Kimberley Leopoldo is another of our fresh Hatchlings. And when we say fresh we don’t mean inexperienced. After finishing advertising at RMIT Kimberley worked with clients like EnergyAustralia, Asahi Premium Beverages, Twining’s, Sukin, Caydon Property Group and Carmans Muesli.

In her spare time Kim and her friends explore Victoria, taking road trips, visiting Hanging Rock and travelling to other out of the way places. No stranger to the edge of danger Kimberly’s next mission is to go cliff diving!

Kimberley says her most interesting work to date has been on Asahi and Vodka Cruiser, which is sure to come to the fore at social events. Unfortunately, this is doubly worrying as Kim is a self-confessed social media junkie, adept at the quick pic snapchat post.

What happens at Hatched stays at Hatched Kimberley!

Madeleine comes to Hatched after spending 6 years in store management, where she worked on brands like Subway and Dotti. Fast food and fast fashion quickly lost its lustre so she moved to the wonderful world of media.

Outside of work Madeleine loves going on adventures. As a footy fan she can be found following Sydney throughout the AFL season. She considers eating her passion and is so enamoured with the very concept that she wrote it in all caps in her bio.

A complex creature with contrasting hobbies Madeleine likes being active and strangely considers sunbathing as being active.

With 14 years of media experience across some of the countries’ biggest clients Sharni brings a wealth of experience to Hatched.

In that time she has worked on big car brands like Ford, retail giants like Officeworks and Kmart and hair and skincare mainstay Garnier. She’s been involved in famous campaigns like the National Australia Bank’s ‘Break up with the other banks’ campaign while also finding time for more altruistic clients like the National Home Doctor Service.

Sharni loves minimal design and has recently rebuilt a 100-year old Edwardian house. Her minimal design is no doubt under constant threat by her two energetic sons. Sharni is also oddly enough a fan of excel spreadsheets outside the office and uses them to plan shopping expeditions and the like with military detail.

Another interesting thing to note about Sharni is that when she wrote dot points about herself she did it in third person. History has told us that this is a sign of either greatness or craziness. At Hatched we don’t hire crazy.

With 19 years’ media experience Stephen is no stranger to the game. He’s worked in both the UK and Melbourne across the European and APAC markets.

Stephen’s a retail specialist who has been awarded for his work numerous times. Some of Australia’s biggest retailers, such as JB Hi Fi, Bunnings and Officeworks have used Stephen’s knowledge and intuition to further their business.

Stephen lives a very active life, or rather, Stephen’s kids live a very active life and he gets his exercise keeping up with them.

He’s currently sitting at 65% English and 35% Aussie. And he’s worried what happens when he gets to 51% Australian. Um… You’ll be able to expose your skin to the sun Stephen!

Rae rocks. She’s only been in the game for 10 months but in that time she’s already worked on blue chip clients like Wesfarmers group.

Rae is well versed in media and beyond. She’s worked at TV stations in Australia, a magazine in China and has at one point, even been a professional Bollywood performer.

Rae loves music and loves to dance meaning Friday nights just got a lot more interesting in the hatchery.

Every office needs a Rachel. Rachel is the one that asks ‘have you got a job number for that?’ and she’s the one that reminds you that ‘cab charges are money!’ Rachel is our finance manager and she got to that position be being exceptionally good at managing finances. In her spare time Rachel likes strolling the foreshore and, oddly enough, vacuuming. She also likes ferrying around her many children, knowing that as they grow older, wilder and more feral they will inevitably take the car, which will eventually lead to her to misusing the cab charges that she so covets. Enjoy the glory years Rachel!

The Hatched nest keeps getting bigger! But as long as our new members are of the calibre of Jacqui they can keep on coming.

Jacqui’s a veteran but you wouldn’t know it from her youthful attitude. She’s been in the media game for thirteen years, three in the UK and ten in a country technically owned by the UK. She’s made her name in tough categories like cars, travel and health.

In Jacqui’s spare time she likes to cook and take photos but we haven’t discovered yet if she’s gone so far as to have a dedicated Instagram.

It’s interesting to know that Jacqui would rather jump out of a plane than dive underwater. It’s this propensity to ignore little risks in favour of massive ones with huge rewards that we like at Hatched.

Clare is one of our new Hatchlings. She comes to us with 4 years of media experience, having worked on L’Oreal and their three main signature brands, Garnier, Maybelline and L’Oreal Paris.

Clare loves camping and tries to get out of the city at least once a month. And when she’s not enjoying the great outdoors Clare enjoys hanging out with her 7 month old Staffy, Lucy.

Despite these normal habits Clare also has a penchant for cheeseboard combinations that some would describe as bordering on maniacal.

We’ve seated her far away from the kitchen to be safe.

Hobbies. Some people have odd ones. Annie’s include exploring readership and circulation across magazine titles.

Annie is the one that asks ‘why?’ (Possibly a side effect of being inundated with the question by her children.) It is a question she asks in her role as a research analyst to get the best results for clients. She’s not media biased and knows her Top Gear and Wheels as much as TV Week and Woman’s Day.

Annie has two kids, except on Sunday nights, when she has two reds at Zagames.

Emily, our new hatchling, is big on media experience. In her five plus years in the game she’s worked for big retailers like Bunnings and JB Hi Fi, big food manufacturers like Simplot and big toy distributors like Big Balloon.

Emily’s also got a big heart, as evidenced by her work for Oxfam and her adoption of a rescue dog Shadow, a beautiful Kelpie cross Heeler.

A spontaneous soul Emily and her husband got married at their engagement party. We don’t know if Shadow played a role!

Georgie is one passionate Hatchling.  With only a couple of years in media under her belt, she has already worked on campaigns that she can be proud of.  A true romantic at heart, Georgie loves to read and spend time overlooking the prom at her family holiday home in Gippsland.

Our new hatchling Belinda has just graduated from RMIT where she also volunteered at SYN FM as a Co-Exec Producer for their breakfast radio program. Working on student radio means you have to deal with no budgets, tardy talent and a fluid timing schedule. As such it is perhaps the best training for a job at Hatched!

In her spare time Belinda likes to draw and paint. She also spends time hiking and looking for interesting things like caves and waterfalls. She is contemplating rollerblading, though it is completely incompatible with her two existing hobbies.

As this is Belinda’s first job in media we’re encouraging the ‘explorer’ in her, showing her all the different aspects to see where she feels most comfortable.

Sally is the latest addition to the Hatched family. She’s a mum with two young children. Since the kids started school Sally’s decided to go back into the workforce. She previously worked in sales but wanted to try something new.

After some soul searching she studied bookkeeping and now is responsible for all things financial at Hatched. Money obviously matters to Sally.

Sally enjoys keeping fit and feels a ½ hour workout deserves a ½ bottle of red as a reward. She’s originally from NZ but unfortunately doesn’t say ‘choice’ that much. This is really disappointing because one of the best things about having kiwis on staff is hearing them say ‘choice’ and order ‘fush and chups’.

Sally doesn’t mind a laugh at her own expense, which is really good considering we just made fun of her accent.

Georgie comes from one of Australia’s most successful real estate websites realestate.com.au. That website may not be as successful now that Georgie’s left and joined Hatched because the girl is amazing and is as irreplaceable as they come.

Coming from that background means you can be sure Georgie knows property and how to market it.

Georgie enjoys walking with her cavoodle Archie and dining out. She also knows the moves to 90% of Dirty Dancing and isn’t afraid to let you know.

Our Christmas parties are about to get very interesting.

Rowena is an individual and, at Hatched, we love to work with individuals. We like untraditional people. Those that have had careers in other fields and had true life experience. Rowena’s definitely one of those.

Which is not to say she has just entered the media game. She’s 16 years deep having spent some of that time working in the Philippines on their number one retail brand. She’s also worked on massive global brands like Uniqlo and Forever21 and worked with regional clients such as Samsung Electronics and FedEx. 

Part way into her media career Rowena took a hiatus to obtain her nursing license. After completing her course, she went back to media. Needless to say, if anyone ever takes a spill after Friday drinks we’re calling Rowena.

The founder and fearless leader of Hatched is the man responsible for putting entrepreneurialism back into media.  And he’s a lot more than hard to pronounce eight syllable words. Jack is an anti jargon as they come. While he knows his ROIs from his CRMs he also knows the thing clients want most from their media agency is transparency and great service. And that is what Hatched delivers in spades.

Eliza has just joined the team at Hatched. It’s her first full time job in media so we tried to convince her that everyone wears bow ties and slippers on Fridays. We quickly found out that she’s too smart to fall for that so made her our Communications Coordinator.

One of the reasons we suspect Eliza didn’t fall for our cunning ruse is due to her previous work on Red Bull. In her position as Student Brand Manager she brought marketing activations and promotions to various campuses.

We think the energy drink may have had a permanent effect on Eliza. She scrolls through instagram at a phenomenal pace and gets overly excited about French bulldogs.

It does not, however, explain why she’s a Hawthorn supporter. Nothing could explain that.

Virginia is one of the pillars that Hatched is built on. A true veteran with twenty years experience in both creative and media agencies her industry knowledge is boundless, In her career she has worked on an incredibly diverse range of clients so whether it’s something you wear, something you eat or something you live in Virginia has the knowledge. Virginia also runs her own creative business and also runs two children. This proves that when it comes to multitasking, chicks rule. That last sentence proves that when it comes to misogyny men do.

Regan Hancock, our Digital Manager, considers himself our ‘Galactic Head of Digital’ so we’re going to call him Raygun instead of Regan from this moment on.

Raygun has 4 years experience in the media game and, in that time, has worked for some seriously big brands like BMW, Coles, Energy Australia, Twinings and Asahi. Working on both tea and beer ensures he’s as fun after five as he is productive before it.

In his spare time Raygun enjoys playing music, going to the gym, reading comics and playing video games. He also occasionally hosts a podcast, because a good media mind sometimes creates their own media!

Lucy has been in the media and marketing game for twenty years. (She also spent two years on client side but we don’t talk about that). In her time in media and marketing she has worked on some of Australia’s and the world’s biggest brands. Lucy has a child and, like a lot of parents, enjoys cooking, bushwalking and taking her three year old to the beach, unlike a lot of parents though Lucy never leaves her three year old at the beach. Lucy studies nutrition and has an innate knowledge of foodstuffs. This has made it exceptionally difficult to steal her lunch from the fridge.

This is Alyce. 10 years experience has taught her a few things about the media game.  From working on clients such as Hairhouse Warehouse she’s learned how to plan, buy, monitor, and that she likes getting her hair blow waved once a week. In her career Alyce has worked in agencies big and small on brands such as Target, L’Oreal and Spotlight. She has also learned one incredibly valuable thing – that’s if you put boxing’ in your list of hobbies your bio will be written very, very delicately.