In time for International Women’s Day we’ve found over 80 talented female creators available to speak at your next design event.

2019 may still be fresh and new, but there have already been a few art & design conferences with a whole lot more scheduled in the year that have yet to announce their line-ups.

Hopefully there’ll be a host of female creative talent announced when those rosters of talks and presentations are published, but just in case any names are forgotten as speakers are booked, we’ve decided to publish this guide for conference organisers around the world, no matter their size.

In time not just for International Women’s Day 2019 but beyond, we present women creators from the fields of art, design, illustration and animation who not only have talent but who are also known for speaking at conferences worldwide e.g. Adobe MAX, D&AD Festival etc. A lot of these names are already appearing at events coming this spring, and we’ll be adding more once other line-ups are revealed (or we stumble across another great talent with speaking history and availability on their portfolio). Click on their names to see their great work – and get in contact, of course.

The list is alphabetically arranged by first name and broken down into art, illustration, graphic design, motion graphics, animation, UX design and creatives, the last category belonging to the likes of agency folk. We’ve also included a few creative organisations in there like The Other Box, who’ll be speaking at Apple’s International Women’s Day-inspired Made by Women series in-store.

This is not an exhaustive list, meaning we are open to suggestions – so please introduce yourself or a female speaker via our Twitter profile, Instagram account or Facebook page. Comments are open, too – and yes we are open to trans nominations, too.

Art & Illustration

• Alice Bowsher, illustrator
• Amber Vittoria, illustrator
• Cabeza Patata, illustration and animation duo
• Cachete Jack, illustration duo
• Estella Tse, VR/AR artist
• Félicie Haymoz, character designer
• Gemma O’Brien, artist
• Hazel Mead, illustrator and activist
• Jessica Hische, lettering artist
• Kelly Anna, artist and print designer
• Laura Callaghan, illustrator
• Laura Carlin, illustrator
• Lisa Maltby, illustrator and lettering artist
• Maria Veronica, fashion artist and illustrator
• Marion Deuchars, illustrator
• Martina Paukova, illustrator
• Marylou Fayre, illustrator
• Miranda Tacchia, artist
• Nicola Scott, comic book artist 
• Philippa Rice, artist
• Rilla Alexander, illustrator
• Shantell Martin, visual artist
• Yukai Du, illustrator and animation director
• Yuko Shimizu, illustrator

Motion graphics & Animation

• Anna Ginsburg, animator and director
• Anna Mantzaris, director and animator
• dina Amin, stop motion animator
• Elenor Kopka, animator and illustrator
• Kirsten Lepore, animator
• Michelle Blok, visualisation supervisor at The Third Floor
• Nora Twomey, animation director
• Réka Bucsi, animation filmmaker
• Sophie Koko Gate, animation director
• Taili Wu, stop motion artist and designer

Graphic Design

• Amy Cesal, infographic designer
• Annie Atkins, film & TV graphic designer
• Bianca Berning,  type designer and engineer
• Dana Chisnell, co-founder at Center for Civic Design
• Debi Sementelli, type designer
• Debbie Millman, designer
• Emily Forgot, designer
• Erika Hall, co-founder of Mule Design Studio
• Eve Warren, graphic designer
• Flavia Zimbardi, type designer
• Gemma Kingsley, graphic art director
• Jane Bowyer, graphic designer
• Jennet Law, designer
• Jo Simmons, CDO at Friday
• Laura Dishington, film designer
• Laura Hernández, VR/AR designer
• Laura Worthington, type designer
• Lena Groeger, infographic designer
• Marina Willer, graphic designer
• Natasha Jen, type designer
• Paula Scher, graphic designer
• Pum Lefebure, CCO of Design Army
• Rachel Joy Price, type designer
• Rejane Dal Bello, graphic designer
• Ruby Steel,  senior design strategist at Smart Design
• Sarah Drummond, CEO of Snook
• Stefanie Posavec, designer
• The Yarza Twins, graphic designers
• Two Girls Co., product designers
• Vuokko Aro, design director at Monzo

UX Design

• Abby Beck, senior product designer at Google for AMP
• Amelia Sander, UX product designer at Goldman Sachs
• Florence Okoye, UX designer
• Jeany Ngo, UX designer and illustrator
• Johanna Drewe, Associate Creative Director Studio Output
• Kat Holmes, UX design director at Google
• Katie Koch, design leader at Spotify Stockholm
• Molly Nix, design lead at Airbnb
• Rachel Xavier,  Service Designer at Cancer Research UK
• Sam Munton, UX/UI designer
• Sarah Doody, UX designer 
• Sarah Richards, head of content design for the Government Digital Service
• Sharon Monisha Rajkumar, UX designer at Goldman Sachs
• Val Head, UI/UX animator

Creatives

• Alice Tonge, head of 4creative
• Ann Longley, digital director at Prince’s Trust
• Cheryl Jones, director of Grand Union
• Eleni Beveratou, creative director of Dalton Maag
• Eleanor Pinfield, head of Art on the Underground
• Laura Visco, deputy executive creative director at 72andSunny
• Rebecca Swift, director of Creative Insight, Getty Images
• Susan Ayton, creative director of BBC Creative
• Sweta Pathak, creative director 
• The Other Box, creative campaign platform duo

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