FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

With GSC since: The very beginning

Favourite part of the job:
Working with people who love this industry, and coming up with new ideas for our portfolio.

A cultural experience that’s had an impact on you: 
Attending in 2024 a rehearsal of ‘Silence and Rapture’ - a collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Dance Company - was gut-wrenchingly brilliant.  That said, Performing Arts has pretty much felt like my spiritual home since I first sold a ticket at the Royal Festival Hall in 1986.

Email: jon.oakes@get-smart.com.au

CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER

With GSC since: July 2015

Favourite part of the job: 
Getting to know our clients and their venues, then working with them to ensure they can run them even more effectively using Artifax.

A cultural experience that’s had an impact on you: 
Whilst in Malawi I got to see a group of school children perform a dance that was native to the region, this wasn’t a touristy thing – it was actually a performance for the local town.  The pride in their culture was evident on their faces and the enthusiasm they threw into their dance was inspiring.  Gave me goosebumps. 

Email: emily.lane@get-smart.com.au

CLIENT SUPPORT

With GSC since: May 2018  

Favourite part/s of the job: 
Glimpsing the amazing variety of arts and culture events on offer throughout our region, and knowing that we played a small part in helping to make them happen smoothly.  

A cultural experience that’s had an impact on you:
There are too many to list. Live music just makes you feel good, be it classical, folk or punk – it all tingles the spine if delivered with heart and gusto. But nothing beats creating and playing your own music with friends, that’s the real out-of-body experience! 

Email: meg.russell@artifax.com.au

TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER

With GSC since: July 2021

Favourite part/s of the job:  
Understanding our client's technical requirements and applying technical support solutions to ensure they experience the utmost from our amazing products.

A cultural experience that’s had an impact on you: 
Having lived a stone's throw from the Arts Centre in Melbourne for 10 years, I was able to attend lots of performances, so it's too hard to choose one. Everything ballet, opera and orchestral!

Email: simone.halas@getsmart.com.au

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

With GSC since: Feb 2024

Favourite part/s of the job:
Getting to know our clients, learning the intricacies of how their venues run, and seeing our thrilling industry in action. 

A cultural experience that’s had an impact on you:
Hamilton (I know, classic). I hadn't allowed myself to listen to the soundtrack or watch the Broadway recording before seeing it on stage and I was BLOWN AWAY. What’s been achieved by Lin-Manuel Miranda, well let’s just say, ‘I wasn’t aware that was something a person could dooo’.

Email: kate.oakes@get-smart.com.au