LWS Application
Ladies Who Strategize is a community for female identifying and non-binary strategists, largely in branding/advertising. We are a social bunch, with paid memberships for strategy or work related content, events, and slack channels. 

If your application is successful, you will be able to access the social side of LWS's slack for free but if you want to leverage LWS for anything work related, it’s a paid Membership. 

You’ll have the option to purchase a monthly or yearly strategy focused membership starting at $20 USD per month, which includes all the strategy and career related part of the LWS slack, plus excellent perks including monthly strategy training, LWS event tickets and deep discounts to non-LWS events like AdWeek and more. 

If you’re a freelancer, agency leader, or agency owner we have separate tiers with specialized events and opportunities for you!

**We recommend that you use a personal, not work email address for your application**

Email *
LWS Mission Statement
We all need a community to succeed: to find opportunities, get support and steerage, and to collectively celebrate our wins.

Universally, industry networks create a path to opportunities and foster career growth. More often than not, these formal and informal groups are set up by and unequally stacked towards men. For women and non-binary people, progression becomes harder without access or inclusion to those crucial networks.

Our solution is to put strategy at the core of our gatherings and help to grow friendships for female and non-binary strategists. We aim to warm up lives and lift up each other’s careers.

We do this by creating moments to genuinely connect and learn. These moments happen with membership to a supportive community: a thriving slack group, gatherings that encourage real friendships, and opportunities to share expertise and experiences.

Thanks for your interest in joining us! What's your first and last name? *
Do you work as a strategist? Is strategy at least 80% of what you do on a daily basis as your profession? 

Are you no longer a student and have worked in strategy for a 3+ years? 

If not, this may not be the right slack group for you- but don't fret! Instead, check out www.ladiesgetpaid.com where you'll find a slack community of badass women from all professions. 
 *
I identify as *
How did you learn about us? If it's a person include their first and last name, we'd like to thank them and it can help your application, if it's a group, we'd love to check it out so please share. *
Please enter your LinkedIn profile site address. Double check to make sure it's correct. *
What's your current role and where do you work? If your current title does not include the word 'strategist' or 'strategy' in it, please explain in detail how strategy is the biggest part of the work you do. Not a side dish, the full enchilada. So, if you're a creative director that's awesome, slightly jealous here, but babe you aren't a full enchilada strategist. Same goes for PR folx, who definitely get into better parties than we do. *
Why do you want to join the group? Be real here. Seriously. *
What do you have to offer? Your years of experience is a helpful stat, but we're looking for what kind of a community Member you would be. *
What do you hope to gain? *
Where are you geographically based? *
Our group promotes sharing knowledge, helping others, and making new strategy pals. It is not meant for excessive self promotion, hate, or bullies. In short, if you get an invite, do not be a dick. If you display any of these qualities towards any member, you'll be booted. 

LWS aims to be an inclusive community so it's our permanent goal to always improve in this area and believe everyone can do the same. If you feel like it's a good time to dig into that for yourself, here are some helpful resources

 *
Required
LWS is sustainable through paid Memberships, although we offer a large amount of free access and events for all Members. It takes a huge amount of time, resources, and effort to make this community awesome.

If you’re looking to join to gain strategy skills, find your next role, get support and advice for freelancing, access a massive amount of resources on our notion, or tap the larger Hive Mind for help, then you’ll need to try out a paid tier. These start at $20 a month and there is a free trial.

If you post work related stuff in a free channel you will be asked to remove it. If you’re looking for free help, plenty of free communities exist, Ladies Get Paid is a great one!

Do you understand and are you onboard?

Curious about who runs the group? It's a freelance brand strategist and sometimes CSO, Kim Mackenzie. Check out www.kmstrategy.co 

One last thing: *we process applications quarterly due to volume and you may not hear back if your application is unsuccessful, but if you have further questions reach out to kim@lws.community
 *
Required
Submit
Clear form
Never submit passwords through Google Forms.
This form was created inside of Kim Mackenzie.

Does this form look suspicious? Report

Google Forms