Bob Talbot

CEO

A writer by training and a business entrepreneur by choice.

Bob finds joy in creating and developing ideas that change businesses. From the world’s first 100% active laundry granule that took Cussons to market leader in laundry detergents, to the infusion of the Japanese Wagyu breed into the Australian beef industry, which dramatically added value to Australia’s beef export market in just three years.

He knows that leveraging business and communications ideas can dramatically move markets. With Sydney based adman Graeme Samuelson, Bob formed Samuelson Talbot in 1978 as an independent, deep thinking marketing communications firm committed to business success unconstrained by existing conventions and cultures.

Paul Taylor

Executive Creative Director

Paul started his life in advertising with a scholarship to Saatchi & Saatchi, London. From there, he transferred to Saatchi’s in Prague.

He returned home as the Founding Copywriter of M&C Saatchi in Australia, followed by 5 years as Creative Director of the Melbourne office. During this time, the agency was the #1 creative agency five years running in Melbourne and ranked in the top 50 creative agencies in the world. Two years spent on a plane as Creative Partner, Australia, Asia & North America was enough for him to want to keep his feet firmly on the ground. Recently, he was named in the AdNews Top 50 Marketing People Under 40 and won Gold at the Melbourne Advertising & Design Club awards.

Marty Hungerford

Digital Creative Director

With over ten years digital experience, Marty has risen to creatively head the digital departments of both George Patterson Y&R and JWT.

He’s pretty handy around the home too, having successfully moved household brand names including Fosters and Cadbury into the online space. He has also managed the creative direction of digital projects for clients such as NAB and Yellow Pages. Invited to lecture at the Australasian Writers and Art Directors association (AWARD) and Melbourne Advertising and Design Club (MADC) Marty is considered an authority within the digital advertising space. He also sat on the RMIT industry advisory panel and instigated the GPY&R and RMIT graduate program. More recently, he was invited to be a digital judge at AWARD and elected to the MADC committee.

Jayne Windus

Business Manager

Jayne started her career on the client side holding various marketing positions with Beecham, Cussons and Scottish and Newcastle Breweries before becoming Trade Marketing Controller at Cadbury, a position she held for four years.

Following her move to the agency side, Jayne worked for three UK agencies, Interfocus, Faulds Advertising and The Union, where she ran the NuMedia division and was Deputy Managing Director. She was responsible for a diverse range of client businesses including publishing, drinks, FMCG and Financial Services; most notably RBS and the launch of Intelligent Finance, the UK’s first telenet bank

Jayne moved to Australia in 2005. Prior to joining the team at ST&P, she worked on Electrolux, Paradise Foods and Aussie Home Loans.

Brendan O’Sullivan

Business Manager

Brendan started in advertising in the dispatch department and worked his way up through traffic, print and tv production to account service. He spent over 12 years working on automotive accounts including Holden, Ford, Mazda and Nissan as well as lengthy periods looking after Medibank Private, Grosby Footwear and Dorf Tapwear. Brendan has been with us for more than 10 years, working with a number of our clients including The Age.

Jo Doolan

Business Manager

Jo’s early experience was gained in various marketing communications roles on the client side of the business at companies including Kambrook Australia, Coles Myer Limited and Ansett Australia.

In 1993, Jo was approached to join to the start-up agency WhybinTBWA as a Group Account Director where she worked across such brands as Beiersdorf (Nivea & Elastoplast), The National Heart Foundation, Kmart, Holeproof and National Foods.

Ten years later, she jumped back to client side once again as Marketing Director for The Age, where her responsibilities included driving competitive sales and readership growth for the masthead.

Jo joined us in August 2008 and now manages an account group in Melbourne.

Denny Sterley

Research & Strategy Associate

Denny has vast experience in understanding consumer behavior and planning strategies that resonate with them. He’s worked client-side for the likes of BP and Telstra and has worked with ST&P for nearly 20 years on categories as diverse as financial to health, tourism to technology.