Leisa and Gillian (or Gillian and Leisa, depending on which way we’re standing) are a Sydney-based creative team with a combined 25 years of experience – or about 30 years if you count the years Leisa spent honing her craft in the studio. We won’t count the year Gill sat on reception.
We are a new breed of team with a strong digital/direct background and a passion for ideas and building brands. Genuinely media neutral, we get B2B and obviously B2C, and put as much care and energy into a TVC as we do a social story.
In the last decade as a team, we’ve been busy creating response driving, brand building work for THE ICONIC, Temple & Webster, IBM, Optus, Huggies, National Breast Cancer Foundation, KFC, Supercars, American Express and are currently Creative Directors at Apparent.
We’ve judged awards shows and been tutors for both AWARD School and Creative School as we are passionate about sharing our knowledge. We’ve also both had two kids (but not together – we do some things separately).
Awards
Combined professional
Award Awards
Digital – Banners & Rich Media Advertising (Bronze), 2025
Experiential – Retail (Bronze), 2025
THE ICONIC Banner Ad Changeroom
B&T Women in Media Awards
Winner Best Campaign Championing the Equality Cause, 2025
THE ICONIC Banner Ad Changeroom
Effie Awards
Bronze Retail/Etail, 2025
Finalist Most Original Thinking, 2025
Finalist Brand Value, 2025
Finalist Retail, 2024
Finalist Short-Term Effects, 2024
THE ICONIC ‘Got You Looking’
AdNews
Winner Most Effective Ad Campaign 2025
OMA Awards
Finalist Best Small Format Campaign 2025
ADMA/AC&E Awards
Finalist – Not for Profit
National Breast Cancer Association ‘Show Your Support’
Finalist – Customer Acquisition Campaign
American Express ‘Chief Future Officer’
Finalist – Email Marketing
NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto ‘How to have a monogamous relationship with 41,982 people’
Winner Bronze – Effectiveness, Information Technologies
IBM ‘CMO + CIO Together’
Winner Bronze – Creative, Dimensional Mail
IBM ‘Your name is your brand’
Finalist – Effectiveness, Mail Order and Subscriptions
The Sydney Morning Herald 'Post It Note'
Finalist – Effectiveness, Mail Order and Subscriptions
The Sydney Morning Herald 'Home Delivery'
Finalist – Effectiveness, Government and Education
The Sydney Morning Herald 'Education'
Finalist – Effectiveness, Mail Order and Subscriptions
The Sydney Morning Herald 'Tertiary Card' campaign
Caples
Finalist – Direct Mail Flat
Fuji Xerox 'Self Help'
International Echo Awards
Winner – Consumer Publishing/Entertainment
The Sydney Morning Herald 'Tertiary Card' campaign
Personal
Grand Growie – Ogilvy Worldwide Award (Leisa)
Young Glory – Overall Bronze (Leisa)
Young Creative of the Year – State Finalist (Leisa)
ADMA Creative School – Winner (Gillian)
Judging
Outdoor Media Awards 2025 (Leisa)
Gerety Awards 2024 (Leisa)
Award School 2023, 2024 & 2025 (Leisa and Gillian)
AADC Awards 2018 & 2019 (Leisa)
AC&E Awards (Gillian)
Tutor and Lecturer
Award School tutor 2022 and 2024 (Leisa and Gillian)
ADMA Creative School 2012-2018 (Leisa and Gillian)