Meet the Team

Jay Clarke
Managing Director

Jay thrives on creating a fun and positive workplace, creating an atmosphere for brilliant creativity, collaboration and outstanding experiences for our team and our clients. With over 20 years’ experience as a direct response marketer and fundraiser, Jay has a proven record of success.

Warren Atkins
Client Services Director

I know the exact night that led me to where I am. I was 26, arrogant, naïve and new to fundraising. I was out on the streets with the Salvos giving people pizza and blankets. We were in Flagstaff Gardens when I met a lonely, sad man. I listened to how he’d owned a printing business, had a wife and kids, a home, but how things had just gone wrong for him - how bad luck had beaten him. I didn’t realise how important that chat was going to be, but I know now, it’s why I’m here, doing what I do.

Jules Kahn-Brown
Creative Director

Jules is an award-winning copywriter and creative director with over 30 years direct marketing experience in London and Dublin agencies. For the last 15 years he’s specialised in creating highly persuasive, donor-focused fundraising comms for good causes. In the process, he’s helped hundreds of charities from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK, across every non-profit sector you can think of, to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for their work. He is passionate about stories, about justice, and about moving your donors.

Megan McQuitty
Account Director

Megan is an Account Director with well over 20 years experience in the industry. Having managed many successful campaigns, understands the importance of working closely with clients in meeting their brief, but also with suppliers to ensure campaigns are managed in budget and on time. Megan enjoys cheering on her two daughters at netball and loves spending time in Hawaii with family and friends.

Claire Grigaut
Senior Account Manager

As a data-driven fundraiser, Claire will always ask you for your results before looking at what’s next in your fundraising program. And she loves giving your donors the love they deserve, so they stick with you and your cause for the long haul.

Coming from the client side, Claire brings depth of experience in content development, donor experience and retention, while understanding the challenges you may face as an organisation.

Lydia Anstis
Designer

Lydia has a love for colour, digital illustration and responsible design. Motivated by a passion for social justice, inclusive visual communication and positive behaviour change, she has a background of designing for non-profit organisations. She likes to take time to understand who she is designing for before delivering clean and engaging work. 

On the weekend you can find Lydia dancing somewhere or checking out the musical treats that Melbourne has to offer.

Kristen Hellyer
Designer

Kristen has experience in designing across a range of brands, and is especially passionate about using her design skills for a cause. She believes a well-designed campaign is the key to raising awareness of important issues and encouraging someone to take action.

Kristen is also an illustrator in her free time, working on mixed media drawings of animals using coloured pencil and acrylic paint. Outside of work, she enjoys jumping in the car for a long drive, re-reading a favourite book, or talking to birds (she particularly loves magpies).

Peter Brown
Production Manager

Peter has spent over 40 years in advertising, marketing and procurement roles for global ad agencies and leading national retailers.

Peter passionate about delivering timely and cost-effective quality outcomes for our clients.

Always with a cool head, and an alternative idea. Brownie is here to serve.

Esther Faircloth
Traffic Manager

Esther has a background in marketing, production, and fundraising. She has an eye for seeing how the bigger picture will inform the smaller details and vice versa. Her process driven approach to project management, and ability to change and adapt at a moment’s notice, mean that all jobs run smoothly and on time. With a passion to help those in need, Esther puts her skills to work in making a positive impact in the world.

Outside the office, Esther can be found hiking mountains, or dining out with friends.

Jonathan Krause
Communications Strategist and Copywriter

Jonathan has worked in fundraising for more than 30 years - as a copywriter, strategist and story-gatherer. He has written more than 1,000 direct campaigns for more than 50 charities - from overseas aid to animal welfare to disability and hospitals to domestic charities. Jonathan has a special interest in writing for Christian audiences, and connecting authentically to their values. He also uses his own unique BRACELET method for interviewing, guaranteeing powerful fundraising stories.

Stina Johansson
Designer

Stina has worked as a graphic designer for over a decade, and has an extensive background as a designer for non-profit organisations. She solves creative problems by always keeping the beneficiaries in mind, always aiming to portray people with utmost dignity.

Stina is a cat person, but doesn’t mind dogs. Her favourite Beatle is Paul and her favourite travel destination is Morocco.