Ryan Ostle
Group Head of Creative
Ryan recently found his maths work book from home and it was clear from an early age he was never going to be an accountant.
Experience = 20 years
Highlight = Teaching Dwight Yorke how to scissor kick
Lowlight = The 12th draft on ANY job
Steve Boyd
Creative Supervisor
Steve landed a junior graphic design gig straight out of school at a small studio in Artarmon, designing & assembling magazines. 5 years later, he left to purse a passion of hitting things with sticks for a living (drums, mostly). 12 years later he met Ryan who - after watching Steve play a late-night gig at Bar Bondi - proceeded to snatch the aforementioned sticks out of his hands & plant the creative seed that kickstarted 11 years at True Alliance.
Experience = 20 years
Likes = Hitting things with sticks
Dislikes = Spinning colour-wheels
Karen Weinberger
Graphic Designer
In her childhood, Karen was good with glue sticks, wooden pegs and colouring in pencils. Having crafty little hands, she loved to doodle and sketch. Realising that Tonia Todman had already filled this niche market, her family strongly suggested she study a Bachelor of Design. The path was set! Freelancing for 10 solitary years, she yearned for the voices of others, and joined the crazy creative TA crew!
Experience = 11 years
Likes = Things being exactly, completely and utterly correct
Dislikes = Monkeys wearing top hats
Kristy Brown
Graphic Designer
After deciding on her career path, Kristy studied a Bachelor of Design at UNSW, with a year exchange at the University of Illinois. Kristy heard about TA one Sunday afternoon at the bucket list and decided she wanted in!
Experience = 2 years
Likes = Dumplings, metallics and comfy pants
Dislikes = Excessive drop shadows
Elisa Fenato
Production Manager/
Graphic Designer
After creating music videos on powerpoint/ flyers for fun on Microsoft Publisher from a young age, it was pretty obvious what career path Elisa would choose. Upon leaving school she made her journey to UWS for 3 years and completed a Bachelor of Visual Communications. One internship and two design roles later, Elisa joined forces with the TA Creative team!
Experience = 5 years
Likes = Chickens and Criminal Minds
Dislikes = Coriander
Arianne Montemayor
Print Manager
Growing up as the youngest of 3 sisters- one a Photographer and the other an Architect… Arianne had a natural tendency to fall into a creative suit of her own, which was inevitably Graphic Design. She first entered the True alliance family working for Coach while juggling her studies in Visual Communications/ Graphic Design at the University of Western Sydney. Once she graduated, she jumped ship from the little Coach row-boat and into the mothership tanker of T.A’s Creative Team at the Alexandria head office.
Experience: 6 months design intern with fashion brand Suboo, 3 years working with Coach
Likes: Most movies and sit-coms from the 90’s
Dislikes: Peak hour traffic