Marketing Guru
Artist Manager

About Mahla Design

Mahla Design is an independent marketing, communications, and arts management studio established and run by Mahala Summers. 

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Mahala, the founder of Mahla Design, is an awarded storyteller who possesses an unbridled passion for marketing, project facilitation, arts management, and leadership. She harbors a profound interest in emerging marketing and content creation trends and platforms.

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Mahala relishes collaborating with individuals,  teams, and organisations eager to extend their reach and propel their careers or companies to newfound heights.

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Her expertise lies in transforming careers, brands, and products through insightfully crafted and precisely articulated marketing, branding, and communication strategies and plans. She derives these through extensive research, data-driven insights, intuition, and attentive listening.

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Mahala provides a comprehensive suite of services to artists and creators ranging from location scouting to exhibit conceptualisation, gallery research, exhibition proposals, award submissions, gallery/client liaison and contract negotiation, marketing plans and PR, website and social media design, and opening night support and sales. 

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Her professional background covers numerous industries across the private and public sectors. With a background in costume and fashion design, jewellery, and silversmithing, and journalism, Mahala is highly attuned to the complex needs of artists and the intricacies of the creative marketplace.