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The Studio · Est. Sydney 2017

We're BrandMates.
We give a damn.

Founded in Surry Hills in 2017, BrandMates is the studio Australian founders and CMOs call when the brief is too important for a junior account manager. We're six senior creatives who left big-agency land because we believed smaller teams do better work, and after 150+ projects, we still believe it.

How we work

Honest first

We'll tell you when an idea won't work, even if it costs us the job. Our reputation outlasts any single project.

Restlessly curious

The Australian market moves fast. We stay ahead of platform changes, cultural shifts, and what's working in market, not in a New York case study.

Genuinely local

We live, eat, and commute in the same cities as your customers. That local understanding isn't a differentiator, it's a prerequisite.

The Mates

Six humans.
Zero hand-offs.

Every client has a dedicated point of contact and a team that actually does the work, no account managers passing briefs to juniors.

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Founder

Noa Akerman

Founder & Strategy Lead

Built positioning for two ASX-listed unicorns before 30. Ex-Atlassian. Thinks in narratives, not decks.

Sydney
JR
Design

Jamie Russo

Creative Director

AGDA-awarded designer with roots in print and a portfolio that spans fintech to food. Based in Fitzroy, always at the coffee shop.

Melbourne
SK
Dev

Sam Kowalczyk

Head of Engineering

Next.js specialist. Obsessed with performance, accessibility, and making designers' wildest ideas actually ship.

Sydney
ML
Ads

Maya Linh

Head of Paid Media

$15M+ in media spend managed across Meta and Google. Former agency media director. Lives for a good ROAS story.

Sydney
TO
Content

Theo O'Brien

Content Director

Documentary filmmaker turned brand content lead. Shot campaigns from Bondi to the Kimberley. Dislikes stock photography with a passion.

Melbourne
CP
Social

Clara Park

Social Media Lead

Grew three brand accounts to 100K+ before 25. Knows every algorithm update before it hits your feed and writes copy that sounds like a human wrote it.

Sydney
Open Roles · 2 positions

Come work with us.

We hire experienced people who are tired of big-agency politics and want to work on fewer, more considered Australian brands.

Senior Web Developer

Full-timeSydney or Remote (AU)Next.js / React
Apply now

Social Media Manager

Full-timeMelbourne or Sydney2+ years exp.
Apply now