We’ve been working hand in hand with Melbourne City Mission on their Hand up for the Homeless campaign.

The campaign aims to raise funds for – and awareness of – Melbourne City Mission’s youth programs by asking Melbournians to put their hand up and make a difference.

Hand up for the Homeless kicked off over the weekend with the first ad in Good Weekend. More ads will be in Sunday Life, The Age and train stations, so look out for them.

More importantly, click here to put your hand up for over 6,400 Melbourne children who don’t have anywhere to call home.

Today, Rob Walker joined us as general manager of artworkDM.

With 20 years solid studio expertise as well as business experience, he’s the perfect person to lead our corporate artwork service.

‘I’ve always seen the huge potential in the corporate artwork sector but most agencies aren’t properly structured to service it.

With artworkDM, however, I saw a real difference.

It’s set up to provide corporates with an agency-quality product and experience minus the account service and creative overheads.’

Rob must have been impressed.

He quit his role as studio head at George Patterson Y&R Melbourne to start the year with THE DM GROUP.

Which is big news for us.

And the trade press, too.

Liliana Lettieri – Studio Manager
Liliana’s worked in advertising and design agencies since 1989 and lists ‘getting lost in a foreign country’ as one of her favourite things to do. This may go some way towards explaining her lengthy stints at three agencies in Amsterdam (including Weiden & Kennedy ) and several more in London. Now back on home soil, she runs trademarkDM’s studio. Lil prides herself on her quality control and is personally checks every piece of artwork before it leaves the studio. Europe’s loss is our gain.

John owns THE DM GROUP. Enough said.

David Findlay – Production Manager
David has been with artworkDM since its inception, trademarkDM for over a decade and he has 21 years experience in the production of direct, mainstream and retail advertising. During his career, he’s overseen the print production for famous brands like Mazda, Mercedes, Yellow Pages, Telstra and The Age. David’s also a bit of a sports nut, which goes some way towards explaining his team spirit, his determination to never drop the ball and his unsettling habit of wearing shorts in the office.