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
Favourite Bands: Pearl Jam, Damien Rice
Favourite Album: Something For Kate - Beautiful Sharks
Favourite Sport: AFL, Basketball
Hobbies: Songwriting, Playing guitar/piano/singing, Playing basketball
Darts Nickname: Chopper
Annoying Habits: Wearing train driver hats
Useless Skill: Predicting the weather
AFL Team: Adelaide Crows
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos

Scott Maynard

Technical Manager

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
Hobbies: Drums, Guitar, Cricket, Soccer, Golf, Speed-clicking
Favourite Movie: This is England
Annoying Habit: Over-analysing food
Useless Skill: Catching items that fall out of the fridge
AFL Team: Brisbane Lions
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos
 

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: 7
Useless Skill: Weaseling out of bills
Favourite Movie: Jerry Maguire
Darts Nickname: Peggy
AFL Team: Collingwood Magpies
NRL Team: Brisbane Broncos

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
Darts Nickname: Mr Loba Loba
AFL Team: Hawthorn
NRL Team: Gold Coast Titans

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 Nathanael to help him in the discovery of our clients' goals and outcomes.

Jane Shakespeare

Project Consultant

Jane mainly assists Nathanael with discussing project needs with new customers and networking!

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 son's team)

Adriana Adamska-Bland

Project Manager

Adriana assists Chris with project management, and is mainly involved in the final stage of a website project.  Adriana also works with our clients to set up all of the pages required for their website, and populate each page with content.

Favourite Band: Golec uOrkiestra (Polish band), Pink - I love
Hobbies: yoga, reading, spending time with my son, horse riding
Favourite Sport: I like walking so shopping for dresses and shoes is my favourite sport
Favourite Movie: Scent of a Woman
Nickname: Ada
ALF Team: Port Adelaide

Alysia Thomas

Online Marketing Consultant

Alysia 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

Lisa Dawson

Admin & Accounts

You are likely to hear Lisa's friendly voice when you call our office. She organises our accounts and ensures that our systems are up to date.

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