Resources
Everythingyou need.
Bios, photographs, headshots, talk topics and the brand, all ready to download.
Speaker bios
Short, medium and long.
Short
45 words
Nicole Yershon is a maverick, inspiration and the original ‘rough diamond’. She is at once an executor, a consultant, a coach, a speaker, a judge, a mentor, a ‘super-connector’ and Amazon #1 Best Selling author. She founded The NYC and, before that, the Ogilvy Labs.
Medium
95 words
Nicole Yershon is a maverick, inspiration and the original ‘rough diamond’. She is at once an executor, a consultant, a coach, a speaker, a judge, a mentor, a ‘super-connector’ and Amazon #1 Best Selling author. She founded The NYC and, before that, the Ogilvy Labs. Nicole is one of the Drum’s 25 Women Who Shaped The Digital Industry in the last 25 Years. She works on the front line of innovation, bringing organisations kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. She can call on a vast International network of startups, entrepreneurs and bleeding edge businesses.
Long
243 words
Nicole Yershon is a maverick, inspiration and the original ‘rough diamond’. She is at once an executor, a consultant, a coach, a speaker, a judge, a mentor, a ‘super-connector’ and Amazon #1 Best Selling author. Nicole is the founder of The NYC and before that the Ogilvy Labs, the dedicated Innovation unit of Ogilvy & Mather Group. Nicole is one of the Drum’s 25 Women Who Shaped The Digital Industry in the last 25 Years. She is also in Wired Magazine’s top 100, the first annual survey of Britain’s Digital Power brokers, and a Women in IT Finalist. She works on the front line of innovation, bringing organisations kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. She is rebellious and restless, a true entrepreneurial spirit. She spent years learning the fine art of intrapreneurship. She can call on a vast International network of startups, entrepreneurs and bleeding edge businesses. Where most of us say ‘why not’ she will already be halfway through doing it. Disruption presents many challenges and opportunities. Nicole turns both into advantages. Her Amazon Best Selling first book is ‘Rough Diamond: Turning Disruption into Advantage in Business and Life’. She is a Board Trustee for Ideas College and Creative Conscience, an Honorary Fellow of Ravensbourne University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Nicole sits on several boards, judges, mentors and travels the world giving talks on many topics, from disruption and life to business transformation and behavioural change.
Photographs
Nicole, at work and in the world.
Newer editorial portraits, real-life pictures and stage shots. Each downloads at 1600px on the long side, the largest size held here; nothing has been upscaled.
Editorial portraits
Photography: Mel McVeigh, Wide Open Road Studio, 2026. Credit the photographer when you use these.
Real life
From Nicole’s own collection. Ask Nicole before passing these to third parties.
On stage
From Nicole’s talks. Ask Nicole before passing these to third parties.
Headshots
Nicole, on stage and off.
Each comes as the original plus 2000px, 1200px and a 600px square, where the original is big enough. Nothing has been upscaled, so a size the original can’t reach is marked as not available.
Download all originals (2.0 MB)
On stage, The NY Collective
On stage, Turning disruption into advantage
New photography coming soon.
On stage, Inspiring change through creativity
New photography coming soon.
Doorway, full length
New photography coming soon.
Street art wall, cap and hoodie
Wooden wall, sunglasses
Graffiti wall, hat
New photography coming soon.
Painted wall, hat
New photography coming soon.
Profile images
Small and square.
The images Nicole uses as avatars. All are low resolution, so use them small: speaker lists, programmes, social cards.
LinkedIn profile image, "Maverick"
New photography coming soon.
Stylised portrait, black and white
New photography coming soon.
Stylised portrait, sepia
New photography coming soon.
Speaker topics
What Nicole talks about.
In her words: “Nicole is an expert generalist.” Her core theme is what works, “whether that’s about creating true creativity through culture, diversity, education or by bringing innovation and disruption in.”
- Disruptive Technologies and how they get embraced or rejected in business
- Transformation of large and small enterprise and what it really takes to make it work
- Building teams that are motivated and capable of delivering on the challenge at hand
- Solving the right problem, not solving the wrong problem really well
- Connecting the dots that many do not realise are even there
- How to spark creativity. Finding the right mix of diverse and non-traditional people and resources to make things happen
- How to educate and inspire the enterprise and shift cultures and mindsets
- Turning disruption into advantage, the Rough Diamond story
- Innovation labs: how to build one, and why so many close
- Intrapreneurship, and how to be an intrapreneur
- Future talent, education and real diversity
Formats she works in
- Keynotes. KEYNOTE SPEAKER - ZEE MELT, DELHI, INDIA, SEPT 2016 · MADRID, MAB, SPAIN KEYNOTE JUNE 2019
- Fireside chats. FIRESIDE CHAT -ROUGH DIAMOND BOOK - LONDON NOV 2019 · ROUGH DIAMOND: NESTA FIRESIDE CHAT
- Panels. The Next 10 years. A VFX Festival Virtual Panel -June 2020 · Virtual Panel.. 'Innovate or Fail' - July 2020 · PANEL - INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY 2019
- Judging. JUDGE CANNES LION INNOVATION AWARDS - JUNE 2016 · JUDGING THE GOOD PITCH SUMMIT - OCT 2022
- Podcasts and interviews. Everything bleeding edge & innovative about creativity! · Podcast with Jens Heitland - December 2021 · TV INTERVIEW - MEET THE BOSS
- Book talks. Rough Diamond, Speaking at LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL ENTERPRISE 100 MEMBERSHIP · REALTIME CLUB 'ROUGH DIAMOND' TALK - MARCH 2019
Logos and brand
The NY Collective, by the book.
One mark, used the same way everywhere. This is the short guide: the logo, the clear space around it, the smallest size, the colours, the type, and what not to do.
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The mark
THE / NY / COLLECTIVE, set as one stacked block. White on black is the primary version. Black on white and white on deep teal are the alternates.
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Clear space
Keep a clear margin on every side equal to a quarter of the logo’s height. Nothing else (type, edges, other logos) comes inside it.
The dashed line is the clear space: a quarter of the logo’s height, all round.
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Smallest size
On screen, no narrower than 72px. In print, no narrower than 20mm. Below that, COLLECTIVE stops reading.
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Colour
Black and white do most of the work. Gold is the spark, used only where things join. Teal anchors.
- Black
#000000The ground. Most of the brand sits on it. - Ink
#0B0B0BPanels and cards on black. - White
#FFFFFFType on black; the light bands. - Sodium Gold
#FFC629The spark: only where things join. Pantone 123 C. - Deep Gold
#8A6400Small gold type on white. - Deep Teal
#0B3B40The anchor: footer, Next strip, logo tiles. - Signal Teal
#8FD3D0Quiet accents and chips.
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Type
Make the call.
Headlines: Archivo, 900, 78% width, tight leading.
Nicole connects the right people to the brief, then stays until the work stands.
Body: Atkinson Hyperlegible, regular, generous line height.
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Do and don’t
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Every file
- White, transparent PNG1562 x 1129, 45 KB
- White on black PNG1562 x 1129, 59 KB
- White on deep teal PNG1562 x 1129, 59 KB
- White SVG, tracedvector, 4 KB
- Black, transparent PNG1562 x 1129, 44 KB
- Black on white PNG1562 x 1129, 60 KB
- Black SVG, tracedvector, 4 KB
- Nicole’s original file (PDF)the source, 98 KB
- White, small PNG600 x 425, 25 KB
- White, web header PNG192 x 136, 7 KB
The book
Rough Diamond, in 3D.
Renders of the paperback made from the real cover, for slides, posts and event pages.
Useful facts
For organisers and press.
Contact
Email nicole@nicoleyershon.com.
Speaking enquiries through Chartwell Speakers: enquiries@chartwellspeakers.com (from her post on speaking).
Social
Books
Rough Diamond: Turning Disruption into Advantage in Business and Life. Amazon #1 Best Seller. Paperback · Kindle · The Rough Diamond page. Republished October 2022.
Credits
- Founder, The NY Collective
- Founder of the Ogilvy Labs, Ogilvy & Mather Group (WPP)
- Earlier at GGT, Simons Palmer and TBWA
- The Drum: 25 Women Who Shaped The Digital Industry in the last 25 Years
- Wired Magazine top 100, Britain’s Digital Power brokers
- Women in IT Awards 2018, Editor’s Choice finalist
- Honorary Fellow, Ravensbourne University
- Board Trustee, Ideas College and Creative Conscience; Chair at Creative Conscience
- FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Chaired committees for the BBC Online Advisory Board and Nesta
- Judge, Cannes Lions Innovation awards, 2016
Please ask Nicole before passing any of these images to third parties.