Our Team

SIMON GOULD

Founder

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SIMON GOULD
Founder

Founder, Simon established SDM back in 2012. Since then, he has helped 150 clients (and counting) to achieve their digital goals. Determined and quick-thinking, he is a virtuoso in driving campaign strategies, customer engagement and sales. Passionate about clients’ business growth, his greatest satisfaction is seeing a plan come together which deliver incredible results.

LORIEN BRIGGS

Senior Partnerships and Growth Lead

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LORIEN BRIGGS
Senior Partnerships and Growth Lead

A natural connector with a genuine love of a good conversation, Lorien brings 20 years of client-facing experience across APAC and North America, with deep relationship expertise spanning media, agency, tech and professional services, and now, to Sydney Digital, where she's on the hunt for new partnerships and the businesses we haven't met yet.

CEDRIC PAQUOTTE

Head of Design

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CEDRIC PAQUOTTE
Head of Design

Cedric brings 16 years of experience fusing Swiss-trained precision with commercial instinct across visual communication, UI/UX, and brand strategy. A Swiss Design School graduate, he served as Art Director at Krol Studio before joining SDM a decade ago. Cedric masters "the sweet spot between art and science," marrying striking design with data-driven strategies that convert. Under his creative direction, SDM's design team has earned five Web Excellence Awards.

KIRBY AXON

Senior Account Manager

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KIRBY AXON
Senior Account Manager

A strategic Senior Account Manager with over a decade of experience, Kirby specialises in digital, content, growth and production across agency and in-house environments. Having worked across travel, lifestyle, insurance and pharma, she brings a well-rounded approach to every client. When she’s not working, she’s out trying new restaurants or at a gig.

Puneet Dhillon

Senior SEO Specialist

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Puneet Dhillon
Senior SEO Specialist
With over 6 years of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) experience, Puneet works tirelessly each day to ensure the Google Gods are happy with every client site we work on. Never have we seen such mastery of SEO strategy and thinking outside of the box to get every client gaining visibility and ranking at the very top of their SERPs.
NINAD DESHMUKH

Campaign Marketing Technologist

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NINAD DESHMUKH
Campaign Marketing Technologist

Ninad is our Marketing Technologist, the one wiring AI into how the agency works. Mumbai-born, he builds the systems behind our campaigns: Google Ads, Meta Ads, HubSpot automation and AI search visibility. If a process can be automated, he's already halfway through building it. Off the clock, he cycles the city and the coast.