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About
Mastering Your Skills is an online workshop series for women in Graphics, Motion, UI/UX, and Illustration. A focus on design for social impact will be held this month, exclusively for 15 women of colour at the beginning of their design careers.
About Shape:
Shape History was started out of a belief that the world needed a different type of agency, one that didn't just do social impact, but lived and breathed it. Today, we are a group of thinkers, creators, and digital ninjas; we are change makers, fire starters and movement builders. We are unapologetic believers in the impossible, relentlessly driving towards the SDGs.
Fundamentally, we simply want to help social impact leaders and change makers of the world tell their story, and amplify their cause. Since 2015, we've grown in every way - people, geography, partnerships, office pets - but there are a few things that we've always championed to our core that guide our vision, our culture, and our people.
Your Facilitator
Shape History Creative Team
About Shape:
Shape History was started out of a belief that the world needed a different type of agency, one that didn't just do social impact, but lived and breathed it. Today, we are a group of thinkers, creators, and digital ninjas; we are change makers, fire starters and movement builders. We are unapologetic believers in the impossible, relentlessly driving towards the SDGs.
Fundamentally, we simply want to help social impact leaders and change makers of the world tell their story, and amplify their cause. Since 2015, we've grown in every way - people, geography, partnerships, office pets - but there are a few things that we've always championed to our core that guide our vision, our culture, and our people.
http://www.shapehistory.com
Louise Cowley: Brand Director
Louise heads up the Brand team at Shape History, and has over 15 years experience innovating verbal and visual identities for global funders, philanthropic networks, and civil society organisations. She combines creative flair with behavioural insight to elevate partner positioning and craft out unique opportunities to lead their markets. From her beginnings in the Mancunian music scene, rocking and rolling with global brands, music publications and winning a photography award from NME, she now leverages her commercial superpowers for cutting edge impact communications. Most recently, she’s worked on branding with partners including Funders Initiative for Civil Society, CIFF, New Venture Fund, Prevention Collaborative, and Fondation Botnar.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-cowley-916a4124/
Anya Parakh: Graphic Designer
As a graphic designer Anya hopes to wield visual communication as a tool of education and resource building, hoping to create sustainable, social impact. She is particularly passionate about working with organisations that provide healthcare, education, and employment for marginalised communities in LMICs. She has previously worked with non-profits across SRHR, human trafficking and diaspora community building. In the last year, she has worked with multiple partners across environmental action; namely, designing cityscapes to illustrate a heat action plan for the Arsht Rockefeller Centre, refreshing the Responsible Steel brand to encourage meaningful engagement and leading an ongoing rebrand for the Environmental Grantmakers Association.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anya-parakh/
Naomi Gennery: Mid-weight Designer
Introducing Naomi, a graphic designer with an interest in where art, design, people and culture intersect. Throughout her career, she has worked on projects from building visual identities to designing impactful campaigns, pairing strategic input with creative flair to give a unique perspective. With every project, she aims to contribute to a brighter, more inclusive future where art and activism intersect for meaningful change.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-gennery/
