Meet the Loominaries
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Sarah Marshall, Ahoy Studio
Sarah is experienced in marketing management, graphic design and is a Rocketspark website design partner. She enjoys working with like-minded businesses to develop a digital presence that is both impactful and practical.
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Holly Williams, Sketch Studio
With her clean and minimalistic design style, Holly creates strong, soulful brands tying together the story, personality, and essence of a business. She works closely with clients to create the brand they’ve always imagined.
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Jessica Stebbings, Accountant
Jessica is a Chartered Accountant, and certified Xero advisor, specialising in small business accounting. She has over ten years experience and loves helping her clients grow their businesses and be part of their journey.
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Tae-Ho Ko, App House
Tae-Ho is a UI / UX designer specialising in creating superior user experience and interactions, taking complex ideas and structures and creating simple, elegant, sophisticated user interfaces on small to extra-large screens.
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Chris Thomas, Dealplay.io
Chris is the CEO and Co-founder of Dealplay.io, a full-service Virtual Reality Learning platform and consultancy that helps organisations explore the untapped potential of immersive mediums.
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Philippa Farmer, Canopy Group
Philippa is passionate about helping clients achieve their financial goals and as a Financial Adviser covering mortgages, personal insurance and Kiwisaver, she says it’s never too soon to get good advice.
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Jarrod Lodge, Calo
Jarrod designs, builds and deploys software and apps to promote safety and optimise business processes and workflows. He works with clients to identify where issues or inefficiencies lie, and develops a customised, digital solution.
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Catherine Tafto, Composed
The founder of Loom Shared Space, Catherine is also a content and copy writer. She tells clients’ stories through their websites, blog posts, awards entries, newsletters and more.
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Robyn Wilkinson, Flex Fitness
Senior Administrator for Flex Fitness in Pukekohe and Manukau, Robyn is the go to for everything that keeps their operations running smoothly.
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Tracey Lock, Your A Team
Tracey is an award-winning Virtual Office Manager, and with her team at Your A Team, she supports thriving New Zealand business owners by providing them with an office management powerhouse.
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Darby Miles, Miles Builders
With over 10 years of experience, Miles Builders build and renovate beautiful homes all over Franklin. Darby manages the admin and keeps everything from marketing to accounts running smoothly.
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Sally Warrender
Sally is a skilled community specialist, leader and facilitator in the for-purpose space. She balances best practice ideology and research-based theory with the reality of getting the job done.
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Jeff Morgan, HPA Group
Jeff draws on a combination of practical building background and management skills to manage projects for HPA Group, who design and build retirement living communities. He also has a passion for high performance homes.
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Ross Murphy, Décor NZ
Ross is General Manager for Décor NZ. Décor has over 60 years of passion for game-changing design and innovation keeping them at the forefront of manufacturing quality food storage, lunch & hydration and home solutions, winning over 300 design awards.
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Andie Morgan, Just a Thought
Andie is a Research Project Manager for Just a Thought, a free service offering evidence-based online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), helping people with mild-to-moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression control their emotions, thoughts and behaviour to improve their mental health.
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Edward Hart, Speerstra Hart
A director of Auckland property valuation firm Speerstra Hart, Ed draws on his attention to detail and understanding of market nuances to provide well-respected valuations for mortgage security, disposal/acquisition, bespoke consultancy, rent review and insurance.
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Ria Lingad, Your Local Coffee Roasters
The Managing Director of Your Local & Co, Ria is in love with coffee and the community it creates. Your Local provides freshly roasted coffee, beverages and baked goods every day and have a mission to make people happy and show love and care in all actions.
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Emily Fornieri
Your friendly neighbourhood marketer, Emily is an accomplished generalist with a savvy understanding of the flow of consumer behaviour. She has extensive experience in the tech, crypto, mobile app and video games industries and loves working with businesses that are ready to graduate from DIY marketing.
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Andy Evans, Metanoia Safety
Skilled in safety management systems, training delivery, risk management, industrial safety and coaching, Andy is an experienced safety professional. He is also one of the hosts of the Circus of Safety, a podcast for safety consultants.
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Rosina Hamilton, Lightspeed
A product designer at Vend by Lightspeed, Rosina believes design should look good, be meaningful, and incite positive change. She has crafted and directed strategy-led work with brands across print, digital and live experiences.
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Nicole Pryor, WIEGO
A communications specialist with a background in journalism, Nicole is the Media Officer for WIEGO, a global network that supports the movement of workers in informal employment, especially women and those living in poverty.
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Jarrod Moyle, Elias Recruitment
Jarrod is a Senior Legal Recruitment Specialist. An optimist who will always focus on the opportunity, not the hurdles, he has worked with companies from large global businesses, to owning and managing his own consulting companies.
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Candice Mulder, Execute VA
Candice is a Virtual Executive Assistant with 15 years of experience in the Finance and Professional Services sectors in the UK and New Zealand. She provides a range of administrative services to bring calm to an often chaotic business owner's world.
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Carrick Steven, Profruit
With over twenty years in the apple industry, Carrick is the Sales guy at Profruit. Based in sunny Hawkes Bay, the fruit-bowl of New Zealand, Profruit produces high quality juice concentrates for domestic and international clients.
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Merrin McCreadie, Moneypenny Consulting
Merrin’s bookkeeping and consulting services help business owners (the ones who want their weekends and their sanity back) reclaim the time and space they need to really focus on growing their businesses.
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Kristy Somerset, NZRPA
Kristy is the Financial Controller for the New Zealand Rugby Players Association, whose goal is to enhance the game by making sure New Zealand’s professional players have what they need to be at their best both on and off the field.
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Amber Carpenter, Grass Roots Media
Specialising in the food & fibre sector, Amber knows what it takes to tell the stories that matter and drive real results. She is also a dairy and beef farmer, Chair of DairyNZ’s Dairy Environment Leaders and a Farmstrong Ambassador.
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Priti Burfield-Mills, Codi
Priti is a Front End Developer and Craft CMS Contractor with hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining websites. A hard worker, she is enthusiastic about learning new things and continuing to develop her skills.
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And more...
Not everyone wants to be on the website, and that is fair enough, but you can find our Loominaries at 7 Devon Lane, and on our member wall.