Some of the work I’ve done for SHESAYS as committee member:
#51days51ways to close the gender pay gap. Due to the current gender pay gap every woman in the UK works for free from November 10th until the end of the year. That’s 51 days. To highlight and help change this fact we reached out to 51 industry leaders such as Cindy Gallop, Laura Jordan Bambach and other CEOs, CCOs, ECDs, MDs and CDs from top agencies, to give us their solution. Then every day for the 51 days we shared them on the SHESAYS social channels.
After the success of the event in 2015. I organised a 2016 version of 'Sketch the Ones To Watch'.
September is the time of year when the best new graduates prepare to enter our industry. To celebrate, we’re put five new female creatives (all nominated by people in the industry) into the limelight with a twist...
Under the tutorage of a LARA portraiture artist Lizet Dingemans they become the (clothed) models for a life drawing class. We inviting She Says members to come along have fun, try their hand at life drawing, listen to why these young women rock and network with them. The night was hosted by Allison Upton and her team at Major Players.
Check out the Ones To Watch for 2016:
Rose Scanlon-Jones (Designer) http://www.rosescanlonjones.com/
Emmy Yoneda (Fine Artist) http://www.emmyyoneda.com/
Cai Zhang (Experiential artist & illustrator) http://www.cai.gallery/
Pip King (Photographer) www.pipjk.com
Ellen Luff (Creative / Art Director) http://cargocollective.com/EllenLuff
86% of the industry is white* and that’s just one of the ridiculous statistics. What’s the problem and how can we change it?
This was the first in a series of Diversity specific events, where we showcased inspirational people who are at the forefront of getting our industry to open its doors to everyone.
The current middle class, male and pale departments are making the work dull and the agencies even more boring. SHE SAYS aim is to take the conversation further with how our departments misrepresent society in total, not just a lack of women.
The speakers were:
Laura Jordan Bambach (SHE SAYS founder), The Great British Diversity Experiment
James Hillhouse, Commercial Break
Sue Higgs, & Turly Humphreys, CircleCollective.org
Tracy Whamond, John Dore & Mark Oben-Pepra, OMD Fast Forward Programme
Chris De Abreu, Creative Director @ Iris London
This event was based around the time of year when the best new graduates prepare to enter our industries. To celebrate, we put six female D&AD New Blood Winners into the limelight. In partnership with our host GREY London and LARA, this crop of fresh talent were the models for a life drawing class. Under the tutorage of portraiture Luca Indraccolo we invited SHE SAYS members to come along to have fun, try their hand at life drawing, network and discover this year’s ‘ones to watch’.
Check out a summary of the work by the six women - Yukai Du, Tessa Noble, Maria Florez, Bianca Richards, Florence Fairweather and Jenny Green.
Event photographs by Ruth Jones.