Australia’s most successful female creative moved to US because nobody would promote her locally
One of Australia’s most senior female creative directors has revealed she felt obliged to leave the country in order to progress her career.
Sarah Barclay, now executive creative director at JWT in the US, made the comments at an Advertising Week New York panel curated by Mumbrella.
Barclay’s Australian career included nearly five years as an art director at now defunct Australian agency The Campaign Palace and more than eight years at Clemenger BBDO Melbourne.
Barclay and Law discuss the differences between Australian and US adland
With all that diversity and innovation I still see only 1 woman among 4 men.
Dear Tim et al.
I come to Mumbrella for the critical and balanced journalism you have been so capable of in the past. However, I’m sad to see you’ve disconnected your critical faculties when jumping on the feminist bandwagon.
I’ve tried to argue against this ideology in the comments field, but suffice it to say it is hopeless. However, if your publication would give the opposing view a fair go, I think it would have a great positive effect on the debate.
So here’s a request:
Take a day off, spend it looking at YouTube for the what the following people are saying about feminism:
Janice Fiamengo (Fiamengo Files)
Karen Straughan
Christina Hoff Sommers
Paul Elam
Janet Bloomfield
Camille Paglia
Gad Saad (The Saad Truth)
Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report)
Sargon of Akkad
These are (mostly) academics from a range of fields (many of whom are former feminists) with different approaches to the topic, but who are all highly critical of the current instalment of feminism.
Do the foundations of feminism (the things we currently take for granted, e.g. oppression, patriarchy, privilege, glass ceiling, pay gap, harassment etc) hold up to scrutiny? And if not, would you please consider writing a piece that provides some balance to what I respectfully believe to have been an extremely one-sided coverage from Mumbrella.
Sincerely,
TDA
Dear TDA,
F*ck off.
Yours sincerely,
TRW
To be honest you need to leave Australia to further your career in advertising. period.
There is a difference to be expected when a fisher applies the same techniques in a larger, richer and more populated pond.
Many doctors leave these shores annually, in pursuit of higher positions and greater wealth in the UK and USA, while many leave other countries to travel here for the same reasons.
Success stories always involve a journey, often literally.
Seriously? Extremely successful creative director complains about not being more successful. Statistical representation vs equal opportunity, they’re not the same thing!