 we suppose his design education did something right because his craziest of ideas are often the ones with the best results or maybe is because his capricorn sun means hes always right you cat argue with that logic either way mike resurfaced from design college in his early twenties with an itch for adventure outside of smalltown brisvegas thus began his london chapter where 12 months turned into 12 years or maybe mike just got confused shapes and colours are his realm of expertise not numbers he arrived in london with a backpack and a girlfriend and came back to brisbane with a wife and two daughters between them miley cyrus and dolly parton mike has many influential female role models in his life except for during that dark chapter in paris home of many vault locked memories he wot share with the class mike has had a beard as long as hes been an artist very simple maths leads us to believe the beard is actually the source of his creative powers stroking it while staring into the distance tends to ignite his lightbulb moments unfortunately this doest seem to extend to his sketching ability but when you make a career out of facial hair powers you have to accept the limitations as well as the wall of shame your agency might craft from a collage of your worst drawings thas life but what mike lacks in pen to paper artistry he makes up for in decoration hes known to brighten the office and his co worker days with his penchant for loud da shirts he has one for every single day of the year some of the highlights of mikes career include launching the playstation 4 and ps vita in the uk seeing his work on the big screens at v festival and making starbucks sirens kiss in the name of pride mike has a very happy go lucky why not approach to creativity he reckons when you only draw from what you know is much harder to elevate the work and take it in new directions in other words safe often equals boring is great advice but is ironic being told not to play it safe by the guy who has 56 browser tabs open on google right now just saying but mike goes above and beyond to achieve his goal to keep it weir and nwo is all the better for it both in our work and our office vibes why does she say she accomplishes nothing when she appears to be one of the all time great multi taskers well she has started a thousand things in her life and never completed any of them piano cello netball volleyball basketball writing novels writing poetry acting dancing acrobatics choir all have been tried failed and given up forever is just as well because as someone who has more job titles than scott morrison in a pandemic we need her in the office were not sure whas on her business card but she acts as our junior copywriter production coordinator chief proofreader project manager office manager and social club vice president bree may be our youngest employee but her list of accomplishments belies her years shes already watched all 412 episodes of greys anatomy which she feels should entitle her to an honorary medical degree shes also memorised every single lyric of every taylor swift song that particular obsession runs to attending three of her concerts and counting and two tattoos referencing her music and counting oh yes and she just finished her under graduate degree in business at qut her cooking skills are non existent but luckily bree lives the inner city life so a poke bowl or dumpling shop is never too far away theres also the occasional maccas feed after hitting the valley nightclubs whose menu she can recite by heart thanks to her teen years spent in the drive thru trenches if you cat find her in the office just follow the sound of someone talking about the latest netflix series then just give her a job to do and watch her get to it well straight after shes finished listening to taytays latest release the girl has priorities you know liam was born and raised in brisbane but escaped the oppressive heat to live in london and hong kong and then found it again in guam for seven years now back in his hometown he carries with him the secrets of a journey well travelled from paying his way through uni as a roadie for ska band the furious turtles to winning australian and international advertising and production copywriting awards throughout his career were sure we can thank his time on the road is classified but imaginably riddled with life altering stories for the effortless creativity he brings day to day second to that maybe also his time at industry renowned award school speaking of formative experiences lias gruff exterior was carefully constructed back in his boarding school days when he was an easy target as the only soft city kid among a sea of tough country kids he quickly discovered that no amount of skiing holidays or golfing hole in ones current tally zero from 50 000 attempts could win the respect of teenage bogans a lesson in humility for liam perhaps weve all been there at some point despite his otherwise bourgeois sounding life where the golfing green is grassier liam actually knows all about the importance of sacrifice after all he cooks his famous garlic prawns every year for his family christmas and last year for the nwo christmas despite his drastic ironic and tragic crustacean allergy when he defeats the prawns they defeat him right back you can actually cook the dish yourself following his not so secret recipe here is delicious you cat take lias word for it of course but you can take ours he has cooking all locked down but hell be the first to tell you cleaning ist his area of expertise we cat have everything no reason to fret though ist that what kids are for and hes got four of them so hes very good at delegating a of couple residents in his household live it lush and chore free though his 50kg irish wolfhound luna and his 8kg cavoodle rusty in fact theyve delegated to liam the chore of walking them every morning those gorgeous dogs are part of what we love about liam along with his dry sense of humour his endless creative expertise and his penchant for telling a good story whether is through an ad script or just a weekend anecdote 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 musi 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 is 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 is 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 cat 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 is 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 cat even read sheet music didt bode well for the paperwork maybe thas why he swapped his yamaha keyboard for a wireless apple one and so musis loss became advertisings gain willias 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 wot compromise on meeting his client 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 couldt 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 hast yet made his way to india which is rich with his family history but is 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 is 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 wast 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 