Joy Jobbins
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Joy Jobbins is the former head of advertising for The Australian Wool Board, and now author of a book called, "Shoestring: a memoir".
Her father was cinesound cameraman George Malcolm
a pioneer in the Australian film industry; her brother, Ken Malcolm was also in the film industry, working variously as a sound recordist and editor.
She went to Bondi
Public School, and later studied art at the East Sydney Tech College.
In 1950 she went to work at Anthony Horden's Department Store
where she met, and later married Henry Edward Jobbins.
She worked as a script supervisor on the propaganda film "A Yank Down Under", about R&R leave in Sydney during World War II
.
She subsequently modelled swim suits for Coles of California Swimwear (a New Zealand Company).
Joy Jobbins is the mother of comedian/writer Saturday Rosenberg; Camden Jobbins and Sheridan Jobbins
. She is also the stepmother of Cobbitty Jobbins and Boak Jobbins.
After she married, she moved to Eltham, Victoria
where she went to work at Carden's Advertising, working on campaigns for Terylene, House of Leroy. Later she left and joined Ralph Blunden's agency where she took control of the Australian Wool Board account working in collaboration with models, photographers and illustrators such as Maggie Tabberer
, Henry Talbot
, Helmut Newton
, Patrick Russell
, Des O'Brien, Barbara Robertson and others.
In 1959, she played an important role in the inaugural Australian Fashion Awards.
She subsequently left Blunden Advertising and worked directly for the Australian Wool Board from 1964 until 1972 when she left to publish a tourism magazine called, "Australia for Players and Stayers."
She has recently published a memoir called "Shoestring".
Her father was cinesound cameraman George Malcolm
George Malcolm
George John Huntley Malcolm was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1909 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris....
a pioneer in the Australian film industry; her brother, Ken Malcolm was also in the film industry, working variously as a sound recordist and editor.
She went to Bondi
Bondi
Bondi could refer to:-Places in Australia:* Bondi Beach, New South Wales, a beach and suburb in Sydney, Australia* Bondi Junction, New South Wales, a suburb and commercial centre in Sydney, Australia* Bondi, New South Wales, a suburb in Sydney, Australia...
Public School, and later studied art at the East Sydney Tech College.
In 1950 she went to work at Anthony Horden's Department Store
Anthony Hordern & Sons
Anthony Horderns was the largest department store in Sydney, Australia. It was originally established by a free immigrant from England, Anthony Hordern, in 1823, as a drapery shop...
where she met, and later married Henry Edward Jobbins.
She worked as a script supervisor on the propaganda film "A Yank Down Under", about R&R leave in Sydney during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
She subsequently modelled swim suits for Coles of California Swimwear (a New Zealand Company).
Joy Jobbins is the mother of comedian/writer Saturday Rosenberg; Camden Jobbins and Sheridan Jobbins
Sheridan Jobbins
Sheridan Jobbins is an Australian journalist, television presenter and screenwriter.-Life and career:Jobbins was born in Melbourne, Australia. She was educated at Ascham School Edgecliff...
. She is also the stepmother of Cobbitty Jobbins and Boak Jobbins.
After she married, she moved to Eltham, Victoria
Eltham, Victoria
Eltham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Eltham had a population of 17,581....
where she went to work at Carden's Advertising, working on campaigns for Terylene, House of Leroy. Later she left and joined Ralph Blunden's agency where she took control of the Australian Wool Board account working in collaboration with models, photographers and illustrators such as Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer
Maggie Tabberer, AM, also known as Maggie T, is an Australian fashion, publishing and television personality.-Early life:She was born Margaret May Trigar on 11 December 1936 in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia....
, Henry Talbot
Henry Talbot
Henry Lynch Talbot was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class match for the MCC in 1895, he also played for the Straits Settlements between 1891 and 1904, and for the Federated Malay States between 1906 and 1908.-References:...
, Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter was a German-Australian photographer. He was a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications."-Early life:Newton was born in Berlin, the son of Klara...
, Patrick Russell
Patrick Russell
Patrick Russell may refer to:* Sir Thomas Patrick Russell, known as Patrick Russell, , English High Court judge and a member of the Privy Council* Patrick Russell , Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India...
, Des O'Brien, Barbara Robertson and others.
In 1959, she played an important role in the inaugural Australian Fashion Awards.
She subsequently left Blunden Advertising and worked directly for the Australian Wool Board from 1964 until 1972 when she left to publish a tourism magazine called, "Australia for Players and Stayers."
She has recently published a memoir called "Shoestring".