Matthew O’Dea – DIRECTOR
Matt O’Dea began his career at the tender age of 13 where he spent his holidays developing printing plates and spotting up film negatives.  An apprenticeship as a Photolithographer with one of New Zealand’s largest prepress houses soon followed. Matt’s entrepreneurial side emerged in 1998 and Graphic Café was born. Now a successful Business Owner with over 20 years experience in the print and design industry, Matt has seen how quickly things evolve and the importance to lead the change with new innovations or quickly disappear into obscurity. This can only be done with the right team, “a smart man employs smarter people”… and the team at Graphic Café have been hand picked based on their diverse range of knowledge, experience and enthusiasm.

Dawn Bethell – BDM / ACCOUNT MANAGER
Dawn has over 20 years experience in the publishing and design industry. After a brief stint in a city based advertising agency, she spent the next 5 years at one of North Shore’s largest desktop publishing companies, where she worked alongside Matt. Dawn’s obvious talent for magazine design achieved her an Art Director position at a well known travel magazine, whom she then worked for independently. Several years later, with work experience in both the UK and France, Dawn returned to New Zealand and rejoined Graphic Café as a Senior Designer, followed by Studio Manager and more recently Business Development Manager / Account Manager.

Bryan Hefer – CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Bryan Hefer has a diverse set of skills acquired during 20 years in the graphic industry (16 of those abroad), specialising in brand identity, product launch, point-of-sale, advertising, marketing, direct mail and web front-end. Bryan applies an intuitive approach to client needs, combining creativity with practical achievability. Bryan also strives to continually research new trends, methods and efficiencies for smarter solutions. This has resulted in three South African awards and one international award for design, but more importantly a string of satisfied clients.

Tim Mansell – SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER
What started off as a hobby at the age of 16 quickly developed into a passion. Tim Mansell has been involved in the Web Development field for the past 8 years.  During that time he has worked with some well-known companies such as G.J. Gardner Homes, Mazda, Neutrogena, Telstra Clear, Paper Reclaim and Sustainable Business Network. Wanting to expand on his current skill set, he decided to delve into the world of online-multimedia. His skills in this area include touch screen kiosks, Flash website banners, Flash animation and video encoding.