Episode Four: Design an Opportunity
We recorded this episode in the lead up to International Women's Day 2019, it gaves us great opportunity to dissect the topic of equal opportunities in design roles and retention of women in the workforce.
Kim MacKenzie Doyle - WhyDesign
With over 20 years in the Irish design industry, Kim has firmly made an impact as an award-winning product designer cum event manager, entrepreneur and marketer. Notable for designing one of the world's leading mouse designs, Kim now oversees the WhyDesign initiative aimed at encouraging participation in design for females in second level education.
Aiden McGale - DesignTalent
A blow in from Omagh, Aiden McGale is the Practice Director for the newly-established resource, Design Talent, with a focus on recruitment for design and innovation. When he's not connecting employers with employees, he curates and hosts Creative Mornings in The Tara Building.
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Episode Four: Design an Opportunity
We recorded this episode in the lead up to International Women's Day 2019, it gaves us great opportunity to dissect the topic of equal opportunities in design roles and retention of women in the workforce.
Kim MacKenzie Doyle - WhyDesign
With over 20 years in the Irish design industry, Kim has firmly made an impact as an award-winning product designer cum event manager, entrepreneur and marketer. Notable for designing one of the world's leading mouse designs, Kim now oversees the WhyDesign initiative aimed at encouraging participation in design for females in second level education.
Aiden McGale - DesignTalent
A blow in from Omagh, Aiden McGale is the Practice Director for the newly-established resource, Design Talent, with a focus on recruitment for design and innovation. When he's not connecting employers with employees, he curates and hosts Creative Mornings in The Tara Building.
Episode one: A Cause for Conversation
To kickstart the first in a series of projects designed to address gender disparity in the creative industry, we invited Katie Kidd and Avril Delaney to chat about their self-initiated side project and their day jobs in the advertising industry.
How did they tackle Vote for Women on top of their day job? Who do they look up to? How can women be more supportive in the workforce? Listen to find out.
Vote for Women
Avril Delaney and Katie Kidd are a copywriter and art director duo from Boys and Girls who initiated Vote for Women, a foldout zine and poster that educated and informed in the lead up to the Referendum to Repeal the Eight Amendment.
Avril and Katie have a wealth of experience working on large international campaigns, with Katie being awarded the 2018 Greenhorn for most promising creative by The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design (ICAD) and Avril being shortlisted for a Cannes Lion for her work with Three Ireland.
The Audio
Sing Hey Love is a 2016 track by the wonderful Æ MAK. Led by Aoife McCann with support from Daniel McIntyre, Dylan Povey and Peter Kelly – Æ MAK’s otherworldly soundscape fuses punk-esque energy with tribal rhythms, soaring synths and lush vocal harmonies.
Having recently being awarded as the first band to participate in Festival Republic’s ReBalance initiative, Æ MAK are passionate about gender equality in all disciplines with a firm focus on the music industry.
The Other Podcast
Episode Four: Design an Opportunity
We recorded this episode in the lead up to International Women's Day 2019, it gaves us great opportunity to dissect the topic of equal opportunities in design roles and retention of women in the workforce.
Kim MacKenzie Doyle - WhyDesign
With over 20 years in the Irish design industry, Kim has firmly made an impact as an award-winning product designer cum event manager, entrepreneur and marketer. Notable for designing one of the world's leading mouse designs, Kim now oversees the WhyDesign initiative aimed at encouraging participation in design for females in second level education.
Aiden McGale - DesignTalent
A blow in from Omagh, Aiden McGale is the Practice Director for the newly-established resource, Design Talent, with a focus on recruitment for design and innovation. When he's not connecting employers with employees, he curates and hosts Creative Mornings in The Tara Building.
