Our trainers will mentor you through every stage of the process, provide current industry tips, tricks and
know how to assist you through the challenges to ensure you produce professional quality outcomes.
Casey Hill
Marianne Smith
Virginia Chapman
Jenni Sellan
Nikola Gerstner
Frank Godoy
Peter Campbell
Josephine Bobbermen
Casey Hill
Casey is an international makeup artist and hairstylist who recently moved from London to Australia. She has worked extensively in Commercial, Editorial, Advertising and Celebrity makeup, hair, and grooming. Her editorial mix of work can be seen published in the likes of Elle, Good Housekeeping, Australian Womens Weekly, Who, Stell, XO, Harrods, Jute, Phoenix, Fiasco Homme, Jungle and YOU magazines.
Casey has worked on advertising campaigns for Adidas, ASOS, Amazon, TAFE QLD, Golden Casket, Sport le Moda, Superdrug, FRANKIE4, Snap Fitness, Marks & Spencers, QVC, Quiz and Joop Homme. On TV shows, The X Factor, BBC Music Awards, The Brit Awards. Celebrity Clients include Take That, Matty J (The Bachelor 2017),Tinie Tempah, and Marco Pierre White as well as numerous international sporting personalities. Casey is regularly employed to creatively direct and was the Head Makeup & Hair Artist for the Take That III UK & European Tour 2016, MODA Fashion week, Intimissimi Italy with Andrea Bocelli, and the Opening Ceremony of the Rugby World Cup.
Casey has taken makeup and hair workshops internationally and works as a freelance trainer for Professional Makeup & Hair academies.
Marianne Smith
Marianne Smith Is a highly regarded Educator and Hairstylist with 20 years Industry experience and expertise.
Wella Professionals is where Marianne’s passion for Educating others came to life. With a career span of over 10 years as an Industry Educator, Training and mentoring thousands of hairstylists and helping each reach their potential was her passion.
During this time Marianne worked alongside and assisting backstage with many National and International Artistic teams on Hair Expo shows, State by state Events, Demonstrations and Workshops. Including Industry icons such as Sassoon, Mahogany, Toni & Guy, and many Australian and New Zealand Artists.
A career Highlight was winning Technician Of The Year Award in 2012. Part of this award was having the opportunity to travel to New York with the Australian and New Zealand Trend Vision Finalists.
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Here they would compete in one of the worlds Largest International Photographic competitions – Wella Professionals Trend Vision Competition.
Currently Marianne is the Owner and Director of a successful Hairdressing Salon.
She is highly skilled Colourist and Stylist with an eye for detail and a love for Sharing her knowledge with her team.
Marianne believes in creating a culture of appreciation and open minded learning – All of your dreams can become a reality!
Virginia Chapman
Virginia started her modelling career at the age of 14 when she won the ‘Miss High School’ modelling competition in New Zealand. Over the next three consecutive years Virginia obtained a further five modelling competition titles including ‘The South Island Maybelline Model of the Year’.
At the age 15 Virginia embarked on her international modelling career when she was flown to Sydney after securing her second modelling title, leading to multiple international contracts being offered in Asia, Germany, Milan and Australia. Prior to accepting an international contract Virginia was engaged by one of New Zealand’s top modelling agencies to tutor modelling, confidence and grooming courses for children and teenagers.
Virginia undertook ambassadorial duties encompassing social and business events and related media engagements and was regularly asked to judge numerous key social events in addition to delivering key note speeches.
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During her career in the modelling industry Virginia choreographed and presented multiple fashion parades and judged key modelling competitions before establishing her own business, tutoring modelling, confidence, etiquette and grooming courses.
Virginia’s social conscience and strong commitment to community led her to significant involvement with the Christchurch City Mission, Cancer Society, CanTeen and the Royal Guide Dogs Association.
Jenni Sellan
Jenni Sellan is a freelance fashion stylist currently residing in Brisbane Australia and for Jen fashion is a place of play, aspiration, vision and creativity; Ultimately it is one of her greatest curiosities and loves, and having worked with award winning Photographers and Hair and Make up artists in Brisbane and in the United States, Jenni is deliberate about aligning herself with, and being in constant pursuit of excellence.
A graduate from the Australian College of Professional Styling, Jenni has established herself both as a fashion stylist and writer and her breadth of experience includes working across a variety of media channels and on-line platforms.
Jenni’s career portfolio is diverse and highlights include a series of styling segments on local radio, an appearance on 69news at Sunrise in the US & working alongside Linda Bidlow, former New York Editorial Stylist and brain child of Shop Sixty Five in Philadelphia, (Lucky Magazine’s pick as one of the best boutiques in the USA).
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From styling campaigns & rebrands for emerging designers, to assisting models and like-minded creatives in building their portfolios, when she’s not on set you will find her working with individual clients, running workshops, and pursuing her love of writing with on line platform All My Friends Are Models and prior to that, as Brisbane Editor for Stylehunter.com.
Jenni brings a high level of professionalism and leadership experience to our team as a result of her corporate background and experience in National Leadership Roles which were her playground before pursuing her creative aspirations within the fashion industry proving that the platform is open to anyone with passion, dedication and drive.
Nikola Gerstner
Nikola Gerstner is a fashion, beauty and portrait photographer who currently resides in Brisbane, Australia. She grew up in New Zealand, where she discovered her interest in photography and the arts at an early age.
Originally from a photojournalism background Nikola decided to focus her talents on Fashion and Portraiture. She moved to Cebu, Philippines in 2009 where she worked for FashionTV Asia. She then moved on to London to work as a freelance fashion photographer as well as heading a photographic team in a top London portrait studio before making Brisbane her home in 2011.
She has been published in various magazines and newspapers including British Vogue, The London Times, UK Women and Home, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, New Zealand Listener, Fashion Observer Magazine, Institute Magazine, Flawless Magazine, Fashion Weekly, The New Zealand Herald, The Gold Coast Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Brisbane CourierMail and many other publications.
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Nikola has also been fortunate enough to receive a number of awards over her career including New Zealand’s Institute of Professional Photographers Student Photographer of the Year as well as four New Zealand Qantas Media Awards for her Photojournalism including winning NZ’s Top Junior News Photographer in 2008.
As well as taking on commissioned work, Nikola also tutors workshops teaching fashion, portraiture and lighting photography classes.
Frank Godoy
Frank is a videographer, editor, animator, and graphic designer who is passionate about design and creativity. Originally from Chile, Frank moved to Australia for educational opportunities and has graduated from the University of Southern Queensland with a bachelor in applied media with a minor in marketing.
Frank has worked across the industry in news, fashion, film, and advertising. He currently works across the board as an animator, editor, and videographer and has a keen eye for creativity and scouting new talent.
His passion for the industry and all things technical have pushed him forward as an entrepreneur and freelancer who looks forward to new opportunities. He strives to project his vision into video and work along others to make works of art.
Over the past decade Peter has gained considerable experience, knowledge and contacts in the media, fashion and lifestyle industry’s with hands on management of two international media brands collectively available in over 400 million subscription TV households, including production, editing, content and brand licensing, content acquisition, advertorials, events, sponsorship, live and video-on-demand programming, broadcasting and distribution.
Peter has produced more than 450 fashion and lifestyle videos for international broadcasters www.fashiontv.com , www.fashionone.com , www.wfc.tv/en including all facets of fashion weeks, episode series, short and long form interviews, behind-the-scenes, and fashion related promotional campaigns for Gold Coast Tourism, Tour- ism Fiji, Eventscorp and WA Tourism.
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He has managed content delivery via mobile aggregators, Foxtel, FetchTV and SKY NZ. Always curious to innovate Peter continues the development of various disruptive media models including plans to launch an Australian fashion channel and virtual reality concept.
Peter founded digital fashion magazines FOM and MEN with the purpose of supporting new and emerging creative. The magazines enjoy a strong readership and are available on multiple platforms including App Store, Google Play and www.issuu.com/myfom And, with the launch of Creative Skillshop . . . coming soon . . . JOOSE
Josephine Bobbermen
Having studied a Bachelor of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology, Josie has an extensive knowledge about the creative community. Although her true belief is that experience triumphs study, her majors in her degree and her assorted background has assisted her in one way or another, along the way.
Through majoring in entertainment and visual design she has developed a broad outlook on the fashion and entertainment worlds, where she has learnt the in’s and out’s of entertainment production and has proposed various innovative ideas. She then went on to be accepted into a study tour around London and France, with the highlight being, working at MIPCOM in Cannes, the world’s entertainment content market. Alongside this, Josie has also worked in other festivals including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival and the Brisbane Festival.
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By being widely experienced in practical and technological arts process, she can create and experiment with anything from paint to Photoshop. With a fresh perspective on the industry, Josie jointed the digital fashion magazines FOM and MEN, as a graphic artist. She has contributed to the design and marketing of these issues, as well as sourcing and constructing her own spreads, Fit Kit and Tech Styles. Through these she has created campaigns with Fujifilm, Techno-gym, Ollo-clip etc.