Meet the Fresh Ideas Team
The Fresh Ideas Group's (FIG) success relies on strong client relationships in order to ensure successful events, public relations and marketing programs. Our team of professional experts will ensure that expectations are always exceeded and we confirm client satisfaction as our number one priority.
We measure success in terms of impressions and approximate ad value, but more importantly we measure success by the quality of relationships we nurture, our friends in business and our sense of fun. The Fresh Ideas Group is a marketing, PR & Event management agency you will engage over and over again.
Sassy, Smart. Sensational – At The Fresh Ideas Group, our team of professional managers and marketers provide a fresh new approach to cater for all of your public relations & marketing needs based in integrity, enthusiasm and professionalism.
Tracey Doyle
Fresh Ideas Group Principal Tracey Doyle has over 16 years experience in the event management and public relations domain. Tracey is the driving force behind our efforts at building business relationships and this is one of the foundation stones of The Fresh Ideas Group methodology. The managing director of making things happen is her catch cry, overseeing the marketing, public relations event management efforts to ensure we are on budget, on brief and on strategy. She is the master of relationship building and feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
Corrine Garland
FIG's Event Management Diva, (drum roll please) introducing the fabulous Ms Corrine Garland, based in the spectacular tropical paradise that is Port Douglas Corrine heads up the Fresh Ideas Group Queensland office. Corrine has the personality and drive to turn a dinner dance into a gala fan fair; she has the knack and the experience to ensure events from large multinational conferences to small intimate weddings exceed our client's expectations. She is an organised, social risk taker so from the theme to the dust bins Corrine has all the skills needed to manage your events.
Joanne Sarolis
Partner in creativity, a Robin to Tracey's Batman and integral member of The Fresh Ideas Group Brains Trust is Miss Joanne Sarolis. Jo is in her third year of her Communication (Public Communication) and Law degree and to prove her organisational skills manages to juggle both a double degree at university and her role with FIG. Jo's many and varied skills include writing professional media strategies for local, national and international clients, coordinating integrated marketing and management campaigns and most of all adding that big spoon full of sugar that makes the medicine go down, in the most delightful way.
Susan Jones
Susan Jones is our creative heartbeat. Simply brilliant with design, her taste and colour pallet astound our clients, she is a one brief kinda gal, you explain to Susan what you want and she will deliver a branding package, advertising format or logo first time, she is a one stop shop when it comes to all things graphic. A graphic artist by trade Susan provides the creative solutions to the specific issues, needs (and budgets) of each client. She is the guardian of a company's positioning, look and feel and ensures that we maintain the integrity of this positioning on behalf of all of our clients.
Melanie Smith
The FIG Hostess with the Most-ess – introducing The Fresh Ideas Group's Hospitality Edge General Manager Miss Melanie Currently based in bustling Bangkok - Thailand and with over twenty years of working around the world including , Australia, New Zealand , Indonesia, & Hong Kong, Melanie is an experienced Hotelier who daily demonstrates a passion for the international industry.
An international woman of mystery Melanie has mastered all areas of hotels, taking her first baby steps in Food and Beverage, before making the leap to Management, she branched across into Sales & Marketing and that's where FIG was able to snavel this social risk taker and claim her as our own.
Most recently Melanie has undertaken with gusto the role of Hotel General Manager for a four star hotel in Thailand. With a focus on improving the hotels operational flow and elevating the clients experience while improving the hotels bottom line she has again taken the business to the universe and beyond , juggling and keeping many balls in the air this amazing business woman also heads up the FIG hospitality and hotel auditing division.
With experience across resorts, casinos and city holdings, in 4 and 5 star properties around the globe, Melanie has seen it all, and with a sassy skills base she is now available to assist you maximize your returns, through satisfied guests, happy staff, optimizing revenue and minimizing costs. You will want Melanie so bad it will hurt
