From creative directors to motion designers, strategists to illustration agents, we have the perfect mentor waiting to meet you.
Keep scrolling to read more about our legendary mentors, who’ve volunteered their time to nurture the next wave of creative talent 👏
Meet the mentors
Meet the mentors
Adrianna Bilas
Designer
Jones Knowles Ritchie
Ben Clarke
Junior Designer
Landor
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Ben thrives on big ideas coupled with pun-packed copy that’s as purposeful as it is witty. Fuelled by boundless energy and genuine enthusiasm he's committed to empowering creatives breaking into the industry. He's currently at Landor with exs that include BrandOpus and Gymshark.
Ellie Chapman
Founder and Creative Director
Lim
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Ellie founded Lim, a global studio of visualisers. She believes everyone should work in a visual way and in the future it’ll be the norm. Today, she and her team of problem solvers, creators and storytellers are leading the way in visualising business content. Ellie’s career began in 2013 as a freelance graphic recorder and she quickly understood the power of visuals to help teams get stuff done. With a busy diary and an expanding network, her credibility grew quickly and in 2022 Lim was created. When she’s not leading Lim, Ellie enjoys sport and is a keen triathlete.
Ethan Rawlins
Senior Designer
IMA
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I consider myself a creative thinker, perfectionist, resourceful and motivated. I love to explore a variety of new methods and techniques within new projects and in my spare time. During my time working with different projects nothing excites me more than crafting something out of the box or aiming to create a timeless piece of design.
Jen Leem-Bruggen
Freelance Illustrator
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Jen Leem-Bruggen is an illustrator from London, now living and working in Birmingham. She started her career in arts management as an artist agent at Folio Illustration Agency before becoming a freelance artist in 2018.
Creating colourful, textured work with a playful approach to characters and environments, Jen is influenced by everyday life, travel and mid-century design. She works on projects across editorial and advertising with clients including Apple, LA Times, Monocle, Eurowings and Woman & Home.
Lucie Scholey
Founder & Creative Director
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As an agency founder my day-to-day role is split into two halves and balancing these has become my career and purpose. On one hand I inspire, motivate and lead my team and on the other hand, I ensure the studio produces work of the highest quality, keeping our clients happy, retained and impressed. Launch was created and is built on the values of agility, communication, efficiency and very high standards, and maintaining these (internally and externally) is of the utmost importance.
Sadie Devane
Senior Art Director
Nice and Serious
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I’m an award-winning art director dedicated to amplifying social and environmental causes. With 7+ years of experience, I specialise in creating forward-thinking work with storytelling and purpose at its core. I currently work at Nice and Serious, an ethical creative agency based in London – on projects spanning campaigns, branding, and content. Prior to moving to the UK, I worked in Dublin and Boston, where I obtained a Master's degree in Advertising from Boston University.
I’m passionate about making the creative industry a more inclusive place, and exercise this through mentoring, public speaking, and volunteering.
Stephanie Irwin
Senior Product Designer
Depop
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Senior Product Designer with a background in fashion, e-commerce, growth hacking and CRM - building accessible experiences that drive growth for the world’s top shopping apps. Projects include growth initiatives, personalization features, design system accessibility and more. Growth mindset designer. I include everyone in the worlds of fashion and tech products.
Tricha Tan
Associate Design Director
OMM Agency
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My career has led me from Kuala Lumpur to Brighton, London & Cambridge, enabling collaborations with people and brands across Asia & Europe. I am currently employed at a creative agency based in London, where I focus on projects in the realm of Experiential Design, AR/VR and UX/UI. I lead a team of designers, animators, technologists, and artists in creating engaging experiences for globally renowned brands such as Nike, NFL, Oakley and many more. In my spare time, I connect with up-and-coming creatives through mentorships. I also enjoy travelling, eating, keeping my plants alive and dedicating my downtime to personal projects.
Arti Braude
Freelance Art Director, Senior Designer & Illustrator
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Arti is a freelance Art Director, Senior Designer and Illustrator. She has worked with creative agencies, studios and direct clients for many years both in-house and as a freelancer with experience across advertising and entertainment marketing. Arti loves making gritty, stylish work, with a process firmly rooted in drawing and movement. When not designing or storyboarding, she's almost certainly drawing for fun and loves to flick through comics and picture books for daily inspiration.
Chariza Miranda
Creative Lead
Vaynermedia
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A chronically online Creative Director with a multi-industry and multi-disciplinary background. I stir up ads, content, and campaigns as a Lead Creative at Vaynermedia by day and morph into a Digital Creator during my personal scrolling hours. I am experienced in leading advertising and marketing work for various clients and have managerial experience, mentoring diverse teams and creatives. I aim to deliver relatable and engaging creative output that resonates online and offline.
Chloë Morgan
Creative Agent
Grand Matter
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I am a Creative Agent with 10 years experience of building strong client relationships and helping artists develop their portfolios to give them the optimum chances of achieving their goals and delivering the best business results. I have a keen eye for spotting talent, am passionate about championing the artists we represent, and I am proactively seeking new opportunities for them within the industry.
Emily Myers
Design Director
Bulletproof
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I'm a Design Director at Bulletproof, London.
Fairly new to this current role, I'd previously worked at BrandOpus since graduating. With over 10 years industry experience I've been lucky enough to work in both Melbourne and New York studios, and now based in London I work across branding, Identity, brand world and packaging design.
Jason Lyon
Freelance Illustrator
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Jason Lyon is a Chinese illustrator living in the UK. As a freelance illustrator represented by Brilliant Artists, Jason specialises in editorial, publishing and commercial projects. He has worked with leading publications and clients such as Apple, The Lancet, The New York Times, The Washington Post and many more.
Lottie Evelyn
Mid / Senior Designer
Interbrand
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Lottie has been in the branding industry for over 5 years. She's now a permanent fixture at Interbrand London, working on projects worldwide across a range of exciting sectors. She enjoys solving design challenges and captivating audiences with her storytelling, breathing new life into brands.
Ryan Claydon
Founder & Agent
A Human Agency
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Ryan Claydon is an illustration agent, with 14 years experience championing a diverse range of artists from all walks of life, in the illustration, CGI and animation industries.
He is the founder of A Human Agency, representing some of the best contemporary illustrators and artists working today. A Human Agency is one of the first - if not the first - artist management agency to partner with charities, NGOs and NFPs.
A Human Agency believes in "art as a vehicle for change".
Shauna Wilkinson
Graphic Designer and Brand Strategist
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I’m an experienced brand strategist and creative, currently in social media marketing. I’ve created strategy, branding, and campaigns for industry-leading clients across a range of sectors—and I love building brands based in data analysis and storytelling.
I’m also a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) and have previously been an industry assessor for student submissions to the society, so I’m a big fan of anything wordy.
Tilly Scott
Designer
Taxi Studio
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I'm a Northern lass currently living and working in Bristol as a Designer specialising in branding, packaging and illustration. Currently working with the team at Taxi Studio. I've worked in the industry for over 6 years with experience working with global giants and a range of smaller, but mighty, clients. I'm passionate about equity in and out of the industry, I channel that by working with local enterprise Babbasa mentoring their young people, as well as mentoring in various other programs where I can. Asides from the day-to-day work, I like to get involved in creative projects where I can outside of work where I get more of a chance to flex my illustration and lettering muscles.
Alice Roseberry-Haynes
Freelance Illustrator, Motion / Graphic Designer
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I'm Alice, a self-taught freelance multidisciplinary artist from South East London who specialises in illustration, motion and design. Independently, I work under the alias 'Alice And The Ink' and tailor my professional work around my interests in music, fashion and culture, which inspired my bold, vibrant visual identity. I've collaborated with brands such as New Balance, Nando's and The Guardian, been championed by Creative Boom and had work showcased at 180 Studios. Throughout my career, I've balanced my illustration practice with freelancing at various studios, including ETC, OK Cool, and No.8, contributing my skills to award-winning projects for top-tier clients such as Apple, Squarespace, and McDonald's.
Cat O’Neil
Freelance Illustrator
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Cat O'Neil is an award winning freelance illustrator, specialising in Editorial and visual metaphor. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2011 with a first class honours. She has lived in Hong Kong, London, Glasgow, Lyon and Edinburgh. Her clients include The New York Times, The Wellcome Collection, The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, TIME, Washington Post, WIRED, LA Times, Scientific American, BBC History, The Financial Times, The Guardian Observer, Libération and more.
Elliot Moss
Freelance Graphic Designer
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Hello! I'm Elliot, a freelance designer located in Birmingham. My passion lies in breathing life into brands, working across a range of disciplines from brand creation and development to illustration and moving image — crafting design solutions rooted in purpose and meaning.
Across my 5+ years in the design industry, I've been fortunate to be a part of many exciting projects, including creating a nationwide symbol to reflect our love for rescue animals at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and rejuvenating the identity of a former tube factory for Oval Real Estate, honouring its past while embracing its promising future.
Inma Hortas
Freelance Illustrator
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I’m Inma Hortas, a full-time freelance illustrator and gif maker, focused on advertising and editorial illustration. Vibrant colours, body positivity and #loveislove always.
Some of my clients are Adidas, Clarks, The Guardian, LA Times, Cosmopolitan, Berkeley, Brigitte, SPL Center, Beer52, Oxford University Press, etc.
Leah Davis
Senior Freelance Designer
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Hey! I'm Leah. A Bristol-born Senior Designer with a passion for doing work for purpose. I have 6 years agency experience in branding & packaging, with a deep understanding on how brands work and behave. It’s the exciting and brave ideas that motivate me everyday to do the best work!
Rory Cowan
Designer
Pearlfisher
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I am a graphic designer that graduated from Loughborough University in 2020, where I was lucky enough to win a D&AD New Blood Pencil. I then worked as a Junior Designer at The Clearing for 2 years, before moving to Pearlfisher as a Midweight Designer, where I have been for the last 18 months. My main focus has been branding, and more recently packaging, but I have worked across a large breadth of disciplines. I have worked with clients across a variety of industries; from charities to chinese tea, and sports teams to spirits.
Sam Burton
Freelance Animator & Motion Designer
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Sam is a freelance motion designer & animator. For the last 15 years he has worked across a variety of projects both big and small including animated commercials, broadcast design, music videos, and pretty much everything in between for brands including Google, Spotify & Facebook.
Tanyaradzwa Shanduka
Designer
Mediaworks UK
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Coming soon…
Tom Peake
Freelance Illustrator & Commercial Artist
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Tom Peake is an award-winning illustrator and commercial artist based in Manchester, UK. As a strong believer in the transportive and communicative and power of images, he seeks to create artworks which tackle complex themes and capture the essence of a time and place.
Fusing inspirations from retro-futurism and mid-century design with an affinity for colour, Tom strives to create images which are nostalgic in feel, yet in touch with the contemporary world. Aesthetics and concepts are constantly at play within Tom’s work, marrying design sensibilities with a devout love for visual problem-solving.
Tim Alexander
Freelance Illustrator
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Tim Alexander is a commercial illustrator based in Brighton, UK. His approach to illustration is based around creative problem solving, breaking down concepts to re-assemble them to form something more graphic and clean, with a focus on geometric shapes and an emphasis on fun.
Selected clients include Harry’s, Adobe and New Scientist.
Wale Osunla
Graphic Designer
Studio Moross
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I'm terrible with this stuff. Pronounced ‘Wah-lay’ and not ‘Whale’, I'm a Designer at Studio Moross, a creative studio that creates, art directs and designs work for some of the biggest brands and artists on the planet, like Sam Smith, Kylie Minogue. and more.
In my personal time I honestly just enjoy experimenting with different techniques, talking to younger creatives/students and gardening.