Here to Impress - Portfolio Review
​We are so excited to announce our annual portfolio review! 💌
​In collaboration with Here Design, we’re bringing together an incredible line-up of mentors across design, strategy, and creativity to share insights, feedback, and inspiration.
​Join us on:
​🗓 Wednesday, 19 November from 7-9pm
​📍 Here Design, London E2 7EY
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​Featuring mentors:
​Saniya Shete - Lead Designer at JLR
​Saniya Shete is a lead brand designer with over eight years of experience working across the luxury landscape, from automotive and travel to lifestyle and craft. She currently leads design initiatives within the global brand team at Jaguar Land Rover, and previously shaped editorial storytelling at Condé Nast Traveller. Alongside, she co-founded Gulaabi Haus, a design and events studio celebrating Indian craft and contemporary culture. She holds an MA from London College of Communication and brings a cross-cultural perspective developed through extensive experience across both Indian and Western markets. Saniya mentors designers on how luxury is perceived differently across cultures, and on building brands that feel authentic, specific and respectful rather than borrowed or diluted.
​Lilla Cseh - Designer at Here
​Lilla is a designer at Here with four years’ experience working across brand identity, packaging and hospitality. Driven by craft, materiality and a keen eye for detail, she brings ideas to life through form, structure and 3D exploration, blending tactile making with digital experimentation.
 Her work spans globally recognised brands including Bacardi and Finlandia, Fine Cyders for The Newt Estate, and over 400 illustrations for Thames & Hudson’s Ocean. Her practice brings together thoughtful ideas, crafted detail and contemporary 
visual expression to create distinctive and immersive brand experiences.
​Sophie Routledge - Senior Designer at Here
​Sophie is a Senior Designer at Here. Having worked across a range of London agencies, she brings a range of experience spanning digital design systems for global streaming platforms, interior wayfinding, campaign and brand art direction, and packaging design. Some of her favourite projects include creating a musical chocolate bar range for Fortnum & Mason and capturing the beautiful, dance-like factory processes of leather goods production for Smythson. At Here, Sophie has been developing brand identities for hospitality and drinks brands, bringing stories to life through rich, layered visual worlds.
​Emily Flanagan - Design Director at Here
​Emily has over 14 years’ experience across the hospitality, retail, arts and sporting sectors, leading creative projects across 
the UK, Europe, US and Australia. She began her career honing her branding skills in Australia’s hospitality scene, she relocated to London, where she has since created campaigns and brand experiences for a wide range of global brands. More recently, Emily has led the rebrand for The Open, golf’s original major championship, and a refresh of easyJet’s brand world. Currently at Here Design, she leads teams through each stage of the creative process, from strategy and concept to expression and implementation. She champions a collaborative, supportive culture where people feel empowered to have fun and do their best work.
​Emma Flintham - Senior Designer at Here
​Emma is a Senior Designer at Here, working across brand identity, packaging and brand art direction. With a focus on craft and visual storytelling her approach brings together thoughtful concepts, considered detail and a strong sense of visual storytelling to create distinctive brand worlds. Her work spans established drinks brands, including Glenfiddich and The Balvenie, alongside story-driven identity work for Danish whisky brand Stauning and NY jewellery brand Monica Rich Kosann. She enjoys finding distinctive ways to translate a brand’s story into a visual language that feels both considered and characterful.
​Katy Pryer - Writes Associate at Here
​Katy has over 10 years’ experience at some of London’s most prestigious creative studios. She began her career in advertising, creating above-the-line campaigns for global brands, and at Here, heads up our Writes team. Since joining the studio in 2021, she has been responsible for crafting standout brand voice and comms for a diverse list of clients, from homeless charities to boutique hotels and lab-grown diamonds to luxury art supplies. Katy mentors junior writers through the Who’s Your Momma?programme, and last year sat on D&AD’s Writing for Design Jury.
​Araxie Boyadjian - Marketing & Partnership Lead at Here
​Araxie is F3030 entrepreneur with over seven years of experience leading marketing, partnerships, and brand strategy across the Middle East and Europe. She began her career in luxury PR at Karla Otto and retail, shaping campaigns and communications for regional powerhouses, including Aïshiti (Beirut), and later transitioned to consulting for UHNW clients in Saudi Arabia on private brand ventures. Since joining Here, she has been responsible for driving new business, strengthening global partnerships, and elevating Here’s presence across culture, design, and industry.
​Sana Iqbal - Creative Strategist and Campaigner
​Sana Iqbal is the Founder of Studio Sana, a UK-based strategic design studio creating beautiful brands and campaigns that change hearts and minds, and currently works as a campaigner strengthening worker’s rights and conditions. She enjoys working with people and organisations striving to make the world a better place, and has creatively led on winning election campaigns in the UK and USA. Clients include Students Organising for Sustainability UK, AmplifyChange, Reproductive Justice Initiative and UK Labour Party.

 Sana Iqbal was a Judge for D&AD New Blood 2024 and Creative Review Annual Awards 2023. She’s spoken at Nieuwe Instituut, Birmingham Design Festival and Northern Design Festival, and has lectured at London College of Communications, Chelsea College of Arts and Liverpool School of Art and Design.
​Mikaela Dragon - Creative Director at Havas Media Network
​Mikaela Dragon is a purpose-led creative director with 14+ years of experience telling global brands' stories across all touchpoints. She has worked both brand-side and agency-side with Amazon, the United Nations, Rakuten, McCann, Publicis, and more, blending storytelling, design, and emerging technology to create work that sparks real connections and celebrates life. Beyond her creative practice, Mikaela is a fierce advocate for gender equity and neuroinclusion in the creative and tech industries. As a long term board member of SheSays London, she champions pathways for women and non-binary talents to thrive, driving a more inclusive and representative industry. Her work sits at the intersection of advertising, design, arts, and creative consciousness—exploring how technology can both empower and challenge identity, culture, and belonging.
​Helen Shaffer - Principle Designer at Open Table
​Helen Shaffer is a designer and creative leader. She currently leads design across the Diner Platform and Diner Growth teams at OpenTable. With over 17 years experience spanning consumer and B2B products, she has held senior leadership positions at Spotify and Block (formally Square). After nearly a decade in Silicon Valley learning what it means to “move fast and break things,” she’s become far more interested in moving intentionally: building sustainable systems, thoughtful products, and creative teams that last.
​Leah Jacobs-Gordon - Associate Design Director at Bulletproof
​Leah Jacobs-Gordon is an Associate Design Director at Bulletproof, a global brand agency, where she works with iconic brands including Cadbury, Toblerone, Don Julio and Johnnie Walker. Alongside her role at Bulletproof, Leah is an accomplished illustrator with extensive experience in publishing. Her work spans the concept development, design and illustration of book covers and campaigns for a wide range of commercial fiction titles, working with leading publishers including Penguin Random House, Amazon and Headline. Prior to joining Bulletproof, Leah held design roles at Design Bridge and Marmalade London.
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​Tickets will be released on Monday 9th of November at 10am
​Spots are limited, so don’t wait — we can’t wait to see your amazing work and celebrate creativity together