About Splash
The Intermedia Group
SPLASH! is published by The Intermedia Group, a leading Australian publishing, event management and technology business.
Employing some of Australia's best journalists, editors, e-commerce experts and conference managers, Intermedia ensures it is at the cutting edge, informing, educating and entertaining a vast national audience.
Intermedia serves crucial niche market segments in many of Australia's most important and profitable industries: Construction, Electronics, Technology, Government, Logistics, Procurement, Retail, Recreation, Beauty, Health, Homewares, Interior Design and Motoring.
Intermedia has developed a three-pronged formula to help clients communicate with their business audience. In essence, it is about being:
- In print through magazines, custom publications and design services.
- In person through the growing conference and event management division
- Online through e-commerce and web-based solutions
Intermedia works closely with its clients to deliver innovative solutions across a range of communications mediums, including:
- Magazines - a stable of market-leading trade titles serving Australia
- Design services - professional designs for everything from advertising to annual reports
- Custom publishing - contract magazines, reports and newsletters for businesses and associations
- E-commerce - IT strategies tailored for specific business needs
- Internet and IT Solutions - portal development and content management services
- Conferences - developing and implementing national seminars and conferences
For more information on Intermedia go to www.intermedia.com.au
Interpoint Events
Interpoint specialises in event, marketing and media solutions that deliver results. These include:
- Exhibitions
- Conferences
- Custom event marketing
As well as managing the SPLASH! Expos on the Gold Coast and in New Zealand, Interpoint manages Poolscape and organises the Australian contingent to the European pool show, the Salon de la Piscina.
Interpoint has also successfully created many important conferences, exhibitions and trade shows in diverse vertical markets such as hairdressing, interactive marketing and advertising, natural therapies, and suplly chain and logistics.
Interpoint is a member of the Exhibition and Event Association of Australia.
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Chris Maher, Editor
Chris is an award winning writer and journalist who has been editing magazines for 20 years. He has reported for many mainstream Australian newspapers and magazines and has more than a decade of experience in the pool and spa industry, having edited leading consumer title Poolside for 10 years.
He has also worked as a media and communications consultant for a variety of organisations, from large multi-national corporations to small Australian businesses.
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Simon Cooper
Simon is the managing director of Interpoint, the publisher of SPLASH! magazines and the organiser of the SPLASH! Expos.
He has more than 20 years international experience in marketing, media and event management. Simon spent more than a decade in Europe and the USA developing integrated marketing strategies for clients across all forms of media, including roles as executive director of events for global media company United Business Media/CMP in New York, and general manager for Advanstar Communications in Britain.
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Karen Jaques
National Sales Manager
Karen is highly experienced in advertising sales for both magazines and newspapers, and before coming to SPLASH! had most recently worked as advertising manager for top pool and spa consumer titles Poolside and Poolside Showcase, as well as landscaping title Outdoor Design Living.
She has spent more than 20 years working in print media advertising, including seven years with News Limited as Group Sales Manager for Community Newspapers, Sales Director at Regional Press, Advertising Manager for Country Looks magazine, as well as Newsnet, Sunday Times in Perth, the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald. Karen also has advertising agency experience.
She is renovating her fourth home and is more than capable with a plaster trowel.
Karen sells across all SPLASH! media, including the magazine, website, eNews and trade directory; as well as all SPLASH! trade shows.
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Melanie Robertson
Melanie is marketing manager for Interpoint, including promoting the SPLASH! Expos and other related events.
She has an advanced diploma in events management and marketing and a diploma in public relations. Melanie has strong organisational skills, extensive marketing experience across events and tourism and speaks fluent Japanese.
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