Stephanie Ward
Nominee Profile
Location: Bedlington
Stephanie Ward is the founder of the Spicy Brain Collective and Spicy Brain Energy, as well as Stephanie Ward & Co. These companies help neurodivergent entrepreneurs with a range of done-for-you and done-with-you business services, so that they can achieve the success they deserve in their chosen vocation.
Stephanie is an experienced virtual assistant with a broad range of skills developed across 12 years as a freelancer. First starting as a copywriter in 2012 as a way to pass her maternity leave, she has developed a plethora of services in her one-stop-shop group of companies, ranging from web design, to diary management, to Amazon KDP campaign development, to fundraising, to strategic coaching. She fell into this line of work and unexpectedly found it to be something she loved to do.
Stephanie now leads a team of 9 and is one of less than 600 companies in the UK to have achieved Disability Confident Leader (level 3) status in her primary company, Spicy Brain Energy, which demonstrates her commitment to recruiting, nurturing and retaining disabled people in her workforce. Stephanie is passionate about sharing the advantages of the Disability Confident Scheme, and does so through community engagement and webinars.
Stephanie's free community, the Spicy Brain Collective, is a safe haven for neurodivergents in particular, across the world. With members from the UK, USA, Australia and others, Stephanie brings together those who need their people, welcoming them from all backgrounds and instilling them with the confiidence they need to succeed.
Stephanie is an experienced virtual assistant with a broad range of skills developed across 12 years as a freelancer. First starting as a copywriter in 2012 as a way to pass her maternity leave, she has developed a plethora of services in her one-stop-shop group of companies, ranging from web design, to diary management, to Amazon KDP campaign development, to fundraising, to strategic coaching. She fell into this line of work and unexpectedly found it to be something she loved to do.
Stephanie now leads a team of 9 and is one of less than 600 companies in the UK to have achieved Disability Confident Leader (level 3) status in her primary company, Spicy Brain Energy, which demonstrates her commitment to recruiting, nurturing and retaining disabled people in her workforce. Stephanie is passionate about sharing the advantages of the Disability Confident Scheme, and does so through community engagement and webinars.
Stephanie's free community, the Spicy Brain Collective, is a safe haven for neurodivergents in particular, across the world. With members from the UK, USA, Australia and others, Stephanie brings together those who need their people, welcoming them from all backgrounds and instilling them with the confiidence they need to succeed.