The lady in red (hair…)
TL;DR - I’m a creative. I’m a weirdo. If you want to get to know me in 10 songs or less, click here.
For those who are still with me, my name is Ash Myburgh (Myburgh as in My-burger, not your burger). I am a Sydney-based senior Creative and Art Director with experience working across a wide range of clients in agencies across Sydney and London.
Initially trained as a graphic designer, I managed to fall ass-backwards into advertising and realised quickly this is where I belong. So far, I’ve secured a couple of Clios, a Webby, a Lion and an elusive Pencil to my belt and had my work acknowledged by many international juries. I’ve been a finalist in the Cannes Young Lions Australia, spoken at the C2 Conference in Montreal as the Overall Winner of the Young Glory Competition (2017/18) and was a finalist in the B&T 30 under 30 Awards 2021.
I also won the Big Brass Mug and was crowned Hard Quiz Champion on Season 8 of the ABC’s Hard Quiz for my weirdly specific knowledge of Freddie Mercury.
But who am I outside of all that?
I am the host and producer of a mental health podcast called Paved with Gold and an amateur make-up artist, painting the faces of friends, musicians and wrestler friends. In the downtime I have left, you can find me in the mosh pit of my favourite metal band, playing video games or roaming around the inner west with my cute greyhound who takes after me in both sass and lank.
Ultimately, I love being creative and live for ideas. Good ones to set the standard, bad ones to learn from and the weird ones to keep me weirder. So let’s make some ideas together.
Teddy
Just in case you only came here to see my dog (and I totally don’t blame you if you did), here she is.
She is my creative pawssistant and work-from-home office manager, but I caught her napping on the job so she’s on probation.