

More Than a LinkedIn Profile: Reflections from Our Personal Brand Workshop
Last week, Join Our Table hosted an inspiring workshop on personal branding, led by, Collette Philip Brand by Me. Personal branding has become something of a buzzword in recent years. Scroll through LinkedIn and you'll find countless articles, templates and AI-generated posts promising to help you build your brand. But this workshop took a different approach. Rather than focusing on visibility or self-promotion, the conversation centred on something far more important: unders


Honouring the Communities That Help Us Thrive: Inside Our Pre-Black History Month Kick-off
Last night, nearly 30 Black women working across advertising, communications, marketing and media and beyond came together at the PubMatic offices to open Black History Month the JOT way - by celebrating the communities that allow us to thrive. The brief for the evening was simple. Honour the people and the collectives who open doors, hold space and lift as they climb. What unfolded was warmer, louder and more connected than any brief could capture. As one of the slides on th


We Needed a Bigger Room: Inside Our Advertising Week Europe 2026 Session
For the third year running, we returned to Advertising Week Europe to curate a space centring Black women’s voices—by Black women, for everyone. This year’s conversation focused on the unstoppable power of Black female brands, bringing together JOT founders Nadine Leighton and Elizabeth Anyaegbuna in conversation with Jayne Doherty (Afrique Spirits) and Shalom Ijeoma Lloyd MBE (Naturally Tiwa), respectively. The response was immediate. The room filled quickly—then kept fillin


50 Black Women Game changers in Media
50 Black Women Game changers in media.


THE SHAKE UP WAS BACK
We were back at Advertising week Europe 2025, creating a space for Black Women and shaking things up with candid conversations. With everything we do we brought visibility to to our community ensuring our members had the opportunity to be guests on stage with us. Three fireside chats and a Q&A in 45 minutes not an easy thing to do. But we love a challenge and we delivered. Hosted by co-founder Samantha Lewis, she set a great tone for what was to come, highlighting the work on


Word of 2025: Collective Action
We held our first Table Top mixer of the year and it was a vibe, a space to be inspired. Here are some pictures from the special night,...


JOT Lunch and learn
Our first lunch and learn at Campaign LIVE, was one of intention, honesty and a real vibe.


What does representation in advertising mean to you?
#RepresentMe is a WACL led campaign advocating for the enhanced representation of all women in advertising. Under an amazing committee of...


The Shake UP
We're looking forward to Advertising Week Europe next month. Why because we are going to be speaking about The Shake Up. A fireside event...


Bloom's UK President
As Bloom UK's President, the weight of responsibility is real...ensuring a judgement-free zone for self-expression, challenging...


Bloomfest 2024: The Lift
This years Bloomfest saw our founders out in full force. Annika, Elizabeth (President of Bloom), Chloe, Collette, Gerry and Nadine were...


The story behind the Join Our Table ad campaign
Brand By Me launched our first ever national advertising campaign on October 1st 2023 for Join Our Table, a brand new initiative...