Karl started Marlin with a mission; to use advertising and communications to impact the way that our society behaves. It was a very deliberate choice that he and Dan made to only work with charities and cause-driven organisations: organisations that served a truer and more worthy purpose.
Today, he often looks around and is truly humbled by those that have been similarly attracted by that choice.

Undergraduate and postgraduate studies in psychology led Dan to develop a keen interest in the ‘why’ that drives behaviour. Motivated by a desire to do good in the world, Dan has helped lead a strategic revolution in Australian fundraising, championing the role of drivers and values in determining effective, cut-through communications for the not-for-profit sector, and introducing new methodologies for creativity and innovation. A contribution recognised through his nomination as a Fellow of the Fundraising Institute of Australia.

Over the past 10 years Jason has led the delivery of digital campaigns and projects including strategy, transformation peer-to-peer, acquisition, website and integration projects for our not for profit partners. Jason enjoys helping organisations on their digital journeys and enabling them to drive innovation through clear strategy and best practice approaches.

For the past few years he has focused on integrating digital automation tools and techniques to enable multi-channel acquisition, engagement and conversion activities for our client’s campaigns.

Jason is also very passionate about using data and test and learn methodologies to inform strategy and tactics for virtual events, appeals and ‘always on’ campaigns.

As the Creative Director of Marlin, Clayton brings his formidable experience in global brand development into the service of charities and causes. With a quick eye for unexpected solutions he pursues simple and surprising ideas that capture the mind and the heart.
Clayton’s moral compass was set in 1990, when at age 14 he discovered Malcolm X, and started to recognise the oppressive tendencies of capitalism as they related to race and gender. Following this up with a crash course in media manipulation with the release of ‘Manufacturing Consent’ by Noam Chomsky the stage was set for a career that sat quite outside the mainstream. In 2013 he joined Marlin, and discovered place to utilise his social drive, creativity and communications skills.

Jasmine uses her creativity and innovation to help others. She’s the co-founder of a grass-roots initiative in Sydney that offers support to homeless women, while in her role at Marlin she brims with efficiency, positivity and compassion.

Jasmine began her career working for a successful e-Commerce startup, before honing her Account Management skills at a multinational advertising agency.

Now she’s doing what she loves.

Tim has over 15 years' experience running marketing campaigns and digital projects for clients, including nonprofits, education, IT security, banking, construction, retail, health care and professional services.

Tim has broad digital experience working across a wide range of digital areas including search, social, web, email, content, strategy, analytics and conversion optimisation. He is committed to using data to inform strategies and creating dashboards for our client partners to see campaign performance in real time.

Samara is an experienced digital storyteller, having worked in digital marketing for the government and NFP sectors for over 10 years. She has a track record of developing and implementing national digital marketing strategies that increase online donations and improve digital communications with donors.

Samara was the digital lead for the Vinnies CEO Sleepout and Vinnies national appeals including Christmas & Winter.
Throughout her experience Samara has worked on digital acquisition, digital content creation & planning, strategy development and implementation.

Leanne is Marlin’s resident brand design specialist and before joining Marlin, led WWF’s rebrand.

In her 7 years with us she has helped to create well articulated and powerful brand identities for organisations including GoodTel, Aspect, Sir David Martin Foundation, Islamic Relief Australia, Caritas Australia, Blue Knot Foundation and BePartnerReady.com.

Matt is our Art Director who we often associate with LEGO.
He grew up building wonderful worlds and this laid the foundation for his understanding and appreciation of how things can fit together. Matt is always curious about the possibilities of design how an integrated solution can be found regardless of the channel.

Matt specialises in integrated campaign development, branding systems and print. He is an integration design specialist who is a positive thinker and likes to challenge himself creatively regardless of the complexity at hand.

Most importantly, Matt is a father to three incredible children. #dadlife

With over 10 years account management experience across content creation and strategic agencies, Amy initially worked across the consumer sector before realising the for-purpose sector was where she wanted to focus her skills and industry knowledge - this has lead to her most rewarding role at Marlin.

To be a part of a piece of work, from conception to creation, to then see how that project directly impacts the world in some way is quite amazing.

Amy prides herself on developing honest and trusting client and colleague relationships, allowing her to focus on delivering meaningful pieces of communications that are creating positive change.