The Creative Women program provides mentoring and community experiences to help women develop their creative careers.
WADE KINGSLEY, FOUNDER, THE CREATIVE COACH
“I started The Creative Women program to address a missing gap”
The Australian media, marketing, and advertiser communities need to do more to support women.
In 2025 a leading trade industry website published a list of the Top 30 Creative Directors in Australia. 29 were Male. This isn’t about creative directors - this is about shining a light on a problem that is
This not-for-profit program is designed to grow year-on-year. All women in the program have mentoring that is driven by them. The last thing I’m going to do is mansplain a Women’s Mentoring Program.
The three components of The Creative Women program
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One to one mentoring
6 × 60 minute sessions across the program with experienced industry mentors. Participants choose which mentors they wish to have sessions with from our expert panel of carefully selected mentors.
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Guest Speakers
Learning from the experience of others through exclusive inspiration sessions. In 2025 we heard from Martial arts expert and personal coach Nadine Champion and leading advertising industry expert Zoe Scaman.
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Offsite Experience
Our program participants and mentors come together in Sorrento (Victoria) for 2 days of discussion, inspiration and community building.
Our 2025 Program participants
Millie Michael
Sheridan Comer
Pip Bulmer
Lauren Aramani
Mia Sherman
Olivia Fleming
Laura Pozzobon
Katy Bristow
Ellie Beale
Cody Bennett
Alyce Zerner
Belinda Porter
Natali Mikic
Our 2025 Program mentors
JUNE LAFFEY: CREATIVE COACH With over two decades of Creative Leadership experience, culminating in a stint as Chief Creative Officer in New York, my mission now is to inspire, empower and lift-up a new kind of leader. How? Through insights, tools and strategies it has taken me a lifetime to learn. I've always been a creative thinker, cared deeply about people, and always, always come from a place of love. For much of my career I have had a focus on health comms, but the principles apply through the line. I’ve also taken a special interest in coaching women, and helping them to shine.
Feedback from our 2025 Participants
Diversity
“I have loved the diversity of companies within the group. You should be really proud of what you are creating Wade. You are at the beginning of something really special”.
Community
“Finding a sense of community of amazing women who have similar lived experiences made me feel seen and heard. We work in an incredibly fast-paced industry where these conversations can be put on the back-burner, caught up in being ‘busy’ and it was so important to take the time to have them”.
Discussion
“Loved the round table discussion. Very open and vulnerable room that left me feeling very inspired. Great opportunity to meet other like-minded individuals that will continue to build on the network.”
A Village
“The cohort are my new village. New people to connect with, with similar experiences and challenges to me. I felt heard listening to the cohorts and them listening to me. I felt honoured to be given the opportunity, especially having access to the mentors.”
Action-orientated
“There is so much ‘talk’ in the industry but little actual action. Which is what makes this program so valuable. Women have power but not the tools to weild it, so these sessions give us the opportunity to make change - our voices can be heard.”
High quality mentors
“Mentoring has been invaluable, especially the access we have to the high calibre of mentors. This program has been crucial to the development professionally and personally that I have experienced in 2026.”
Reserve your place for 2026 now
In 2026 we will have two cohorts - one running from January to June, and the next running from July to December.
Places are limited to 16 participants and are available now for both 2026 cohorts.