Principal and Managing Director

Neil is Red Agency’s founder and managing director.

He is an accomplished businessman and a respected communication advisor with local and international experience.

Neil oversees Red’s activities in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and offers strategic counsel across the agency’s roster of technology, media, consumer, government and corporate clients.

Neil is a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) and chairs its NSW Registered Consultancies Group.

Principal

Grant is an experienced corporate relations advisor with specialist expertise across a wide range of Melbourne businesses and industries. He has worked on significant assignments including development of communication strategies, media training, crisis management and media relations.

Prior to entering the public relations sector Grant spent nearly twenty years in senior journalist roles including stints in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, and with The Age newspaper. He's received several PRIA awards for campaign excellence.

Media Trainer

As the agency’s in-house media and crisis communication trainer Antoni coaches media spokespeople in Australia and across Asia-Pacific. He also specialises in corporate communication review, planning and writing.

In the past year his training participants have included marketing directors, general managers, medical professors, industry commentators, peak body presidents, line of business managers and journalists and editors.

Antoni delivers training in sectors including: pharmaceuticals and medicine, technology, telecommunications, advertising, consumer goods, aviation, media and publishing, government, animal welfare, the environment, education, real estate, professional services and healthcare.

Antoni is a Masters student in Creative Writing at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators and the International Association of Coaches.

Account Director

Jon has 13 years big brand PR experience in the UK across a number of sectors including travel and tourism, food and drink, technology and entertainment.

Specialising in consumer lifestyle, he has worked for several Top 20 agencies in London on high-profile brands including Apple, Tourism New South Wales, Virgin, Samsung, Yahoo!, Hilton Hotels, Burger King (Hungry Jacks) and the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.

He has also spent three years in-house, running the press office and PR department for Europe’s largest optical retail chain, Specsavers Opticians.

Over the years, Jon has developed a keen understanding of strategy, brand development and consumer engagement, helping to build some of the most successful, high-profile brands in the UK.

Account Director

Amelia is a seasoned PR professional, with more than eight years marketing communications experience. For the past four years, she has been an Account Director at Taurus Marketing, an integrated PR, marketing and creative agency specialising in the IT and professional services sectors.

Prior to her agency career, Amelia spent several years in research, initially with international market research company ACNielsen, and then two years with Regional Television Marketing, an independent research and marketing unit funded by the Australian regional TV industry.

At Red, Amelia's clients include leading brands in online media, subscription television, multinational technology, telecommunications (mobile and ISP) and online retailing. She holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Newcastle and is a member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia.

Account Director

Jackie Cooper is a skilled writer and communications professional who has delivered strategic solutions to clients across a range of sectors and industries.

After working as a journalist for publications such as The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald, Jackie has collaborated with both public and private sector clients to develop marketing and communications strategies, campaign concepts and communications collateral such as annual reports, case studies and newsletters.

Jackie complements the Red Agency's media relations, consumer marketing and crisis management expertise with her strong writing skills, but also her experience working in the travel, digital media and local government sectors.

Senior Account Manager

Marissa is an accomplished strategic communications consultant to the consumer and corporate sectors. Her wide range of in-house and agency experience covers publicity and media liaison, events, strategic marketing, organisational culture and brand management. Brands she has worked with include Brisbane Times, The Haines Group, Parrot, Lenard's, David Reid Homes, Camp Quality, Savills and Mantra Resorts.

Prior to joining Red Agency, Marissa worked in the financial services sector for Indue Ltd, specialising in strategic marketing communications looking after clients and stakeholders across Australia including Visa International, Westpac and a large network of the country’s leading credit unions.

Having a firm grasp on Brisbane's PR landscape and the growing businesses that are putting the city on the world stage, Marissa is passionate about understanding her clients' brands and how PR is an integral part of building and managing a brand’s personality.

Account Director

Michelle has managed public relations programs on three continents and has significant specialist expertise in IT.

In Australia and the United States she has worked with some of the world’s major IT brands including NEC, Tellabs, Infineon Technologies, Dexterra, Novell, PeopleSoft and LSI Logic. In Singapore, Michelle worked with Accenture, Heller Asia Capital, London Docklands Development Corporation, National Geographic Channel Asia and Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts.

Michelle manages a major program for the Victorian Government’s Office of Small Business and oversees Red’s NEC Australia, Tellabs and Pegboard accounts.

Associate Director

Judy co-founded the agency and is responsible for the agency’s staff, budgets and major operations issues.

Judy ran La Trobe University’s alumni and development programs for twelve years and has substantial logistics and business management experience.

Judy oversees systems, billings, planning and team performance across Red’s Sydney and Melbourne offices.