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Event
Exclusive Student Event Auckland | April 2026
You’re invited to our first student marketing event in Auckland, a relaxed, speed-networking-style session where you’ll meet real marketers, explore different career paths, and get honest answers to the questions you’ve been wondering about.
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Brainy Breakfast 2026 / Auckland
A morning of bold ideas, brilliant speakers, and barista coffee
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Brainy Breakfast 2026 / Christchurch
A morning of bold ideas, brilliant speakers, and coffee
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Panellists
Jemma Titheridge
Marketing Team Lead at Health Promotion
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
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Jemma Titheridge
Marketing Team Lead at Health Promotion
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Panellist
Steve Joll
Breakfast Host, The Breeze
MediaWorks
Your Host & Panel Moderator
Steve Joll has worked as a journalist for TVNZ, a host on the iconic children's TV show 'What Now?' and a writer and presenter on the award winning documentary 'The Beginner's Guide to Being an Astronaut'.
Steve's written a teen fiction novel called 'The Riders' and a recipe book called 'Baking for Blokes', and for the past 24 years he's been a breakfast show host on Wellington's Breeze - the number 1 rating radio station in the capital.
He lives in Lower Hutt with his wife and three teenagers and is a massive fan of the Hurricanes and American Football.
Belinda James
General Manager Customer Engagement, MetService
Panellist
Belinda has worked for over 30 years in both sides of the marketing world - from leading big brands to working in big advertising agencies. Belinda started her career by kicking off one of the most loved bank branding campaigns - the long running black horse campaign of the National Bank. She then jumped ship and worked for Saatchi and Saatchi in both New Zealand and London. Moving back to New Zealand after an extended stay in the UK meant a return to head of Brand Marketing roles at large New Zealand organisations, NZ Post and Contact Energy.
A return to advertising meant leading the Client Service team at VML Advertising. After several years there, Belinda has made her, quite possibly, final return to client side where she is currently GM Customer Engagement at the trusted weather agency, MetService.
Jemma Titheridge
Marketing Team Lead at Health Promotion
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Panellist
Jemma Titheridge is a Marketing Team Lead at Health Promotion, National Public Health Service, Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora. She has been involved in a range of social marketing initiatives and portfolios including Karawhiua (COVID-19 vaccination), Protect Your Breath (vaping harm prevention), Breakfree to Smokefree (smoking cessation), and Amohia te Waiora (alcohol harm prevention), just to name a few.
Jemma is passionate about sharing the theory and practice of social marketing with kaimahi in health and beyond, as well as applying whānau- and community-based approaches to all of her work. Jemma holds a Bachelor of Design, Hons (Visual Communication) from Massey University. She grew up in Marlborough and Aitutaki and has made Wellington her home for the past 14 years.
Chris Bleackley
Executive Creative Director
EightyOne
Panellist
Chris is responsible for some of New Zealand's most loved ads. He enjoys nothing more than pushing the creative envelope and oversees all of the work from strategy to output.
Surprisingly, after so many successful years in the industry, Chris thinks the greatest achievements are still ahead of him. He also strongly believes that the best time to be in advertising is right now, and with hard work, patience and a love for ideas, we can create effective, meaningful and world changing work for our clients.
Simon Hofmann
General Manager Brand and Marketing
Kiwibank
Panellist
Simon is currently the GM of Marketing and Brand at Kiwibank leading the Brand, Marketing, Digital, Data, eComm, and Design studio functions. He’s most recently led the B-Corp-certified bank through its largest-ever brand repositioning as part of the bank's broader transformation program.
He has extensive experience growing businesses and brands across multiple industry segments including financial services, technology, healthcare, and automotive in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
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