Julia Barnard

Managing Director, This Space

Creative Director and Founder of This Space Creative, celebrating 21 years of harnessing the power of creative collaboration for live experiences. 

Jules school report read “Julia has an active imagination which at times can be disruptive” and her career has certainly made her school reports correct. With a strong background in technical theatre working on productions and major events like Phantom of the Opera , Monaco Grand Prix and a few Olympics over the years , Jules, along with her creative tribe have developed a reputation for creating the unthinkable.

From Europe to Rome and old London town Jules has created experiences that have collided artistic brand relevance with technical capabilities . Returning to Australia after a stint in the UK she reconnected with her routes and discovered just how rich our art and experience culture was. So 21 years ago, on the back of an envelope, This Space Creative was born , an idea , a vision and a strong values base allowed her to create one of the most sort after creative agencies for the experience economy and thousands of events later Jules favourite way of thinking is all about harnessing the power of creative collaboration, it truly is in us all.