About Jamie Andrei

Jamie Andrei

Jamie Andrei

I am a guy, I love stuff, shiny things are great.

This era is great, things are possible which I only imagined in 1986.

I used to rush home after school to watch Monkey Magic, The Goodies & Doctor Who.

I don`t think my family had a VCR yet. I had read & dreamed about one, & imagined that there should be one with a TV guide front end that allowed you to scroll though & play the show you wanted when you you wanted (we now call this VOD which is still 5 years away or so (pending the NBN roll out)).

Mind you I was a bit of a weird child, I used to memorise the weeks television guide for all stations and programs and used to get frustrated having to wait for my favorite ones or missing them because I had to go to bed.

Anyway, low & behold, 20 years later it is happening!!

I love technology & am interested where traditional media meets the emerging ICT trends. It is a time where the gap between imagination & reality has blurred. What will the next 10 years hold when our children get hold of the steering wheel?

I remember making my 1st website in 1998 which featured an embedded video; that’s still pretty cutting edge these days looking at some sites out there on the internets.

I have a passion for new ideas, business opportunities & have a fascination with knowing what makes great entrepreneurs & business people tick.

I want to know all the secrets of bringing a vibrant business to life, and keeping it at the top of course.

I am currently studying a Bachelor of Business via distance at Southern Cross University. I have created/shot/directed/edited video, web & multimedia as an independant producer since around 1998, it’s just great fun; I do also believe in the old adage “never trust a thin chef”.

Until recently I worked at one80Digital Post (some client account examples) and NBN Television as a Business Development Manager (A PBL Media owned company) working on long form TV content, distribution, marketing and client relationships for sport and event production.

After a three year stint it was time to look further a field for a role immersed in the on-line space, where there is so much dynamic growth and innovation.

I have since work for Hannover Fairs Australia, on their CeBIT online video content, managed their event production team and produced TVC promotional materials;  I also have experience advertising agency side in radio, scripts, copy writing, media buying/scheduling, campaign activation, SMS, DM, and TVC commercial concepts & production.

I am currently an Account Director at Next Digital Sydney and also a founder of www.jobcrunch.com.au a site designed to help Australian’s bounce back from the economic stresses of the GFC.

Next Digital is one of Australia’s largest full service digital agencies, where I have a nice mix of blue chip, government, community and medium business clients.

It is an enjoyable role which has seen me deliver work out of Shanghai, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney to a national client base.

It is quite rewarding as there is nothing quite like good old fashioned hard work which has seen us bring some innovate campaigns and works together, it is a good fit as relationships seem to be a forte.

I am open to inquiries should  you need a hand with any corporate communication work, video production, distribution (I have some quality TV contacts still), pitches, collaboration or any digital work; I am always up for a chat.

I will post when I can, feel free to interact, link, comment, share & contact me with any opportunities or enquiries.

We live in amazing times…VIVA the revolution!

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About the Author

Jamie is passionate about people, business and technology. He works at Next Digital one of Australia's big 5 full service digital agencies across a range of SMEs to large ASX listed companies. He is a Senior Account Manager with a wealth of experience and enjoys mountain biking, Muay Thai/BJJ, reading, business thinking and technology.