In this week's episode we speak to the incredible Wendy Mace. Wendy is the Queen of Retail! Kylie’s “I Should Be So Lucky” was climbing the charts when Wendy landed her first advertising gig in 1987, and she’s felt lucky ever since. Armed with a Graphic Design degree and a ridiculous passion for “junk mail,” she built a career art directing catalogues, press campaigns, television commercials and point-of-sale for a list of Australian retailers as long as your arm. One of the highlights along the way was collaborating with a brilliantly talented network of photographers, producers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. Wendy’s career evolved alongside the industry itself, spanning the shift from analogue to digital and taking her across the globe, always driven by a love of creativity in all its forms. Now semi-retired, she’s come full circle, back in retail, working in fashion, and enjoying a little more downtime with the grandkids. As she puts it, “The Melbourne advertising industry has been like a family to me, beautiful, like-minded people doing what we love: making a living by being creative.” Tune in to listen to this fantastic episode with the incredibly knowledgeable and darn right fantastic Wendy Mace. Thanks as always to our incredible sponsors RACV, Nikon Australia, Ted’s Cameras, Collarts and A&L Artistic Framers for supporting what we are doing and helping to keep the podcast growing. We couldn’t do it without you all!

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