resource support
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support solution
Our projects division was established to address the marketing resource challenges of larger organisations by providing experienced marketers for short-term engagements. From special and sidelined projects, to covering skill gaps, extended leave coverage or seasonal periods, your dedicated marketing resource can work inside your business as part of your marketing team.
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WORK INSIDE
YOUR BUSINESS
EXPERIENCED
MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
DELIVER
DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OR PROJECT FOCUS
FIXED
FEE
WORK
WITHIN YOUR FRAMEWORK AND STRUCTURES
BESPOKE
TERMS
A PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE keeping talent in our industry
POST MATERNITY LEAVE
Not all organisations are set up to support part-time roles. Too often, talented marketers returning from maternity leave face two difficult options—return to work full-time and juggle competing demands at home, or step away from the industry they love altogether.
At The Marketing Room, we’ve created a program that bridges this gap. In partnership with corporate Australia and leaders of large marketing teams, we offer flexible, part-time roles for experienced marketers. This allows women to continue their careers on their terms, while giving businesses access to highly skilled professionals who can seamlessly integrate into large internal marketing teams, support them with their resource challenges, deliver key projects, and contribute to success on short term engagements.
Our program provides a sustainable career path for experienced female marketers, enabling them to transition smoothly from full-time corporate roles to part-time work, with the flexibility to return to full-time positions when the time is right. We also invest heavily in ongoing training and professional development to ensure our people remain up to date with the latest marketing trends and best practices—keeping their skills sharp and their careers moving forward.
[SUPPORTING THE KEY FUNCTIONS IN YOUR TEAM]
Our team has the depth of experience to step into your business and provide support wherever it’s needed. Whether you require strategic oversight, digital expertise, campaign delivery, or additional capacity during busy periods, we can seamlessly integrate with your team. With hands-on experience across industries, we’ll fill the gaps and strengthen your marketing function to ensure the successful delivery of your marketing activities—without putting additional strain on existing team members.
- MARKETING MANAGER
- DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER
- BRAND MANAGER
- DATA INSIGHTS & ANALYSIS
- CRM SPECIALIST
- CONTENT PRODUCER
- SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
- CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SPECIALIST
- PARTNERSHIP MANAGER
- PERFORMANCE SPECIALIST
- PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER
- PR & CORPORATE COMMS
our leadership team
Tahnee Sharp
Founder & Group CEO
Following a successful career responsible for the growth of brands from both agency and client side, Tahnee launched The Marketing Room in late 2018. Tahnee identified the declining understanding of the critical role marketing plays in business growth as an opportunity for an organisation that is dedicated to the development then execution of a strategic marketing plan.
In tandem, Tahnee saw first-hand a highly experienced, passionate, and motivated group of marketing professionals with young children, lost to the industry. Since then, Tahnee has led the business to now be Australia’s largest, dedicated marketing consultancy.
Sonya Aitken
CEO - New Zealand
A strategic brand marketer with 25 years of experience, Sonya has led the way with some of New Zealand’s biggest brands including; Fisher & Paykel Appliances, Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, Vodafone NZ (now One NZ), Elders NZ and Naveya & Sloane.
Sonya is passionate about focusing on the customer and brand while delivering excellent growth outcomes for the business. She has led and worked with teams to deliver brand relaunches, design and delivery of New Zealand’s first digital only loyalty programme, new websites, develop and implement integrated CRM systems, ecommerce and retail solutions and customer journey frameworks.
The Marketing Room offers a real opportunity for Small – Medium New Zealand businesses to tap into marketing expertise that enables their business growth. We can’t wait to get amongst it Aotearoa!
Kelly-Anne Davis
Business Director - Western Australia
Kelly-Anne has 14 years of branding, marketing and advertising experience in Australia and Canada. She managed all facets of brand building from strategy and concept to campaign production, execution and post analysis. Kelly-Anne has worked with a number of large international brands like McDonald’s, IKEA and Thermomix as well as plenty of local West Aussie names such as P&N Bank, Water Corporation, Art Gallery of WA, Wesfarmers and more.
She’s spearheaded a number re-brands, executed traditional mass marketing campaigns on TV and radio, and rolled out a plethora of digital projects – all with a splash of mentoring on the side.
Jonathan Sharp
Chief Growth Officer
With over 20 years of industry experience, Jon is responsible for the business’s growth across the key pillars of people and culture, partnerships and marketing, and expansion and acquisition. Jon utilises his experience leading teams developed in previous professional positions as well as coaching roles with WA’s State 16s and 18s AFL Academy programs.
Following a career that included leading large brand and advertising campaigns for brands such as West Coast Eagles, Tradelink, St John of God and Steel Blue, Jon’s marketing experience is complimented by his understanding of the critical link between marketing, sales, and business strategy.
Emily Watson
Business Director - Victoria
Leveraging over 15 years of marketing insight, Emily’s expertise now extends powerfully into business development and professional partnerships, dedicated to ensuring businesses genuinely succeed. Emily’s biggest frustration? Seeing companies pour money into marketing that simply doesn’t work. She’s on a mission to change that, passionately guiding clients and drawing on her experience with companies such as Stockland, Satterley, Woodward, and Stonebank, to understand how marketing should function, leading to real growth and preventing costly missteps.
Her journey, which began in the dynamic property and development sector, ignited her love for all things creative content, strategic social media, and impactful branding.
When she’s not helping businesses elevate their digital footprint, Emily is navigating the rewarding challenge of being a mum, proving that a meaningful career and a vibrant family life can indeed go hand in hand.
She believes true fulfilment comes from helping others succeed, both professionally and personally.
Helen Davies
CEO - UK & Ireland
Helen Davies leads our UK & Ireland operations, bringing over 25 years of experience across marketing, communications, and strategic advisory roles in both the public and private sectors. Her career spans leadership positions in global consultancies, government departments, and major organisations across the UK, US, Asia-Pacific, and Australasia.
Helen has held roles including Deputy Global COO at Edelman Global Advisory, CEO of BPRI, Managing Director at both Added Value and Breakthrough Media, and Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications for the City of Melbourne. She has also led national behaviour change campaigns, advised on crisis communications at the highest levels of government, and partnered with boards and executive teams to shape strategic direction.
She is known for her ability to distil complexity into clear, actionable strategies and to unite stakeholders behind meaningful outcomes. As an experienced marketeer, Helen brings deep expertise across brand, communications, engagement, and organisational transformation.
As CEO, Helen focuses on connecting businesses and government bodies with highly capable, flexible marketing talent who can unlock fresh thinking, drive performance, and build lasting impact through experienced, agile, marketing leadership.
PROUDLY PARTNERING WITH FUTURE
WOMEN
At The Marketing Room, we are proud to support Future Women, an organisation that champions gender equity in Australian workplaces through professional development, advocacy, and community. Their commitment to helping women connect, learn, and lead has been a powerful source of inspiration for us.
Our partnership with Future Women inspired us to create an initiative that addresses a critical industry challenge. Too often, talented marketers are forced to leave the profession when flexible career options are not available. By designing meaningful part-time opportunities, we’re enabling women returning from maternity leave or career breaks to continue contributing to the industry they love—while businesses benefit from experienced professionals who can provide vital support without the need for a full-time commitment.
In 2025, our Founder, Tahnee Sharp, was honoured to speak at the Future Women Leadership Summit, sharing our story and vision for a more inclusive, flexible marketing industry.
Global Marketing Consultancy
We are an independent marketing consultancy specialising in the development and implementation of strategic marketing plans. No designers, writers, web developers, videographers, media planners or buyers – just highly experienced marketing professionals working as the in-house outsourced Marketing Specialist for a diverse range of clients across the globe.
- International presence
- Access to our entire team
- Dedicated Business Director support
- Unrivalled network of suppliers and partners
whatthey say
Tahnee came on board as our marketing partner circa 3 years ago. By joining forces with an expert in marketing we have been able to explore opportunities which we would never have the time or expertise to do. The Marketing Room has added another dimension to the Valenti Lawyers business.
Myra Quartermaine
Valenti Lawyers
Even though we were a longstanding successful business we knew marketing was the missing link to helping to secure our future success. With more competitors in market, an ageing client base along a changing attitude to customer experience we knew we needed a marketing professional to help guide us forward. And she’s done more than that! Our Marketing Manager knows our business, key suppliers, our people and our customers. She knows what we need to do and is passionate about our the success of our business. We are thrilled with our Marketing Manager so couldn’t recommend The Marketing Room any more highly!
Andrew Wilson
JBS
Our business had been relatively successful on the back of hard work and the networks of our senior team. Yet to take our business to the next level and attract tier 1 clients, we knew marketing was the key. We found The Marketing Room and loved the in-house aspect. Our Marketing Manager quickly got to know our team, understand our business and it’s opportunities, and just importantly map and manage our way forward. They undertook a comprehensive rebrand of our business which overnight made us competitive with the market leaders. In addition they launched a new e-commerce website along with a corporate site for our large account clients. They branded and helped launch two new retails offerings in Wangara and Kalgoorlie. All of this happened in 3 months and without needing significant time and input from our busy senior management team. Directly tied to the marketing efforts we landed significant new business opportunities that matched the type and size we had envisioned. I couldn’t be happier with were we are thanks to TMR!
Neil Porter
NextSIte
Such a pleasure working with Tahnee Sharp and her brilliant team at the The Marketing Room. They’ve been such a safe pair of experienced, trustworthy and talented hands for more than 9 months. Narelle Cant and I truly see them as an extension of our own team and we’d be in a different place without their help. What a business model, what a team and what a leader Tahnee is!
Anne Hallam
WALGA
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
“Like most businesses we were facing resource challenges within our marketing team. We needed senior, experienced marketing support that could hit the ground running to ensure we didn’t miss the deadline for a new campaign launch.
I’m thrilled to say The Marketing Room were able to provide this support. Their consultant worked inside our business and emersed themselves in our team, brand systems, and processes. It was just what we needed at a crucial stage of an important project for the business.
I can’t praise them highly enough and will consider them again for any additional short-term support we need.”
Damien Van Pelt, General Manager Product & Sales, RAC Insurance
SOME OFour clients
Asthma WA
Asthma WA (formerly Asthma Foundation of WA) has been helping Western Australians breathe better for over 55 years. They are a registered charity providing education and support for people with asthma and those around them.
Our scope included:
- Develop donor strategy
- Develop and implement content strategy
- Develop customer segmentation profiles
- Develop referrer strategy
- Develop then implement EDM strategy
Kingman Group
Kingman Group provides superior signage solutions for some of WA’s most iconic construction projects. The company has evolved to now deliver customisable signage, digital, EVC and solar cladding product solutions.
Our scope included:
- Develop marketing strategy
- Develop and implement brand strategy
- Develop sales content strategy
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings
- Develop then implement EDM strategy
James Hardie WA
James Hardie Industries plc is a global building materials company and the largest global manufacturer of fibre cement products. The range suits a wide palette of architectural styles, including classic, traditional, ultra-modern and contemporary designs.
Our scope included:
- Trade customer marketing strategies
- Creation and execution of events
- Social media content creation
- Media and PR
- Consumer campaigns
Plunkett Homes
For over a century, Plunkett Homes has been providing Western Australians with a place to call home. When you come home to Plunkett, you are part of a legacy that has been passed down since 1903 – a legacy that is yours to keep.
Our scope included:
- Develop social media strategy
- Produce content including video
- Coordinator and oversee content calendar
- Posting to all platforms including reels, stories and video
- Community engagement
Valenti Lawyers
Established in 1996, Valenti Lawyers is a boutique law firm which prides itself on providing a personalised quality legal service.
Our scope included:
- Rebrand/Logo Development
- Market positioning
- Website development
- Copy Writing
- Podcast Production
