The Goat Farm is New Zealand's best-connected ad agency. Our core team of strategists, creatives and account directors connects to New Zealand’s best advertising, media and content production professionals. So you get to deal with a super-experienced and rather lovely team, but plug into the same creative and production horsepower you’d find at one of those multinational places with three receptionists and an in-house barista.
Vaughn Davis
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Vaughn owns The Goat Farm and is its creative director. As well as coming up with brand and advertising campaign ideas, he’s active in media of all kinds and wrote New Zealand’s first book on social media. He also once landed a large aeroplane on a floating ice runway in Antarctica, but that was ages ago.
Natalie Gibb
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Natalie holds over 20 years of account experience across advertising agencies in a range of industries. She was our founding account director in 2014 and has kept our goats in a row as General Manager since 2021 with key management responsibilities of agency workflow, staff, IT, agency processes and finance as well as putting her Account Director or Producer hat on to manage client projects. Mum of 2 teenage girls, she simply a pro at herding!
Tim Dixon
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Tim is an experienced business director with a proud history of helping create campaigns that stand the test of time – from the Bluebird chips penguins and the Electoral Commission’s Orange Guy to more recently HRV’s Harvey the dog. Having worked with Vaughn in various agencies for 20 years and counting there’s an easy and natural synergy that ultimately helps create work for clients that works.
Franchelle Ougton
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Frankie is a customer-obsessed and generalist marketer, with experience across multiple sectors in start-up and established brands. Her expertise is in driving strategy and growth by leading and managing cross-functional teams to deliver local and global integrated organic and digital marketing campaigns + projects.
Michelle Vohan
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Michelle brings a life-long passion for craft and detail, as well as a 10-year tolerance of working with Vaughn, to her role at The Goat Farm. As an experienced art director and creative director she knows how to turn business problems into creative solutions, always with an eye on the small things that make great work stand out.
Alana Howitt
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An experienced senior mac artworker, Alana has worked in agencies from Auckland to London. Her attention to detail and technical background can’t be beaten. From rolling out large advertising campaigns, creating an impeccable annual report or producing digital and video assets – she’s got you covered. And if graphic design isn’t your thing ask her about her fabric artistry project or latest festival costume.