2021 Inside Out award winners

“It’s been great learning from peers and other senior leaders in the field. Sharing challenges and learnings with the community has been essential to my own professional development.”

Harshil Varsani
Head of Creative, TotallyMoney

“The whole team were thrilled to have won three awards, as is the rest of the organisation. Particularly the judges award, the comments we had from the judges was amazing.”

Sara Chew
Creative Lead, British Red Cross

“I’ve been a loyal member of the Breakfast Club from the start – I always look forward to the session as there’s new faces and new challenges to dissect each month. I’ve made some fantastic connections and this has led to me improving processes, motivation and creative decisions within my team.”

Laura Heaton
Global Design Director, EssenceMediacom

“Since joining The Inside Out, I’ve been warmly welcomed into a community where passion and talent in design unite us. Here, whether it’s seeking advice on design tools, critiquing projects, or problem-solving, the community is always ready to lend a helping hand. The abundance of support, from networking opportunities to workshops with industry leaders, has provided me with invaluable inspiration and growth in my creative journey.”

Savvas Pavlou
Design Manager, Trustpilot

“So good to have a forum that recognises and celebrates in-house creative teams. The Breakfast Clubs are a particular highlight and I love hearing what this group of talented creative leaders have been up to recently and the discussions around common themes in what has become quite a community.”

James Turner
Partner Creative Lead, Waitrose and Partners

“We’ve had such amazing feedback from the business about our win, it’s really raised our profile as a design team.”

Joshua Read
Associate Designer – UK & European Business Development, Savills

“Breakfast Club – I am your biggest fan! With a bunch of super smart and interesting in-house leaders providing each other with peer to peer support, the conversation and advice is second to none. I have seen the immediate added value the sessions bring to me, and subsequently my team. I am so happy to have discovered this wonderful community.”

Emma Baines
Global Head of Creative, Tony’s Chocolonely

“The Inside Out Awards know their community so well that they enable us to seek out and establish genuine connections with the right kinds of in-house creative leaders. As they are very protective of their community and selective about who they partner with, this has meant that we are able to form more meaningful new relationships based on our preferred position of being a helpful, relevant and trusted partner.”

Robert Berkeley
CEO at EKCS

“Inside Out is special. It’s that most valuable of things: a knowledge store and support group rolled into one. I love being connected to other in-house creative leaders and being able to tap into their collective experience any time I need it. I only wish it had been around when I first became a head!”

Michael Storey
Creative Leader & Consultant

“The Guild community is a creative leader’s secret sauce! It has been truly invaluable for me and I am able to collaborate, share ideas and receive key advice which has helped me in my leadership journey!”

Marilyn Yost
Head of Design, Savills

“IOA understood what we needed from the partnership because they understand their member’s needs in precise detail. Their insight is gold dust because it informed us how to present our offer in the most appealing way. Then the process of meeting the network was expertly managed, value focused and most importantly natural. This has led to high-quality leads which we are now working on becoming new customers.”

Sam Reid
Co-founder at Loops

“The Breakfast Club is a great way to meet talented creatives in small and huge organisations who share their hard earned experiences with a smile. I’ve always learned something new from them.”

Ivan Pols
Chief Creative Officer, what3words