Gillian Franklin, Managing Director

Gillian Franklin, Managing Director and founding partner, is well known and highly regarded in the industry with a very impressive track record. Key successes and achievements in her career include:

• Appointed General Manager Division II at Revlon at the age of 26
• Telstra Business Women of the Year Victoria, in her category - 1986
• Identified as one of the 'next 10 to watch' in BRW magazine's Australia's Most Powerful Women
• Global Entrepreneur of the Year for Australia in Washington 2000, attended by 1000 women from 40 countries

Gillian is currently a member of a number of prestigious boards including Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, Microsurgery Foundation, CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia), The Heat Group, CTFAA (Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Assoc. of Australia) now the ACCORD, and MTC (Melbourne Theatre Company). Her experience on other boards includes:

• Commonwealth Games 2006 Strategy Bid Committee
• Asthma Foundation
• People Telecom
• Prime Minister Gold Medal Access Awards (Chair)

Bev Craig, Creative Director

Bev Craig, Creative Director and founding partner, is an award-winning creative person with strong strategic input into the direction of the company. Her background spans across many areas of marketing, ‘above and below-the-line’.

With a beginning in the retail sector establishing in store promotions and communication plus retail specific advertising, Bev turned her talent to mainstream advertising and as an Art Director then Creative Director achieved not only industry recognition but also a number of international awards. Bev's experience includes creative direction on a number of fast moving consumer goods and includes a number of years specialising in Sales Promotions (grocery) and in Direct Response (consumer and business to business). As Group Head in an advertising agency in Zimbabwe at the age of 24, Bev won many awards in television and print. In South Africa, running her own advertising, design and promotions company, Bev's awards included the most prestigious American Direct Response Awards' Presidents Trophy for Overall Winner for a direct mail campaign, plus in the same year entries into American Creative Annuals and a South African Loerie Award for best packaging.

This wealth of experience means Bev is able to create holistic campaigns for the brands, proof of which was the launch of Max Factor's Lipfinity in Australia, which gained number one status for the product in a short period, as well as receiving recognition winning the P&G Partnership of Excellence Award for Heat. Under Bev's creative direction, Heat has received five of these prestigious P&G Awards, one each year for four years and one in 2007 (missing out only one year but still being a finalist), for initiatives developed in Australia. More recently, Bev was responsible for initiating Jennifer Hawkins as the face of Covergirl in Australia (the first time a local face has been part of the global strategy), and headed the creative team in the development of the on going communication campaign.