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Russie Miessi
Strategist at Born Social
Russie Miessi is a D&AD Shift alumni Class of 2019 and an advertising trustee at D&AD. They work full-time as a strategist within the Social Media advertising agency Born Social. Over the past few years, Russie was a co-founder of the collective Fax No Printer which is a collective that centres Jr’s voices within Adland. Currently although based in Wales, they run Emo-Pop Punk Queer, Trans, or Intersex, people of Colour centred events night called NOT OK based in London.
How to pronounce my name (if needed) – like Chrissy but without the ‘Ch’