Leader of LW&D Atlanta
Role: Event planning, content creation and management.
Purpose: Empower women & non-binary creatives in our community.
Chapter Sponsors: AIGA Atanta, MODA, Miami Ad School Portfolio Center, Signature Design, yellobee studio, City Winery Atlanta Sarah Lawrence.
Live site: Ladies, Wine & Design Atlanta
In 2019 I became leader of the initiative Ladies, Wine & Design in the city of Atlanta.
Background: Ladies, Wine & Design was founded by Jessica Walsh, (CEO at &Walsh in NYC) after she realized that only a small percentage of creative directors are women or non-binary. In less than two years of launching, it has spread to chapters in over 250 cities worldwide. Each city holds monthly meetups, conferences, mentorship circles and portfolio reviews covering a wide variety of topics related to business, creativity, and life.
Why?
The Atlanta Chapter: I have been organizing a LW&D Chapter every two months since June 2019; covering a wide variety of topics from business, to getting paid, to creativity, to life in general. My role goes from choosing a topic, to looking for the right creative/designer to speak at the event, booking the venue, designing promotional materials, promoting the event on the official website and social media, and sending email campaigns.
Enterpreneur Issue
With Nina Nikomid, founder of Metafour Agency.
Venue and Sponsor: City Winery Atlanta.
Career Goals
With special guest Mira Scarlet (@scarletonthetile), cosplay, live-streaming and social media influencer. Venue and Sponsor: Signature Design & Co.
Beyond Design
Private guided tour of the exhibition “Design of Dissent” at MODA with Assistant Director Lisa Babb.
Venue and Sponsor: Museum of Design Atlanta
T’is The Season For Lettering
Holiday themed lettering workshop with Atlanta based lettering artist Lindsay Michael.
Venue: Miami Ad School Portfolio Center
Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio review session with special guests Sarah Lawrence and Alison Scheel as mentors.
Venue and Sponsor: yellobee studio
Coming Soon
April 2020 Chapter
LW&D Global: Since it started, the initiative has spread all over the world. This upcoming April, the NYC based agency &Walsh will hold the first Global event of Ladies, Wine & Design Leaders.
The @lwd.atl Instagram account has grown by 284 followers since I took over (June 2019), meaning +30 followers per month as of February 2020.
