Qld’s Charlotte Fountain wins Emerging 50 Mentorship Prize

The Emerging 50 Mentorship Prize, now in its second year, was this year won by Queensland’s Charlotte Fountain, a designer and digital printer, at Worldwide Printing in Brisbane.

The mentorship prize is run in partnership with The Real Media Collective with Charlotte to now receive a $1000 voucher for an online leadership course with the Australian Institute of Management, plus ongoing mentoring from TRMC CEO Kellie Northwood.

In all 18 Emerging 50 candidates applied for the mentorship prize with the judging conducted by an industry panel who volunteered to be involved at the nomination phase of the awards. Special thanks to all the judges who took the time to review these entries.

The competition was tough but Charlotte’s responses to the questions about the industry and where she sees it going saw her across the line.

One of her goals is to bridge the gap between what is taught at design school about print. Since being in the workforce she has discovered there is so much more students could be taught about the art of printing then what is currently happening now in the design sphere.

She also wants to see digital media and print media work together, not against each other as they both need each other to achieve the best outcomes for clients.

Special thanks Media Super for being the Foundation Partner of the Emerging 50. Media Super has backed this initiative since it began in 2019 and we are extremely thankful for their support. Also special thanks to The Real Media Collective for providing the mentorship support.

Media Super’s John Myers addresses the crowd before the Emerging 50 announcements begin

Special thanks also to the silver sponsors of the Emerging 50 Cactus Imaging, EFI & Visual Connections.

The Real Media Collective CEO Kellie Northwood announced Charlotte as the winner at the ProPrint Awards.

“The Real Media Collective takes pride in our role as a leading body for our industry. In that we have a strong passion to build a sustainable industry rich in everything we do, including talent. Our support of the Emerging 50 program is to recognise the amazing young talent coming into our industry and further, to celebrate their diversity, intelligence, creativity and vision. The application process allows each candidate to represent their insights into the future of the industry which we believe brings powerful voices for the betterment of us all,” Northwood said.

“Mentoring the successful candidate for a year provides the opportunity to share The Real Media Collective’s network and resources with someone who may not have had exposure to all parts of the industry before, as well as the opportunity to build their professional development pathway more formally. Including professional training through AIM Business School was an important piece to ensure the mentoring program was enhanced with a formal training option also.

“The ultimate end goal is for each individual to feel more confident in their future professional journey from working with The Real Media Collective team throughout the year. I personally feel a great sense of responsibility and privilege to work with our future talent, they fill me with such confidence for our industry’s future and I congratulate all past, present and future candidates of the Emerging 50 program.”

As Charlotte is located in Brisbane, she was unable to attend but sent a video message to all in the room.

Last year’s mentorship prize winner, Kelsey Wade of printDNA in South Australia, also sent a message about the highlights of her year of mentorship which included being involved in a Women in Print webinar on gender communication and having her LinkedIn profile improved.

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