Our Team
Quest has attracted a talented team of individuals who are seriously good at what they do.
Each contributes his/her unique skills to allow Quest to provide the full spectrum of marketing agency services. Each person plays their part, motivated by a common interest – seeing you succeed.
Having been at the forefront of marketing solutions since 2005, we’re comfortable in our own skin. With a multi-award-winning marketer at the helm, we’ve provided marketing solutions to businesses large and small, in NZ and overseas. See who we’ve worked with here.
We love supporting worthy community causes at Quest, here’s some of the team enjoying Movember fun.
When you partner with the team at Quest, you can expect experts who…
- understand the pressures that busy business owners face and do their darnedest to make the process as smooth and easy as possible.
- speak your language (although we can bombard you with marketing buzz words if you’d like us to).
- put their heads down and get on with driving results for your business.
Our long list of satisfied clients confirms the quality of our work and negates the need to chest-beat on a city high street. Instead, it allows us the luxury of balancing work with life style. To this end, Quest’s head office is nestled in a plum orchard in sunny Hawke’s Bay. You could say we’re living the dream.
We’ve been described as a small-town marketing company with big-city capabilities. If you like the sound of that, meet the creative masterminds who make up Quest below.
Hamish Lowry
Founder
Hamish is the founder of Quest and is a multi-award-winning marketer. Quest launched in 2005 and Hamish has been driving success across business sectors in New Zealand and Australia ever since. At Quest, your results mean everything and Hamish embodies the core values of customer first, can do and no bull.
Geri Goldstone
Marketing Director
Geri brings extensive experience across branding and marketing, having worked in senior roles for Auckland digital agencies and marketing manager roles. Geri's experience spans many industries, namely Agri-Business, Construction, Tourism and Health & Wellness. Whether a start-up or established, Geri loves building effective solutions providing a return on your investment and achieving your business goals.
Carl McIntyre
Business Development Manager
Qantas Media Award winner Carl McIntyre has been dedicated to helping businesses grow throughout his career. With projects including award winning placements at the TAB and Maori Television, Carl’s focus has been the implementation of strategic planning with specialist expertise in sales team processes.
Dirk Christiaans
Web Production Manager
Dirk is a talented website designer and developer with a deep knowledge of website processes and customisations. Dirk is another 10-year Quester and manages our website systems and analytics. Dirk is always a client favourite due to his patient and clear website training and support service.
Paul Crichton
Digital Success Manager
Paul has spent his career as a digital marketer and website strategist. Paul is a highly motivated and passionate achiever with a deep understanding of destination marketing. His strength is developing successful partnerships to help businesses achieve their goals. In his spare time, Paul enjoys the outdoors with his family - mountain biking, skiing and fishing.
Michael Domigan
Web Development | Project Manager
Michael graduated from University with a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Public Relations. After travelling, he joined Quest in a Sales and Marketing role. Having worked previously with non-profits and public sector organisations, Michael brings a fresh perspective to Quest. His project management skills ensure client projects run to plan.
Briar Corson
Communications
Briar brings a broad range of skills to Quest, honed from a background in marketing, freelance writing, and research. She is passionate about helping people tell their unique stories and loves figuring out how to share it in the most engaging way. When not working for Quest, Briar runs her own WWI & WWII research business.
Tania Boshier-Jones
Graphic Designer
Tania has had a career as a designer and project manager for close to 20 years. Tania keeps the customer front and centre of every project. Her better by design thinking and can-do attitude helps create more desirable products and services. The result is faster growth and competitive advantage for Quest’s valued customers.
Melissa Holyoake
Digital Success Manager
Mel has a strong background in design including print, websites and social media. Mel is people-focused, with a drive to build long-standing relationships that guide clients successfully to their end goal. In her spare time Mel creates wedding, lifestyle, and business magazine-style Journals for her Pixel Project clients.
Rawiri McFarland
Digital Success Manager
Ra is a gifted digital creative, designer and animator. After completing his degree in Visual Communication Design at Massey University, Ra worked for KooGa New Zealand. His Quest project credits include Juken New Zealand and Tumu Timbers. Ra is also a brand development and social media marketing specialist.
Claire Boulton
Digital Success Manager
Claire has an established career in sales, marketing and brand management. This includes successfully creating and launching the popular Syzmik brand of industrial workwear throughout Australasia. She's also been National BDM for NZ Safety Blackwoods. In her spare time, Claire’s passion is renovating houses. When she's not using her drop saw, Claire enjoys yoga and bushwalks with her Hungarian Vizsla, Cooper.
Stu Kelly
Director of Photography
Stu extends considerable experience to Quest’s production and is another 10-year Quester. He originally cut his teeth with Radio New Zealand and later worked for TV3 and Sky Sport. Stu offers a unique range of talents from professional voice, photography and camera work to post-production editing.
Fred Lowry
Director of Photography
Fred brings new skills to Quest. As a Millennial, he’s a digital native and solves problems in new and creative ways. Fred completed his Creative Technologies Degree in Wellington where his study of film has led to a wide range of projects including Disney’s Avatar. Fred helps Quest with special video projects.
Corinne Boiloa
Production | Editor
Corinne originally hails from New Caledonia but has made New Zealand her home. She assists Quest across a range of production tasks including shoot-day lighting plus post-production photographic editing. Corinne is fluent in French and in her spare time loves to develop her photography and cooking.
Jason Gordon
Photographer | Animator
As soon as Weta Digital called and snapped him up, Jason has been flat out working on some of Hollywood’s biggest motion pictures. He has a growing list of project credits including The Hobbit series and Iron Man 3. Jason also lends his advanced animation skills to Quest working across a range of assignments.
Kate Averill
Director
Kate is a Director of Quest and has been a guiding light throughout its development. With a unique understanding of people, Kate spends the majority of her time working in the health sector. When she is not doing this, she is busy with family and looking after a plum orchard and lifestyle block in Hawke’s Bay.
Pipi
Entertainment
If you’ve visited our Quest HQ in Hawke’s Bay, then you’ve probably met Pipi our resident meet and greet personality. She's loved by everyone at Quest and is great company on our countryside walks. Pipi is energetic and affectionate and when not working, she's in charge of entertainment.
Join our team!
Digital Success Manager
We‘re always looking for skilled people to join our talented team. Quest offers a fun workplace and a flat inclusive structure. Our contractor team enjoys a great work-life balance. We don’t mind where or when you work, so long as you are delivering on the expectations of our valued clients. If this sounds like you, let’s chat!
