I've won some awards and been on some shortlists, I note them at the top of the projects on my site if you are interested. But in all honesty, awards are not what I do this job for.
This is the real stuff that has mattered over the years.
- I'm a published writer in over 12 publications from The Huffington Post to Campaign Magazine.
- Lily Allen once wrote me a letter of thanks because of an article I wrote about her contribution to Feminism.
- I was invited to meet the Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall to talk about sexual consent.
- A rape victim told me some work I made, helped her to feel good about getting dressed in the morning again.
- My work is taught in social studies classes across the country.
- I got a Police Constabulary advert banned because it gave out the wrong message about sexual consent.
- I have helped 150 designers in India get full time jobs.
- The NY Times sited me as giving an artist their 'first big break'.
- Emma Gannon interviewed and featured my story about starting a social moment, in her bestselling book, ‘ctrl alt delete’.
- I got one of the worlds biggest supermarkets to stop selling an unethical product.
- Vice once asked my opinion on Democracy in Britain which is a win for me considering I can't even vote in the UK.
- In 2016 I was voted one of top 9 rising female Creatives in the UK by the Drum
- In 2017 I was voted as a female leader seen to be helping redefine the creative industries, by The Dots
- In 2017 I was Campaign and Creative Equal's top 30 Creative trailblazers
- The So White initiative was cited as progress towards curing Marketing of its Diversity issue in Campaign Magazine
- In 2017 I was featured in Pitch magazine's 'Winners' Issue alongside the ladies behind Fearless Girl and Mother’s ECD Ana Balarin
- In 2018 I was one of 8 Women Of Tomorrow winners as decided by The IPA
- In 2018 I made the BIMA100 list which honours the top 100 people working across Digital Marketing and Advertising
- In 2018 I was honoured in the Pitch 100 list
- Advisory board DIMA member
- 2018 New Blood Speaker
- I was featured in Netflix Documentary in 2018, which talked about a business I started three years beforehand
- Caroline Criado-Perez mentioned me in her bestselling book, ‘Invisible Women’
- I wrote the 4th most read article on Campaign Magazine’s website in 2019 - read it here
- Raised £18,000 for The Vagina Museum during the first UK national lockdown, in a bid to keep them open, with a budget of £0
Award Juries I have been on: Creative Circle, BIMA, British Arrows, ADCE Awards, DIMA50 Campaign Big, Gerety Awards, New Blood