In a nutshell: Smith Brothers Media is a full-service creative agency.
We help our clients grow and achieve success via marketing, creative work, branding, business strategy and some very smart tech solutions.
But that’s just what we do. What about the weird and wonderful mix of gears and gaskets that really make SBM tick…?
it all started with two brothers...
The SBM story began with James and Tom, brothers who knew they could do marketing The Smarter Way™.
Smith Brothers Media was born, going from just one room with a couple of bean bag chairs to a tiny office down in Chelsea. From there, we made the move to a larger space in Cheltenham, expanding our service offering as we went.
But we weren’t done growing – not by a long shot.
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We expanded our in-house team in 2016, welcoming the video production folks at 77 Productions.
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The branding and design gurus from SAS Creative and Designer Websites added their skills to SBM.
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The full force of our very own Development team joined us in 2019.
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Creative agency Follow became our Brisbane representatives in 2021.
Now a full-service agency offering growth marketing, creative, content and tech services, SBM has still never lost sight of the original goal: to put people first and do things The Smarter Way™.
Our Values.
“WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING GROW AND IMPROVE GREAT BUSINESSES.”
Fine-sounding words. And we mean every single one of them.
The SBM team is here to grow alongside you and your business in meaningful conversation and partnership.
We’re here to listen, understand and get to work on the right solution, not something pre-made, all wrapped in plastic and picked off a shelf.
Helping great businesses grow and improve isn’t a tagline, or a marketing slogan.
It’s our guiding principle. It’s how we see past the numbers to what makes a business truly great: people and passion.
you’ve got a great business
LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND HELP IT GROW.
The Team.
Meet the folks at SBM.
Without them, we’d just be an empty building.
(and nothing would get done)
James
CEO
“Try, Learn, Try Smarter.”
Tom
Co-founder / Developer
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
Jude
COO
“Being a programmer is like magic: no one knows how you do it but everyone expects it to be marvellous.”
Kale
Marketing Manager/Mentor
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.” – Alan Watts
Justin
Senior Digital Designer
“Every day you seem to know less and less about more and more.”
Ross
Director of Strategy
Make Every Opportunity Count
Christian
Content Manager/Mentor
“What would Taylor Swift do?”
Stuart
Senior Content Specialist
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. You know that in nine hundred years of time and space, I’ve never met anybody who wasn’t important before.”
Martyn
Senior Account Director
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”
Sara
Design Manager/Mentor
“There’s a thin line between destruction and creation.” – Oliver Jeffers
Hazal
Acting Production Manager/Mentor
“Nothing good comes from your comfort zone.”
Rachel
Accounts Assistant
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
Sara
Midweight Digital Designer
“They don’t know that we know they know we know.”
Dominic
Digital Infrastructure And Security Manager
Spirit animal: Toyota Hilux
Shan
Account Manager
“Oh, Martyn Coomber!! I’m going to get you!”
Michael
Full Stack Developer
Everybody’s just a person.
Henry
Digital Designer
“Live, Laugh, Love”
Brianna
Office Administrator
“I am an early bird and I’m a night owl so I’m wise and I have worms” – Michael Scott
Junhan
Full Stack Developer
“There are different ways of doing the thing that you stuck on, so don’t worry.”
Alicia
Director of Production
It’s fine. I’m fine. Everything is fine.
Hannah
Marketing Strategist
“Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” – Michael Scott
Tamika
Digital Designer
‘Stay curious’
Kiara
Digital Marketing Specialist
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” – Carmela Soprano
Analia
Senior Digital Designer
“If you can’t make it better, try not to make it worse.”
Michael
Full Stack Developer
“The WiFi went down today so I had to talk to my family. They seem like nice people.”
John
FULL STACK DEVELOPER (GRADUATE)
“Mindset over skillset”
Shanna
Senior Graphic Designer
“Stop looking at me, Swan!”
Martin
Campaign Manager
“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”
Eric
UX/UI Designer
“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.”
Harsha
Campaign Manager
404: Not Found Anywhere Else
Gavin
Full Stack Developer
“I want to change the world but they won’t give me the source code.”
Kayla
“If I believe in anything, it is doubt. The root cause of all life’s problems is looking for a simple f—ing answer.” – Anthony Bourdain
SBM’s Office Dogs.
Alice
Brisbane Office Representative
“Okay, so, basically, I’m fabulous.”
Indi
Brisbane Office Representative
“I don’t always chew shoes. But actually, I do. All the time.”
Hero
Melbourne Morale Officer
“Behind every cloud is another cloud.” – Judy Garland
Martha
Melbourne Morale Officer
I met a Norwegian dog yesterday. “Bjärk bjärk bjärk”, he said. What could it mean?
Chai
Melbourne Morale Officer
“If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.” ― Turkish Proverb
Huxley
Melbourne Morale Officer
“Think I’m napping? Check your sandwich!”
Nugget
Melbourne Morale Officer
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain
Loki
Melbourne Morale Officer
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to destroy Jotunheim.”