more than marketing

Like any close-knit organization, our people are what set us apart. The diversity of backgrounds, age groups, skill sets, nationalities and most importantly, approaches to any one task, has afforded our clients incredible originality of ideas and campaign options.

There would be few marketing agencies, if any, that could attest to their key personnel having an average fluency of 2 languages per person. At More Than Marketing it is true. If you prefer Mandarin, Cantonese or Pidgin, we can converse with you, and produce your brochures in one of those languages as well.

Whilst all creative and administration is handled in our offices in Sydney’s CBD, economy of scale dictates that most of our production is outsourced. This way, we can determine the best specialist company to produce your uniforms, print material, packaging requirements etc, without the huge overheads and running costs associated with setting up in-house. As the pivotal point of control for the many components that are required in meeting your marketing objectives, More Than Marketing can save time and hassle; and at the same time ensure that each component meets stringent quality control for uniformity to the campaign. This results in better value for money and ultimately a better job for our clients.

Art Director - Alan Wadey
Creative Director - John Brockel
Copywriter - Lisa Owen
Graphic Designer - Victoria Love
Production Manager - Amy Chua
Graphic Artist - James Connelly
Production Assistant - Ben Daley

 New Zealand - Alison Adams

 Papua New Guinea

Art Director - Alan Wadey

Alan Wadey is a veteran of the advertising industry. With over 40 years experience, he is the creative backbone of More Than Marketing. He has contributed to such memorable campaigns as "Trust British Paints? - Sure can!"; "Oh, What a feeling, Toyota!"; Amber Tiles "Yabba, Dabba, Doo!" plus major accounts including: Australian Jockey Club, Selleys, Northern Territory Tourist Bureau, Mazda Dealers, General Electric, Soul Pattinson, Smith Kline, Sandoz, Merck Sharp & Dohme. During his illustrious career, Alan has worked with such major advertising agencies as Schofield Sherbon Baker, Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Saatchi & Saatchi. - and by the way; he is a 'radical' skier with a black run named after him at Big White, Canada: "Grump's Gulch".

Creative Director - John Brockel

John Brockel is about as demanding a marketing professional as is humanly possible. That is why his clients trust him implicitly and they know they can rely on his word. Perfection is his middle name and this is apparent in all his tasks from concepts to TV production to corporate refurbishment, right down to the colour of the ink inside your promotional pens. He ensures that nothing is missed and that More Than Marketing can proudly claim to always deliver on a promise.

Copywriter - Lisa Owen

Lisa Owen has a marketing and public relations background and over recent years has concentrated on producing flawless text for everything from advertising and brochures to annual reports and even this website. Dotting the Is and crossing the Ts is only the beginning for this dedicated and pedantic individual. Not even a double-space gets past her. If you think your draft copy has been checked and is already perfect, then a word of warning: 'beware her red pen!'

Graphic Designer - Victoria Love

Translating the creative ideas of an Art Director and Creative Director into something the client can understand can be a tricky and highly demanding task - one that Victoria Love attacks head on. Tight deadlines and seemingly endless final adjustments would send any normal person into a spin. For the past 8 years, Victoria has thrived on the variety of jobs in the marketing environment, including websites, animation and more. Sporting the latest and greatest in web design programs, and only feeling at home in a multi-monitor setting, Victoria is literally in cyberheaven.

Production Manager - Amy Chua

If your first language is not English, or if you want to brush up on your foreign languages, call More Than Marketing and ask for Amy Chua. She fills the pivotal role of production and administration manager, and she'll gladly discuss your brief in English, as easily as she would in Cantonese, Hokkien or FuChow dialects, Mandarin, or Malay. Amy is an organisational dynamo, and her language skills make it a simple task to co-ordinate large production jobs overseas and break through the language and cultural barriers often associated with import/export activity.

Graphic Artist - James Connelly

Still wet behind the ears from 3 years at university, James Connelly brings a young, fresh and alternative approach to his art and design concepts. James is influenced by Salvador Dali's surrealist styles; Barbara Krugers bold word art; Winston Smith's cut and paste collage and Shepard Fairly's stencil revolution. Under the close guidance of Art Director Alan Wadey and Creative Director John Brockel , James has embraced the chance to take on the advanced role of managing his own stable of select clients. By offering a new level of personalized service and aiming to fully understand a client's needs and aspirations, the solution to each clients needs is as plain as the nose on Picasso's face.

Production Assistant - Ben Daley

Having just finished his BA in Electronic Arts at UWS, Ben Daley began his graphics career in 2005 at the foundation level of the marketing industry. As the youngest member of the More Than Marketing team, Ben Daley has taken on the diverse responsibility of handling a host of ancillary tasks around the office including packaging & freight, intricate hand-cutting and assembly projects. At the same time Ben is honing his instinctive artistic flair and academic graphic skills so as to climb the professional ladder and contribute towards our internal creative process. one rung at a time.