Priscilla Jeha

Founder at The Together Society

Priscilla has over 20 years experience in the advertising industry with a large chunk of that spent in London leading integrated, multi-disciplined, global teams. She is the creator of ‘Maestro’, a growth driven, Project Management methodology; has her pilot’s license, loves property development and is a Mumma of twins. The greatest motivators in her career are building exceptional client partner experiences with a focus on trust and authentic collaboration; and fostering innovation in a dynamic culture. Cil remains close with all of her previous Assisterhood mentees (proudly attending the wedding of her very first Mentee this March!) and is a huge fan of applicants with solutions focused, growth mindsets!

Career & Background

What inspired you to do what you are doing now?

I’m not exactly sure what initially inspired me to work in advertising. I have a very literal/rational mindset, but I love it when I get to think creatively as well. So with this in mind, I do know that I always wanted to work somewhere with a strong mix of both business and creativity. It was either advertising or architecture.

What was your journey and where are you headed in your career right now?

I started out as a Receptionist… and I made sure that I was a fantastic one too! I spent two years learning the ropes and then begged for a chance to prove myself in Client Service. Within a couple of months, I was pulling all-nighters on pitches and presenting to the whole AM team at lunch and learns. I was so hungry! I asked all the dumb questions. I stayed quiet when I needed to and played the observer.

After spending the next 10 years honing my AM skills at boutique agencies, I spent a couple of years at Clems before moving to London where I was a Global Business Director at creative powerhouse, Grey London. I lead teams across 35 different international markets and ran creative hothouses with teams on 3 different continents. I became adept at casting and driving high performing teams.

I moved back to Brisbane and spent a year client-side to re-establish ‘who was who in the zoo’ (8 years is a long time to be away!). I took a role as HoCS at Khemistry who then merged with other businesses to create GrowthOps and I was promoted to General Manager. Early 2020 (pre-covid), I established The Together Society, with a new kind of working model that delivers on building those authentic client partner relationships via the Maestro methodology.

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Your favourite food for thought

Books

Zero to One // Peter Thiel
The Personal MBA // Josh Kaufman
The Fountainhead // Ayn Rand (mostly because this book always motivates me to persevere and ‘dig in’ when things get hard)

Podcasts / Thought Leaders

a16z
The Brainfluence Podcast // Roger Dooley
Anything with Naval Ravikant

What drives and inspires you

What are your core values?

Authenticity
Optimism
Perseverance

Who is your biggest inspiration and why?

Angela Ahrendts is my idol. To have taken a brand like Burberry who was so ‘on the nose’ and whose brand equity was dragged down by ‘Euro-trash chavs’, back to being a darling of fashion weeks right across Europe is no mean feat! And in 8 years no less. Is it any wonder that this lady-boss, retail power-house was wooed by Apple to become their retail lead and their highest-paid executive. She’s also a Mum. #seriousgoals

You as a Mentor

Why have you decided to become a mentor?

This will be my third year of mentoring with Assisterhood. I absolutely adore my past two mentees and the relationships that I have been very privileged to establish as part of the program, are enduring. I was at my first mentee’s engagement party just a few weeks ago!

What are the top 5 skills or qualities you bring to mentoring?

Collaborative
Connected
Non-judgemental
Nurturing
Optimistic

Ready to be a part of Assisterhood as a Mentee?

We are now up and running in QLD and VIC – and we’re only just getting started! Let’s shoot for the stars – together!

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