THE BIG CHEESE:
DIRECTOR – Matt O’Dea began his career at the tender age of 13 where he spent his holidays working alongside his step father developing printing plates and spotting up film negatives.
An apprenticeship as a Photolithographer with one of New Zealand’s largest prepress houses soon followed as did an interest in computers providing Matt with a greater knowledge of the printing industry. Matt’s entrepreneurial side soon emerged, and in 1998 he joined forces with a fellow colleague and Graphic Cafe was born.
Now a successful Business Owner in his thirties 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.
Over the years, Graphic Cafe have managed design, print and interactive solutions for some of the world's leading brands such as Johnson & Johnson Pacific, Mazda NZ, Pacific Brands, Reckitt Benckiser and GJ Gardner, to name a few.
DIRECTOR – Matt O’Dea began his career at the tender age of 13 where he spent his holidays working alongside his step father developing printing plates and spotting up film negatives.
An apprenticeship as a Photolithographer with one of New Zealand’s largest prepress houses soon followed as did an interest in computers providing Matt with a greater knowledge of the printing industry. Matt’s entrepreneurial side soon emerged, and in 1998 he joined forces with a fellow colleague and Graphic Cafe was born.
Now a successful Business Owner in his thirties 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.
Over the years, Graphic Cafe have managed design, print and interactive solutions for some of the world's leading brands such as Johnson & Johnson Pacific, Mazda NZ, Pacific Brands, Reckitt Benckiser and GJ Gardner, to name a few.
Matt O'Dea
Rob Jenkinson
Dawn Bethell
Claude Iusitini
Bryan Hefer
Brooke Hislop
Tim Mansell
