hopeful

monsters

club

We know this working in an agency, coming up with ideas and making them happen gig isn’t easy, but if we’re gonna do it, we may as well give it 100 percent.

But when you work with us, we make a commitment to look after you, both personally and professionally. We aren’t all born Hopeful Monsters, so we invest heavily in developing our people into happy, healthy, hungry monsters through one of the most innovative development programs in the industry. If you’re up for the challenge drop us a note. Hint, imaginative hellos get noticed.

CURRENT roles

Mid-Level Copywriter

Got a way with words? Brilliant at coming up with ideas? We're on the hunt for a highly conceptual, copywriter to work closely with our creatives to develop work that lives in interesting and unexpected ways. A passion for original thinking, you're infectiously curious about the world.

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Senior Copywriter

Like a mid-level copywriter but a bit more senior (lol), you've got a few award-winning campaigns under your belt and heaps of great experience to bring to the team.

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Strategy Lead (Mat Cover)

A key role within the agency, you are responsible for our quality of thinking. Thinking that leads to highly creative, culturally impactful and effective work. An exciting role working closely with our creative and senior teams, it can be part-time or full-time for the right person.

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A Great Designer

Not just a good designer, we're on the hunt for a great designer with a natural eye and a passion for delivering bold ideas - across all media channels. From conceptualising campaigns to developing top-class creative, is it you we need?

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Account Executive

Curious about culture, you’re a self-starter eager to learn more about the creative industry. A brilliant team player, you're a great communicator with a flair for storytelling across all forms of media (earned, social media etc.) Organised with excellent attention to detail, you’re ready to join an agency that invests in your future.

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We’re a diverse team and purposely hire from inside and outside the industry to ensure our thinking comes from diverse places.

This includes an English teacher, magazine editor and a global documentary featured photographer. A third of us have non-anglo-centric backgrounds and we’re proud to have an almost equal gender split.

Meet our Senior Team

Founder & CEO

After working at WPP in the UK, 14 years ago, Katie joined Magnum & Co as an Account Manager before becoming a shareholder and eventually buying 100% of the agency, relaunching it as Hopeful Monsters in early 2023.

Creative Partner

Having worked in creative (Ogilvy), media (Naked), digital (Razorfish) and PR (Edelman) agencies, Carl's a truly integrated specialist who doesn’t remotely care where ideas live, as long as they’re good and they work.

Strategy Director

With origins in social and digital, Alycia understands how ideas can spread. She spends her time understanding the cultural problem of a brief so that the output (idea and execution) will be sure to get the attention of those it's intended for.

Senior Business Director

Tegan has led agency teams at Ogilvy and Ketchum, and been an APAC regional lead on the inside at entertainment powerhouse Activision Blizzard, so understands how to navigate complex organisational challenges to deliver results.

Business Director

Sophie is a senior advertising and marketing professional passionate about delivering effective and engaging advertising solutions. With ten years of experience in client service, Sophie has an impressive history working across numerous leading agencies and brands.

Senior Account Director

With a decade of experience, Georgia thrives on ideas with real earned impact. Her time working on campaigns in the youth culture and music space has led her to a lead role in the Converse All Star account, where she is lucky enough to continue her passion for supporting emerging creatives globally.

Account Director

An experienced Account Director across social, digital & production, who is a self-proclaimed data nerd. Using his love for spreadsheets and analytics, Blair uncovers insights and delivers integrated campaigns built from a social-first foundation for brands such as Adobe and ResMed.

Account Director

Meagan specialises in client services, leveraging her background in PR, social media and talent management. She combines extensive experience in managing client relationships with a knack for production across content, digital activations and events that truly impact people and brands.

Account Director

Lucy’s experience spans client service, production, social media and content creation across tech, automotive, hospitality and more. Before joining Hopeful Monsters, she teamed up with the likes of Amazon, GoPro, Marriott Bonvoy and Lion Nathan delivering creative campaigns that made an impact.

Account Director

Kat is a talented PR professional with over seven years’ experience developing and executing earned media campaigns to drive brand awareness and talkability for a broad range of clients.