The Team

Director

Head of Partnerships & Strategy

“Meg is not someone who sits and waits for things to happen. She makes them happen!"

Her background as a Commonwealth Games Representative has shown that dedication, fair play and teamwork gets results. With 20 years of Professional Services marketing under her belt, she understands the industry well. From breaking down the jargon to plain English, working with stakeholders, creating achievable marketing strategies and ensuring that key people trusted to grow the business have all the marketing tools required to do great things.

When Meg isn't working, she is either walking the Sharpe mascot, Barney. Making sure her teenager doesn't leave too many plates or cups in his room, pottering out in the garden or binge watching something light on Netflix or Prime.

Marketing Manager

Melissa is an experienced Marketing Manager with experience in creating, implementing and reporting on marketing strategies and campaigns, data analysis, website optimisation, SEO, lead generation and digital content. She has over 10 years’ experience across multiple industries.
 
Melissa enjoys the variety within marketing and is passionate about working with clients to achieve their goals. She prides herself on her ability to quickly build rapport and work together for success.
 
When she’s not working, Melissa enjoys spending quality time with friends and family and has a particular penchant for walking/swimming/relaxing at the many beaches in her home town of Auckland.

Marketing Manager

Jo is a seasoned professional who has left her mark across an array of sectors including Legal, Commercial, Retail, Sport and Government. 

Jo is renowned for her insightful, engaging, and results-driven approach. She has a real eye for detail and has consistently delivered exceptional outcomes throughout her career. 

One of Jo’s key strengths lies in her ability to forge strong relationships with key stakeholders, enabling seamless collaboration with diverse organizations and communities. 

Following a diplomatic posting in Europe, Jo has recently returned to New Zealand, where she finds joy in life by the beach with her family and dogs along with quality time with her loved ones outside of work.

Marketing Coordinator

With a background in working as a legal PA, Analisa works with the Sharpe team to ensure that we are on deadline for client’s tasks.

Analisa also manages our social media client engagement work, implements monthly social media stats for our clients as well as collaborating with the team on monthly communication activities for our clients.

Analisa’s superpower is that she makes the most incredible charcuterie boards you have ever seen in your life.

Social Media Manager

Ash joins the Sharpe Marketing Social team bright eyed and bushy tailed.

She is a big picture thinker who leads teams and drives opportunity, supporting peers and practices to reach their full potential.

She has a have a keen eye for detail which allows her to be ensured all elements of a project cohesively represent a brand. Ash prides myself on being solutions focused and efficient, consistently delivering work of a high quality.

Outside of working Ash loves to catch up with friends, take her dog Roger to the beach and find all the best food spots to eat. 

Social Media Manager

Yavanna is responsible for the development and execution of social media plans, social media engagement , reporting , scheduling and many other aspects of social media for Sharpe Clients.

She believes positive social engagement is essential for the success of a brand.

She has a thorough understanding of social media platforms, strong communication skills and comprehensive administrative experience. 

In her free time, Yavanna cares for her young family, tends to her vegetable garden & indoor plant collection.

Content Creation

Eilish has enjoyed a long career as a practising lawyer and in professional support roles in both private practice and in-house legal. She has created precedent systems and set up legal website content as well as created practical systems for digitalising legal documents within law firms. 
 
With a desire to ensure communications are accurate and clear, Eilish has found she gravitates to plain English drafting, copy writing and proof reading, and enjoys producing top quality content for clients. Eilish also has specialist skills in company secretarial/governance in large public companies.
 
When she’s not working, Eilish likes nothing better than sitting down with a good book. She also enjoys sampling different types of wine – especially when travelling overseas, which she is looking forward to now that the borders are open again.

Penny Richardson

Graphic Design

Penny Richardson is a Designer who has been in the industry for over 25 years. She holds a BGD from Waikato Institute of Technology and has spent her career as a designer at a variety of different company’s in NZ and abroad picking up a range of different skill sets. Ad agencies, print companies, magazines, corporate signage to running her own design studio. Her main strengths and expertise are branding, logo design, print-work and prepress.
 
When she’s away from her screen you will find her spending time in the outdoors with her family or competing in CrossFit competitions around the country.
 
When it comes to design Penny believes in the 'less is more' approach, keep things simple, for clear communication. She listens to clients needs and works together with them to transform their vision into reality. ​