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Work With Me
Work With Me

creative director

I’m a creative director with 12 years experience leading diverse teams of creatives, professionals, artists, academics to deliver extraordinary experiences from events to theatre, concerts to festivals.

With a passion for unlocking teams and individuals to go beyond the initial imaginations, and work in new ways that excite, motivate and … often scare them. I am working professionally in London, New York and LA and i’d love to hear what you’re up to.

EVENTS

TALKS

TECHNOLOGY

IMMERSIVE

INCLUSION

CONSULTANCY

clients include

Design featuring wildlife and flora elements, with butterflies, birds, a deer skull, an owl, and colorful leaves, promoting Wilderness festival in England from August 10-12, 2012.
Logo of Bach Rescue Original Flower Remedies made by Nelsons.
Royal Opera House logo featuring a white heraldic crest on a red background.
Logo of Quintain Living, featuring the word 'QUINTAIN' in bold letters and 'LIVING' underneath, with a triquetra symbol in the upper right corner.
The word "BAM" in large black letters.
Colorful, graffiti-style text that reads 'Revel and' with neon effects and paint splatters in the background.
University of Oxford logo on a navy blue background.
Yellow background with black text reading 'SOUTHBANK CENTRE'.
London 2012 Olympic Games logo with stylized text and rings

IMMERSIVE

Steph founded and is the current artistic director of BitterSuite a company who’s work has toured Brooklyn Academy of Music, Roundhouse, Southbank Centre, The Arnolfini, Royal Opera House. Pitted as the “forefront of immersive” by ITV and as “Disarming and Wonderful” by Vice, the company have been shaking the immersive world with their disarming combination of intimate choreography and original music. with a recent collaboration with internaitonally renowned pop singer Christine & The Queens. Steph also creative directed an immersive treasure hunt for 3000 people to a secret party for the London Olympics, founded and directed a cross london festival Open Senses. Worked as a creative artist for Punchdrunk. And co-founded the netflix sensation Whisperlodge with Melissa Lauw & Andrew Hopefner.

““Steph is an extraordinarily talent, always brimming with new and smart ideas that have the ability to suck everyone in together to feel part of something truly exploratory and adventurous” ”
— Deborah Kermode - MAC, birmingham
Red circular sign with the words 'SOUND HOUSE' written around the edge.
Green circle with black text reading 'NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY'
Black background with white text reading 'The Truman Brewery' arranged in a cross pattern.
Logo with six maroon hexagons arranged in the shape of a grape cluster and the words "VIVO BAREFOOT" below.
Logo of Hendrick's Gin with black text and decorative lines on a white background.
Royal Opera House logo with coat of arms and text "Royal Opera House" on a black background.
The word 'punchetremk' written in white on a black background.

INCLUSION

Steph has had the pleasure of collaborating with the deaf and blind community since 2014, acting as the guest artistic director for Sensibility Festival 2017, an immersive and inclusive festival in Birmingham delivered in collaboration with Graeae Theatre Company. Steph also is the artistic consultant for international the inclusion and immersive project Revelland, responsible for consulting with Access All Areas, and six international bands tasked with transforming their gigs from gigs to accessibl & immersive experiences. Steph has also collaborated with artists with learning disabilities at Heart n Soul as the creative director of a sensory season the Making Sense Season. Steph is pasionate to keep inclusion at the forefront of her mind and study. A forever student.

Collaborators include

Graae Theatre Company logo in red letters with a white background.
Sign with yellow text on a black background that reads 'Access All Areas'.
A pink background with a green circle containing the white text 'HEART N SOUL' arranged randomly.
Sense logo with a stylized hand and globe design and the text 'sense for deafblind people'.
A dimly lit room with large, crumpled paper light fixtures hanging from the ceiling. A circular screen displays an elderly person's face with subtitles reading 'Look away, look away.' Below the screen, a table with glass domes covering plants and small objects is illuminated. To the right, a person takes a photo or video of the scene with a mobile device. The background has a green, textured wall that resembles glowing bricks.

TECHNOLOGY

Steph was awared the Beyond Opera prize by the the Finnish National Opera House to create the worlds first digital operatic Diva who took to the main stage and wowed thousands of audiences over 26 performances in the auditorium. Steph lead an international team of creatives spanning LA, Canada, London, New York to take a team of creatives from conceptulisation through the phases of design, storyboarding, avatar character design, rigging, motion capture, vfx, and edit - overseeing teams in Unreal Engine and Rhino. In addition the team delivered a 360 spatialised audio using the lates d&b soundsystem. Suited and designed to be auditroium filler spectacle.

Collaborators include

Sheridan Screen Industries Research and Training Centre logo.
Neon sign with the word "NEWSMEET" in white outline text on a black background, with a yellow vertical line to the left of the text.
Logo of the Canadian Opera Company with red interconnected circles and black text.
Logo with abstract black and white design above the text 'OOPPERA BALETTI' in bold letters.
A neon-lit digital art piece of a human face lying in a cloud of pink and purple mist, with neon streaks across the image.

CONSULTANCY

Let’s get disobedient

Steph loves spending time working out new ideas, building confidence in teams, and pushing ideas beyond where teams think they can go. A master a bringing people together to enjoy and love the art of disobedient thinking.

Collaborators include

White graffiti text that says 'punchtrunk' on a black wall.
University of Bristol logo with shield and lion.
Logo of NHS Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust with navy blue and light blue text.
A woman standing in front of a large backdrop showing a concert scene, speaking to an audience in a cozy, industrial-style room with brick walls. The audience is seated, listening attentively, with some taking notes or clapping.

ARTIST CREATIVE DIRECTION

Steph works with international artists all the way from entry to established. She works with artists to to dig into identity, creativity, vision and stage shows. If you’re looking for a dose of confidence, play and experimentation. Get in touch!

Artists i’ve worked with include…

A woman and a man standing side by side against a teal background, with the woman wearing a metallic, puffy silver jacket and the man in a green jacket with a gray shirt, both looking contemplative.
“Working with Steph was just a dream, and we want to emphasise this not exaggerated! Her endless energy and flow of creativity is infectious and every time it felt we got stuck she could help us get going again. She would always create new routes in our heads without making our creative process her own. Finding and open mind and endless opportunities. It’s truly inspiring to work with her and we’ve learned a lot. If creativity would be a person it would be her.”
— CUT_
Portrait of a young African American woman with curly hair looking to the side, wearing a light gray top, against a plain gray background.
Three men wearing suits and sunglasses, posing together against a plain background.

NWANDO EBIZIE

A person standing in the center surrounded by mannequins dressed in colorful costume outfits, laid out in a circle against a black background, with brass and percussion instruments floating above.

KRANKK

Three people in a dark setting wearing leather jackets and sunglasses, looking at the camera with confident expressions.

K!NGDOM

PERHAPS CONTRAPTION

A woman with dark skin and short black hair, wearing jewelry and a light-colored tank top, standing indoors near a window, with her eyes closed and her hand resting on her head.

Tanya Auclair

“I’m often juggling a lot of roles in my career as an independent artist, over the past 8 years Steph has been an invaluable sounding board at pivotal points, whether that’s working through professional, practical and creative matters .. or just asking really good questions! She approaches everything with sensitivity and positive energy, and is great at balancing the strategic / producer ’hat’ as well as the creative / imaginative one.”

UNUSUAL EVENTS

Steph took a routemaster bus, stripped out the inside and turned it into a travelling museum of british invention & innovation that toured the UK & Scotland between 2016-2018. She also led Keep Britain Tidy to develop a series of talking bins hosting the.voices of celebrities thanking people for putting their rubbish in the bin.

Her unusual events garnered major press attention including Sky News, Aljezzera, Good Morning Britain, Time Out, Guardian, Russel Howards Good News, ITV Daybreak and more.

A display showcasing science and engineering models including a colorful DNA helix, a small television screen, and informational plaques about the history of the Polaris project.
A bus with signage for the Traveling Museum of British Invention, showcasing exhibits related to intrigue and delight, seen on a city street.
View of the Elizabeth Tower and Palace of Westminster in London, with a red double-decker bus passing by and a white building in the background.
A woman with a checkered blue shirt and black pants smiling inside a narrow aisle of a store with wooden and display pieces on shelves around her.

TALKS

Steph has spoken at major events and hosted inspired panels, discussions and led talks with TedX, Brown University, Oxford University, LEAP Festival Saudi Arabia, Sky News.

She has also led difficult and deep conversations exploring topics of radical justice reform, joy, sexual violence, trauma and how the arts play a part in reigniting the UK’S hope. Steph has spoken directly to Sadiq Khan, Yvette Cooper (MP), Dame Vera Baird and the House of Lords.

University of Wisconsin-Madison logo with a shield featuring a red cross and four open books, and the word 'BROWN' below.
Graphic with the words 'Deep Fest' over a background with a microphone and colorful gradient
House of Lords logo with red emblem and text
Logo for the Mayor of London Office for Policing and Crime
A woman holding a microphone performing on stage with a blindfolded girl and musicians playing string instruments at a TEDx Hackney event.
Four people sitting together at a table in a café or office. A woman on the right is holding a fluffy small dog. There are papers and a pen on the table, and a person working on a laptop in the background against a brick wall with framed posters.