We’re so incredibly excited to make Assisterhood accessible for more people all over Australia and Aotearoa! And what a line up of mentors.
If you’re not sure whether you’d be able to attend the VIC, NSW, or QLD programs in person, Online is the one for you.
Haylie Craig
Creative Director at Colenso BBDO NZ
Firstly, I have a babyface. Everyone says it’s a good thing. Until you get ID checked everywhere you go.
I’m not just another creative. I’ve never fitted in a neat box. Why be the same? That’s boring. Even as a Creative Director I’m not your traditional type in any shape or form. I bring a unique perspective on how creativity can help solve complex societal issues and business problems. I work best where innovative and technology meet human focussed creative solutions.
I enjoy understanding how things work; whether that be tangible, intangible, new tech, old tech, no tech, human behaviour and just everything really. I question things. And I don’t accept things as they are just because it's the way that’s always been done.
I’ve won an array of awards from Cannes Lions, D&AD, Spikes etc
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Sonya Milford
Design Director at Colenso BBDO NZ
Sonya Milford is an indigenous Design Director from Āotearoa, New Zealand.
Passionate about decolonising the future of creativity, Sonya founded the creative collective, Āhua, a group of artists working to challenge the systems that oppress minority creatives.
Currently at Colenso BBDO, Sonya has contributed to the success of some of the agency’s most ambitious digital and design projects. She’s designed an augmented reality museum, crafted a browser plugin that unplugged the royal wedding and replaced it with indigenous news, and spearheaded Tally My Post – an app that lets people instantly value the items in their Instagram posts. Her craft and digital innovation has led to local and global awards, including trophies at Spikes, One Show, Clio, and The Best Awards.
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Katie Moon
Creative Director at Moon Haus
Right now, Katie is Creative Director at Moon Haus — which is a fancy way for saying after six years in agency-land, she's become self-employed.
Her LinkedIn bio will tell you that she's a “creative multi-hyphenate solving problems at the speed of social”, but Katie will tell you that she specialises in content, culture and driving earned creativity, and; others often hire her when they’re short on ideas or words.
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Chelsea Sietses
Senior Art Director at Ogilvy NZ
Kia ora, I'm a Senior Creative who loves finding clever, simple ideas and lateral thoughts, then turning them into reality through craft and collaboration. Over the last 10 years, I've worked in the UK, Aus and now back in Aotearoa convincing clients to buy big bold work, which has resulted in a decent trophy cabinet of international awards. It's nice being recognised, but nothing beats using creativity to make a positive impact in my small piece of the world.
Coming from rural NZ and now a toddler mum, I'm an advocate for more parents and more diverse backgrounds in creative industries. I'm driven by kindness, laughter and testing the limits of what's possible both in creativity and in outdoor pursuits - such as how fast can I walk 100km and extreme puddle jumping with my littlest love.
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Cathy Sison
Art Director & Former Head of Teaching at Shillington NYC
Graphic designer, art director, and calligrapher based in Brooklyn, New York, Cathy is passionate about design, type, and photography. Born in the Philippines and raised in Australia, she is a perpetual explorer and world traveler. Cathy has worked with innovative game-changing brands, such as Thankyou, Frank Green, Lululemon and more. You can find her mentoring new designers or enjoying a quiet moment in a cafe, journaling her thoughts listening to Frank Ocean.
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Jenny Travers
Group Business Director at Ogilvy NZ
I have been working in advertising for twenty years. I started as an intern at DDB for a 12 week work placement and ended up staying there 18 years!
I am obsessed with anything tennis related and believe that exercise and being outside solves 99% of problems.
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Elena del Villar
Senior UX Designer, The Brand Agency WA
Elena is a User Experience Designer, born and bred in the design-loving city of Barcelona and currently based in the beautiful beaches of Perth, WA. With over two decades of professional expertise and a rather eclectic background – think of art direction for advertising, animation movies, fashion design & software development in the mix - Elena has worked for a myriad of industries across the globe.
Her passion for fusing different disciplines such as Design, Technology and Psychology with a holistic and human-centered approach led her to eventually hone her skills in UX design with a special focus in realm of digital products. From helping small start-ups to launch mobile apps to deliver intricate software for big corporations.
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