A little about us.


Our strength lies in taking a multi-disciplined approach to your needs. This leads to more consistent, memorable and complete experiences for your customers, both online and offline.
Clients come to us because we can cut through the noise and get things done. We hire experienced talent who can rapidly understand your business and balance creativity with systematic thinking to deliver on your key metrics.
Five studios, one talented team.

Paul Whitworth
General Manager
A mature, well-rounded marketing professional with both client and agency side experience, spanning multiple sectors and international markets. A commercially astute brand marketer with the ability to drive positive outcomes within large, complex, service-driven organisations.

Frank Longo
Account Director
Frank has overseen slick campaigns for the likes of ANZ, Medibank, and Mercedes Benz. Skilled in the arts of design, production and client service, he builds lasting connections in the pursuit of great outcomes for his clients.

Dave Clark
Principal / Partner
Dave is a past recipient of the DINZ Outstanding Achievement Award, for his work in furthering New Zealand's design culture. He’s been responsible for the design of many of NZ’s most iconic brands, including the All Blacks.

Andrew Smith
Group Creative Director / Partner
Andrew is the creative head of DCD. He holds a special interest in bringing together cross-discipline teams to work cohesively. As a creative director for nearly 20 years, he has worked with a number of different Australian and New Zealand retail and corporate clients.

Annie Bayazid
Account Director
Annie is a client service superstar, with experience in advertising, design, production and data-driven marketing for big-name clients like ANZ, New Zealand Rugby and Kiwibank. She brings boundless energy to her work.

Ash Lyall
Design Director
Ash leads our Sydney design team on everything from bespoke brand identities to some of Australia’s largest corporate brand systems. If anyone can elevate customer experiences through design, it is Ash.

Zoë Hodgens
Senior Designer
Zoë is a strong conceptual thinker with an enviable artillery of creative skills in design, typography, photography and illustration. She has a talent for expressing complex ideas with deceptively simple visuals.

Spencer Bliss
Group Design Director & Strategist
Spencer champions the customer experience, providing much of the upfront thinking that is critical to the success of our projects. The passionate presenter has a strong understanding of branding after working at agencies like Landor (UK).

Dale Lacy
Senior Designer
Dale has a strong background in corporate design, starting 10 years ago when he ran his own studio. When he's not finessing details for a client, he's most likely tucked away somewhere obsessing about typography.

Emma Baldwin
Creative Lead
Heading up the creative side of Studio One, Emma is a creative and highly organised designer with a diverse background spanning multiple sectors and markets.
As natural problem-solver with the ability to make the complex simple, she is able to deliver considered and thoughtful design across all mediums.

Andy Brown
Group General Manager / Partner
Andy manages the overall performance of all five DCD studios. As a qualified designer with a background in advertising, design and production, there’s no one better placed to understand the many facets of our business.

Jonathan Tillick
Group Digital Director / Partner
Jonathan sets the digital strategy and tone of the customer experience for our wider digital team. Working closely with clients, he ensures customers’ digital interactions with brands are relevant, authentic and rewarding.

Trevor Reid
Senior Digital Producer
Trevor has weaved his organisational magic at just about every good agency in town including the likes of AKQA, Saatchi, and RAPP. His dedication, attention to detail, patience and collaborative approach are well known across the industry.

Michael Frogley
Motion Director
Michael has top international experience, having helped in the rebrand of Sky News, PlayStation’s move to HD, and many other projects in the UK. An experienced videographer, he’s both creative and technical lead for motion projects.

Anagha Saggar
Designer
A multidisciplinary designer, Anagha has spent years honing her skills in all aspects of design and visual identity. Her love for minimal and simplistic styles allows her to effectively develop graphic connections between idea and form with ease.

Elise Hehir
Account Manager
Elise is a dynamic thinker with fantastic project management capabilities and extensive experience in media, digital marketing, and brand marketing. Her broad experience, strong communication skills and friendly personality allows her to build positive client relationships.

Gligor Kotushevski
Technical Lead
Gligor defines highly scalable applications and guides our development team to implement solutions that deliver the highest quality outcomes. A real interest in how end users engage with the digital products his team creates really sets him apart.

Jo Fahri
Artworker
Jo’s an expert in artworking and has a multitude of skills in image retouching and producing both online and print materials. Jo’s down to earth nature and exceptional talent make him an ideal fit for any project.

Annelise Reinthal
Senior Account Manager
Annelise launches into her work collaboratively and strategically. Combining her post-graduate marketing and psychology training with her background in end-to-end campaign management for pharmaceuticals, FMCGs, not-for-profits and iconic brands like Apple. Annelise is well-versed across comms formats (from large-scale brand awareness, BTL tactical, to cross-channel campaigns). Unlocking meaningful brand-audience connections through psychology and design is what she loves about her work.

Hazel Davies
Senior Designer
Hazel’s an energetic and confident communicator who thrives in collaborative environments. With over 10 years’ experience in design and education Hazel brings DCD a wide range of knowledge and skills, as well as an unparalleled expertise of the Adobe Suite. With a knack for turning tricky concepts into easy to understand masterpieces Hazel is a welcome addition to any project.
