McClelland's most recent short film Second Best won the Dendy Live Action Short Award at the Sydney Film Festival, the Australian Directors' Guild Award for Best Direction in a short film, Best Short Film at the Milano Film Festival, Best Foreign Film at Lake Shorts Film Festival, the Youth Award at 20MinMax Film Festival and Best Direction at Flickerfest[1]. McClelland directed, wrote and produced the cult hit web series One Step Closer to Home seasons 1 and 2 and the short film Nic and Shauna which was a finalist in Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival. McClelland is a respected international commercial director, having won awards such as the Black Pencil at the D&AD Awards and Best Direction in the London International Awards. She was the recipient of the InStyle Magazine Woman of Style Scholarship for her work as a Filmmaker in Australia.