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Hello and welcome to the mother hood podcast. The podcast about brilliant women who also happen to be mums. My name is Ellie Hale. I am a community builder, a partnerships director, a playwright, a mental health first aid instructor and a Diversity Equity and Inclusion advocate. I am also mum to 2 very small children. I have thrived in my career, taken pride in every role I have had and have always gone above and beyond. Until I had children myself, I was blissfully unaware of the discrimina ...
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The Greater than 11% podcast explores roles and opportunities within the creative industries with the aim of improving diversity. We promote, provide a platform and shout about awesome women and those identifying as non-binary.
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For many years, Heidi Ondrak had a successful career as a senior project manager for local government. As a single mother of two in the past few years, Heidi has entered the world of influence as an ethical and sustainable fashion champion, as the Duchess of Thrift. As well as being an author of the hugely successful book, Thrift Your Life. In this…
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Before having children, I was unaware of the discrimination women face due to having babies. The 2016 EHRC report highlights 54,000 women lose their jobs every year due to maternity discrimination. I started this podcast to showcase stories of women who pivoted their careers, got promoted or started their own businesses after becoming mothers. It a…
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For episode 97 we are joined by Claire Blyth, founder and managing partner of Red Setter - a specialist PR agency for design consultancies and corporate design teams. Claire is also the co-founder of The Design Community Hub - a digital platform… for professionals across the design world to give their time, knowledge and expertise to support the ne…
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For episode 96 we are joined by Katherine Maskell, Head of Sales at Blink - a British production company producing everything from commercials to long-form entertainment. Katherine details what the Head of Sales role entails at Blink - it is definitely not what you are thinking. Moreover, it is about representation. In a nutshell, it is about knowi…
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For episode 95 we are joined by Ellie Hale, Managing Director at The Agency Collective - an organisation focused on helping agencies be better through their core values and their members' collective action and connection. Ellie originally completed a Batchelor of Laws but straight out of her degree she pursued acting, something that is still her pa…
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Siân Blackman is Account Director at The Diversity Standards Collective (The DSC), an organisation which offers brands and agencies the opportunity to get behind the data - and closer to diverse views and opinions from across the globe - to drive better representation - into communications. She shares her journey from studying English Literature an…
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For episode 93 we are joined by the co-founders of Good Shout - Amy Kean & Nicola Kemp. Amy Kean is a creative sociologist, advertising strategist, poet and author and Nicola Kemp - a journalist, editor and event host recently brought their incredible talents together to create training products that facilitate social learning practices - to help p…
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For episode 92 we are joined by Vick Bain who has worked in the music industry for 25+ years and recently has set up her own company VBain Consultancy. She shares her creative journey - the first in her family to enter higher education becoming a musician (another first in her family) and then moving into the management and business side of the ind…
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For episode 91 we are joined by Creative Producer and founder of: I LIKE NETWORKING - Isabel Sachs. Isabel shares her journey to discovering a creative life as a result of studying International Relations degree in her native Brazil. Not enjoying the course, she found solace in getting involved - at first running on film sets for friends and slowly…
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For episode 90 we are joined by Amy Smith - Head of Talent for the Oscar-winning, world-renowned animation and visual effects creative studio - Framestore. Amy is uber passionate and committed to creating a more socially equitable global visual effects (VFX) industry. She shares all the initiatives she and her industry colleagues have been rolling …
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For episode 89 we are joined by producer and founder and host of Poducate, Anthea Agyekum. 💎 Still considered 'early career', Anthea shares the uncertainty and challenges of trying to find what creative career was the right fit for her, whilst trying to get her foot in the door of the advertising industry. Anthea is open, honest and direct in discu…
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We are back for Series 3 and are delighted to welcome both Samantha Hornsby and Mae Yip as our first guests after quite a lengthy hiatus. Sam & Mae are both the co-founders of Eric - whose offering has evolved over the past few years but is currently taking shape in app form. The Eric app (download here: IOS or Android) is a hot house of hot house …
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For episode 87 we are joined by the gorgeous Shanice Mears, Head of Talent & Co-founder of creative agency, The Elephant Room. Shannie shares her passion for fostering community and supporting others - being a bridge between talent and opportunity. She goes back to her creative roots and discusses her love of dance and how she shaped her talent and…
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For episode 86, we aren't featuring a panel discussion as Crystal is on holiday but rather the amazing Chief Operations Officer and co-founder of market research agency Imagen, Cat Agostinho. When I say 'amazing' I mean it! I think Cat is one of the loveliest people - EVER. Keep an ear out for how many times I say 'awesome' & 'amazing' -think it is…
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Occupational Therapist, artist and 1/3 of the electro-punk band, Charismatic Megafauna - this episode we are joined by the fabulous Georgia Twigg. Georgia discusses the benefits of working across different industries (acknowledging it can also be exhausting), a DIY approach to whatever they focus on and applying 'doing, being, becoming' to areas of…
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On this month's Greater Than 11% Panel while Renee is busy raising awareness for our 20k for 20k campaign, Crystal is joined by Emma Sexton, CEO and Founder of creative agency MYWW, former presenter of Badass Woman's Hour and all-round trailblazer. Emma's agency MYWW is a remote-first agency and she's been leading creative teams remotely long befor…
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