Our Team
Who are we?
We’re a passionate, caring team of digital marketers working for people and planet.
We’ll help your business achieve its growth
goals and scale its impact!
Did you know that each month we fund tree planting and carbon reduction projects!?!
Now let’s put a face to the name!
Milda
On Page SEO & Content Strategist
Hey! I’m Milda. You’ll get to know me well during your Team Empathy journey. I’m famous for my content audits and plans, and I enjoy structuring and organising websites to perfection! I like to work on technical SEO, keyword research and content creation, but I LOVE explaining how and why we should do certain things in human language, so you always know what’s going on 🤓
Special Talent: My favorite special talent is touching my nose with my tongue! 😛On a more serious note, I am a good conversationalist - I love talking to people and believe I could find interesting topics to discuss even with a tree!
Hobbies: I come from a small country of Lithuania, which I often leave to travel around the world. You may bump into me in numerous countries as I tirelessly search for the ultimate cup of espresso! ☕
Ben
Chief Empathy Officer
Hi! 👋 Firstly, thank you for watching our explainer video on our homepage 😁 (hopefully you have?!)
Team Empathy is my baby! I started this business in 2020 with the vision of making purpose-driven business the norm! I’ve taken my skills in digital marketing and entrepreneurship (8+ years of marketing across running 2 agencies and a few other businesses) and formed an amazing, empathetic, incredibly skilled team that delivers groundbreaking (32x ROI on average) SEO results!
I’m a passionate, excitable human, dedicated to making the world a better place. You’ll find me either leading our team or taking sales calls! I love chatting, so if you ever want to discuss ethics & sustainbility and or business growth, let’s chat!
Special Talent: I’m a fantastic Dog Coach and CrossFit Coach! The question is, do I join them together?! DogFit? Yes, no? 🐕🏋️♀️
Hobbies: Taking my dogs (and myself) for walks through nature, reading fantasy, reading self-development, playing volleyball, gaming socially with friends, and more!
Om
Straight SEO Wizard 🧙🏻♂️
Hello, my name is Om, I am a dedicated and hard-working person who believes in honesty and good working relation. I am SEO Expert and I am in the SEO business providing high-quality SEO Services and building successful SEO campaigns for over 10+ years. Before joining Team Empathy I was working as a Project Manager in a leading digital marketing firm. If you need help growing your business, growing sales, or leveraging digital marketing to gain attention in your market, please contact Team Empathy where we are delivering amazing results!
Special Talent: I can sit for 6-8 hours and work without a break! Generally, when I get a new assignment or any urgent work, I am putting my 100% time and energy to deliver the required things. Further, being a key member of Team Empathy, I am working 12-14 hours. I make myself available when our clients need our support or assistance 🐮
Hobbies: I love cooking with family & friends, bringing everyone in on the process, and making it fun 😊 I cater to everyone’s needs and love trying new recipes. I am a 100% vegetarian cook! I also love swimming in the rivers & pool.
Abi
Head of Experience & Service Delivery
As Team Empathy's official energiser bunny ⚡🐰 - I’m committed to making your experience with us as fun and exciting as possible! I’m all about creating epic connections with clients, and steering our strategic approach to delivering results-focused services across the board 💗
Special Talent: My mixology 🍸 skills are unparalleled - if you ever find yourself in need of an espresso martini, a margarita or a mojito, give me a call!
Hobbies: I do have a low-key house plant 🌱 obsession. I'm also a big fan of coffee, sunshine and the beach, and you'll often find me taking a chilly early morning dip in the ocean!
Archer & Cas
Chief Morale Officers
Not your regular office dogs, Cas & Archer bring personality, energy, and endless hilarity to the team environment. Bookings are essential, but if you'd like to meet these two adorable pups during a meeting, they're more than happy to tag along! 🐕🦺🐕
Seriously, I’d love to bring them along!! If you like dogs, I love you already! Bonus points if you can guess their personalities!
Bre
Chief O-some Officer
True to my personality and passion to bring learnings and systems to reality I have a photo with a book 📕! I am the yang to Ben's yin, frothing over a systemised, sustainable, and people-centred business. Although your interactions with me may be few - in true Team Empathy fashion your kaupapa and success is front of my mind!
Special Talent: Cutting the water-cooler chats to jump straight to the deep connection is how I LOVE to play life. If you’re fortunate I may even be pulling out the “we’re not really strangers” card prompt game for some light and breezy vulnerability.
Hobbies: When I'm not busy sharing my special talent you could find me indulging in decadent pastries, chasing sunsets, and traversing the motu (country) and world 🌎 - I have had multiple comments of being in a new location almost every zoom!
Elise
Client Experience Manager & Digital Marketing Lead
I’m your dedicated source of positivity and connection 💖 My one wish is to make sure you feel heard, understood, and kept up-to-date every step of the way. I’ll be turning your experience with us into a delightful journey, like a road trip with your best friends. I'm all about fostering those genuine connections and making sure Team Empathy feels like a second home! 🚗🌟
Special Talent: I’m a fully-trained makeup artist 🎨💄 So, if you ever need makeup tips, product recommendations, or just a makeup-loving chat buddy, I’m all ears 💁♀️💅
Hobbies: Outside of Team Empathy land, you'll often find me crocheting, taking on new foodie adventures, or snuggling with my cat, Goose (sometimes against her will) 🧶🍔🐱
Erica
Chief Bean Counter
I look after all the fun money stuff like reconciliations and GST returns. It’s my job to make sure we have an accurate record of the money flow. I also bring a little cheeky banter to team meetings and make sure Ben remembers to pay people!
Special Talent: Indicating correctly at roundabouts ⭕
Hobbies: I enjoy a good flat white ☕, love live music and a good book. I play chess and football and spend too much time napping! 💤
Vicky
Content & Blog Writer
As you can probably tell by my title, writing is my favourite thing! I’ve been writing since I could first hold a pencil - everything from poems about my pets to terrible teenage song lyrics. I’ve grown up a little and now you’ll find me writing blogs, articles, email newsletters - you name it, I can write it!
Special Talent: Shower singing! The acoustics in the bathroom are the best for singing like no one is listening. I do have a background in musicals and choirs, but now I save my solos for the shower cubicle.
Hobbies: When I’m not writing, you’ll find me with my nose in a book, or out for a walk in nature with my four-legged pal Bella.
Our Vision
Team Empathy exists to bring about the future of purpose-driven business, faster. We’re here to co-create a world where purpose is the norm and all businesses work with deep integrity, focusing on putting people and the planet first. We can and should all strive to live a happier, healthier life, because we all deserve it 💖
We seek to work with 1000 purpose-driven companies, accelerating their online presence and helping them become the most seen and loved brands in their respective industries. In doing so, we create advocacy for purpose, and we directly accelerate the ripple of impact these for-purpose brands are creating in the world.
Our Core Values! 🙏
Efficacious (efficient + effective!)
We have the systems and processes optimised to create the most impact in the smartest amount of time.
We take actions that are highly aligned with the impact you’re trying to create.
We work smarter, not harder 🤓
Transparency
We strive to showcase and show up in a fully transparent way - so you always know where we’re at and what’s going on.
All of our work is hosted in a live doc, meaning you always have access to work being done - giving you confidence in our work, process and results.
Our process from day 0 all the way through is fully transparent - you’ll see the roadmap and know what to expect ☑️
Engaged
We’re a go-getting, driven, motivated and focused team that excels through crystal clear communication 🚀
Impact-Driven!
We’re committed to our people’s causes. Your outcomes are our outcomes; we celebrate you!
We believe in leading with a purpose: creating the largest ripple of positive impact possible.
We believe in asking why 🙋♀️
Authenticity
Self-expression is key. We embrace ourselves and who we are as unique individuals, and encourage others to show up in this way too.
We love ourselves 💖 and we take time to care for ourselves.
Everyone is human, everyone is equal.
[In] Connection
We prioritise connection with you and your business - taking the time to understand your core values.
We connect with you on a human level - learning how you operate and your preferred way of communicating and engaging with us.
We use our networks to connect you with industry professionals who can help accelerate your impact 🏃♀️
Our goal is to make sure you feel comfortable,
confident and excited about your marketing!
We're your partners and would love to be included in your business planning! Treat us like an extension of the team; we're here to help you achieve your growth goals! Include us in your growth related emails and give us a call every now and then to keep us updated! The best way to grow with us is by keeping this relationship humming with communication and enthusiasm!