Macleay’s Advertising & Digital Media faculty has welcomed three new industry experts to its teaching staff as part of its commitment to industry-focused learning.

Beck Hamilton is media director at Bohemia Group, one of Australia’s most innovative media agencies. Beck has a passion for getting to the heart of communications strategy and working with all elements of media, in particular with performance digital channels, the latest technology and trading systems. After her previous roles as director of marketing, sales and publicity at Disney Australia and as senior strategist at Slingshot Media, Beck will be teaching final year bachelor students STRATEGIC MEDIA PLANNING. A Macleay graduate herself, Beck will be able to offer Macleay’s advertising and media students personal and practical insights for launching their careers in the media sector.

Toby Vervaart has developed the new CODING and APP DEVELOPMENT units for Macleay’s advertising and digital media courses. With increasing demand for graduates with expertise in these areas, Toby’s experience as technical director at The Monkeys (voted Australia’s Ad Agency of the year now for 2 years running) will be invaluable for Macleay’s students wanting to build their knowledge and skills in the creative application of technology. Toby strongly believes in the web as a platform for expression and creativity and enjoys learning and teaching new ways for this to be achieved through emerging technologies. Macleay’s students are lucky to have Toby guiding their way through the labyrinth of coding languages and App development.

Lorena Chiarella is partnerships director at UM Worldwide. Lorena prides herself on her ability to manage, coach and build strong team identities. Previously at GroupM, IPG Mediabrands and a manager at Maxus, Macleay is excited to have Lorena bring her enigmatic personality to teaching the MEDIA LANDSCAPE unit to advertising and media students. A few opening words from Lorena herself “I’m genuinely excited for the opportunity to introduce Macleay’s students to the world of media and share exciting work from the industry to help foster their passion in advertising”. A number of Macleay graduates have started their careers in media with UM, and we’re sure Lorena will entice a few more to make the move into media.

Macleay’s students benefit from our innovation and industry-focused approach to education through teaching from expert professionals, project-based learning and popular internship program. Rated one of Australia’s leading higher education providers for student experience and teaching quality (Government QILT survey: 2016 & 2017), Macleay College produces graduates who are industry ready and primed for success. For more information about Macleay’s advertising and digital media courses, click here.