Aleem Ali
Managing Director
Aleem is a change agent, entrepreneur, facilitator, mentor and projects manager with over 15 years experience in the business, community, cultural and government sectors.
He has consulted for and been contracted to, Brisbane City Council, Youth Arts Queensland, Federal and State Government Departments, small to medium enterprises and Community organisations.
Other professional activities have included Peer Advisor on various funding panels; Lecturer at QUT – Creative Industries in Arts Business Management; and, participation as one of 90 young Australian leaders at the 2006 Australian Future Directions Forum.
In 2001, Aleem co-founded and established Speak Out limited in Brisbane. Working with a committed and skilled team, SpeakOut has grown from an idea to a social change agency that positively impacts the lives of over 3000 individuals and 30 communities.
James Alley
Designer
James graduated from the QCA with a Bachelor of design in 2000. Since then he has had the opportunity to work for 6 years with Billabong on a wide range of design projects including; print design and illustration for garments, promotional merchandise from CD and DVD packaging through to murals on walls and a bus, as well as art direction for advertising campaigns and POS. During this time he was able to work for several youth oriented brands including Billabong, Von Zipper and Element. James has also worked in Australia and London on a freelance basis for a variety of clients including Puma, HSBC, Kyocera and Triple Zed.
James is also a painter and illustrator and has exhibited in Brisbane, The Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and London. His work has been featured in Artillery, Chick and Clay Magazines.
Dan Baebler
Designer
Having worked within various areas of design, Dan has a broad range of skills encompassing print, web and motion graphics for video. Over six years working for design companies such as Bigfish, Bullet Creative and Big Bridge, Dan has filled roles as graphic designer, flash animator, 2D motion graphics animator, art director and now Senior Designer at SpeakOut Creative. In this time Dan provided multimedia design solutions for a range of clients from large corporations & State Government to small business and arts organisations.
In the interest of maintaining the balance between good & evil, Dan likes to use his spare time playing in rock’n’roll bands and doing design work for bands, record labels and artists. He’s created designs for Universal Music, The Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Writers Festival, The Third Asia Pacific Triennial and a host of rock band and magazines.
zoe miller
Designer / Facilitator
Zoe graduated from Concordia University in Montreal in Graphic Design in 2002. She majored in Print Media (traditional processes such as silkscreen printing, textiles, lithography and intaglio) and Digital Image, and often combining the two.
After graduating, she worked at an artist-run centre where she worked directly with visual artists, working in French. She then went on to work as a graphic designer for Buffalo Jeans, working alongside a fashion designer designing catalogues, developing designs for textile prints, stitching, embroidery and patches. She has also worked on illustrations, photography and design contracts for various freelance clients.
In 2004 Zoe joined SpeakOut Creative, upon returning home to Australia after seven years away. Zoe also has over two years of experience in facilitating workshops in art and design through SpeakOut Connect, and enjoys the time away from the computer screen, engaging directly with young people.
Andrew gibbs
Videographer / Editor / Facilitator
Andrew has been involved in all things pixel related since 2001. Before joining SpeakOut he founded and managed Think Tank Creative, an audiovisual production company. He has extensive experience filming and editing live events, documentaries, music video clips and corporate videos.
Andrew regularly performs as 'Simulcast' a live audiovisual producer-VJ and has provided live visuals for events including The Big Day Out.
His short documentary on a day in the life of a Bollywood movie extra won him the STA Travel 'Road to Adventure' competition, sending him to Egypt for further documentary work. Andrew has also taught video production in a Kenyan orphanage and facilitated numerous VJ workshops.
He has completed a Bachelor of Journalism (Television) and a Bachelor of Film & TV.
