Gail Rego
Social justice activist, storyteller & audio-visual artist
👉🏽 I’m a social justice activist, intersectional storyteller & audio-visual artist having spearheaded projects across Belgium, Austria, the UAE, Colombia, Turkey, Kenya, and Malaysia. I possess a wealth of experience in shaping creative communications and fostering inclusive communities.🌈 As a versatile freelancer, my portfolio is a unique blend of creative, strategic and implementation expertise. From providing communications support to social impact organisations, to delivering trainings for start ups, from podcasting for the aviation sector to moderating events at the European Parliament, the intersection of my knowledge and networks allows me to deliver impact that is nuanced stakeholder driven. I also serve as a financial independence coach, and career champion for women and non-binary people of color. As the curator of social impact jobs on LinkedIn, I connect over 33K followers with purpose-driven work.✊🏽 My dedication to challenging the status quo is exemplified by my previous role as a co-founder of Work Ally—a revolutionary platform and community empowering women to confront the patriarchy head-on and flourish in the workplace. Committed to driving change, I also currently serve as a Board Member for BarBichette, an eco-feminist community for English speakers in Brussels.👋🏼 If you're seeking a creative, resourceful, and reliable communicator and problem solver, look no further.Check out the breadth of my experience on LinkedIn, my content & audio-visual portfolio or download my CV.My skills at a glance:
🎙️ Podcasting & voice acting for social impact podcast projects including my own podcast "Europe Talks Back"
🫶🏾 Communications support & graphic design for websites, press relations, newsletters, social media etc.
✊🏽 Financial independence & career coaching for women & non binary people of colour
🎯 Training, facilitating & event moderation on topics such as inclusive tech, social justice & storytelling
🪴 Board member of "Barbichette", the first eco-feminist community for English speakers in Brussels
🖍️ Illustrator & graphic designer using Procreate, Canva & Adobe suite
🧚🏼 Linkedin #jobfairy sharing social impact jobs with pay transparency for 33K+ followers since 2020
Why work with me?
| Social impact clients | Super powers | Countries worked |
|---|---|---|
| European Digital Rights | Podcast production & hosting | Belgium |
| Terre Des Hommes International Federation | Coaching & training | Colombia |
| Missing Children Europe | Creative writing & proofreading | United Arab Emirates |
| European Venture Philanthropy Association | Strategic Communications | Austria |
| Impact HUB | Event Management & Facilitation | Malaysia |
| Heinrich Bulle Foundation | Graphic Design/Illustration | Kenya |
| UNI Global | Branding | Turkey |
| Corporate Europe Observatory | Project Management | Oman |
Organisations I've previously worked with:
Website design by Gail Rego
Podcasts & Narration
For close to a decade, I’ve worked on a wide range of audio projects from podcast hosting and interviewing to dubbing and narration for civil society and political institutions across Europe such as:
- My very own Europe Talks Back Podcast
- Böll·Europe Podcast by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU office
- The Window on the World podcast by the European Democratic Party
- Local Leaders of Europe podcast by the European Committee of the Regions
- The Grassroots View podcast by the European Economic and Social Committee
- GreenWave podcast by the Green European Foundation etc.Looking for a reliable and efficient podcaster, narrator or voice actor?
I have a professional studio set up at home as well as access to a European podcast recording studio that I work with regularly. I can deliver projects quickly and efficiently and am available to work immediately.Check out my audio portfolio here and let's chat.
Communications
Strategy & branding: I've designed and implemented internal and external communication & branding strategies for several European and International non-profit organisations. From identifying audiences & KPIs, establishing M&E processes and designing branding templates, my efforts have helped reach organisational goals and highlight the voices of the communities served.Press relations: From building press strategies, to mapping press contacts, writing press releases and pitching op-eds, I can take your press relations to the next level. My efforts led to EDRi being featured in over 400 online, print and broadcast media in 11 months including international press such as Reuters, Vice, Politico, the BBC and Bloomberg.Stunts & campaigns: From organising art exhibitions by children on the move and recording the audio stories of children to collaborating on award winning advertising campaigns and spearheading a collection of utopian science fiction stories about people & the planet, I have worked on diverse and innovative creative projects to push for greater social impact.Some examples of these campaigns include:
1. Remumber: An award winning phone app for children to remember their parent's phone numbers. Watch the video.
2. Notfound.org: An internationally viral campaign allowing anyone to replace their website's 404 error pages with posters of missing children
3. Missing children stickers: Tapping into new audiences in the support of missing children through the collection of panini missing children stickersProject coordination: I have led a broad range of projects, including data collection publication, event communications, accessible and reactive website design, social media campaigns, as well as artistic audio-visual projects such as defining the visual identity of organisations.Content creation & dissemination: I'm a native English speaker with robust content creation and storytelling skills. I have researched, designed, written and proof read a multitude of publications from impact focused Annual Reports and visually appealing data collection publications to press releases and green campaigning handbooks. Time and time again, I've seen and sought to address the lack of resources placed on the dissemination of material after it has been produced. That's why my approach always focuses on both production and dissemination to help ensure your content reaches the right audiences.To do this, I create dissemination packages that support the launch and reach of research and publications via tailored establishing press relations, social media content, newsletters,SEO optimised website content and through leveraging relevant networks.
Trainings
I’m an event speaker, moderator and trainer having been featured on multiple podcasts on topics related to intersectional feminism, storytelling, social justice and the impact of technology.In 2021, I co-founded Work Ally, an initiative that has supported a community of over 10K women and non-binary people through a 7 week training programme to challenge patriarchy and thrive in the workplace. I have co-designed and facilitated this training program, with very positive feedback from the previous 4 cohorts.I've designed and delivered trainings for clients such as the Lebanese Green Party, CAN Europe, Le Wagon Brussels and the Bloom and at events such as the WomenTech conference and the Youth SDG Summit.I have also set up countless initiatives such as in-person trainings, webinars and conferences to enable collaboration between members, peer to peer knowledge sharing and joint campaigning by coalitions.My training methodology involves:
- Defining the goals & objectives of the workshop
- Identifying the target audience & their needs
- Co-creating interactive activities & exercises to engage participants
- Using feminist principles to facilitate the workshop, including guiding discussions, managing group dynamics & encouraging participation
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the workshop, including feedback from participants & analyzing results against the objectives
Coaching
I'm a financial independence & career coach for women and non binary people of colour. I know how difficult it can be to find support from someone who understands all parts of your identity and how these can create additional barriers at work. That's why I started coaching in 2022. Since then I've coached dozens of women from all across the world to help them find meaningful work and get a better sense of where they're heading in their careers.Here are some of the topics that I can help you with:
🔥 discovering what your passions are and how to turn that into a source of income
🔥 conquering financial independence
🔥 finding a job that matters and that isn't exploitative
🔥 shaping your potential to get the job you love
🔥 transitioning to a new sector or position or thriving in a new role
🔥 navigating challenging situations or power dynamicsInterested? Jump on a short intro call to get acquainted and discuss your coaching goals, with no strings attached. Get in touch.
Job fairy
Since 2020, I've shared a weekly or bi weekly curated list of social impact internships, jobs, consultancies and fellowships from across the world on LinkedIn for my community. To make my job boards accessible and equitable, I only share paid opportunities and I advocate for pay transparency by sharing salaries and calling out non profit organisations that do not disclose pay. My community has since grown to over 30K+ people from all walks of life including recruiters, job seekers and a whole community of other job fairies.It takes me several hours to put together these job boards, making sure I share important information such as the location, ensure the deadline hasn't passed, what the salary is etc.If my job boards have been valuable to you, please consider buying me a coffee for this labour of love. Every contribution helps me keep going.Want me to highlight your job via my job fairy package? Sponsor your job here.Want me to include your paid opportunity in my curated job boards? Fill in this form.Find my latest job board on LinkedIn.
Contact Me
If you're looking for a creative problem solver, team builder, efficiency enthusiast and overall fun person to work with, then you've found her. Get in touch!
gail (at) intersectionaltechy.com
Testimonials
"Gail joined the team of Missing Children Europe as the first ever Communication Officer. She was given the task to develop a global communication strategy for the organisation, operating in a complex setting of national members managing their own brands, operational projects ranging beyond the membership and a strong EU advocacy component. She managed to bring the brand and outreach of the organisation to the next level on the basis of her willpower, commitment and hard work. Gail is an amazing person to have in the team. In addition to her professional skills, she comes with great energy enthusiasm and empathy. She is ultra reliable, always gets the job done and is just a great person to have around."
- Delphine Moralis, CEO at Philea
"Gail managed me at European Digital Rights, while I was enrolled in a Communications internship. During this period she did a great job in helping me get familiar with the organisation's processes. She always paid attention to my needs, she gave me insightful feedback and was open to invest time and effort in improving our work relationship. She has exceptional organising skills, is very reliable, and very solutions-oriented. Her rich knowledge on topics such as communications, intersectional feminism and accessibility made working with her a fascinating learning experience."
- Luisa Balaban, Visual Storyteller