About Us

 

Zazoo represents a long-held passion for winning audiences through clever communication.

Dr. Ray Welling, Zazoo’s Content Guy, has been working with Internet content since 1995, when he joined Australian web development pioneers HotHouse as their foundation content director. He has also worked as a journalist, editor, managing editor, publisher and e-business manager for a variety of publishing companies and corporates in Australia and the US. Ray has developed content and managed operations and strategy for a range of ground-breaking consumer and corporate websites (see Our Work for more detail). He holds a BSJ from the prestigious Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago, has postgraduate qualifications in communications from Macquarie University and in 2010 earned his PhD in e-business and marketing from The University of Sydney.

Ray is also a writer, commentator and consultant on e-health and content strategy and research. For more info, check out his recent publications or his LinkedIn profile. You can follow Ray on Twitter at http://twitter.com/raywelling.

 

Simon van Wyk, Zazoo’s Business Guy, is an Australian Internet industry pioneer who founded HotHouse, Australia’s leading strategic online solutions company, back in 1994, and has set the strategy and direction for what is today one of Australia’s most successful online business builders. Simon has developed interactive solutions for a “who’s who” of national and multinational clients, and has played an integral part in the relationships, trust and reputation for delivery that HotHouse has acquired over the past decade.

Simon was named one of Australia’s 40 most important people on the Internet by Digital Media magazine in 2007. You can follow Simon on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Simonvw

 

The right people for the right job

The key to Zazoo’s service is its extensive network of content professionals. The Zazoo network contains:

  • Corporate copywriters
  • Editors
  • Subeditors
  • Journalists
  • Technical writers
  • Video presenters
  • Audio (podcast) presenters
  • Subject experts
  • Video and audio editors
  • Content strategists
  • Web producers/project managers

Zazoo can produce content on wide range of subject matter, with a particular focus on financial services. Our network has had work published in top Australian titles including:

  • The Sydney Morning Herald and smh.com.au
  • The Age and age.com.au
  • Australian Financial Review and afr.com
  • The Australian
  • Good Weekend
  • Newsweek International
  • The Sydney Magazine
  • Fast Thinking
  • The Bulletin
  • Gourmet Traveller
  • The Sun-Herald
  • Sports Illustrated