Karen Bryson and Tash Johnson share their money-saving tips for mums in creative industries. With the cozzy livvy skyrocketing and a new bub to budget for, new mum, Eddy, has a lot of questions for these savvy producers, from \"what expenses should you expect when you're expecting?\" to \"can I really afford to take a year off for parental leave… in this economy?\"
Karen Bryson has over 25 years in the industry as a Producer and Executive Producer. She began agency side and freelanced in many Sydney agencies, most recently as Executive Producer at Collider. Karen spent 4 years as the co-chair of the Commercial Producers Council, during which time she helped establish a female director mentorship programme with the Australian Directors Guild. Karen is mum to 13-year-old Charlie who she says with true bias is the best daughter in the world! And Karen also happens to be our Mums on Call producer!
Tash Johnson is the National Head of CHEP Films at CHEP Network. A highly experienced & awarded broadcast producer, Tash has worked on just about every kind of ad campaign across some of Australia's biggest brands, at leading agencies. She is also mum to 14-year-old Harry, 12-year-old Heidi and 9-year-old Benjamin.