Melon Media is a specialist email marketing digital agency based in Sydney Australia that assists organisations with their email campaigns and website requirements. Melon Media offers full outsourced agency services including consulting, concept, design and implementation services, as well as high quality self managed hosted solutions.

Team

Our core team includes:

Kevin Garber - Founder & General Manager

Favourite part of the job:
"So many. The challenge of growing a business. My ferry trip into work every day. Getting to learn about so many industries. The diversity of my job. The thrill I get when I see how the staff can do something better than me!"

Favourite song:
"Wish you were Here by Pink Floyd."

Favourite holiday spot:
"Byron Bay, anywhere deep in the African bush and Paris."

When did you start using the internet:
"1994. I was introduced to it by a family friend who declared that when he browsed the web, he felt like 'Christopher Columbus' - indeed!"

Favourite website:
"Whirlpool - a mine of information and SMH a site with impeccable design and well presented content."

If you could change one thing about the world:
"Make people realise that they have more choices than they can even begin to imagine."

Dain F Saxon - Digital Producer

Favourite part of the job:
"When a client describes the problem, goes through it step by step, then stumbles upon the solution by themselves. Glad I could help. It happens more often that you think."

Favourite song:
"When I Argue I See Shapes - Idlewild & Secret Meeting - The National"

Favourite holiday spot:
"Bright, Victoria"

When did you start using the internet:
"1997. Hotmail had hit it big and if you didn't have a Hotmail address, you didn't exist."

Favourite website:
"icanhascheezburger"

If you could change one thing about the world:
"The sky would be purple. Yep. That's it."

Adam Benson - Lead Web Systems Architect

Favourite part of the job:
"Coding innovative and impressive subsystems."

Favourite song:
"Currently: The Ordinary Boys - I Luv U or Delta - In this Life..... Changes daily though."

Favourite holiday spot:
"Barrington Tops Guest House (sadly burnt down last year) & Victoria."

When did you start using the internet:
"My conscious inhabited the internet prior to being born Yes... I am a geek."

Favourite website:
"XKCD, I Can Has Cheezburger and of course news aggregates like Digg (with a grain of salt )"

If you could change one thing about the world:
"Encourage innovation and effort without leaving the rest of the world in the cold. That is of course if I'm not allowed to recode existence in PHP!"

Fiona King - Designer

Favourite part of the job:
"My colleagues.... a great bunch of people to work with!"

Favourite song:
"Currently love listening to 1981 by Gyroscope and Hott 2 Deff by Lyrics Born."

Favourite holiday spot:
"Vietnam is a fabulous place for a holiday."

When did you start using the internet:
"1994 when it was extremely slow and a dial up modem comparatively cost a fortune. "

Favourite website:
"Facebook for keeping up with friends & Flickr for an amazing and inspiring collection of photos."

If you could change one thing about the world:
"To Make Poverty History!"

Charl Matthee - Specialist Technical Consultant

Favourite part of the job:
"Seeing the fruits of one's labour."

Favourite song:
"Where is my mind - Pixies."

Favourite holiday spot:
"Thailand. "

When did you start using the internet:
"1996."

Favourite website:
"Ars Technica and Wikipedia ."

If you could change one thing about the world:
"I'd make education free and compulsory "

Jimmy Shimwell - Bookkeeper

Favourite part of the job:
"When a process is completed efficiently and ideas for improved reporting / control are put into operation."

Favourite song:
"Too many to list - depends on where I am, what I am doing and how I feel at the time.
Here are a few: Con Te Partiro (Andre Bocelli), Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart, Let it be - Beetles, Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney, Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel, a number of Arias from the Operas and many many more."

Favourite holiday spot:
"Do not have a favourite, there are so many very special places on the Earth and activities to experience, such as: hiking / holidaying in forests, mountainous regions, African Game reserves, on tropical white sandy beaches, visiting beautiful and or ancient buildings and countries etc, etc."

When did you start using the internet:
"About 2000, when I accepted that it was necessary to be familiar with the internet."

Favourite website:
"Melon Media of course!"

If you could change one thing about the world:
"For all (as many as possible) of humanity to come from Love in place of fear."

Other members of our team include:

Meiron Lees - Innercents Strategic and leadership consultant, board member.

Lewis Folb - Sales Intelligence Sales and strategic consultant, board member.

Robin Millner Project management consultant, board member.

Melon Media is a specialist email marketing provider and digital agency based in Sydney Australia that assists organisations with their email marketing campaigns and website requirements. Melon Media offers full outsourced email marketing services including campaign consulting, concept, design and implementation as well as the provision of high quality hosted solutions enabling clients to self manage their own email broadcast campaigns.