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About Us

THE BUSINESS OF BRAND

Brand permeates every cell of a company which is why our focus is on the alignment of Brand & Culture, Brand & Positioning, Brand & Marketing, and Brand & Communications. We are a collective of strategy, creative, design & media teams and together we help businesses of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. We offer a total brand & branding solution starting with a relevant differentiated and sustainable positioning. We then help you bring it to life across every aspect of your business.

We can work with you in a variety of ways; from virtual CMO consulting to bespoke team development for all your brand & marketing initiatives.

There are three key strategic questions regarding your brand:

  1. Relevant. Is your brand relevant to your customer’s needs and wants?
  2. Differentiated. Is your brand sufficiently differentiated or distinct? In the category, it operates?
  3. Sustainable. Is your brand’s value sustainable as your business grows?

Simone Bartley is a respected creative company leader and brand architect with over 30 years of experience across Australia, Asia and the UK markets. She has built valuable brand equity for both traditional and emerging companies such as Sony, HP, Lexus, Toyota, David Jones, Westpac, DBS Bank, P&G and Lion Nathan, Enably, Pacific. Seven West Media, Paspaley and AthletesVoice of which Simone is both an investor and non-exec board director.

As a company leader, she has a proven track record in business growth, margin improvement, organisational design and team leadership, which all contributed to the achievement of the No. 1 market position of both Saatchi & Saatchi Australia and Singapore during her tenure as CEO.

Simone has an integrated skill set which has been developed through roles within both creative and media agency environments. As a consultant she has helped businesses build remarkable brands that permeate both the internal culture and the customer experience. Her greatest skill is the ability to simplify the complex to provide clarity, direction and performance.

Simone has won numerous local, regional and international creative and effectiveness awards, including Gold & Silver Lions, D&AD, One Show, AWARD and Effies. She was also in the Top 30 Powerful Women by UNWOMEN 2007.

OUR BRAND

We designed our own brand with the ampersand on the inside but connected to the outside because brand value doesn’t come purely from the inside out but also from the outside in.

VALUES

DETERMINED
What ever it takes to move the needle

CURIOUS
We seek alternative perspectives

OPTIMISTIC
We see a bright future

ENTREPRENEURIAL
We take initiative and measured risk

We are strategically driven and believe the path to great brands is through rigorous strategy rooted in business purpose and aligned to livable values.

We strive to create brands that add value to people’s lives. We believe companies need to create things people actually want and welcome.

We believe companies need to do more than just create a brand, they need to be totally brand driven.

We believe a remarkable brand story is a story that is never completely told.