Julia’s first documentary about a funeral home was awarded First Class Honours at university, and after a couple of years in fiction at iconic Australian TV series Neighbours (FremantleMedia), Julia returned to factual with Matchbox Pictures series Sex an Unnatural History and international feature Viramundo with Dreampixies Switzerland, before becoming Co-Head of Production at Digital Storytellers, a B-Corp social enterprise agency.

Now an independent producer with Pigeon Nest, Julia has produced more than 50 factual impact shorts and facilitated storytelling programs for clients including First Nations communities in Australia, The Social Enterprise World forum in Ethiopia, and the Centre for Gross National Happiness in Bhutan. She is fluent in German and French and brings a particular interest and quality in working with diverse stories and communities.

Devon’s craft is about making magic with metaphors. She affectionately terms her work, “coloring in complexity”, but professionally calls herself a live scribe. Her approach involves seamlessly merging her inquisitiveness about individuals, their ideas, and the world around them with her illustration skills.

Devon’s journey to her line of work is where she really separates herself from the industry. She studied Philosophy in Sweden, and then earned a Master of Business Innovation from the Kaospilots school in Denmark. Following her education, Devon began her live scribing career with Global Leadership Foundation, where she honed her skills as a facilitator, focusing on developing emotional health in communities. Devon continues to serve as a Fellow of Global Leadership Foundation, where she integrates leadership and emotional health into her work as a live scribe.

Devon has been working as a live scribe for nearly a decade. She has worked with indigenous women in Australia’s outback, boards of major tech companies, and policymakers at the highest levels of government around the world. Her aim is to bring understanding, insight and ah ha! moments to as many gathering spaces as possible.

Devon’s work has made a lasting impact. It has been featured in the Museum of Australian Democracy in Australian Parliament, been published in Harvard’s Health and Human Rights journal, and has even been auctioned for a US presidential campaign.