Onam Khatri: On Digital Fluency & The Future of Advertising
With a solid digital foundation and international experience to boot, Onam Khatri is an excellent role model for women in media. Hailing...
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Alexandra Nel: On Resilience, Freelance & Finding Your ‘Why’
Melbourne-based Motion Graphics Designer Alexandra Nel (Alexa) is a strong woman with a unique worldview. Growing up in South Africa and...
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Irnin Khan: A Few Biases to Break
Being a woman in advertising can be hard. Being a woman of colour in advertising takes all kinds of tolls that I haven’t properly stopped...
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Mavens Welcomes Lauren Chibert as DEI Director
Mavens today announced the appointment of Lauren Chibert in the role of DEI Director, a partnership designed to spur new diversity...
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Assisterhood: Empowering the Next Generation of Women
Words by Leah Morris. Photo by Melissa Cowan. Assisterhood is a nation-wide industry program that links young women and non-binary people...
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Mavens Magazine Volume 1 Launches to #DemandEquality
Growing up in the Warby Ranges in Northeast Victoria, Mavens’ founder Leah Morris always looked forward to her favourite magazine...
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Just Announced: Mavens Inaugural Magazine Launch
Good news, Mavens! Our inaugural print magazine is rallying women to #DemandEquality, and will be launched with an exciting speaker event...
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'The Gender Pay Crisis': New Adland Census Identifies Pay Gap of 33%
In December 2021, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) contracted Kantar to run an Australian version of their international D&I survey,...
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Nomfundo Msomi: Insights From a Global Career in Strategy
Nomfundo Msomi is a powerhouse. With experience working in London, New York, Hong Kong, India and the United Arab Emirates, she’s now...
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The Buck Stops With You: How to Self-Motivate
By Carol Mackay. It’s a fact: we all lack motivation at times. Our industry includes many micro-businesses, and a majority of freelancers...
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New Campaign Examines Gender Equality as ‘Our Final Frontier’
The World Economic Forum currently predicts it will take 135.6 years to close the global gender gap, and a new UN Women campaign from The...
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Monique Kneepkens: On Finding Creative Purpose
Born in the Netherlands, award-winning Creative Director Monique Kneepkens has a raft of agency and studio experience in Australia and...
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Opinion: Quit Your Job
By Danielle West. A harsh statement, but stay with me… We’re all very aware of what we can now call very precedented times plus the...
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Carol Mackay: What I’ve Learnt Working in Our Creative Industry
The last time I was an employee was July 30, 41 years ago.* I left employment when the owner of the studio I managed declined new...
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How to Pivot from Agency to Startup
By Rochelle Ritchie, Head of Marketing at B2B SaaS startup, Particular Audience and Similar. My last 10 years has looked like a ladder of...
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How to Get a Pay Rise (At Any Stage In Your Career)
The gender pay gap in Australia currently sits at 13.8% across all industries, which means women get around 85 cents on the dollar...
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Career Confessions: Suryabala Shenbagamurthy
Tell us what you do in one sentence? As an advertising tech specialist, I build automation tools to engage with customers online. I am...
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Inspiring Leaders to Catch at The Design Conference 2022
By Lauren Aitken. Edited by Leah Morris. At Mavens, we're proud to support events or organisations that prioritise representation of...
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Amelia Micallef: On Motherhood & Using Creativity for Good
With less than 1% female agency owners, Creative Director and Make Mate founder Amelia Micallef is rare among the ranks. Her stellar...
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Talented Tuesday with Alicia Mitchell, Senior Art Director
Alicia Mitchell is a Melbourne-based Senior Designer and Art Director who has worked on some of Australia’s best loved brands. Mavens...
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