I'M A senior content strategist, copyWRITER and ILLUSTRATOR.

i help people feel good and make sense of the world.

my story

For the past 15 years I’ve helped global brands figure out why they’re worth listening to, what they’d like to say, and the best way to say it.

If you have a great idea, product or service, I can turn it into a story that connects with people in a genuine way. This might be with an article, an app or a video script.

I tend to focus on areas like health tech and women’s health. Above all, I love making important, complex topics easier for everyone to understand.

In addition to client projects, I’m the founder and creative director of the illustration brand Sojourn. It’s all about creating a pocket of calm at home.

In an earlier life, I ran media campaigns for award-winning Australian publisher Text Publishing. I also helped found the Melbourne chapter of global lecture series, CreativeMornings.

Some other things you might like to know: I suspect the bike is one of our best inventions, and I think it’s better to ask a question and risk sounding silly, than to say nothing at all.

What others say

 
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Jeremy Wortsman

Host of Creative Mornings Melbourne and director at The Jacky Winter Group

"I was continuously impressed by her incredible energy and initiative, always keeping calm under pressure."

 
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JANE NOVAK

Literary agent
at Jane Novak Literary Agency

"Steph Stepan is one of the most organised and professional people I have ever worked with. Her work ethic and attention to detail are second to none." 

my latest updates

Whenever I get stuck with an illustration, which is to say, EVERY time, I go back to basics. I print out what I have, cut up watercolours I painted weeks ago and start arranging paper on paper and gluing nice shapes down . Basically, all the things I
I started listening to @radiolab ‘s episode on space last night. It’s an oldie but a goodie. Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan, talks about what it was like to select items/recordings/art that show our humanness for NASA’s Interstell
Last year, I lived in what I called ‘the cat palace’ for a little while. It was a beautiful house on the canals in Amsterdam and inside roamed two cats, Chambers and Hudson. We were all housemates for a little while. . Every Wednesday my
Lately I’ve been going back to the characters I met long ago. They are just as I left them, and just as wonderful. . One of the first characters I really wanted to spend time with was Lyra From Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series.
*Freebie alert* . I’ve started making free, stripped back versions of my illustrations for colouring in. . I find drawing really soothing but I know not everyone feels creative, and to be honest, right now my brain is on low power mode, so I am
Dear yogi friends, . If, like me, you have been staring at your toenails during your attempt at practicing with online classes and making mental notes to trim them instead of concentrating on your bandhas, can I recommend this good soul, @maudleger .
When to pop open the bubbles and a portrait of a friend… . When my sister and I catch up we have what we call ‘prosecco dates’. . There are two reasons for a prosecco date: . 1. We have something we don’t want to do but it mu
Some notes on comfort and regression: In my experience, the comfort you need is the thing you resist most. A couple of years ago, a therapist suggested I get a stuffed toy. Something to hold onto, the way a kid might. I was in Amsterdam at the tim
Hi gang, I don’t know about you, but I love to Trello the shit out of everything. It’s like the motherboard for my life, although sometimes I suspect I am just shifting around cards rather than doing things. . Every Sunday evening I sit d