Melbourne host
Jeremy Wortsman
@jwortsman
About the speaker

Emily Cohen has been a consultant to creative professionals for over 20 years providing confidential, best-practice insights and advice on staff, client, and process-management strategies, conducting client surveys and writing winning proposals, creative briefs, and contracts. She served on the board of advisors of InSource, on the AIGA In-House task force and as Secretary for the AIGA/NY Board of Directors. Emily has also taught classes and conducted seminars for many leading design schools and organizations. Emily is a frequently-requested speaker on business-related issues for the creative industry and has spoken at the RGD, HOW and MYOB Conferences, as well as at numerous AIGA events.
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“You have to love what you do, and you have to show it. — Emily Cohen

“When you have tough conversations, when you have moments where you have to build relationships and build the love, it has to be done in person. — Emily Cohen

“Demonstrate your value at all interactions. This means you sort of have to be ‘on’ all the time. — Emily Cohen

“Do truly great work that has measurable results. — Emily Cohen

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Hosted by The Commons Collingwood
Date March 29, 2019
Partners
The Commons
Billy Blue College of Design
Milligram
Clement Coffee
Photographer Mark Lobo
Videographer Matt Hall