LEADERSHIPTEAM
We're a motley crew of old-school thinkers and new world dreamers. A deliberate blend of advertising, entertainment, social, digital, media and production people on a mission to deliver imagination in every impression.
TOMPhillips
Tom is co-founder of CP and has 20 years experience spanning media, creative, digital & social agencies in Europe and ANZ. Tom’s vision has been to lead an agency that cared as much about great creativity as it did about where that creative went. A planner by trade, Tom has built CP around creative & connection’s planning; integrated communications that are always distinctive, consistent & fit-for-channel. Tom has led work with some of the world's most progressive brands including Nike, Nestlé, Unilever, Lion & The Coca-Cola Company to name a few.
DaveJansen
With 18 years of experience across digital, entertainment, advertising and production, Dave is part CD, part EP and part chief energy officer. He has an unwavering passion for entertaining creativity that that puts the audience first, and has led major campaigns for Tourism Australia, Fantastic Furniture, Tooheys, XXXX, McDonald’s, Menulog & Westinghouse and won a International Emmy Award for #7 Days Later, the world’s first crowdsourced TV show. Dave is also the founder of Infinity Squared an award winning creative & production company.
SOPHIAKANG
A partner of the agency with 18+ years across entertainment, production and advertising, Sophia is an operational and financial ninja who uses her extensive knowledge and expertise to streamline and operationalise businesses, making them more efficient and more profitable but with a core belief that the culture and people of the business must always come first.
KateSheppard
Kate is an energetic and strategic t-shaped marketing and advertising leader, with over 20 years of executive experience growing brands and businesses including McDonald’s, Virgin Australia, Arnott’s, Mars Wrigley, Unilever, PepsiCo and J&J, in both local and international markets. She's widely recognised for deeply understanding client needs, and leading high performing teams to leverage customer insight and data analytics, use creativity to solve problems, and implement strategies across the full marketing funnel with multi-channel implementation.
MattGeersen
Matt lives and breathes the digital and social worlds, occasionally coming up for air to create culture-shaping, made-for-channel creative. Originally an Art Director, before leading departments as Creative Director for more than 10 years, he brings a passion for design and an artist’s eye for aesthetics. When he’s not wowing clients with mad creative skills, he’s wowing teammates with slick ball skills. Yep, he loves all things NBA and shoots hoops regularly despite an ankle that’s dodgier than an email from *Couriers_AU#.
JohnGault
John is a highly awarded Creative Director with almost 20 years experience. An expert craftsman with words, he’s adept at creating compelling stories that infiltrate culture. ‘Ads disguised as entertainment’ is how he believes brands can flourish in today's disrupted media landscape. In his downtime he enjoys sharpening his Dad skills with his two young daughters, seven and four. That’s not their names by the way - that would be weird.
CraigPage
Twenty-two years of brand-building goodness has seen Craig traverse an eclectic range of disciplines, verticals, categories, networks, hemispheres and hairstyles; Constantly driven by his passion for solving tricky problems with effective creativity, and making obscure but hilarious puns. Craig has worked across the likes of Tourism Australia, Charter Hall, CBRE, Stockland, Westpac, Campbell's, Ampol and more.
CULTURE
We’re values-led with a commitment to having a high performing culture that empowers freedom & responsibility.
