One more mentor and more time to apply ✨
1-1 mentoring from professionals from Art Fund, D&AD, BBC and more
We heard you when you asked for a little more time to apply for the mentoring
We have invited Nadia Vistisen to the fold so now you can apply to be mentored until the 1st June!
How it works:
Our mentors will share who they are fit to mentor.
You complete a quick application form.
They select 1-2 people to work with
You book a time with them for a one hour mentoring session.
Our first mentors are here
✨Nadia Vistisen - Senior Events Producer, Art Fund
Nadia is an experienced events producer and partnerships manager with over a decade of work across festivals, museums, galleries and cross-arts cultural programmes. She specialises in delivering impactful events which complement artistic programmes, while building strategic relationships with key stakeholders, artists and cultural institutions.
At Art Fund, she produces the annual Museum of the Year Awards and collaborates with major institutions across the UK including Tate, the National Gallery, and the V&A.
Previously a freelancer, Nadia has worked with Brent 2020: London Borough of Culture, Science Museum Group, National Theatre (River Stage Festival), Royal Court Theatre, 14-18 NOW, LIFT, and WildWorks. She holds an MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (Theatre & Performing Arts) from Goldsmiths, University of London.
In her own words I'm open to working with anyone interested in producing or managing creative & cultural events at any stage of their career, or developing skills including:
Events management, programming & production
Cross-arts programme delivery
Development (fundraising) events
Building and maintaining strategic partnerships
✨ Sara Pintado - Senior Programme Manager | Driving Creative Education & Career Development at D&AD
Sara is a multidisciplinary programme manager and learning experience designer with 8+ years of expertise in leading transformative educational projects and helping talented creatives realise their full potential. Currently, she is driving the award-winning D&AD Shift with Google programme—a free night school designed for self-taught creatives breaking into the advertising, design, and creative industries without traditional education. Running in London, New York, Sydney, Germany, and São Paulo.
Previously, Sara was the Content & Curation Manager at Domestika, where she had the joy of collaborating with an incredible range of talent to develop creative online courses for over 9 million students around the globe. Throughout her career, she has worked with some of the most exciting organisations including Stella McCartney Kids, Amazon, Adidas, Battersea Arts Centre, Mind and Spotify.
In her own words : I am open to mentoring anyone who feels stuck in their career or creatively. Anyone from a photography, arts or design background
✨ Laura García - Journalist, BBC World Service
Laura García is a Mexican multimedia storyteller based in London with a wide range of television and online experience. Currently she's part of the World Service as a social media specialist helping teams launch and grow their vertical video strategy. Before she was a video presenter and producer for BBC Mundo, and a key part of the team that launched and grew bbcnewsmundo on TikTok to 2M followers in a couple of years. Laura spent the first two years of the pandemic as part of the training team at First Draft, a non profit that researches disinformation. She's an incurable nerd who loves cats, books, TikTok, and has always been fascinated with new ways of telling stories, new tech, coding, apps, and even VR/AR.
In her own words: My career has been incredibly zig-zaggy and I know what it's like to start a career in a country and in a language that's not your own. From wedding photography to journalism - I'd love to speak to young people trying to figure out their first steps into any kind of storytelling.
✨ Xann Schwinn – Co-founder & CEO of Biiah, working at the intersection of tech, music, and accessibility.
Creating accessibility to music and ‘singing with others’ has been the strand that ties most of her life’s work together and a core tenet of that has been celebrating and empowering diversity in music.
In her own words: With 20 years working in large scale event and conference production, and 13 years at the intersection of startup tech and the arts, I specialise in helping early-stage creatives build strong foundations, develop strategic clarity, and confidently bring their visions to life.
p.s. if you want to book for some paid sessions with Xann, here’s the link
⬇️ Here’s how to apply ⬇️