About Excite Media
Excite Media is a close-knit group of dedicated professionals working together for a common cause - helping YOU to achieve YOUR goals with innovative branding, website and online marketing strategies. We are able to achieve this through our dedicated team, which prioritises loyalty, friendliness and efficiency.
Most of the Excite Media team grew up together in the Western suburbs of Brisbane, and are family and friends.
As you may have realised, we're not just an ordinary web design or graphic design company. On the contrary, we take a holistic approach to your branding and marketing, and by using carefully researched, innovative and proven techniques, we can help to significantly improve your business' bottom line.
While we take this responsibility and your success very seriously, we also have a lot of fun together. It isn't uncommon to see the Excite Media team playing a game of darts during a lunch break, nor is it uncommon to spot a couple of small dogs when you arrive at the office (by the way the dogs names are Lockie, Lola, Jasper and Buckles!).
Just ask any of our clients what it's like to work with us, and you will find that many of the adjectives will include:
- Friendly
- Helpful
- Knowledgeable
- Reliable
- Innovative
- Affordable
Excite Media is active in the community, and is proud to support a number of charity organisations.
Meet the Team
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Scott Maynard
Managing Director | Head Programmer
Scott is Excite Media's head programmer and technical manager. Most of his time is spent working between building features into our Content Management System (CMS) called ExcitePanel as well as working on our internal project management system TEMPO (this keeps all of our clients' projects organised and on time!). He also works on custom projects for clients and is part of our support team as well.
Nickname: Scooter
Darts Nickname: The Claw
Annoying Habits: Spontaneously breaking into song, Over-analysing food
Hobbies: Drums, Guitar, Cricket, Soccer, Golf, Speed-clicking
Favourite Album: Something For Kate - Beautiful Sharks
Useless Skill: Catching items that fall out of the fridge
AFL Team: Brisbane Lions
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos
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Nathanael Hubbard
Managing Director | Business Development Manager | Online Marketing Advisor
Nathanael's role is varied, and includes general management, online marketing and business development. Nathanael writes the Excite Media monthly newsletter, and helps Professor Excite come up with those tantalising Brain Busters!
Nickname: Fubbard, Fubface, Nathangelo, Max, Flan
Annoying Habits: Wearing train driver hats, Inability to multi-task
Favourite Band/Artist: Pearl Jam, Damien Rice
Favourite Album: Something For Kate - Beautiful Sharks (ed. Scott, you're a copy cat!)
Hobbies: Songwriting, Playing guitar/piano/singing, Playing Basketball
Favourite Sport: AFL, Basketball
Darts Nickname: Chopper
Useless Skill: Predicting the weather
AFL Team: Adelaide Crows
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos
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Chris Taylor
Project Manager
Chris' primary role in Excite Media is project manager. He looks after our clients' projects right from the beginning, ensuring that each project runs smoothly and that the client is kept in the loop at all times.
Favourite Band: The Living End, The Whitlams
Hobbies: Piano, Guitar, Golf
Favourite Sport: Golf, AFL
Golf Handicap: 12
Favourite Movie: Jerry Maguire
Darts Nickname: Peggy
AFL Team: Collingwood Pies
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos
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Shane Rose
Online Marketing Manager | Accounts
Shane is our online marketing manager, and he looks after all of our Search Engine Optimisation and Google AdWords Management projects. He works to ensure that each clients' Google exposure is maximised for the carefully selected keywords. Shane also manages Excite Media's accounts.
Favourite Band: This will be a long list (still waiting for it!)
Hobbies: Golf
Favourite Sport: Golf, AFL
Golf Handicap: 12
Annoying Habits: Feature length stories
Favourite Movie: Pulp Fiction
AFL Team: Hawthorn
NRL Team: Gold Coast Titans
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Peter Hubbard
Business Development Manager | Adelaide
Peter's role involves breaking into new industries and learning about the needs and requirements of potential clients. He works closely with Phill to help him in the discovery of our clients' goals and outcomes.
Favourite Band: All music of excellence
Hobbies: Sport and cooking (as of last week)
Favourite Sport/s: All sport, football (all codes), tennis etc... in fact nearly all sport at the top level
Favourite Movie: Forrest Gump
Nickname: Pirate Peter
AFL Team: Adelaide Crows
NRL Team: Newcastle Knights ..followed by the Broncos
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Maria Kranendonk
Lead Graphic Designer
Maria provides the creative flair for our projects. She is a brilliant graphic designer, and whether it's logo design, website design, business cards, brochures or even billboard designs she will help you stand out from the crowd!
Favourite Band: Jack Johnson
Hobbies: Cooking, shopping, anything design/interiors, art, walking, spending time with my family/kids, movie nights
Favourite Sport: Extreme sports, martial arts, triathlon… haha not.. just walking :)
Favourite Movie: Zoolander
Nickname: Rio
NRL Team: Redcliffe Dolphins (U14’s – my sons team)
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Alysia Thomas
Project/Content Manager | Online Marketer
Alysia assists Chris with project management. She helps to gather the content required for a website and helps to ensure that the project moves quickly forward. She also works closely with Shane on Online Marketing projects, primarily assisting with the search engine optimisation of our clients' sites.
Favourite Singer/Band: Jewel, Coldplay, Chilli Peppers
Hobbies: Going to the movies, playing games with my son, cross-stitching
Favourite Sport: Rugby League & AFL (to watch), Netball (to play)
Favourite Movie: Moulin Rouge, Pretty Woman
Nickname: Lease, Muscles
AFL Team: Brisbane Lions
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos
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Adam Gore
Graphic Designer
Adam works with Alysia and Chris on the final touches of a website, including content input and layout.
Favourite Band: Blink 182, Pendulum, Bloc Party
Hobbies: Playing and watching sport, Liverpool FC, Xbox Live
Favourite Sport: Soccer, Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis, AFL
Favourite Movie: Anything with Jim Carey
Nickname: Gorey
AFL Team: Adelaide Crows
EPL Team: Liverpool FC
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Our Clients Say...
"I cannot thank you enough for your help. You have been spectacular. If I had been trying to get the site up myself I'd be a nervous wreck by now."
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