Merryn Bourne Creative Competitors

We’re a 100% privately owned, female-led full service marketing agency which also offers extensive training solutions. Founded in 2007, our clients reap the rewards of engaging our talented team for strategy, branding, design, print, public relations, marketing, SEO, PPC, videography, photography, website development, training and more. Some clients even outsource their marketing department to us, in response to the extreme talent shortages being experienced in the industry. With teams based in Newcastle, NSW & Sunshine Coast, QLD we work with small-medium companies, to large NFPs, Government organisations, councils and well known eCommerce brands. We develop and deliver digital up-skilling programs for Councils and other regional bodies, webinars, keynote presentations, seminars, facilitated workshops, and more to individuals, companies and organisations of all sizes. Whatever stage of the marketing journey you are at, we can help propel you forward. What makes us different: - Awards: Recognised for multiple industry and business awards: most recently winning the Best Emerging Leader category for the Social Media Marketing Awards two year’s running – showcasing the rich talent we’re fostering - Inclusivity and diversity: We encourage and celebrate diversity through our recruitment process and team, including working with migration agents. Right now we have team from Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, Argentina and New Zealand. - Professional Development & Wellbeing: We have a Flexible Hybrid Work Policy, dedicated internal chat thread and wiki page with resources for wellbeing, have Libby Sander a Professor of Organisational Behaviour on our company board, staff retreats and encourage our team to take a dedicated day provided for PD every month and $1000 yearly budget for each employee to invest in their professional development.

DigiGround provides an end-to-end business solution using a creative and collaborative model of design and development to create solutions for all business needs. Looking for business growth? DigiGround will analyse current workflows and systems to make suggestions for improvement, as well as manage development and deployment. DigiGround services include Web Development, Lead Generation, Design & Multimedia, Business Solutions, Applications and SEO / PPC. Coupled with our well-versed experience, we will help build marketing and advertising plans to assist with customer acquisition and legislative requirements for any and all industries. For more information visit www.digiground.com.au

Social Star is a marketing agency that assists small businesses to do the marketing that they don't have the time, skill or inclination to do. We can help you with your digital marketing - from strategy planning, branding, to building and maintaining websites, creating and producing content such as blog writing, podcasts, video and social media content. What do we do differently? We utilise the depth of talent locked in universities. These digital native marketing students have talent, a strong desire to learn and natural affiliation with social media. With guidance, training and mentoring from us, we unleash their talent by allowing them to take ownership of the work they do while at the same time harnessing their strengths. The opportunity for our clients is to have the best of both worlds - an industry professional mentor/advisor and a young and vibrant team member working in your office. Want to work with us? Visit our website for more details: www.socialstar.com.au