Deb
Fahey

Managing Director

There are some people in life who seem content to settle for hundreds of luminous spheres. Others strive for nothing less than thousands. That’s Deb – never accepting less then the best. After working for McCann Erikson, Deb created Fahey Consulting in the late eighties to fill the gap of quality branding in the local market. Since then her marketing, public relations and sponsorship strategies (combined with advertising expertise and precious industry experience) have left our clients with a natural glow of satisfaction.

Craig
Brown

Creative Director

Craig’s life is lived designery. Yes, that’s not a real word. But, as his skill often delivers beyond what’s thought possible, it seemed apt. After a stint in London Craig brought his red pen of justice to Novo, and has recently become a shareholder in the company. Now, besides throwing paper and annoying the other creatives, he crafts campaigns that are bold, unique and creative. His taste is impeccable – except when it comes to music. So by all means entrust him to your brand’s concept and design. Just don’t get him to DJ the office party.

Anna
Wright

Account Director, Lower South Island

Along with bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens, one of Novo’s favourite things is ‘everything about Anna’. It’s not just that she enjoys ripping up the slopes of Queenstown, gallivanting around the Southern Lakes after her small but boisterous dog and swilling copious amounts of Sauvignon Blanc. It’s also because she’s an experienced marketer, adept social media hound and account management extraordinaire. Now our southern friends no longer need to climb every mountain (or search high and low) for the very best in brand guidance.

Sarah
Astor

Business Manager

Apparently it doesn’t grow on trees. It’s a good thing our financial mastermind is thorough, principled and utterly skilled at her money-managing job. With a prestigious globe-spanning career Sarah knows a thing or two about checks and balances. Her current governance roles include Chair for the Met Service and Director of Christchurch City Holdings, Novo, Selwyn Plantation Board and as Trustee for Church Property Trustees and several other charitable trusts. It’s this experience and her consummate abilities that deliver security for our clients and opportunity for Novo.

Stephen
Dalley

Creative

Plato. Da Vinci. Shakespeare. Enstieen. The world has been blessed with some incredible thinkers – and Stephen knows how to spell all their names (except, occasionally, Einstein). After starting agency life writing in Wellington he shifted down to Novo four years ago and has been busy working here ever since. While struggling to write about himself in the third person I am pretty good at creatively positioning the big, engaging ideas and messages across a range of media-forms.

Sam
Baines

Creative

Sam has a huge list of endearing qualities honed from work for a renowned local architecture firm and a couple of boutique design agencies. These include the ability to get work done quickly and to an incredibly high standard. But enough of the boring stuff – he’s also capable of producing a supremely brilliant nerd voice (just ask him to say ‘frag limit’). Which has led some to believe that perhaps this is the real voice and what he mainly uses is the fake one.

Katy
Clook

Creative

Our self-described “hedonistic, coffee-swilling, curry-eating Brit” excels in both pithy conversation and brand elevation. For the latter, Katy’s consummate strategic skill has delivered client acclaim and awards aplenty for three prominent Christchurch ad agencies. For the former, give us a call. She’ll talk your ear off, get your culture down, write the company up and send your bottom line above and beyond. That’s Katy in a nutshell – she’s a miss-nothing, do-everything all-star.

Nicola
Rusbatch

Account Manager

She is industrious in the industry, the organiser of the organisation, the busy bee for your business. After taking maternity leave she has returned to Novo to take on the dual role of office and account management. Cool, calm and capable in a deadline driven world, Nicky’s inherent qualities have her cherished around the office. For the best of overviews she has individuality, versatility and tenacity - all perfectly contained behind a smile to light the skies.