“A female leader in a world of mad men”

In addition to being one of the only female Creative Directors in an industry dominated by men (who are quite literally “a bit mad”), Kieran Flanagan also became one of the youngest Creative Directors to lead a multi-award winning advertising agency.

In an impressive career, Kieran has lead multinational accounts across multidisciplinary departments at McCann, Smart, Kindred and VCD - a team she helped build into the agency of the year in her first three years in the industry.

In that time she also directed the strategic and creative team behind the most successful new product launch in Australian history, has won awards around the world for creativity and effectiveness and spent three years running Australia’s premier creativity school, AWARD.

Kieran is a passionate advocate for the commercial power of creativity and a return to more human communication, engagement and leadership.