S1, Ep11 - The Freelance Creative, Ashleigh Ashley - Guided by Passion and Purpose

Not enough credit and appreciation is given to the incredible creative freelancing mothers of today who demonstrate such hustle day in day out to make it in the screen and creative industries while balancing their roles as mothers, my eyes have been opened. These women are not given maternity leave, sick leave or regular working hours, so when you meet someone like Ashleigh Ashley who, despite that, are getting incredible jobs with the likes of Netflix, Tik Tok and Nike and, although it's 'a production' at home to make it work, Ashleigh does it, and you can't help but look at her in admiration. I adore her need to be passionate about what shes putting her time into and not settling into the safety of a 9 to 5, along with her continuous evolution to get know herself as a person before she defines herself as a mother. What I have to call out is also the incredible kick starter shes involved with with Mother Pukka - redefining motherhood and seeking to change the system impacting mothers ability to work, as we know it today. Watch this space.

Ashleigh Ashley. 1 of 7 siblings, and raised in South East London to 1st generation Jamaican immigrants, Ashleigh has always had a passion for the arts and incredible focus and ambition from a young age. An internship early on at Film London became the catalyst for the next 15 years of her career working across television, film, music and advertising. Her portfolio of projects is enough to make your jaw hit the floor - producing commercials for the likes of Elemis and MAC, running live projects for Adidas and TikTok. Producing campaigns for Nike, production managing reality shows for Channel 5 and working with Netflix on hit shows such as Top Boy. She’s also a talented writer and producer working on her own projects on the side that speak to her personal passions for stories that explore and celebrate the human condition and to bring light to important causes she is a strong advocate for such as gender equality, workplace reform for parents & all round diversity and mental health in the screen industries, no doubt due to her own personal experience of working through it as a mother of 2.

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Guest: Ashleigh Ashley

IG: @_ashleighashley

https://www.ashleighashley.co.uk/

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