Team MediaMotive

I have the pleasure of managing this small, but perfectly formed team of internet advertising professionals. My role is to clear obstacles, provide strategic direction and (hopefully) encourage a culture of fun and achievement.

Prior to joining Carsales in 2008, I previously held a number of senior roles in the online advertising industry. Most recently, I was General Manager of Sensis Digital Marketing Services (with P&L responsibility for MediaSmart, one of Australia’s largest online advertising networks). I have previously sat on the boards of the IAB Australia and Adstream Pty.

I’m a new recruit to Melbourne, having recently moved here with my family (including 2 young children and a cat) from sunny Sydney. I’m not looking forward to winter.

As National Sales Director I have the privilege of leading the Mediamotive sales team as we continue to grow and mature as a business, its  difficult to believe that three years ago Mediamotive was only half a dozen people, by the end of 2011 we will be over 50 strong!

My day to day role involves working with the senior team to make sure we are servicing our advertising agency partners efficiently.  I also spend a lot of time liaising with agency directors and key stakeholders on future strategies and ‘best practice’ whilst keeping up with industry news and developments. Essentially , making sure we are providing the right type of solutions to each agency in a style that they require, solutions that are relevant to the current media climate.

I'm passionate about Media in general and have worked across print, TV and digital in my 11 years in Media sales. Outside work I enjoy spending time with my family , playing golf, watching football, movies and going to the gym.

I live in the Inner West of Sydney, am happily married, have two sons, a three legged dog and two cats.   

In my role as National Display Manager one of  my main focus points is to help dealer and direct advertisers leverage our highly targeted “in-market” buying audience across the carsales network with particular focus on Auto Dealers, Bikes, Marine, Caravan, and Industry. I am dedicated to customer service and I work to ensure our clients get real return on their advertising dollars.

I am currently in my 8^th year at carsales.com.au and  have had direct involvement in the Auto industry for over 25 years.  So if you are thinking about advertising online and have some questions do not hesitate to call me direct as I would be more than happy to help put a worthwhile campaign together for you.

I have joined this team as the head of operations and technology. My main responsibilities will include managing and improving where necessary, our sales management and ad serving tools. This requires keeping abreast with any system and technology upgrades along with streamlining processes and workflow between sales and operations.  I will be working closely internally with our sales and product teams and externally with our ad-serving providers and various other digital ad solutions suppliers. I am a Sydney boy originally but have moved to Melbourne to be a part of this exciting, rapidly growing organisation.

Before joining MediaMotive I worked as the ad operations manager at MCN in Sydney. Prior to that I worked in accounting for Coca Cola Amatil and various other organisations in the UK, where I lived for 4 years.

My primary responsibilities are the maintenance and ongoing improvement of MediaMotive’s infrastructure, workflows and integration of new technologies. I work closely with Operation, Product and support the Sales Team with any technical escalations, part of which involves the management of our Sales and Operations workflow systems provided by external parties. As the Operation Specialist my role also includes the updating of our products, pricing, and ad specifications.

In addition, other duties include requirements gathering for infrastructure upgrades (AdSlot, DoubleClick, Eyeblaster) project management for any platform integrations, primary technical contact for bespoke campaign executions and overall responsibility for our ad network security and the integrity of data.

My career in media started in London, where I spent 6 years of my life. I was involved in the TV and online ad management for Cartoon Network, Boomerang and TCM across Europe. After returning to Melbourne I worked at Mindshare and GroupM where I spent the last 4 years, in several different roles.

My passions in life are anything gadgety, and all things Apple (yes I am a Geek). I enjoy travelling, most recently I was in New York, LA and San Francisco and had an amazing time.

I’m a Group Sales Manger in Sydney working with my 2 Account Managers and co-ordinator to service a large number of major media agencies in NSW and QLD. Our role is to recommend online advertising campaigns for automotive related clients specific to the campaign goals, ensuring the campaigns deliver in full and that the media spend is used as effective as possible.  

Prior to my 3+ years at MediaMotive, I was working as an Account/Senior Account Manager at Ambient Advertising.

I enjoy exercising and staying fit, reading and travelling.

I’m a Group Sales  Manager with the MediaMotive corporate sales team; my patch is made up of a number of key NSW media agencies including our #1 Auto client.

My daily duties involve managing my team and our client portfolios, ensuring we have strong relationships with all key media buyers and agency stakeholders.

After finishing my University Degree in Communications, Marketing and Advertising, I started my media career at TMS on the Toyota & Lexus accounts, where I developed a strong foundation for automotive media communications. My next steps took me travelling overseas and then onto publisher land, where I pursued a career in the online space as an account manager at News Digital Media.

My hobbies include; Zumba, snowboarding, golf, sailing and book club. I love shopping (online & in store), travelling, cocktails and concerts.    

My role as a Senior Account Manager at MediaMotive VIC is to ensure my media agencies are provided with the most up-to-date research, opportunities and customized digital strategies, enabling them to maximize efficiency and deliver their client’s objectives.

With a background in public relations, over the last five years I have developed a sound knowledge of online marketing sales and digital strategies. My exposure to both an agency and publisher environment has provided the perfect platform to strengthen my knowledge and skills. With a strong focus on customer service and sales, I believe making my clients life easier is quintessential to my role.  In the wise words of Bob Hooey, "if you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will."

My role is to provide clients with tailored online solutions that ensures superior return on investment.  By providing ongoing support in both a reactive and proactive manner and by understanding the clients business, products, the market and overall business objectives this can be achieved. What does that mean.... I’m here to help your business grow.

I studied Psychology & Marketing at uni. I have been with the MediaMotive for 2 years now having worked across the direct & agency teams.

Personally I love music - I have trained to play piano, flute and guitar. I have also been singing for years. I love to dance and have recently taken up belly dancing and salsa. I was born and grew up in Croatia and have done a lot of travelling over the years. Last year I started learning Spanish and hope to one day own holiday houses all over the world (don’t we all!).

I’m an Account Manager in the Sydney team, looking after a large group of media agencies in NSW and QLD. My responsibility is to manage the relationship with the agencies and maximise the effectiveness of their clients’ media spend, as well as obtain growth from them. I deliver proactive service, solutions that are tailored to over-achieve campaign targets and market analysis. Ideally, that keeps them coming back.

 I joined MediaMotive from a background in selling online corporate solutions and digital media, direct to the client/advertiser. The role here provides me one aspect I hadn’t done before and really enjoy; dealing with media agencies.

Putting work aside, I’m a massive sports fan (favourites being AFL, Rugby Union and Cricket) and will watch pretty much anything. I relax with nice food, beer, red wine and a good spirit – I’ve found that it’s more ‘accepted’ to enjoy these with friends. I love music and mix up what I listen to. I’m also very keen on ALL things motorised and have been a car enthusiast since the day I first spoke. Lastly, I’m a big believer in not taking yourself too seriously.

I am an Account Manager within the MediaMotive NSW Sales Team. I work across a number of key agencies within the Auto & Finance verticals. My role includes, retaining and growing current business as well as seeking to extend our portfolio into other verticals.

I graduated from uni in 2009 with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Advertising and Promotions Management, Sub-majoring in Italian culture and Language and Communications.

My passions include travelling, shopping, great food and hanging out with friends.                                   

I’m an Account Manager for the MediaMotive NSW Sales Team and work across all Group M agencies. I aim to maintain and grow upon already strong working relationships, providing effective online advertising solutions across our network to achieve the best possible campaign results.

I graduated from University in 2008 where I completed a Marketing and Finance Degree. Since then I have been employed as a Sales Executive at EyeCorp where I supported a group of Account Managers and found my passion for media. Digital Media is a new avenue for me which I find both challenging and exciting.

On another note, I love great food and having a good time with friends over a few drinks. I am passionate about animals - the best gift anyone ever gave me was my slightly wild kitten named Cookie. I love movies and dancing but above all, I love chocolate!

My role at MediaMotive is Business Development Manager within the NSW Dealer Display Team. Essentially my role is to work with motor dealers in delivering innovative advertising solutions whilst enhancing their brand and contributing to the success of their business. 

Prior to coming on board with MediaMotive, I held an Account Director role in an advertising agency specialising in the automotive industry.  In this role I presented advertising strategies and campaigns inclusive of online advertising and many different other mediums such as print, radio and TV.  My responsibilities also included strengthening relationships with existing and prospective clients. 

I am passionate about marketing, advertising and most recently the online digital world that we live in. I am very pleased to be a part of a business that allows me to educate and work with a measurable and effective advertising solution. With a strong focus on exceptional customer service my objective is to continue to provide tailored digital strategies, communicating to the targeted market, enabling motor dealers to maximize efficiency. 

In my spare time, I enjoy reading, dancing, cooking and soaking up the sun with a cocktail in my hand!

I am excited to join the MediaMotive team to focus on the bike sites, Bikesales.com.au and Bikepoint.com.au. The bike buyer has moved online. My role is to help the bike industry effectively reach and influence their audience when and where they are doing their research on their next ride.

For the past 4+ years I have worked at CDMedia developing, selling and managing advertising campaigns across multiple titles (magazines and websites) and industries, from motorbikes through to heavy trucking. Prior to CDMedia I moved to Australia (from Dublin) to study advertising at RMIT and it was at that time I fell for Melbourne’s charms and I haven’t been able to leave since.

When not at work I like to keep relatively fit ruining a few times a week as well as playing squash and during the summer beach volleyball. I also play poker regularly and recently found out I enjoy Karaoke.

My role is to maintain and grow our existing partnerships with automotive dealers, as well as develop new business opportunities across Victoria and South Australia. I believe it’s imperative to gain a thorough understanding of each individual business and their objectives, so we can then tailor a solution to effectively meet those business goals.

Prior to joining carsales.com.au this year, I worked in both the agency and direct sales teams at Fairfax Media for over 3 ½ years. I also spent time in the UK working in sales in the fitness industry, and had the opportunity to do some extensive travel across Europe. 

I love all sports, and play basketball every week. My weekends often, ok, always involve watching the mighty Geelong Cats. I also enjoy socialising with friends, a.k.a. drinking with friends (I love how we all call it “socialising”.)

I joined carsales.com after many years with GM Holden Ltd in the sales and marketing department.

Having many contacts in dealerships and knowing how their dealer networks operate has assisted me to enable them to understand the rapid shift towards online advertising.

My goal is for Queensland dealers to sell more cars. Ensuring that all our customers become advocates for carsales.com is a large part of my role which includes providing new online solutions and making sure that existing campaigns are delivering effectively.

I am excited to be part of carsales.com - my job is made easier as the people here are passionate about our products as well our customer satisfaction.

After hours I love spending time with my family, travelling, all sports (from the arm chair) and occasionally playing golf.

My role is in Direct Sales. My clients are Motor Dealers in NSW and this involves creating new business and maintaining existing clients.

Since completing a degree in Business and Communications at Monash University I moved to Sydney and started selling cars for the family business. I stayed with that dealership until I became General Manager for the Holden and Hyundai brands. The move to Mediamotive was not hard as I understood the importance of online while I was GM of a dealership. It was the most cost effective way I could direct in market buyers to my stock and my dealership.

I truly enjoy now educating Dealers on the benefit of digital advertising and helping them build their brand and business. My job is made easier by the fact that I was once one of them.

One of my passions are Basketball, I’m on the Board of the Sydney Kings. My true love though is anything with a engine, I do motocross, race cars and track bikes.

I work with my clients to effectively tailor an online advertising campaign to suit their needs and communicate to their target market.  Mostly I look after our direct clients across Homes, Marine and Auto.  My role extends further to assess and monitor my client's activity with us, and to also explore the market for new businesses to partner with.

My background is made up of a combination of real estate, telco and online.  Most recently I was at the REIV (Real Estate Institute of Victoria) as a Business Development Executive for online services.  This was my introduction to the ever changing world of online.  Carsales is a different ball game, online on steroids I think they call it.  I love it!   

I’m passionate about music, travel, fashion, food & wine.  In turn I balance this out with exercise, walking, yoga and dancing.

My role in Mediamotive is in the dealer direct team to help assist the Victorian and South Australian dealers with their online advertising solutions within the carsales network. My focus is to help these dealers sell more cars by advising them on display banner campaigns to suit their business.

I am  passionate about cars and the automotive industry and have many years experience working in the dealership environment with my last role as New Car Manager for Honda. Over the years I  have formed many friendships and contacts in the dealer network throughout Victoria. I believe with my knowledge of both the advertising and automotive industry I am able to advise my client’s on how to maximise their dealerships’ valuable online exposure.

I cherish my time on the weekends and enjoy bike riding with the kids and going out for dinner or a movie with my wife and friends. I also am a Carlton captain’s club member and get along to as many footy games as I can. In the off season Soccer takes over and it’s time to watch the Melbourne Victory.

I am joining Carsales as Group Manager of Industry Display Advertising. My responsibilities include strengthening our relationships with existing and prospective clients, building on our advertising solutions and continuing to capture more Industry display advertising spend.

Prior to joining Carsales I spent 3 years building my own rural property portal, farmbuy.com and was responsible for everything from web development, sales and display advertising.

Before catching the online bug, I worked for Caterpillar in a variety of Engineering roles before finally managing their used equipment portal CatUsed throughout Asia-Pacific.

I grew up on a farm in Western Victoria and I enjoy farming, football, cricket and catching up with family and friends.

My role as an Account Manager across industry and marine consists of building new business across these areas and assisting current clients with their campaigns. I enjoy dealing directly with clients and finding targeted advertising solutions for them to reach their audience  and in a small way help them grow their business.

I have previously worked for news limited for 4 years, selling both print and online advertising for a rural newspaper. I have an interest in the agricultural sector and enjoy getting back to the country on weekends. I also enjoy football (supporting the mighty Carlton Blues) and running.

I am part of the dealer direct team in Victoria, I am one of the account mangers assisting current clients with their campaigns whist developing new business throughout the state and across Australia. I am a strong believer in relationship building being the key of all good business transactions, I’m looking forward to all the new business opportunities to come.

Previously I had been in the Dealer services team within carsales, this has put me in great stead and has given me a real insight into the ins and outs of a dealers day to day operations. I also worked in sales before coming to carsales, which fuelled my passion for sales.

My role involves bringing campaigns to website production across the Carsales Network of sites through implementing and managing development resourcing; working closely with advertising and product group -ensuring projects are delivered to client specifications, whilst keeping within our own standards and guidelines.

Prior to joining MediaMotive I worked within the Product Management team as Content Manager at Carsales for the past 12 months. Previously I have worked in the online space for over 7 years after studying Multimedia, in diverse industries such as Telecommunications, Training and Technology. Before landing at Carsales I was Web Coordinator for NEC Australia.

The Automotive industry is providing me with a new challenge in the world of online advertising within a great team at MediaMotive.

In my spare time I enjoy spending time with friends, good food and travelling abroad.

I am part of the MediaMotive Product team, my role involves facilitating the implementation of products across all verticals. This includes custom executions, sponsorships and microsites. I work closely with all the teams that make up MediaMotive, the Product Development Group and Development Teams.
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I have a Bachelors in Public Relations from RMIT majoring in Business Politics. Throughout my years of study I worked at RMIT University as a Communications Officer within the Financial Services area. 
 

Outside of work I have a passion for anything mechanical and automotive especially drag racing and keeping fit.

My role within Mediamotive’s Sydney office is focused on supporting the Senior Account Managers before during and after campaigns. My responsibilities within the company revolve around delivering a successful campaign on time and to the client’s specifications. This might include anything from monitoring the overall success of the campaign to pulling up previous campaign reports.  

My background is in Marketing in Public Relations, having graduated in 2010. My work experience is mostly in retail however, I have tempted at ACP and worked a few months in Hospitality Marketing.

During my free time I enjoy listening to music, watching movies, reading as well as keeping myself informed with current trends.

I am fortunate enough to work across both the Agency and Dealer Teams, assisting the Senior Account Managers with their Campaigns from beginning to end. This role includes setting up campaigns, campaign health checks, ensuring delivery and creative changes. In the Dealer Patch I have the opportunity to have face to face interactions with clients and deal with them directly regarding their individual campaigns.

After completing a degree in Performing Arts and English Literature I moved into the financial sector, where I began my career in retail sales. Since moving to Australia in 2008 I have had the opportunity to experience all facets of media, from print, to television and now into online.

Outside of work my biggest passion is the fashion industry, I love keeping on top of new trends and knowing about the latest shows. I enjoy going to music festivals and am a big fan of the arts. I also enjoy travelling to new places and learning about other cultures.

My role at MediaMotive is working closely with the sales team to ensure that all advertising campaigns across our network are delivered according to agreed upon specifications. My main tasks involve campaign health checks, reports and building strong relationships with Media Agencies and Direct Clients especially our key accounts e.g. Toyota & Lexus.

I completed a degree in Media & Cultural studies in 2008 and soon after I took off to Europe to spend 2009 travelling and working. My past work experiences include Salon Coordinator, retail management and hotel management.

I’m Polish, grew up in Germany moved to London and then to Australia at fourteen years of age. Travelling has always been part of my life; latest trip was to South Amercia (Arrriba). Other passions include photography (with my baby Holga), painting, fashion, reading, enjoying Sydney city glamour with my besties, dining at delicious restaurants and discovering funky new bars.

I am part of the Dealer Direct team; I predominately help the non automotive clients and account managers with the co ordination of their advertising campaign from checking availability to compiling of progress reports.

I have worked within the Carsales network for 3 years and came across from the Dealer Services team were as the Administrator I managed and collated daily and monthly reports.

I studied Marketing and Music Industry at uni as I am passionate about music, I also play the drums, I am a keen basketballer and I like to travel and cook.

My role in the MediaMotive team as an Agency Sales Coordinator involves managing online campaigns, reporting on the effectiveness of campaigns and delivering progress reports to our clients, as well as providing internal and external support to the MediaMotive team.

Prior to working with MediaMotive I completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications and Business Marketing. Throughout my degree I worked in a Public Relations and Marketing role, with the Public Healthcare Service.

Outside of work I love travelling (the USA’s been my favourite trip so far!), reading fashion magazines, live music, musical theatre and the ballet, cooking and drinking! Put me in Times Square with a copy of Vogue, live music, a glass of wine and I’m a happy girl!

I have recently joined the MediaMotive team as an agency Sales Coordinator. 

I was previously working as an Assistant Manager at the Diesel store in South Yarra upon graduating from a double degree of Business and Arts at Monash University in 2010. 

My years of sales experience gained through the retail industry combined with a major interest in the online market, persuaded me to begin a professional career path in digital media industry, and am looking forward to the valuable opportunities this position will present.

I was born and raised in Melbourne, but originate from a Korean background while being fortunate enough to learn Italian through my schooling years.  My major passion is in music and singing, whilst like every other girl out there, love fashion and would have to confess to an addiction to online shopping! I also would love to get out and explore, and eventually wish to travel to Florence, Italy and Amsterdam in the future when time permits. 

My role here at MediaMotive is as an Advertising Coordinator for the Dealer team. My day consists of working closely with the Account Managers to implement our clients’ campaigns and also assist with monitoring them from start to finish.

I completed a Bachelor of Public Relations and Advertising and then went on to work at Southern Cross Austereo as a Client Services Coordinator in their direct sales team in Perth.

I was born in Macedonia, migrated to Perth with my family when I was three and have recently moved to Melbourne. Outside of work I am passionate about music, dancing, and experiencing different cultures. I cook adventurously, by this I mean opening the pantry and free-styling with whatever is in there – not as scary as it sounds I promise!

I work on the Dealer Team assisting the Account Managers with their campaigns from start to finish. My main tasks consists of setting up campaigns, ensuring delivery by regularly performing campaign health checks, sending progress reports to clients and assisting my Account Managers in any other requests they have.

Originating from the icy shores of Finland, I started thawing myself out on the Sydney Northern Beaches after finishing my uni studies in 2010.
I have worked and lived in different places around the world, in a variety of different industries, from fashion in Italy and sales in Norway to tourism in Finland. More recently I discovered my passion for online media, working for Reed Business Information as a data coordinator and translator for their global directory Hotfrog.

On a personal note I love learning new languages (I'm up to 7 so far). I also enjoy snowboarding, yoga, socializing with friends, eating, drinking and dancing.

Geographically resides in the Sydney’s MediaMotive office, working closely with the Operations Manager, I oversees the day-to-day operations of Sydney’s Advertising Operations team. My role also entails but not limited to inventory management, campaign management (trafficking, performance, optimisations), reporting and ensure all workflow processes are well communicated and engaged. One of the most exciting part of my role in the Sydney MM office is providing general support and counsel/education to the sales team on all aspects of product.

Prior to joining Carsales on 2009, I was in the Advertising Operations team at Webfirm Media (formerly Ansearch Media) for over 2 years.  Prior to that I worked as a marketing contractor at a marketing company for almost a year.

Before acquisition of all these exciting and life changing experiences, I was a proud student at University of Wollongong for 2 years after I was done menacing around throughout my college days back in Malaysia.

Travelling, good food and good trance music are my passion. Swimming, badminton and snooker are my favourite sports.

I am a part of the Media Motive Ad Operations team, my role involves ad serving and campaign management for the Marine, Bike and Hub sites within the network.

Prior to joining Carsales in 2009 I worked in Print then made leap to Online in 2008 and never looked back! In my last position I worked with retailers maximizing their campaign exposure and ROI by putting their catalogue content online.  

I shifted to Australia in 2008 leaving New Zealand behind and found a new home in Melbourne. Whenever I can I like to get out and enjoy all the music, art, culture that melb has to offer! However, I’m still a kiwi at heart, I support the All Blacks and I’m fighting hard to retain my NZ eexccint!

I have joined the Advertising Operations Team in Sydney as an Operations Executive. My role is to manage, traffic and optimize advertising campaigns of our automotive clients & media agencies. I have been in industry for the past four years, and worked in Ad Ops across major and smaller publishers in Australia. I came most recently from News Digital Media where I worked on various Key Accounts over the past 3 years. I’ll be working closely with Emma, Samantha and Jackson in Sydney. Prior to News, I was a Campaign Co-ordinator at IDG Communications, where I embarked on my career in online media.

I am a Taiwanese-New Zealander. I lived in Auckland for 14 year with my family. I completed my tertiary study at University of Auckland majoring in Marketing and E-commerce. Then I decided to move across the ditch to Sydney to pursue a new exciting lifestyle. It has been almost 5 years since, and I have to say I am still loving the city. 

I enjoy spending my leisure time going to the beaches, shopping, and most importantly dining out and tasting myriad of good foods around town. I am also passionate about the web, design and photography. I love to travel and the chance to experience all of the above in different parts of the world.

As part of the Advertising Operations Team I have a varied role that includes creating, managing, and optimisation of the advertising campaigns of our valued automotive clients.

I have a Bachelors Degree in Business - with majors in Marketing and Management and previously came from a smaller part of the larger known Publicis Groupe - Publicis Loyalty. There I initiated several online marketing campaigns, increased sales leads, as well as overall brand exposure through SEO, social engagement, and paid advertising campaigns.