Dana Kirkpatrick (pronounced Da-nuh, like Dad-nuh, but without pronouncing the second ‘d') is an award-winning journalist who possesses a resounding laugh that is contagious to anyone entering the office she motivates singlehandedly.
Dana is the life blood behind ExpressPR, taking it from a small one-man-band run from her rural residence to a five person hardworking and flat out team bursting at the seams with ideas and workload.
Dana uses her training as a Radio DJ to captivate any audience with her amazing knowledge and eloquent voice and vocabulary, and uses a gentle form of persuasion that, before you know it, sees you happily buying a ticket off her or getting your cheque book out to sponsor the latest charity gig she is running.
Her work philosophy is to tackle any challenge head-on and work like a warthog to make it a success. It is this attitude and determination to succeed, no matter what is thrown in her way, which has people scrambling to find the handle of the door at the ExpressPR office to ask for her advice.
Married to Tony, with two wonderful children - Anna (6) and Sam (3), you can often see Dana's family around the ExpressPR office or at the latest event, spreading their enthusiasm for life into the work to make it a success.
Whether you are in search of some friendly advice or a communications strategy to launch the next best thing in toilet surveillance, Dana will always meet you with a friendly face. You never know, you might find yourself walking out with a whole new marketing strategy to wow the world!
Josh is the masculine presence in our team - and the girls reckon he gets it pretty easy really!
He has his own little man cave down the hall and he beavers away in there producing some awesome work. Josh is a budding writer and can put ten newsletters together at once, all for different clients, and they all look awesome.
With a background in the advertising industry Josh has some useful insights into what works for clients and how they can get the best bang for their buck which, let's face it, is invaluable advice in the changing economic climate. Josh can put together a PR and profile raising strategy that will enhance your presence in the sectors you are targeting and ensure you make your mark.
Josh is the wheeler dealer of all time and what he doesn't know about a bargain aint worth knowing. He keeps TradeMe, 1-day.com, grabaseat and others in business - not to mention the courier post man who has worn a path to our door. He even tried to buy a Christmas Tree from the second hand mart - sadly someone beat him to it but he did find one on TradeMe for $40 including the decorations.
Anna manages ExpressPR's Bay of Plenty branch, launched in 2009.
Bright, bubbly and bursting with creative ideas, Anna combines a positive, friendly approach with more than ten years of experience in digital media, events, marketing and PR to attract a steady stream of new clients.
She spent four years wowing Wellington's Fairfax Digital with her management of their online advertising across stuff.co.nz and classified sites, before joining the brain drain overseas where she honed her communications skills as a conference editor for events across the UK and Europe.
Since her return Anna has managed a wide-range of communications projects in Whakatane, Rotorua and Tauranga. Being East Coast born and bred, she also quite likes to help the Gisborne team once in a while.
With all this under her belt, Anna is always on the go - a driven professional who knows what she wants and goes after it. The challenge is keeping up.