Dave Calleja and Julia Birks, both Experience Design Leads at Isobar, had us in stitches at a Content Meet Up earlier this year with their sense of humour and passion for all things UX. We cornered them over coffee to ask them: does having someone in your corner at...
Audrey has one hell of a job. As the Marketing Manager at creative studio HM and Managing Editor for fluoro, she divvies up her time between interviewing high profile personalities, developing strategies and managing a team. We talked to her about extracting intimate...
A common question asked by our Talents each day in our office is, “Do I need a LinkedIn profile?” In short, yes! In early 2016, LinkedIn reported a total of 450 million users, with two new users joining every second. Having an up to date LinkedIn profile will make...
Catherine Hills is a UX Lead at REA Group, but a more fitting title might be Modern Day Superwoman. As well as being one of the Leads in the UX division at REA, she’s a Lead Instructor (UXD) at General Assembly, is completing a thesis as part of a Master of Business,...
How much should I ask for? When’s the right time to ask? What if I’ve already accepted an offer and want to change my mind? These are just some of the questions we get asked regularly here at Agency Iceberg. Negotiating a pay rise and communicating your worth...
‘Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes’, sang David Bowie. Was he talking about our leading lady, Harry Wray by chance? Harry is the Director of Operations at CHE Proximity and managing many moving parts is her forte. In fact, navigating change while managing multiple stakeholders is...
Australia’s freelance economy has grown to over 4 million people, meaning nearly one third of our workforce now takes part in freelance work. That’s pretty huge. It’s no surprise then that there’s a growing demand for functional, collaborative and inspiring work...
For someone who based their impression of agency life on a Hollywood heteronormative rom com narrative, it was refreshing to chat to Julia Birks, Lead Experience Designer at digital agency Isobar about her experience in the agency world. As a vivacious and charismatic...
Let’s face it, if you had to name twenty things you enjoy doing, job interviews wouldn't necessarily feature in your top five loves. Under nerve-wracking circumstances, we all say things a little less smoothly than what we practised at home, and can even say things we...
From agency to in house, Melbourne to Ballarat, and herding sheep in the mud on the weekend, to corporate boss lady during the week, this week’s Leading Lady is the ridiculously charismatic Louise Laing, General Manager of Marketing at Visit Ballarat. Louise made time...
Started in Manchester, Ladies That UX is a monthly meet-up that creates a welcoming, transparent community of women that work in UX, who positively promote and teach each other. What started as a result of not being able to find other women in the industry has grown,...
How many of us can say that we’ve shared a luxury yacht with Beyonce and Jay-Z? Looking after the royal hip hop couple while working as a stewardess is just one of the incredible stories Elly Hewitt, Managing Director of Alt/Shift, shared with us over lunch for this...