Visualising complex ideas through strategic illustration

Live Illustration & Graphic Recording

Strategic Illustrations for greater impact

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I help leaders get stakeholder alignment on new strategies, programs or projects through strategic visual one-pagers

Visual Stories

I can help you distill a complex framework into an engaging narrative and visual story on a page.
Strategy on a page

I can help you visualise your organisational strategy or complex idea in an engaging visual for high-impact communication.

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I’m a strategic illustrator who loves helping leaders visualise complex ideas.

I love helping leaders get stakeholder buy-in and alignment from decision-makers, clients, employees or external audiences on new strategies, programs or projects.

I do this through my gift in illustration! Helping leaders visually summarise information and complexity into strategic visual one-pagers.

I’ve worked with CEOs of NFPs, Global ESG Leads and Heads of Sustainability who are seeking greater impact and influence at various scales, including:

Inside their organisation
For the client and their organisation
Industry or sector level
Recommendations to Government

I’m also a professional live illustrator where I visually capture and summarise workshops, events and conferences into engaging and memorable visuals!

I’ve done live illustration for many events and organisations, including Allianz, Green Building Council of Australia, JLL, Sequana, City of Greater Geelong, Hume City Council, LaunchVic, Australian Water Association, Charitable Reuse Australia, Botswana Sustainability Week, New Zealand Food Waste Summit, Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence and many more.

I have a background in service design where I’ve worked in higher education, federal government and also with design agencies.

No matter the brief, my ways of working are underpinned by strong experience in (and my love for) design thinking, systems thinking and creative problem-solving.

Trusted by:

My visual one-pager, free for you to use!

Mandatory Climate Reporting in Australia

I love sharing my expertise 💡

National Design Challenge

I was part of the Australian Design Council's inaugural National Design Challenge to provide expertise on how to embed design and deliver long-term value for the Bega Valley as it transitions to becoming Australia’s most circular region.
Pearson Advisory Panel

I was invited to be on the Pearson Advisory Panel to consult on how to bring Design Thinking and Innovation into the UK secondary school education system as a way of addressing global sustainability challenges.
Good Design Awards Judge

In 2024 I was invited to be a judge for the Australian Good Design Awards Sustainability Category.

Working with Elise, on articulating our 'quiet expertise' in circular economy business model has been a dream. Elise is one of the most skilled interpreters I have worked with: she quickly understood and assisted with our brief, took into her stride a quick pivot, and her products are a wonderful resource for helping to explain key concepts without 1000 words! THANKYOU Elise, I recommend your work to anyone who needs illustrative support.

Coates
Elise didn’t just bring our strategy to life — she helped us shape it and communicate it clearly, and it’s already making a real difference in how we align stakeholders and talk about our direction. She was easy to work with, super responsive, and the final illustration is something we’ll keep using with pride and confidence.

Clea Smith, CEO Tradeswomen Australia
Elise is an exceptional communicator and her passion for live illustration adds a fresh new layer of visualisation that we have enthusiastically embraced at the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. We look forward to many more projects using Elise's wonderful skills and positive attitude.

Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence
The Image Elise created for us was super special and blew us and our audience away. Elise has an amazing ability to creatively capture complex topics, themes and points and turn them into a fun, easy to follow image.

Planet Ark
Elise has captured a couple of our recent events at Our Watch, and she’s a dream to work with. She’s turned complex conversations into beautiful visual summaries that match our brand and serve as a useful resource for participants.

Our Watch
I highly recommend Elise for live illustration services. She masterfully captured the essence of our session on Intersectionality at our Hume SEED Collaboration Event, leaving our attendees thoroughly impressed and inspired. Elise’s exceptional ability to visually summarize and highlight key moments in real-time brought a unique and dynamic energy to our event. Her extraordinary talent and unwavering professionalism are truly commendable.

Hume City Council
Elise was an absolute dream to work with. Having seen her visuals for corporate clients and events I engaged her to help visualise and articulate my PhD topic - she helped me cut through the jargon to craft a gorgeous, accessible visual that will feel as appropriate to share at an academic conference as it will with family and friends. The process was simple (and enjoyable) and the result really is stunning. Thank you Elise.

Human Rights & Modern Slavery PHD Candidate
In the circular economy where complex processes and interactions happen, we need to communicate our ideas in a much more visual way to simplify things. At Diadem, our team working across CE business models, industry waste reduction, new materials, supply chain engagement and training have benefitted from Elise’s visualisation workshop to conceptualise and communicate the core ideas. Elise’s efforts at our annual conference were critical to pull our ideas together in an interconnected way to help our teams see the systems thinking needed to enable a circular economy.

Diadem
What stood out most was her ability to translate complex leadership ideas into simple, fun and memorable illustrations. Her work not only brought the content to life but also helped participants connect with and retain the concepts in a way that words alone could not achieve. I’d highly recommend Elise to anyone looking for a creative partner who can capture ideas visually with clarity, creativity and professionalism.

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Visualising complex ideas through strategic illustration

Live Illustration & Graphic Recording

Strategic Illustrations for greater impact

Visual Stories

Strategy on a page

I’m a strategic illustrator who loves helping leaders visualise complex ideas.

I have a background in service design where I’ve worked in higher education, federal government and also with design agencies.No matter the brief, my ways of working are underpinned by strong experience in (and my love for) design thinking, systems thinking and creative problem-solving.

Trusted by:

My visual one-pager, free for you to use!

Mandatory Climate Reporting in Australia

National Design Challenge

Pearson Advisory Panel

Good Design Awards Judge

Elise is an exceptional communicator and her passion for live illustration adds a fresh new layer of visualisation that we have enthusiastically embraced at the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence. We look forward to many more projects using Elise's wonderful skills and positive attitude.

The Image Elise created for us was super special and blew us and our audience away. Elise has an amazing ability to creatively capture complex topics, themes and points and turn them into a fun, easy to follow image.

Elise has captured a couple of our recent events at Our Watch, and she’s a dream to work with. She’s turned complex conversations into beautiful visual summaries that match our brand and serve as a useful resource for participants.