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Winning Hearts and Minds

The spirit of a great brand has an undefinable attraction, it has personality, it’s your constant advertising campaign, it’s what gets you noticed in a room with a hundred others, a personality that people want to get close to, aspire to be or share their life with. It’s a scent that leads you down a path and it lives and grows within everything you do. Your brand is a massive opportunity for you to define your relationship with your customers, in an unforgettable and permanent way.

Why Element?

Put simply... proven experience, quality design, honesty and integrity.

At element we really have a genuine love of design. Element will go above and beyond to ensure the success of your project.

We like to fully immerse ourselves and really feel like a member of the team and are constantly looking out for the best interests of our clients. With over 35 years of combined design and development expertise we are probably one of the few truly seasoned design companies that will guarantee you satisfaction.

80% of our clients are derived from word of mouth referrals. Our quality of work and customer service is second to none and is proven by the fact that our customers have the belief and confidence to refer us to others. Our clients are the most important thing to us an we build our business connections on honesty and integrity, ensuring that our relationships last years not months.

Our Culture and Values

We believe a brand is a promise, an experience, a memory.

Since its earliest days, Element has been committed to a set of core values and these values shape everything we do, from how we develop to how we serve our customers, contractors, and communities. These are the four tenets we live by:

  • Genuine
  • We are sincere, trustworthy, and reliable.
  • Operating with integrity, being ethical, and treating others with respect.
  • Exceptional
  • We are committed to creating exceptional experiences that delight our clients.
  • At element, good enough is not good enough. We like to push the boundaries in whatever we do.
  • Innovative & Passionate
  • We are highly creative and strive to connect new ideas with business realities we have intense passion for what we do.
  • Involved
  • We are inclusive, open, and actively engaged with our clients, partners, contractors, and the communities we serve.


We believe a brand is a promise, an experience, a memory.

Key People

Shane

Creative Director

shaneShane began his career at Zealandia Newspaper (weekly tabloid Catholic Newspaper) followed by Kirby Advertising Agency in 1989 and in 1993 established Element Design Ltd. Shane has worked on several magazines as Art Director including NZ Business, AdMedia, Zealandia, Pharmacy Today, SeaSpray NZ & Australia, Asthma Today, NZ Memories, It Brief and Employment Review Australia. Shane has redesigned Onfilm, Forestry, Management (design still in use) and Pharmacy Today twice. Shane has extensive knowledge in all areas of the design industry with over 20 years experience. He is integral to ensuring excellence in all areas of the design work that element creates. His passion, motivation and skills takes his work to the next level. Shane takes great pride in his own visual design and likes to push the boundaries of traditional design practice, resulting in outstanding creations. When not designing he is obsessing about Joomla and karate and spends hours in his man room gaming. He also has a passion for sculpture, welding and also a thing for chairs, industrial design and Monique.

Monique

Art Director

MonMonique began her career at Onfilm magazine in 1993 and specialises in magazine design and production. She became employed full-time at Element in 2006. She has worked as Art Director on numerous titles including Admedia, NZ Doctor, NZ NetGuide, SeaSpray NZ & Australia, NZ Memories, Sport Unleashed, Eye Magazine, Beautiful You, Let’s Travel and My Wedding. Monique won the Magazine Designer of the Year Award in the Consumer category of the Magazine Publishing Awards in 2002, Magazine of the Year 2002, Best Magazine Cover 2000, Magazine of the Year (Special Interest) 2005 and Finalist Best Magazine Designer 2005 all for NetGuide Magazine. When not designing she loves to listen to heavy metal, will read or watch anything about architecture and has a thing for chairs and industrial design.

Other Key People

The Other Guy Joel Senior Designer Joel started life as a cabinetmaker, but starting work at 7.30am is ALL bad. So he made the switch to graphic design in 1999 and has worked in many places doing magazines, photo retouching and illustration. When not designing Joel is playing brutal music in the band Subtract and playing or watching football. Joel has been called a ‘God’ on youtube. Joel’s assistant Zizou is very interactive and loves to voice her opinion whenever possible.

The Lady Gretal Inspirationalist (intermediate) Gretel started out at element as a junior but has recently been promoted to an intermediate. She has a keen eye for detail and a steely determination to get the job done. Out of the office she has a passion for hunting and fishing and is a keen wrestler.

The Boy Lou Office Assistant Lou started at element as a junior and is a general office assistant. He loves filing, photocopying and has become a real asset to the company. When not assisting he is a very ambitious athlete with a particular love of climbing, he also a devoted discovery channel watcher and huge fan of Bear Grylls.

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