 she makes a splash in the nwo studio but the real party starts when kimi gets home with a glass of natural wine in hand she relaxes to the sweet symphony of her sewing machine and the real housewives of wherever shell proudly tell you shes seen every episode in her heart shes a rich housewife but in her clever brain shes an ambitious talented entrepreneur as a side hustle she sews and sells custom leather bags purses and earrings she stocks them at forge forward in fortitude valley and the home of the arts in the gold coast so go check em out the biz was even featured in frankie magazine who absolutely frothed over her two toned gold snake tote bag the next enterprise ambition on kimis list is a doggy day care she lives and breathes for animals of all kinds she says could fall in love with an earthworm although shed probably feed it to her budgies if they asked her to kimi is loyal to patsy and tina before anything else named after patsy cline and tina arena her babies represent just a smidge of kimis music taste which she describes as dad music to stick with the household theme kimis partner levi decided to pursue a career as a drummer composer and music mix engineer sometimes he sings backup to kimis karaoke rendition of private dancer kimis custom illustration is one of the things that make our work really special shes an amazing problem solver and collaborator and her favourite part of the job is illustrating video storyboards that our animators bring to life rather than designer kimis most well known around the office as lady president of the social committee she makes sure we have cake and sparkling wine on birthdays takeout lunch on fridays and the trendiest christmas venue booked by september every year nwos social scene would truly be lost without kimi theres so much more to marnie than just her role at nwo to start with marnies our personal photographer for many of our staff headshots its an equal trade because we let her put her four years of art school to good use never mind that she already does that with her side hustle photography business actually there are many ways art school shaped her into the artist she is today it taught her that theres art in absolutely everything its where she discovered wine and for her honours project she explored how the innocence of childlike expression unlocks free creativity a sentiment that inspired her teenage rap band origami girls their music video for hit single rapp is one of our all time favourites but two and a half years ago alma took over the role of childlike expression and hes got it down pat marnie says her toddler runs her world and is the centre of her purpose as far as bosses go hes a pretty cute one if alma is marnies boss mark is her partner in crime it was love at first sight when they rocked up to their first date eight years ago and discovered they both owned convertibles the adventurous pair climbed more than 4km above sea level on manaslu for marnies 30th just the next step up from her 18th birthday skydiving trip of all the musical talent we have rocking here at nwo marnies probably takes the cake it all started with a pair of drumsticks dreams of an all girl band and a healthy crush on zac hanson in high school marnie fantasised about opening for zac on tour before riding off into the moonlight with him but the reality was a little less dreamy and a whole lot louder a decade spent playing for an improvised noise band in warehouses and diy festivals and improvised noise was only the beginning of her music career now marnies checked off all the genres from emo and garage to bubble gum rock in the spare time she cant possibly have shes captured every era of her music over the past decade through her video production business bare pictures beyond the creative vision we see in her music videos marnie has extensive experience producing tvcs for big biz dogs like the nrl samsung and australian ballet marnies blue sky ideas and energetic enthusiasm for our projects challenge the rest of us to do and be better and we just love her for it its clear to us that william was custom built for his role as account manager business growth but theres a lot more to him than wip reports and bd timelines like his first love music from building music festival sets for global icons like justin bieber and ariana grande good mates of his apparently to running his own music biz where he managed local artists william is what we would call the artsy type but despite his natural talents on guitar and piano rumour has it he cant even read sheet music didnt bode well for the paperwork maybe thats why he swapped his yamaha keyboard for a wireless apple one and so musics loss became advertisings gain williams young looks belie a wealth of industry experience while he co ran a creative agency he stocked his blazer sleeves with some tricks that have majorly delighted us at nwo in return for choccy treats during our fortnightly client services meeting william uses his top notch strategy brain to challenge our discovery process and contribute invaluable insight into our projects he wont compromise on meeting his clients deadlines the guy is dedicated what can we say but we hear hes actually pretty flexible on the balance beam thanks to years of gymnastics training his impressive sense of balance comes in handy every now and then when hes across the globe shredding the ski slopes his happy place if the cheesy photographed grins are any indication when he started with us we immediately got him on the tools and by the tools we obviously mean the coffee machine lately weve been lost without an office barista so he couldnt have joined us at a better time strategy and marketing have always come naturally to greg he is both fluent in marketing speak and impressively able to communicate with non marketing natives but theres much more to uncover beyond his business acumen gregs our resident kiwi bringing with him stories of the beautiful aotearoa landscape and all the silly adrenaline pursuits that come with it like his potentially mid life crisis inspired 50th birthday skydiving adventure the thrill seeking continued beyond new zealand his move to australia was bracketed by swims with whale sharks in mexico shivery fishing in the arctic circle and months of backpacking through the middle east although he hasnt yet made his way to india which is rich with his family history but its on the bucket list gregs family is his world while greg is a natural leader in the workplace hes married to a leo his wife jo who was destined to wear the proverbial pants in their household hes immensely proud of his son daniel who inherited gregs football stardom and carries the torch since gregs body decided his glory days are long over greg is now coach to daniel to cope with his retirement from playing football and tennis his golf glory days are still alive and well greg is a fan of many thought provoking quotes such as hope is not a strategy good is the enemy of great and hot chips taste better when they belong to someone else his seagull tendencies make lunch with greg a high stakes experience a big believer that humour can lighten even the most challenging of situations greg is always earning laughs around the office making him the perfect new addition to the team tim joined the nwo team last year and since then we have unearthed a plethora of interesting snippets about the life of tim now its time to share that with the outside world for example although born in brisbane tim grew up on the island of borneo in malaysia before moving back to brisbane at age 16 and attending boarding school sorry but all boarding school stories remain classified with that cultural background tim is fortunate enough to speak three languages english bahasa melayu and hakka a chinese dialect actually he speaks a few chinese dialects so calling tim trilingual might actually be selling him short when he was younger he was quite the tennis player and travelled extensively around south east asia for tournaments luckily for rafa and roger he decided to swap the racquet for a macbook and pursued his career in advertising regrets hes had a few like being a guinea pig in clinical trials in exchange for a few bucks or the free tattoo of a hotel safe code he got as a dare many expensive laser sessions later it turns out it wasnt a free tattoo at all he has been on road trips around iceland in winter adds salt to coke is a mad manchester united fan and a former cover band lead singer he really rocks it on karaoke nights despite all these interesting tidbits tim is most well known for his sneaker collection admitting to ownership of more than 100 pairs but we suspect the number is way higher rarely a week goes by at nwo hq without a couple of shoe box sized deliveries arriving for mr kho tim is happily married well hes happy at least and can sniff a good lunch from five desks away as his clients will attest tim is full of energy and curiosity and that makes him a great member of the nwo family 