AURORA MARKETING - Key Persons


Aaron Snell

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager
Marketing Manager Location: Brisbane Aaron has over 20 years of experience in the marketing and communications industry. He has the extensive industry knowledge and the ability to develop and execute insightful, innovative, and creative marketing and branding... Aaron has over 20 years of experience in the marketing and communications industry. He has the extensive industry knowledge and the ability to develop and execute insightful, innovative, and creative marketing and branding strategies. Through Aaron's extensive experience, he has mastered the art of helping clients get the edge over their competition. Aaron's marketing roles have leveraged and built upon analytic, creative and technical skills in varied industries across Australia and internationally. His experience spans multi-national organisations, state and federal government and SMEs. Responsiveness and understanding the big picture are key skills that he brings to every project. As an accomplished marketing specialist, he embraces new approaches and emerging technologies. Aaron's extensive marketing experience has given him knowledge in market research and customer segmentation, brand development, campaign development, print, digital, web and social media creative services, event management and video and presentation production. "Aaron has proved an expert in the marketing space. He has led the development and implementation of many large-scale campaigns for our business. Aaron is very strategic, customer-centric and just great to work with. His work has made us shine and achieve outstanding results."

Brianna Massie

Job Titles:
  • Bid Specialist
Bid Specialist Location: Gold Coast As an elite athlete and long-term member of the Australian kayaking team, Brianna possesses the kind of winning mindset that is invaluable to any bid team. She inspires excellence by combining supportive coaching with highly...

Caroline Lewis

Bid Whip Location: Brisbane Caroline is an experienced Bid Whip who maintains a cool head while working under the sustained pressure of tendering. She makes challenging decisions quickly and is relentless in her pursuit to get the team over the line holding a winning...

Charlotte Claire

Bid Specialist Location: Melbourne Charlotte has spent the last 10+ years acquiring and cultivating the many skills that make her an incredible Bid Specialist. Her ability to blend techniques of technical, persuasive, emotive and creative writing means that she can...

Derek Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Customer Director, Alstom
"Wanted to let you know we are grateful for your support and input. We are very happy with what we have produced and look forward to the next opportunity to combine forces and make a real impact."

Eva Puado

Bid Whip Location: Perth With a career spanning multiple industries, Eva can turn her hand to writing just about anything. Need a strong story and a clear pitch, stitched together from detailed, technical and complex information? Eva has it covered. At every step...

Helen Pace

Job Titles:
  • Client Relationship Manager
  • Business Development and Submission Specialist
Helen's experience spans project management, marketing, communications, workshop facilitation, professional editing and writing - the core capabilities needed on any project. She has considerable strategic nous and creativity that she uses to drive strategy development and content analysis, unearthing the essential spark that will ignite a client's pitch. With a background in publishing and communications, Helen can just as easily transform complex information into accessible plain language as she can create a compelling, next-level narrative for her clients' submissions. Business Development and Submission Specialist Location: Brisbane Helen's experience spans project management, marketing, communications, workshop facilitation, professional editing and writing - the core capabilities needed on any project. She has considerable...

Ian Wessling - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
Ian is the mastermind behind the business' smooth operation and continued development. With a long history of accountancy and IT, he has uplifted Aurora Marketing's processes to be more efficient, effective and people-friendly, keeping the culture consistent and at a high standard. Ian has demonstrated his crystal clear vision by spearheading our reception of the Financial Review's Most Innovative Companies award, as well as taking home various other honours for his creative processes and policies at Aurora Marketing. As Chief Operating Officer, you'll meet him through our resourcing and business development procedures, and he crunches the numbers behind the scenes to find the best solution for our clients and organisation to improve. Chief Operating Officer Location: Brisbane Ian is the mastermind behind the business' smooth operation and continued development. With a long history of accountancy and IT, he has uplifted Aurora Marketing's processes to be more efficient, effective and...

Jared Briggs

Job Titles:
  • General Manager, Allflex New Zealand
"He is versatile, responsive, creative and so easy to work with and his talents extend across multiple media. I feel fortunate to have had him as part of my team."

Jenny Law

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Manager

Jon Roffe

Job Titles:
  • Bid Specialist

Josh Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Bid and Production Coordinator
Bid and Production Coordinator Location: Sydney Josh is a dynamic Bid Coordinator who is not only skilled in the practical parts of his role but excels at steering teams through the challenges of high-volume, tight deadline situations. The secret sauce that...

Julian Heath

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Global 24

Kylie Brown

Job Titles:
  • Performance
Kylie is a quietly capable bid management powerhouse. She is patient, calm and infinitely diplomatic - very handy skills to have on high-stress, tight-deadline bids. Her particular skill is in multi-layered team communication, training and coaching to help the bid team come together to accomplish the near-impossible. With years of experience including several mega bids under her belt, Kylie now uses her skills to coach our bid team in best-practice bid management, ensuring Aurora Marketing's unique brand of excellence is always on point.

Leann Webb - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
Leann is the founder of Aurora Marketing. For over 20 years, Leann has demonstrated an unrivalled expertise in major and mega project bids, making her the undisputed pioneer of the bid management industry. She is creative, articulate and hard-working, with boundless energy and a formidable tenacity. An exceptional marketer, Leann knows how to think competitively and create differentiation to put her clients ahead of their rivals. Her success is underpinned by the comprehensive tender system of tools, processes and precedents she has developed to give every tender the best chance at winning. While Leann inspires people with her divergent thinking, she is also pragmatic and sensible.

Lianna Heussler

Job Titles:
  • Bid Specialist
Bid Specialist Location: Brisbane Lianna's motivation as a Bid Specialist is to effect positive change by supporting her clients to win tenders that will transform the Australian landscape, open opportunities for innovation across industries, and improve...

Luke Vanson

Job Titles:
  • Sales Manager, CHC Helicopter

Megan O'Connor

Job Titles:
  • Director, Kantara Consulting

Raphaelle Race

Bid Whip Location: Melbourne Raphaelle prides herself on her ability to craft persuading and compelling arguments that keep projects on the path to success. She is a tendering powerhouse with over 9 years of experience covering strategy development,...

Stephane Forsyth

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Bid Specialist
Graduate Bid Specialist Location: Brisbane Having recently completed her Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Stephane brings a burst of energy to every bid team she joins. Hungry to expand her already impressive skillset, Stephane is keen to learn and picks up new skills...

Steve Gerlach

Bid Catalyst Location: Melbourne Offering the perfect balance of natural leadership, extensive tendering experience, and a competitive streak, Steve personifies the winning bid mindset that gives his clients the edge to succeed. As a Bid Catalyst, Steve specialises in...

Steve Salmon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Bid Specialist
With a background in news production, Steve is well versed in the unrelenting pace, intense attention to detail, and absolute commitment to creating a compelling narrative that is the core of a tender submission. He has a particular passion for presenting highly technical information in an attractive and engaging way, offering unique solutions to the presentation of often complex bids. With his commitment to quality, Steve consistently looks for ways to take the material to the next level and has a calm and quiet determination to deliver a winning bid right to the very end. Senior Bid Specialist Location: Sydney With a background in news production, Steve is well versed in the unrelenting pace, intense attention to detail, and absolute commitment to creating a compelling narrative that is the core of a tender submission. He has a...

Suzanne Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Executive Dean of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University

Tania Esposito

Job Titles:
  • Bid Specialist
Bid Specialist Location: Adelaide Tania is passionate about the crafting of our clients' stories, showcasing their unique offering, honouring their business legacy, and highlighting the potential of future partnership opportunities. With the understanding that there...