Pro Mum

This Pro Mum episode speaks to Rachel Gott who owns her own recruitment business Apple&ink, heads up the mentorship scheme 'Who's your Momma' and is board trustee for the 'Creative mentorship network'. Rachel talks about setting up a business having only just had her son and what recruitment currently looks like for women in the industry.

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In this Pro Mum episode, I speak to Rosie Arnold, previously at BBH for 33 years and now Head of art and Creative Partner at AMV. Here I talk to Rosie about what it was like climbing the ladder, having had her children twenty years ago.

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This episode of Pro Mum speaks to Emer Stamp previously an ECD at AdamandeveDDB where she was a part of the infamous John Lewis Christmas advert. She is now a children's author of "the Diary of Pig". I talk to Emer about what made her decide to leave one of the top advertising agencies in order to pursue a career as an author, whilst bringing up her children.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The first episode of Pro Mum speaks to Natasha Taylor, Head of communications at Drum London and founder of Frank you. I talk to Natasha about how she successfully juggles a career and three girls. Most interestingly why she felt it was necessary to have children later than she may have planned.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The idea of having a successful career and raising a family shouldn’t be a daunting one, but for some reason, it is.

So many young women I talk to feel the same way. Some, are even considering changing careers that they love in order to prepare themselves for a family. The lack of women in leadership roles within the creative industry is a hot topic right now, and whilst having children isn’t the sole reason for this, it does play a big part.  

Even though I’m not at a point where I’ll be starting a family, it’s still something I’ve thought about, a lot. I honestly struggle to see how I can my job (as an advertising creative) and have a family. 

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I figured, if I talk to women that successfully juggle a family and career, then by the time I am ready, I will have all the advice that I need. I hope to inspire others and help eliminate common fears and concerns.

I want to show women everywhere, that it is possible to have both. To be a professional. To be a mum. To be a Pro Mum.

In this series I speak to Natasha Taylor, Emer Stamp, Rosie Arnold, Rachel Gott, a Senior Designer, Ana Balarin and Caroline Pay.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

In this Pro Mum episode, I speak to Katerina Nissan a senior designer at AmazeRealise and founder of ‘Hire a Mother’, about how's she's finding juggling her career having recently had her first child.

The music on this Podcast is called Good Morning, by AudioBinger. The track has been edited into smaller sections. I’m free to use the track under the following license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/