Suzie Shaw is Managing Director of the socially-led creative agency, We Are Social, heading up its 50-strong Australian team. She joined the company in mid-2015. Suzie is a creative leader with extensive comms and marketing experience across a broad range of categories, including technology, financial services, travel and tourism, telco, FMCG and more. She worked…
Martin is the co-founder and chief growth officer of cannabiz.com.au, a media platform dedicated to the growth of Australia’s legal cannabis industry. A publishing entrepreneur with more than 25 years’ experience in consumer and B2B publishing, prior to launching Cannabiz in 2020 he was co-founder and CEO of Asia-Pac’s leading B2B media and marketing information…
Having thrived in the ever-changing travel and tourism industry for over 30 years, Carol McCracken knows how to think on her feet! Hailing from the UK, Carol managed the expansive task of logistics at Heathrow Airport for Qantas Airways having fallen in love with Australia and finally immigrated to Perth in 2007. Carol is a…
Born in Birmingham UK, and brought up in Perth, Scott started his career as a Graphic Designer and has always had a natural curiosity for technical challenges. Scott brings international experience working with big brands on large scale projects, plus his own natural aptitude for technical problem solving, combined with an excellent understanding of digital…
Rae Johnston is a multi-award-winning journalist with a focus on the geekier side of life. The first Science & Technology Editor for NITV at SBS, her work appears across television, radio, podcasts and online. Rae is also the producer and host of top-rated podcasts Queens of the Drone Age, Hear+Beyond and Take It Blak. Previously, Rae was the first female editor of Gizmodo Australia, and the…
Anne Shea was one of Australia’s first dedicated social media managers (and remembers when Facebook was free!). She loves digital marketing for the variety and challenge it offers – as well as the very good people. Anne has managed communities and teams at the State Library of Victoria and the University of Melbourne. Now, she’s…
Community builder and strategist, Christina Garnett, uses audience intelligence and social listening to learn more about audiences to determine needs, behaviours, and more. Her work serves to help brands better connect with their current and future customers as well as fans. Christina is featured in HubSpot Academy’s Social Media certification course as well as their…
Self-described “Hybrid Marketer” with cross-channel knowledge of all marketing facets, but strong focus on digital and public relations. Bronx born and raised but Madison Avenue mindset. Adrian has spent over a decade in the spirits marketing, starting off as social lead for TYKU Sake leading into brand launches for Sombra Mezcal & Astral Tequila. Currently,…
Zach Kangelaris is the Sales Manager at Ranieri & Co, the Australian office of the world’s largest independent podcast publisher – Wondery. He loves educating and getting to work alongside some of the world’s largest brands to help solve their marketing & advertising objectives. Zach spoke in a virtual session at State of Social last year…
Gabe Mach is the Digital Advertising Manager for Bonfire – an award-winning digital performance agency that counts Water Corporation, St John WA and REIWA amongst its clients. He has won many accolades including Top 25 Analytics Leaders in Australia (2019) by the Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA) and Australian Marketing Institute’s (AMI) WA Future Leader…
Kim McKay is an entrepreneurial leader and founder of Klick X, one of Asia-Pacific’s most awarded agencies. Kim has pioneered multi-disciplinary campaigns creating digital, social, data and mobile experiences for brands across luxury, travel, hospitality, entertainment and consumer portfolios. With a proven track record, honed over more than two decades and her strong commercial instincts…
