About this Event
Business x Creativity: navigating money, career and creative freedom
A new live series where we ask creatives:
- How did you get started?
- How do you make money?
- Can you really make a living whilst staying creative?
's Founder and CEO Alisha Kadri will be In Conversation with Madeleine Penfold on Tuesday 24th November at 6:30pm.
Panel starts 6:30pm onwards at .
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Alisha Kadri is the Founder and CEO of One Giant Leap, a skills and talent agency based in Manchester. Since launching in 2024 One Giant Leap has partnered with adidas, Arts Council England and the Department for Work and Pensions to support creatives across the North to earn more, grow more and do more. One Giant Leap delivers talent development programmes including Skills Bootcamps across Cheshire supporting creatives to make a living from their creativity. Previous to One Giant Leap, Alisha Kadri worked with brands such as Mugler, L'Oréal and Santander to create award winning global programmes for creatives and entrepreneurs.
Madeleine Penfold
Madeleine Penfold (Mads) has spent 15+ years behind the lens 📸 capturing the immense potential of sports to achieve social change.
Her work includes Nike’s first campaign in Saudi Arabia encouraging girls to participate in sports, the BBC’s World Cup launch with Alex Scott and Gaby Logan, capturing the first-ever 🦁 Lions women’s rugby tour, a documentary capturing Bury football club’s mismanagement and a solo exhibition with Hillary Clinton at Christie’s New York.
Mads has also photographed Simone Biles, Lewis Hamilton, David Beckham, Jude Bellingham and the Lionesses.
Together we’ll delve into the balance between creativity, social change and money.
Images 1: Joey Miller
Images 2, 3, 4: Madeleine Penfold
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SEESAW, 86 Princess Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
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