BIOGRAPHY WRITER MEDIA MEET SAMANTHA

The SAMANTHA WILLS Jewellery business is officially closed.

Our retail partner DAVIDJONES.com will be the exclusive stockist for the next 6-months.

We have archived the past 15 years on our Instagram feed, visit it any time to take a trip down memory lane

NEED TO MAKE A RETURN?

Our Customer Experience Team will be here til July 30th, 2019 to honor our 6-month product warranty management.

(Please note; we will not be accepting change of mind, only faulty items under warranty)

info@samanthawills.com or 02 9690 2122

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VIA FORBES

VIA FORBES

 

Samantha Wills has been in the spotlight as one of Australia’s most dynamic speakers and creative personalities since launching her self-titled jewellery brand at Australian Fashion Week in 2004, at just 21 years of age. 

After 15 years, and stating that she felt the SAMANTHA WILLS jewellery brand had achieved all it had set out to do, Wills announced that she was closing the jewellery business in January 2019 to focus on her profile work as a speaker, writer and creative.

Passionate about supporting women in business, Wills continues her work with the SamanthaWillsFoundation.org, and is an advocate for gender equality and conscious kindness.

Based in New York City where she is currently writing her first book, Samantha travels globally as a creative ambassador and keynote speaker. 

 
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1OO% OF PROCEEDS // BRANDS WHO STAND for something, are brands I admire. I am proud to support #AugusteAgainstBullying ⠀ ⠀ The Heroes are the KIND ones, the ones who SPEAK UP when others can’t. Heroes are the ones who make people feel SAFE, SEEN and HEARD…..And with certain political leaders demonstrating bullying, vitriol and juvenile behaviours via their twitter accounts daily, heroes have never been more needed. ⠀ ⠀ These Limited Edition @AugusteTheLabel unisex ‘HERO’ tee’s are available now at www.augustethelabel.com - 1OO% of the proceeds will go directly to The Alannah & Madeline Foundation’s National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB) and The Cyber Smile Foundation – taking a stand against bullying, both online and off. ⠀ ⠀ Conscious kindness impacts people in ways we will never know about. ⠀ ⠀ Thankyou Auguste, NCAB and Cyber Smile for the work you are doing in support, promotion and distributing conscious kindness globally. – SWx⠀ ⠀ ——-⠀ ⠀ WHO YOU ARE SUPPORTING: ⠀ ⠀ ✔️The Cyber Smile Foundation @CyberSmileFoundation was founded in 2010 and is the world’s leading anti-cyberbullying nonprofit organization. Committed to tackling all forms of digital abuse, harassment and bullying online, they work to promote diversity and inclusion by building a safer, more positive digital community worldwide. ⠀ ⠀ ✔️The Alannah & Madeline Foundation’s National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB) @AlannahMadeline is a peak body working to advise and inform the Australian community on the issue of childhood bullying and the creation of safe schools and communities, including the issue of cyber bullying. ⠀
Yesterday I felt fortunate to be able to attend the 2019 @ForbesWomen Summit. This year’s topic was ‘Live Your Purpose’. It’s a big one, and if you find yourself at crossroads you can often feel very isolated and at a loss as to what your purpose and passion even are. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Eva Longoria was the closing speaker, and I thought she explained it beautifully, rather than taking on the overwhelming task of going on the strict mission to find your purpose, simply ask yourself, “What is it you care about?” ⠀ ⠀ Here are some other things I took away from the day: ⠀ ⠀ “Communities are built by teaching people to care about people.” – @JulieRice_ Cofounder, SoulCycle & Partner, WeWork ⠀ ⠀⠀ “As brands, how can we facilitate conversations around modern femininity and what that means?” ⠀ – Charlotte Koh,Head of Digital Media & Unscripted @HelloSunshine ⠀ ⠀⠀ “In 2019 you cannot have an unconscious bias, if you do, you must be unconscious.”- @ArlanWasHere Founder of @BackstageCapital ⠀ ⠀⠀ “Your purpose does not need to be tied to a vocation.”– Tara Rush, SVP Audi America ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ “Women start their own companies because they know they’ll get paid right.” – Lilly Ledbetter, Equal Pay Activist —Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Obama administration) ⠀ ⠀⠀ “I would write down what I didn’t know and I would circle it. I’m a theatre major! I didn’t know business. But I learnt. I’m. learning. I’m passionate about it.” - @Jennifer.Garner CoFounder & Chief Brand Officer @OnceUponAFarm ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ “If it doesn’t occur to you, it’s not relevant to your life, so you cannot plan for it. That is why Twitter has a bullying issue because it is run by three white guys…. Bullying has not been a major issue in their lives, they simply cannot plan for how to deal with it when it happens. Tech Titans need to be held accountable, they need diversity alongside responsible legislature.” ⠀⠀ – Kara Swisher, Co-founder & Editor-at-Large Recode + Host of Recode Decode & Pivot podcast ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ Thank you to Forbes Executive Director, Erika Burho for kindly hosting us yesterday, and to Moira Forbes for championing the bringing together of women to share thoughts, experience and knowledge. - SWx ⠀#forbeswomen
Sometimes I (lay around in bohemian courtyards wearing beautiful dresses and) talk about business, being at a crossroads and being OK with making the decision to end something while it’s still good, instead of ending it because you broke it — This is one of those times, interview with @profilemagazine via link in bio. -SWx ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Thank you to the incredible Australian creative team behind this shoot. ⠀⠀ Photography: @scottehler ⠀⠀ H+MUP: @maxmade ⠀⠀ Dress: @winonaaustralia
I am very excited to have just signed my very first ever book deal!! I am honoured to join the incredible stable of authors in the @AllenAndUnwin publishing family. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ “Samantha has a very creative mind but she is really letting herself down. The consistent mistakes she makes with her grammar and punctuation demonstrate a laziness in her application to projects. English is not just about creative writing. I would suggest that she move that creative energy to focus on the technical elements of writing, specifically essay structure. She is well behind where she needs to be.” – My grade 10 English teacher.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Words are powerful; both written and spoken. They cannot be unsaid or unread, always existing, often circulating in our personal echo chambers. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ For so long I held onto the above note on my grade ten half-yearly report card. While my teacher was probably just trying to get more out of me technically, it was not how my mind was wired. The above words glommed onto me for years - and still do some days. Other English teachers saw my creative application and helped me find ways to improve on the technical side of it, but this teacher and I could not find ANY common ground…at all. I hated going to her classes, and I have no doubt she hated having me as a student in them!⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I still don’t know how to properly structure an essay, but I do know the importance of vulnerable storytelling.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I have a burning curiosity with all things creative; creative entrepreneurialism, creative design and environment, and creative writing - just to name a few. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ If you’re hearing echos, know that in this world it takes all kinds of kinds. Follow your curiosity – whatever it may be - and surround yourself with people who are good at the things you are not. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Thank you to Kelly & the team at @AllenAndUnwin for overlooking the grammar & punctuation in my manuscript (& emails & insta posts & post-it notes...) & to my Manager @sean.Anderson22 for your patience (& kind persistence) in extracting said manuscript from me.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I feel very fortunate for this opportunity. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ My business memoir will be out early next year. -SWx
Mindfulness comes in many forms and practices. When I made the decision to close the @samanthawillsofficial business, the answer was presented in a moment of internal intuition aligning with external awareness. Some would say it was mere coincidence, but I know it was synchronicity. I talk a little bit about this in my recent interview with @profilemagazine - link in bio. -SWx
I spoke to @profilemagazine about standing at a very unexpected crossroad and making a decision that shocked no one more than myself, fifteen years into my career. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Full interview via link in bio. Thank you to PROFILE for this feature (and cover!) and for the incredible work you do on spotlighting - and bringing together - women in business. -SWx ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Photography By @scottehler ⠀⠀ Hair and Makeup By @maxmade
I’m writing a book. And by writing a book, I mean some days I sit at my desk and write the book, but there are many days I sit at the very same desk and find the task so big and seemingly overwhelming, I just move files around on my laptop and sometimes change the background picture. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ This afternoon I wrote this note to my procrastinating self and stuck it above my desk. (....after I cleaned out the junk draw in the kitchen and took to the skirting boards behind the couch with a dust buster). ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Posting it on here - with love - in case you’re currently on your knees dusting skirting boards, when really you’re actually just skirting your purpose. -SWx
Last night, at Madison Square Garden. -SWx
When I do a keynote, podcast or interview, I approach each as if I was having a conversation with a close friend. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I recently spoke with @coffeesandstyle who asked me five really thoughtful and considered questions. Full interview now live, via link in bio. -SWx ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 📷 @scottehler // H+MUP @maxmade // Dress @winonaaustralia
Kicked off wedding season...in Edinburgh! Any country that’s national animal is a Unicorn has my vote. —— Scotland, you are ridiculously stunning! Congratulations and love to the beautiful bride and groom, Hazel and Ross!! -SWx 🌸🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
🎧PODCAST: The rawest podcast I have ever done, has just gone live. I am thrilled to open Series 2 for The @womenshealthaus #Uninterrupted Podcast. I sat with Women’s Health Editor, Jacqui Mooney for a very real, raw and stripped back conversation. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ You can check it out via link in bio. -SWx ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Thank you for having me as your guest, Jacqui. It was a true privilege.🖤