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The Collective Crew

Our slightly strange, highly skilled collaborators.

AI is great. It’s fast, tireless, and rarely argues back. But we’re a people business. Messy. Soulful. Opinionated. Experienced. The best ideas and the strongest results come from people you can sit with, argue with, and celebrate with at the end. That won’t change. So for every project, we assemble a crew of humans (assisted by machines) who care about your stuff almost as much as you do.

Dave Meyer

Dave Meyer

Year Zero ↗

For half his life, Dave has collaborated with the kinds of CEOs, founders, keynote speakers and authors who make the covers of Forbes, Destiny and Entrepreneur Magazine - and their businesses. His job: dig through the data, find what matters, and shape it into the presentation narratives, video scripts, website-copy, bios, ghostwritten articles and books that motivate people. Often this means rounding out concepts, filing down content, and calling ‘horseshit’ when things smell hinky.

Natasha van Rooyen

Natasha van Rooyen

VanDieRooi ↗

With a background in architecture and the heart of an artist, Tash thinks like a builder, draws like a savant, and makes complex ideas accessible. She is a Cape Town designer with 10+ years of experience in everything from logos to steel structures, and she brings that range to every project: keynote decks, 3D visuals or custom illustrations.

Mpho Mojapelo

Mpho Mojapelo

Dung Beetle ↗

I’m in the business of saving lives - from death by PowerPoint. I take complex content and turn it into clear, visual and engaging presentations that help people tell their stories. My aim is to give presenters confidence and keep audiences engaged, so the message doesn’t just look good on a slide, it lands.

Lissa Brodie

Lissa Brodie

Pixel & Ink ↗

Hi, I’m Lissa! 👋🤓 A collaborative Motion Designer and visual storyteller, and I’ve spent the last 15+ years bringing stories to life - from live event displays and broadcast design to post-production compositing. Over the last decade, I’ve focused on taking complex business narratives, technical concepts, and interesting ideas and translating them into clear, engaging animated videos, social media design and animation.

Lloyd Metcalfe

Lloyd Metcalfe

Pulse Content ↗

A film-maker, camera operator, DOP and editor, Lloyd has become known for his keen eye, refined story-telling instincts and his ability to transform concepts into content. And the twinkle in his eye. Despite this passion, he’s also super pragmatic.

“I guess when I explain to people why I love what I do I say everyday is different. Every story I film is different. From athlete to poet to cook to politician everyone has a different story and a different view on the world and I feel richer just listening and capturing that.”

Tyran van Zyl

Tyran van Zyl

Mindbomb ↗

I’m Tyran, a designer with over 20 years of experience in logo and branding design - as well as print and digital, kind of an all-rounder. I get to do what I love most: make businesses look better.

And with the amount of generic, AI-generated crap being churned out these days, I think there’s something worth fighting for in design that’s actually been thought through. Good design takes curiosity, experience, and probably my stubbornness - knowing when to leave something alone.

Like it or not, people judge your business by how it looks. Your branding can either give them a reason to take you seriously or a reason to keep scrolling. If yours doesn’t? Let’s fix that.

“Beyond all that, he’s a genuinely awesome human. He cares about the people he works with, takes real pride in what he does, and I’m lucky to call him both a colleague and a friend.”
Lee-Anne Theron — Head of Production, Six Degrees

Different jobs, different crews. Same obsession with finding what makes you worth listening to.

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