Meg started her career making award-winning comedy series such as Gavin and Stacey, The Mighty Boosch and Live at The Apollo. She also worked on more serious productions such as the BBC's lead science series Horizon and the renowned (though now extinct) Crimewatch, including a special where she filmed undercover with the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

With over a decade of TV comedy and factual production experience to her name, Megan joined forces with Director Diana Ellis-Hill to establish the female-founded creative content agency Be The Fox. From the get-go the Brighton-based agency has been producing integrated campaigns for standout brands such as Samsung, Honda, Bulldog Skincare and Nissan, often breaking gender norms and specialising in automotive and tech.

Ellen is creative director at global branding agency BrandOpus. With 15 years’ experience under her belt, Ellen is responsible for leading the design team across a broad range of projects. From small start-ups to large multinationals, Ellen has worked across a diverse portfolio of brands including Panera, Wiggle, Princes and the Ramblers.

David Hughes is the Managing Director for What’s Possible Creative Studio - the creative arm of What’s Possible Group - where he brings media and creative communications closer together, and helps clients create creative work that drives brand performance.

David drives new integrated ways of working creatively across the group - from International implementation to hyper local media targeting and personalisation. David was previously Managing Director at Hogarth Worldwide. He helped scale the organisation from 100 to 1000 employees in London and 3000 globally over 10 years. David ran the global hub in London for over 5 years and built out its digital and content functions, TV and video production, and creative and design teams. He also helped the Hogarth and WPP team in Australia set up two world class facilities in Sydney and Melbourne.

Previously David won and ran the Shell business for Omnicom’s Proximity business and was responsible for the work of teams in 26 markets. He has worked in social media, web design, e-shopper and CRM in previous roles.

Becky is Executive creative director heading up the agency at VaynerMedia, with a mantelpiece stacked with over 20 awards representing the cross discipline thinking she has become known for. Her years of experience, for clients at home and around the globe mean she keeps a cool head and a tenacious attitude in pursuit of the best creative.

She is a key proponent for industry change, spearheading many initiatives; from the pilot of The Girlhood programme within FCB Inferno, leading the Girl Effect (Rwanda), partnering the launch of Creative Equals or speaking at TEDx. Becky keeps the need for greater diversity in the search for better creative work front and centre.

Jordan took the role of Head of Design at VCCP in 2020, and now leads the global design output for Girl&Bear and the VCCP Partnership. With a borderless mindset in regards to talent, his team extends across 5 continents, united by a devotion to craft and skills in all aspects of design. Throughout his career, he has worked with some of the world’s most loved brands. Most notably winning Google as a client with ‘Smart Wellies by Google’, returning Green&Black’s to its roots with ‘Wildy. Deliciously. Organic.’, and helping to reunite Take That during Lockdown for Meerkat Music.

Anthony joined Girl&Bear as Executive Head of Production in May 2021. His role is to champion craft and explore new ways of making, collaborating with a broad range of diverse talent across the globe.

Prior to joining VCCP, he was a Creative Director and Executive Producer working in advertising and film. He founded Black Sheep Studios at BBH London, the award-winning in-house production studio, and went on to take the Executive Creative Director role at the agency, on brands like Absolut, Google, Rayban and Tesco.

He was also Head of Video Production at Mother London, where he built their in-house studio Bosh. Anthony is also a Director, shooting editorial, fashion and social content, music videos and short films.

Poppy founded creative experience agency We Are Family London in 2016 with no funding or capital and remains both CEO and ECD. She is vocal in her support of women within the industry, with the agency currently residing as 68% female. The agency’s rapid growth through word of mouth recommendations means she now directs a multi-disciplined in-house team of 30 working on live, virtual, hybrid, design, brand and tactical campaigns and… epic events. Working on a global scale with a diverse range of clients, Kantar, Meta, Instagram, Sports England, Twitch, Snap, Starbucks to name a few. Her passion remains focused in capturing the ultimate experience, and looking for new ways to engage and connect the audience alongside outstanding creative and production excellence to unlock the potential in all briefs.

Starting off in a small provincial digital agency (‘New Media’ in them day’s) Andy has now worked 25+ years in digital design for agencies and in-house teams. In that time he has headed up local and global digital accounts and campaigns (for brands like Martini, Madame Tussauds, Historic Royal Palaces, Universal Music, Natural History Museum, PepsiCo, Omega and Citroen) and now leads the NPI creative team at Dyson - responsible for designing ‘On-product’ and ‘Connected’ user experiences across all its current and future categories and products.

Through his career of working for global brands, projects and audiences, he has gained a wealth of experience in designing simple, engaging and meaningful experiences in interaction design, usability and technology – and (most importantly) always with the consumer at the heart of the idea.

Chris is accomplished agency leader and digital specialist with over twenty years’ experience of delivering complex marketing solutions, leading global accounts, developing, and optimising operational process, setting and implementing business vision at board level and driving successful new business initiatives. Throughout his career he has delivered initiatives within all major digital disciplines and run integrated accounts across a wide range of industry sectors. This includes the delivery of £8+ million eCommerce platforms, award winning creative campaigns, transformative consulting services and innovative digital media planning and buying.

He is currently President of BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) and has a focus on addressing the digital skills gap.

Adam has a passion for strategic creative thinking that makes a difference. As Creative Director at The Gate Edinburgh, which is part of a mid-sized global network called MSQ, Adam oversees this in advertising, content, branding and marketing of all shapes and sizes.

Adam has over two decades developing commercial brands and driving performance for industry leaders SSE, Brodies LLP, Vladivar, Bulmers, Subway Sandwiches, Kames Investment Management, BA, and Irn-Bru, plus various governments and third sector organisations close to my heart.

Along the way Adam studied on Mark Ritson’s Mini MBA in Marketing and Seth Godin’s Alt MBA, worked with Cannes Lions, Behance, Star Awards, Marketing Society Pioneering Spirit Awards, and IPA programmes, and been awarded various Global creative awards including D&AD, IPA Star, Epica, The Scottish Advertising and Scottish Design Awards, Campaign Magazine, Roses and others.

A trained product designer with a successful career as a management consultant championing the movement towards customer and brand lead experiences. In 2006, Sian co-founded The Yard Creative (TYC) which is recognised throughout the industry as an award-winning, strategic innovation design agency. Creative services include research, strategy and design, focussed on creating engaging brands, spaces and digital experiences for organisations that want to challenge their sector.

Food, football and a fossil (or two). Katie’s been heading up creative teams across a number of exciting sectors for over 20 years now. From her time at innocent drinks to her run at The FA, and not forgetting her turnaround of the Natural History Museum’s brand.

Now Global Head of Creative at Gousto, Katie leads a team that creates engaging brand experiences across just about every platform. Whether it’s 3D, TV, packaging, print, digital or social, Katie’s focussed on delivering first-rate creative to blow customer expectations out of the water.

She’s an established strategic thinker and creative leader and knows a thing or two about the in-house life. Her passion lies in working with great people and helping them develop to create great things.

Graphic designer and art director passionate about typography, lettering and branding. With experience working on branding, digital, advertising and UI design for agencies and tech companies in Latin America and the UK.

Ciara is a multi-award winning Creative Director. She is currently CD and Managing Partner at McCann UK where she heads up Mastercard for UK and Europe and is also CD of McCann Demand, working on clients such as Acer, Hargreaves Lansdown, JBL, and Refuge.

In her career to date, she has created global campaigns for brands such as Amazon (Alexa/Echo), Bacardi, Diet Coke, Taco Bell, and Rimmel along with making work that has campaigned for sex worker rights for ECP to even achieving an official no.1 track with the first song scientifically tested to make babies happy for Cow & Gate.

Besides industry awards for her work, she’s also personally been selected as a Campaign & Creative Equals ‘Future Leader, The Gerety Awards UK ambassador, one of The Dots International Trailblazing Women and an IPA Women of Tomorrow Finalist along with being on The Pitch 100 Superwomen list.

Susie has over 10 years of extensive creative experience which started in print publishing and she found her real passion in brand execution.

Having worked with some brilliant brands over the years, from the likes of Jaeger, Aquascutumn, House of Fraser and Arcadia, Susie then joined notonthehighsteet as their Senior Art Director for 7 years, when she fell in love with Art Direction and campaign creation. Looking for a new challenge Susie joined the amazing team at FatFace at the start of the year as their Head of Creative, and is so excited to be part of this amazing brands evolution.

Ben King is the Creative Director for Home, a global leader in Employee Experience that helps organisations all around the world create the very best experience for their people.

From hire to retire, Ben’s creative work energises, captivates and inspires — Creating moments that become movements — through insightful consultation, expertly crafted strategy and award-winning creative solutions, people are always at the heart of everything.

Andy is the Digital Creative Officer within the University of Leeds public engagement team, working with researchers and academics to create inspiring and exciting public facing content in the form of video, animation and design.

Prior to working at the University of Leeds, Andy spent a decade in the film industry, working across production and post-production roles on award-winning international narrative features, short films and documentaries, as well as overseeing the technical delivery and event coordination of one of the UK’s leading short film festivals.

Simon is Creative Director of Absolute, a bold creative agency based in Bolton, Manchester. With a passion for ideas and strategy, he has over 30 years’ working in the creative industry and a wealth of experience with brand development, campaign strategies and digital direction.

Over the years, Simon has worked with a great number of clients, in a wide range of business sectors, from Arts & Entertainment to Construction, Retail, Education and Sport. Notably, he has worked with brands such as BBC, Manchester City FC, Redrow Homes, Rolls-Royce & Bentley, Brother, Superdrug and Henri-Lloyd, picking up many creative awards for his work, along the way.

Adam’s career has spanned across CRM, CX, partnership marketing, and digital media, and he now leads the award-winning digital and growth marketing team for Beiersdorf’s flagship skincare brands across Northern Europe. His passion is building rapid experimentation cultures and teams to supercharge growth. Most recently he’s helped launch and scale the NIVEA D2C, performance marketing, and retailer media operations.

Adam joined Google in 2018, and is now Head of User & Subscriptions Marketing for YouTube in the UK where he leads a team looking after marketing for products like YouTube Shorts, YouTube Originals and YouTube Premium. He has over 12 years of experience working in digital marketing & advertising, both on the agency side at Ogilvy and on the brand side working for BBC Studios, where he led digital strategy for global entertainment brands like Doctor Who, Top Gear, BBC Earth and more. He is passionate about the power of online video and the transformation it's having on culture and communication across the world.

Nima started in the design industry over 20 years ago as a designer in the music industry, before working on a project to launch the first ever Apple iMac and moving into brand and identity design. He has created brand identities for organisations as diverse as Flying Tiger Copenhagen, Gulf Air and The Alan Turing Institute. As Creative Director of ico he helps to guide brands to find a vision and voice that complements their business ambitions.

David runs the 368 Leeds and London in-house creative agencies at Deloitte. Previously he was Chief Creative officer at gyro, manging teams across Manchester and London; CCO/ECD at Wunderman; ECD at FCB London; and was co-founder/Creative Partner of LIDA, M&C Saatchi’s most successful commercial and creative start-up. He’s passionate about big ideas.

Graham has lived and breathed the world of brand design and beyond, for nearly 3 decades, he’s moulded, shifted, created, challenged, and charged hundreds of brands from power tools to pea protein. Inspiring the global creative team, by guiding and leading by example, cutting through the pretentious and proud to just say it how it is. Passionate to pass on his experience to the next generation of creative talent.

He has worked in advertising and publishing, gaining over 15 years experience of in art direction in illustration, animation, film and photography. Leading creative teams big and small in publishing, advertising agencies, and directly with clients both in-house and externally.

He founded and runs a food magazine called Pasture sold worldwide and is a part-time defender for creative football team Soho Warriors

Louise is an awarded Creative Director and Graphic Designer, currently leading the team at Here.We.Go., a boutique creative studio specialising in brand story-telling through innovate 360º VI systems, social content, advertising and creative technology. H.W.G’s mission is to help grow and promote brands that are changing the world and making a difference. Clients to-date include innocent, The Children’s Society, PeoplevExtinction Effies and Greenpeace, alongside film graphics for a number of female directors. A craft-orientated, experienced creative leader, in 2020 she became the first Chairwoman of design organisation TypoCircle in almost 30+ years. Her volunteer work with TypoCircle, alongside mentorship roles, aim to help level-up diversity and champion the next generation of creatives.

Louise is the former Head of Art and Design at ad agency BMB London. She was appointed interim Head of Art at Sky Creative in 2019, to help reshape the design department. Prior to BMB and Sky, Louise was Head of Art and Design at CHI & Partners, and before that, was Head of Design at BETC London, helping to grow the start-up agency from the core team of 6, winning the global Bacardi and Diet Coke accounts, and creating the 'Campaign Hall of Fame' winning work for Cockburn's. She’s worked at a number of London ad agencies, cross-pollinating this as a branding consultant for clients such as The Natural History Museum and British Gas.

Louise has been on numerous creative judging panels, including as Jury President, has been named in The Drum's Designerati, was made a 2018 Pitch 100 Superwoman, and regularly contributes to trade publications.