Wildcard Collective shapes and delivers creative projects, and creates tools that empower individuals to navigate career pivots and adapt to the rapidly changing future of work. 

Wildcards don’t fit neatly into a box.

The boundary spanning nature of a wildcard can seem unconventional, but the ability to unlock creative insights and deliver long term impact is a game-changer.

Wildcard Collective brings together a portfolio of wildcard ideas and people to shape and deliver strategic projects across the cultural, tourism, built environment and education sectors.

But that’s just the start of the story… 



Wildcard Highlights

Creative Careers

Share your experiences to help find out what individuals in the creative industries need to build sustainable careers, manage careers pivots and navigate the changing future of work.  Survey now open ....

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A professional development program and exhibition project to reveal the hidden skills behind artistic practice and challenge perceptions about the working life of artists.

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Skills mapping for the creative industries - uncovering and articulating transferable skills to unlock career pathways and skills-based work opportunities. 

What we do

Project Advisory & Creative Direction

We provide strategic and creative direction to projects, from early scoping and shaping right through to project delivery. 

Placemaking & Shaping

From place visioning to community engagement and place activation strategies, we help you envision, shape and deliver outstanding place-based outcomes and experiences. 

Coaching & Skills Mapping

We offer creative careers and creativity coaching, and provide individuals with the tools they need to empower creativity to thrive in all sectors.

What we are curious about

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Creativity

By exploring and unpacking creativity in all its dimensions, we are seeking to the conditions, attributes and skills that can empower creativity to thrive in all sectors. 

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Storytelling

Storytelling and narrative-led experiences are at the heart of everything we do. Whether it's an exhibition, immersive installation or just communicating an idea - it always starts with uncovering stories and creating meaningful experiences.  

Place

From place activation strategies to public art, heritage interpretation and network building - our approach to place-based projects is centred around people, their connection to place and each other.

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Skills & Learning

Facilitating knowledge sharing and lifelong learning is a thread that runs through all our work- from museum learning experiences in museums to mapping skills for the future of work. 

At a glance

A collection of case studies of Kate Spencer's previous projects and current Wildcard Collective projects.