A digital design agency based on the beautiful Gold Coast, Australia.
Thrive consists of a tightkvnit team of like-minded, creative professionals, and we are always on the lookout for projects – large or small, local and abroad – so please contact us if you need our expert services. We not only love creating unique, clean, custom-designed sites that are easy to navigate, we can also provide branding solutions, print packages and a myriad of other digital strategies. So if you like our work please get in touch!
Dean Oakley
Thrive was founded by Dean Oakley who has been working in web design and development on the Gold Coast and in London since 2004. Dean received 1st Class Honours in a Bachelor of IT at Griffith University on the Gold Coast in 2004. Dean oversees all the technical aspects and design of our projects.
Jake D. Frost
Jake develops new client relationships, as well as working on design, content updates and branding. He brings with him a huge amount of media experience and charm.
Saxon Evers
Saxon is a talented artist and illustrator who has honed his development skills at THRIVE to become a kick-ass Developer. You could call him a WordPress wizard–he does!
Ambre Tatar
An all-around creative, specialising in brand identity, print design, web design, typography, packaging and illustration. Ambre’s sensitive approach to clients motivations, ideas and inspirations helps generate a unique and effective visual message that resonates.
Eric Jinks
A true technical genius who loves designing websites, creating music, shooting video and sliding down waves.
Alex Frith
Alex is a senior developer who has over the years, worked across a diverse range of technologies and brands. Over the last 5 years I’ve been the senior developer at Thirteen Digital, a multi disciplinary agency based in Brisbane.
Teresa Dulin
Teresa has resently joined the team and is a very talented graphic, web designer and frontend developer from Spain.
Jon Blackwood
Jon is an experienced digital designer and marketing professional and brings a wealth of expertise to the team at Thrive. He has over 10 years experience in digital design and over six years digital marketing experience.
BJ Christie-Johnston
With a Bachelor in Computer Science and several years of IT experience, BJ helps take our most challenging projects to completion.
Samantha Scott
Our talented new Junior Web Design Wizard. Sam is naturally creative, technically skilled with a great eye for design.