Thirty years experience in the communications business gives Grant an impeccable understanding of both creative and business objectives. Prior to starting Studio Alexander with his daughter in 1999, Grant was the cofounder of designworks and instrumental in building it into an award winning company of 60 people across three offices in Auckland, Wellington and Sydney. Grant is a member of Equip, design integration consultants, one of the teams who provide services to the Better By Design national design 360 programme for exporters.
The wider design and business community has recognised Grant’s contribution to design in business: He is a fellow of the Designer’s Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), a recipient of many Best Design Awards, has written about design for several New Zealand publications and was the recipient of the lifelong DINZ Outstanding Achievement Award in 2006.

DipGD, FDINZ

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Kate has youthful exuberance and business maturity beyond her years.  She has twelve years professional experience (ten as co owner and director of Studio Alexander). Her creative reputation has been recognised by the design industry: She is a fellow of the Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), a member of the DINZ professional review team and a past judge of the Best Design Awards. Kate has managed many large projects for local and international clients, on time, to brief and to budget. Her experience as a director
of New Zealand’s online design store endemicworld.com gives her fresh insights into user based research, as well as experience with online marketing tools and web 2.0 communications.

BGDes, FDINZ

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Richard joined Studio Alexander in 2004 from the U.K. with fourteen years experience covering retail design, event design, and viral marketing. His previous role as art director at the award-winning London creative consultancy ‘Cake’ saw him working with clients such as Orange, Evian, Nintendo, Reebok, BT, Virgin and Amnesty International. His contribution to the U.K. design community was recognised when we was asked to judge at the prestigious D&AD Awards in 2003.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

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Matt joins us as Online Director after 10 years in San Diego as Director of Technology for award-winning digital agency Digitaria. Matt has been at the forefront of web development and he brings an invaluable international viewpoint. With online strategy growing in importance, Matt is involved in delivering 'on-brand' web solutions for new and existing clients.

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Sam Graduated from Victoria University in 2002. Since then he has worked with one of New Zealand's prominent brand strategy agencies delivering award-winning work for important New Zealand brands including Heineken, Coca-cola, Auckland Airport, Genesis Energy, and DB Breweries. In early 2009 a love of photography saw him on a 6 month expedition through Guatamala, Belize, Egypt and India. Sam regularly attends international design meetings such as AIGA Design week, Icograda World design conference, and SOTA Type conferences. Sam is an associate graphic member of DINZ (The Designers Insitute of New Zealand).

BDes (VisCom)

Zoe is a recent graduate who already has many accolades: She achieved the top results in her class for 2006 and 2007. Her graduation project was a finalist in the 2008 Best Design Awards Student category and was featured in Urbis magazines ‘young talent’ section. Her entry was chosen for the cover of the 2008 Panprint calendar. She spent one semester of her degree at design school in Salzberg, Austria.

Bachelor of Design in Graphic Design

Natasha joins our design team. She graduated from Massey University in Wellington in 2007 with a First Class Honours degree. Besides a love of art photography and design, Natasha is inspired by music and continues to enjoy playing classical piano. Natasha is already recognised as an outstanding industry performer – she won Gold in the Student category of The Best Design Awards in 2008 for her graduation thesis.

BDes

Ed’s high degree of design literacy combined with fourteen years print experience makes him the perfect person to manage the production of your projects. A stickler for detail, Ed has a reputation for making sure all production is of the highest quality. Ed’s standing
in the print community is reinforced each year when he is reappointed to judge the New Zealand Pride in Print Awards.

BFA, Grad Dip Art

Eight years as an Account Manager in the communications profession gives Haidee plenty of experience to draw upon. She makes sure our clients are well loved and their brands are faithfully executed across various channels. A detail girl, Haidee enjoys what some of us loath: Budget preparation, monitoring, billing, briefing, research, co-ordination of project information, and collaboration with clients, designers and our studio manager to deliver the best possible service.

BA English/Spanish, Dip Publishing

Felicity has a degree in International Communications from UNITEC and has been working in the communications industry for the last six years. She enjoys the challenges of successful project management and provides solid support for our clients and the designers – helping with research, proof-reading, events planning, budget management and finances.

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Robin runs her public relations and writing consultancy, Engage, from the Studio Alexander studio. Twenty years experience, much of it at senior level in the business, political,  and media sectors means Robin’s contribution to our clients’ communications
is always a standout.