About Us

Uprise recently celebrated it’s second birthday, but our team has been working together since 2007. During its two years of company-hood, Uprise has become a leading digital company focused on developing and implementing customised online marketing strategies. From small start-ups to Fast 50 companies, we focus on creating results based solutions for our clients, unique to their individual markets.

Since our incorporation in August 2009, we’ve been busy indeed! We’ve moved offices, expanded the team, and branched out in the services we offer. From Search Engine Optimisation to online media strategies to building a full online business, we really love all things digital and always give as much energy to our client’s businesses as we do to our own. We’re also Google Qualified, which is pretty big on the internet.

We often speak at events and conferences. In April 2011 we were invited to speak at MediaSense, a conference of fellow social media gurus who got together to discuss best practices as well as share their stories about how to use social media tools to market and promote their products and services. You can check out a video of the event here (see if you can guess who we are! Hint – Tim thought he was at a rock concert).

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Meet the folk

    • Tim Pointer

    • Founder / Strategist

    • Tim is an online media enthusiast and has been involved in the strategy side of Internet marketing since 2003, specializing in Search Engine Marketing and Social Media. Tim has a BCA in Marketing, International Business and Commercial Law and has studied the new laws around email marketing and online communications that affect businesses.

    • Matt Rowe

    • Founder / Analyst

    • Matt graduated from Victoria University in 2009 with a BCA majoring in Marketing & Management. Before creating Uprise he spent two years as a Media Analyst at a leading New Zealand PR company where he had first hand experience of the rise of Social Media in business marketing and communications strategies. Matt is also our online advertising guru and is a Google Adwords qualified individual.

    • Sebastian Edwards

    • Lead Developer

    • Sebastian, among a wide range of things, is an enthusiastic Rails (the building blocks of your craziest idea) and node.js (??) practitioner. Seb has developed many of our custom applications, because he's a bit custom himself. He likes the challenge of new and exciting projects while keeping up with the bleeding edge of technology, so you CAN have your cake and eat it too. But for serious, Seb has a diploma in Information Systems.

       

    • Jack Callister

    • Web Designer & IA

    • Jack joined the team in May 2011 after completing a Bachelor of Design from Victoria University and has quickly established himself as more than just a web designer. He's often found listening to clients and researching business needs to craft the most efficient solution. When Jack is not in the office you will often find him flying down the hills of Wellington on his fixed gear bicycle which is his pride and joy.

    • Ellen Zheng

    • Web Designer

    • Ellen is a design addict. Landing in Wellington early 2009, she earned a Postgrad Diploma in Design from Massey University. Before that she lived in Shanghai where she enjoyed winter Christmas and mid-year summer break. Ellen loves web and graphic design, and has also worked as a freelance illustrator for many years. When she's not in the office, you'll find Ellen studying Web Development at Natcoll.