For more than 15 years, I’ve moved between thinking and doing—often in situations with different perspectives and priorities—to understand and find a way through. 

Sometimes you need help untangling what’s really going on before you can work out the way forward. Sometimes you know what needs to change and need someone experienced to help make it happen. And sometimes you simply need another brain in the room.

Here’s where I step in. I’m a master at quickly getting to grips with context, listening to people, and figuring out the best path to move ideas into action. 

That might mean shaping a strategy, solving a problem, building relationships, leading engagement and communications, or getting stuck into delivery.

I’ve worked with…

Department of Conservation · FIFA Women’s World Cup · Women’s Rugby World Cup · City Rail Link · Fletcher Living · Auckland Council · Tātaki Auckland Unlimited · New Zealand Fashion Week · Amazon MGM Studios · Live Nation Australasia · Cornwall Park Trust · Auckland Transport · New Zealand International Film Festival · Semi Permanent · Viaduct Harbour Holdings and more.

I also spent a decade in music: managing and advising artists such as Aldous Harding, Fazerdaze, and Tiny Ruins, and working in publicity with the likes of Lorde, A$AP Rocky, Flume, and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings.

Need another brain on it?

I’m keen to hear what you’re thinking about, working through, or trying to get off the ground. 

Let’s have a chat! 

Untangle the problem. Find the way forward. Make it happen.

I help clients make sense of problems, ideas, and opportunities, work out the next steps, and turn thinking into action. 

Liv Young smiling and feeding a treat to a small, curly-haired dog sitting on her lap, with a pink and brown abstract painting in the background.