Join us on Thursday 11th September in London as we break down barriers to the creative industry and give traditional ‘mentoring’ a fun twist with independent brand agency, Bloom.
Their wonderful team have volunteered their evening to speak with emerging creatives to answer your burning questions, provide some snappy portfolio feedback or just have a general chit-chat.
Event details
Location:
Bloom, London, SW11 2JW
Time:
Arrival from 6pm, kick-off at 6.30pm, wrap-up by 8.30pm
Date:
Thursday 11th September 2025
So what’s the twist?
Ever been speed dating? No? Neither have we…but the format still works! All mentees at this event will get the chance to speak to three different members of the Bloom team, rotating every 10 minutes, with small breaks in between to regroup.
You can be emerging at any age, so there’s no age limit on this event. If you have less than two years of industry experience, you can get involved!
Spaces are limited, so don’t hang about. Applications will close on Thursday 28th August at 11pm GMT. Successful applicants will be contacted by Sunday 31st August.
Meet the mentors
Meet the mentors
Dami Odukoya
Senior Designer
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Dami Odukoya is a Senior Designer at Bloom, with a passion for the rich storytelling and craft of beverage and spirit design.
He has over 10 years experience working across CPG to iconic household brands across various sectors. He has worked with some of the world's leading brands, including Diageo, Bacardi, Heineken, SAB Miller, and Carlsberg. With a background in Product design, he brings a 3D dimensional approach to projects.
Sophie Saphara
Account Director
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Hi, I’m Sophie Sapara. I'm an Account Director in the client services team at Bloom, with over 8 years of experience in the branding industry.
I lead brand strategy, identity, and packaging projects for global clients including Heineken and Pladis.
Grace Blackbourne
Planner
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Grace is a Planner that has been working at Bloom for the past two years, helping create and grow brands around the world. She’s worked across a variety of categories and clients, including Higgidy, Diageo, KP and Henkel.
Coming from a background in brand marketing at Estee Lauder and commercial insights at Condé Nast, her specialisms lie in culture-led thinking and brand storytelling. Championing co-creation between strategy and design, she is excited to be involved in supporting the next generation of creative talent.
Jess Timmiss
Senior Designer
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Jess Timmiss is a Senior Designer at Bloom, with a passion for brand storytelling and illustration. She has 5 years experience working across a large range of FMCG brands as well as smaller start ups looking to define their place in the market.
She has worked with some of the world's leading brands, including Diageo, Pladis, Nestle, Unilever, and Heinz. Coming from an artistic background of Fine Art she brings an illustrative, artistic approach to projects.
Kevin Conlon
Account Manager
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Kevin is an Account Manager in the client services team at Bloom. With over 10 years experience in the drinks industry working across all sides of the bar counter.
For the past 4 years he has been working across brand strategy, identity, packaging, and experience projects and events for global brands and markets extending his skills recently to the world of FMCG.
Some of Kevin’s current and previous clients in the drinks industry include; Diageo, Irish Distillers, Beam Suntory and Bacardi.
Nathan Frisch
Senior Planner
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Nathan is a Senior Strategist at Bloom, where he helps create, evolve and grow brands — from everyday consumer goods to global corporates. For the past two years, he’s worked with clients to harness the power of brand and design to drive business forward. Before moving to London, he worked for agencies in New York, partnering with various clients such as The New York Times, Amazon and Apple.
He’s passionate about helping leaders use brand to create change, connect with people, and stay relevant in a fast-moving world.
Wiktoria Radkiewicz
Illustrator
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Wiktoria Radkiewicz is an in-house Illustrator at Bloom, where she has helped visually shape many beloved, award-nominated brands under Samworth Brothers, Pladis, Kerry Foods, Heineken and Diageo. Her background as an immigrant and unconventional path into the packaging industry give her a unique approach to brand storytelling.
Outside her role at Bloom, Wiktoria stays active as an all-around creative: organising exhibitions and workshops, giving university talks and portfolio reviews, freelancing in editorial and graphic novels, and promoting her work at comic expos across Europe.
She believes in giving back to the community, having benefitted from peer and mentor support over her 15 years as a creative.
Dion Fowler
Production Director
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Dion has over 20 years of experience in artwork and illustration, specialising in luxury drinks, POS and FMCG. He began his career at Sedley Place Design in 2003, where he learned to vectorise and started his journey in production.
Dion has a passion for print, typography, and craftsmanship, and has the experience of creating assets and artworks from design to realisation for clients such as Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Carlsberg, Ab In-Bev, Heineken, Britvic, Pladis, Kerry Foods, KP Snacks, Hovis, PepsiCo, and William Grants.
So what are you waiting for?!