#265 Ran Stallard

November 27, 2018

A graduate of SCA 2.0, Ran is an award-winning talent who currently works as a Creative at McCann London. She is passionate about gender equality and is a highly skilled illustrator. Despite never attending university, Ran is making a positive impact in the creative industries and we need more people from diverse backgrounds like her. Watch this space because this badass creative is going to go far.

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#177 Ruth Sewell

August 31, 2018

Ruth Sewell is a bright young multi-skilled director who has an incredible eye for set design.

A total BADASS, Ruth co-established her own company called Dauntless Pictures where she has developed a slate of TV shows, features, documentaries and shorts. Her short documentary for the Guardian, 'From The Bronx To Yale: The Power of High School Speech', was awarded a Staff Pick on Vimeo and premiered at Sheffield DocFest in 2016. She’s just wrapped on the feature length version which was shot in New York and Florida in June and is currently in the edit.”

Ruth wrote, directed and edited the short comedy film 'Countryphile' starring Cara Horgan and Toby Williams, which won the Special Jury Prize for Writing at the NBFF and the WFTV Lifetime Shorts Award 2016. Her first short, 'Fish Love' premiered at the London Short Film Festival, 2014. She recently completed the 'Storytelling for the Screen' course at the Screen Arts Institute, with support from the BFI, where she was developing a feature-length black comedy.

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#165 Tory Mabey

August 19, 2018

Tory is a bad ass creative on a mission to make her mark on the world. She studied graphic design at Camberwell, she works in food packaging design but likes to do every side hustle she can get her hands on - card making, collage, brand identity, book illustration, screen printing oh and did I mention she teaches yoga too?

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#162 Jessica Richer

August 16, 2018

Jessica is a multidisciplinary Graphic Designer based between Paris and London. Her work is full of life, as is her story. You’ll find her creating printed and digital projects of different scales for organisations in the cultural, social and education sectors. Jessica is also the co-founder of the ONG Cultur’aid which supports the development of culture, popular education and creativity in Burkina Faso (Africa). She studied a Graphic Design degree at the Campus de la Fonderie de l’image (Paris). Since then she strengthen her experience through various projects including exhibition design, lettering, brand identities, web design and illustrations.

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#151 Irka Kravets

August 5, 2018

Irka is an art director in Kyiv. Eastern Europe is still pretty sexist state and it's hard for women to get the same amount of recognition and respect for their work. Irka strives to break this stereotype by delivering excellent work and taking an active stance in the feminist enlightenment of people around her. Also, she makes some cool feminism themed merch!

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#148 Tammy Johal

August 2, 2018

Tammy is a D&AD award-winning conceptual designer and art director who studied graphic design at the Arts University Bournemouth. As part of her creative journey to date, she has worked at BBH, Sunshine, WARL and MultiAdaptor. Having worked at Breakthrough for over a year, where she questioned people's views and encouraged positive social change through dynamic and engaging projects, her next career move sees her soon joining Havas. From art directing photoshoots, to creating brand identities and crafting campaigns, she loves to challenge perceptions, as design for good has always been a driving factor in her work.

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#142 Gabriela Prattingerova

July 27, 2018

I've been working with Gabi for almost 5 years now. She's super passionate about design, especially social projects. What makes her Badass is her ability to fit school, work and side projects in just 24 hours a day, attention to detail, creativity and, again, love for social projects. Why do I mention social projects few times? Because helping people, and our planet is super badass.

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Phi Wolff — #141 Phi aka Josephine Wolff

Phi is an illustrator - born and bred Berliner.
Phis ability to create relatable characters and atmospheres in couple pen strokes is like magic. Her positive yet grounded attitude shines through her work and in anything she does. Her dedication to her work is inspiring.

Currently she's working on her graduate project (which she will be announcing very soon!), while last year she wrote and illustrated her very first children's book. She wants to work with content that matters. Very driven about topics that touches us all, they being painful or lighthearted, big or small. I'm sure we will see her name all over in our bookshelves in the future!
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#141 Phi aka Josephine Wolff

July 26, 2018

Phi is an illustrator - born and bred Berliner.
Phis ability to create relatable characters and atmospheres in couple pen strokes is like magic. Her positive yet grounded attitude shines through her work and in anything she does. Her dedication to her work is inspiring.

Currently she's working on her graduate project (which she will be announcing very soon!), while last year she wrote and illustrated her very first children's book. She wants to work with content that matters. Very driven about topics that touches us all, they being painful or lighthearted, big or small. I'm sure we will see her name all over in our bookshelves in the future!

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#125 Jen Devonshire

July 10, 2018

Powering through deadlines and smashing all creative briefs thrown her way, graphic designer Jen Devonshire is a born brand guardian with a super-keen eye for mismatched fonts. Hailing from Hull, Jen is always there with a smile and makes an awesome cup of tea!

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#121 Ant Jackson

July 6, 2018

Ant may be a male name, and an insect’s name, but despite this, this Badass Gal has defied the laws of Nameology and claimed it as her own. Having worked for big names such as NBC Universal, TBWA\London and Rankin, Ant has played a major role in creating and developing ideas for a diverse collection of brands. Her proudest achievements to date are the Cannes Lion Arse Award, #SingForAdele, and Lidl’s longstanding campaign line: ‘Big on Quality, Lidl on price’. As well as being a creative copywriter of sorts, Ant also writes editorial for YCC, and has also recently created a music video that surrounds the theme of mental health - something she is very passionate about. She would rather leave the industry having positively inspired and influenced others, rather than with a sack of dusty lions.

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#117 Madina Paulig

July 2, 2018

'Mad Dog' is a multi-lingual polymath creative badass. Whether it's designing tattoos, spray painting graffiti or art directing fashion shoots, she is endlessly creative and stylish with it.

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#115 Leanne Challinor

June 30, 2018

Creativity meets productivity.

So it was Leanne's skill with a pen that first caught my eye - great ideas and great copy.

But what makes her an ultimate Badass Girl is that she has the passion and drive to approach any task and get it done. She might not have done it before, but that doesn't phase her. Leanne has all the creds and personality to be a future Badass leader! She's already been instrumental in bringing something different to our marketing team at APS Group and is working on rolling out engaging internal comms content.

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#112 Sophie Tari

June 27, 2018

Soph is a really talented animator who brings oodles of energy to everything she does.

She created a teaser trailer for the Cartoon Network, London in 2012, check it out here.

She also has the wattage to be a published poet. Soph also runs Egysorosok an Instagram where she posts one line that supports women every week.

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#102 Eva Steiner

June 17, 2018

Eva is an Art Director at Ogilvy UK.
When she was 12, she starred in a German cooking show (don’t ask for the tapes, they’re not there) but sadly failed to turn her child-star career into a long-term one.

After some deep soul searching, she interned as an art director, and hasn't looked back at the lens since (but can often be found behind it (https://youtu.be/nKDgFCojiT8).

Having kicked-off her career in New York, she moved to London 3 years ago where she's been working on projects for clients including British Airways, Greenpeace, Save The Children, Keurig, Cisco and P&O Ferries.

She's bagged awards for viral charity campaigns, worked with a soothsaying hamster, and crafted a clog-shaped ship.

Eva is part of the core YCC team in London feel free to get in touch with her for any advice or book crits.

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#95 Kirsten & Kat

June 10, 2018

Scottish creative duo Kirsten Murray and Kat Summers (aka. The Tits) are designing their way around the world, rediscovering their love of design and finding all sorts of fun along the way. They're always willing to offer support, passing on their knowledge to not only creative students, but their peers alike. They continually strive to make our industry a better place, whilst never losing sight of their own morals, advice and guidance. Over on their Instagram account, The Tits are actively promoting female creatives through their Insta-stories, showcasing 374 amazing creative women for every day that isn't International Women's Day. Which is pretty rad. These girls are a force to be reckoned with and only just starting their world tour.

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#86 Flo Evans

June 1, 2018

Flo is a Planner at Iris London and has been an instrumental player in that agency for over two years. When I worked with her, she single handedly ran global creative accounts and planned some of the agencies most provocative campaigns. Working above her role and superseding expectation from everyone in both a professional and personal capacity, she's pretty badass.

Check out a few of the articles she's had published lately www.creativereview.co.uk/from-fake-news-to-fake-influencers

www.slideshare.net/floelizaevans/modern-masculinity-are-we-in-crisis-79288755

She's one to watch for the future and a genuinely nice person.

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/florence-evans

#82 Hayley Stringfellow

May 28, 2018

Hayley took a big and exciting move in her first few years in industry after applying for a 6 month out of date job. After getting a reply Hayley and her creative partner, Aidan, up routed their lives in London moved to Prague to work at McCann.

Straight away they were in and working on a pitches for Coco Cola Winter Olympics which they won. Since then they’ve worked on brands such as Vodafoe, Smartwater and Nokian Tyres but now you’ll find them working away on ING and Porsche, although they’re still waiting for their own free Porcsche!

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If you’re ever in Prague or want some advice on working abroad drop her a line.

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#74 Johana Kroft

May 20, 2018

Johana is a London based superstar illustrator, art director and designer. 💅 She's got a third eye for colours 👁, she is a killer typographer🖊 and she knows how to draw, animate and make 3D 🌐. Say whaaaat? 😱

Website: www.johanakroft.com
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#66 Winyee Cheung

May 12, 2018

Winyee Cheung is an illustrator and motion designer based in London. She graduated from the Arts University of Bournemouth in 2015 and has since created numerous award nominated work for some major clients at MRM Meteorite. Able to masterfully switch from art style to art style at the drop of a hat, while maintaining her own unique charm, Winyee’s definitely one to watch out for.

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#63 Chloe Bishop

May 9, 2018

Chloe is a creative copywriter who began her career at Isobar, before moving to Antidote. Chloe is now a creative copywriter working at Waste Creative on Supercell, British Gas and The National Lottery.