The Collective Magazine is made up of a team of passionate students and graduates.
Find out more about them here!
Millie Smith
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Millie is a current English Literature Undergraduate at the University of Reading. With a passion for journalism, Millie wanted to create a dedicated space for young people and students to showcase their work and talents.The Collective Magazine was founded with this vision in mind, and she hopes that others will be excited to work with her in making it come to life. As well as studying English, she is also passionate about musical theatre and has performed as a hobby from a young age. In her free time, she can be found binging Netflix or playing The Sims.
editor.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Rhianna Hurren-Myers
Deputy Editor
Rhianna is a first-class Sociology, Journalism and Media 2020 grad, and will be beginning her MA at Cardiff University in Public Relations & Communications Management this October. Having stumbled across Millie’s magazine vision on a Facebook page (it was fate!), she hopes TCM will provide a much-needed creative outlook for students to grow their portfolio. Alongside a borderline unhealthy obsession with houseplants, there is nothing Rhianna loves more than curling up in the sunshine with a good book.
deputy.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Lauren Russel
Current Affairs Editor
Lauren is a 2020 history graduate from the University of Southampton with aspirations to complete the multimedia journalism course with News Associates this year (covid permitting!). Lauren says “I have admired the work of The Collective Mag on Instagram ever since it launched & now on board as the Current Affairs editor want to keep readers as up-to-date and passionate as possible with the latest stories around the world.” In her spare time she can be found binging the latest Netflix series with cup of tea and a big slice of cake.
lifestyle.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Millie Braund
Current Affairs Editor
Millie is an English Literature and Theatre Studies student at Warwick University. She loves travelling, about to embark on a study abroad year in Berlin, and cannot wait to share all her adventures with our readers! She is also passionate about musical theatre, beauty and crafting in her spare time.
lifestyle.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Isabel Brewster
Culture Editor
Isabel is an English Literature and French student at Cardiff University, and is currently also studying Japanese and Spanish. She has a column with her university magazine, likes to write about the books she reads, and has ambitions to pursue a career in journalism. Isabel can be found at her laptop writing, on the sofa reading, or cooking with her housemates. She collects soap and has two houseplants, called Wilhelmina and Diana.
culture.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Lauren Bromley-Bird
Health & Wellbeing Editor
Lauren is a Psychology graduate from Sheffield Hallam University and an aspiring advice columnist. While studying, she gained a wealth of health and wellbeing knowledge that she wants to share with The Collective Magazine community and aims to create a positive space for readers to seek advice and relate to. If it were not for lockdown, her spare time would be spent watching West End Musicals, but for the meantime, it’s spent overindulging in buckets of hot chocolate and Netflix.
health.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Megan Shepherd
Creative Collections Editor
With a Foundation Diploma from Arts University Bournemouth and an English degree from the University of Exeter, Meg has a passion for all things creative. As well as illustration, fine art, and literature, Meg was also widely involved in student theatre whilst at university and enjoys sketch comedy, films, and playing The Sims in her spare time.
creative.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Chloe O’Keeffe
Graduate Corner Editor
Chloe is a 21 year old, soon to be New Media and English graduate of the beautiful University of Limerick. Over her time in college, Chloe has gained a wide range of experience in the journalism and media industry, and has been actively writing for the college newspaper, her own blog as well as a variation of other platforms. Along with writing articles, Chloe loves reading, socialising with her friends and keeping fit.
graduatecorner.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Lily Newman
Head of photography
Lily is a recent photography student from Plymouth College of Arts. With a career and hobby combined she enjoys events and products as well as focusing her personal work on photojournalist and documentary style photography. In her spare time she loves to spend time in the Devon countryside with her family and five dogs and of course loves a good netflix series.
photography.thecollectivemag@gmail.com
Amelia Taylor
Social Media Team
Amelia is a first- class Classics 2018 grad and will be beginning her MA at UCL in Classics this September. Having worked as a social media executive for the last two years, she hopes to bring her experience and passion from social media to The Collective Mag. Alongside her interest in Romans, Amelia can often be found taking #vsco photos of flat whites in her spare time
Spencer Taylor
Social Media Team
Having grown up on both sides of the United States- Rhodes Island and California- Spencer brings a unique perspective of the American landscape to the UK industry. She moved moved to London at 17 to pursue a degree in Advertising and Digital Marketing at the University of Greenwich followed by a Music Industry Certificate from Point Blank Music School. She spent the last three years working in digital marketing as well as freelance content creation and social media strategy. Spencer has a passion for social media, music and everything else creative!
Aimee Lee
Illustrator
Amiee is a 2020 Illustration Graduate, who loves getting creative at any given chance. She’s a big nature and animal lover, and enjoys spending her freen time having fun with her friends
Ellen Stanton
Illustrator
Ellen is a 2019 Fine Art graduate of Lancaster University, who has a love for photography and illustration. She loves he power of creativity. In her spare time, she loves exploring new places or reading a good book
Abigail McKeown
Web & Design Team
As part of The Collective Magazine’s Web & Design team, Abi is a second-year student at Northumbria University, currently studying Cyber Security and Networks. She has a big interest in web design and development, and hopes to enter this industry after graduation. She’s so excited to be working with The Collective Magazine to connect with new people, work on innovative projects and build her portfolio.
Isabelle Swan
Web & Design Team
Isabelle Swan is a recent graduate from Kingston University where she studied Graphic Design. She loves learning and teaching herself new things in order to get the best outcome. Her uni experience was a bit different to most, in the sense she moved out for a year and then moved back home to commute to uni. Now having finished uni, Isabelle is missing the workload and is looking forward to pushing her career in the design industry.
Lowri Humphreys-Jones
Web & Design Team
Lowri has recently graduated from NTU with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Design in July 2020. She has a passion for the performing arts – ranging from Theatre, TV and live music. Her main interest is digital drawings such as AutoCAD and Photoshop. In her spare time Lowri enjoys walks on her local beaches with her friends and family.
