14][18] It does not allow for companies to search for candidates by their alma mater, making sure people are judged based on their work.^[7] Their clients include Tate, Somerset House, Google, Channel 4, Soho House and Facebook.^[19][20] She has appeared on several podcasts and radio shows, including for Monocle magazine.^[21][22] She believes that happier teams are more productive.^[23]

In July 2018, Jamieson launched an LGBTQ+ takeover on The Dots to celebrate Pride Month.^[24]

In 2017 Jamieson was named by Creative Review as one of the Top 50 Leaders in the UK.^[25]

She was named as one of The Sunday Times Top 100 Disruptive Entrepreneurs, and British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) Top 100.^[26][27][28] She was listed as one of the 2018 Campaign trailblazers for change.^[29] She is concerned about algorithmic bias.^[10] She supports companies that celebrate diversity^{[clarification needed]} in technology and creativity.^[30][31]

Jamieson was part of Sadiq Khan's Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) trip in May 2018.^[32][33]

In November 2018 she was named as one of the Inspiring50 Top 50 Women in Technology in the UK.