About

A decade of collaboration has taken Shotover from a filmmaking duo, creating short films on the banks of the Shotover River to an award winning creative, production and marketing agency, servicing New Zealand and beyond.

 

Still rocking out in Queenstown and Central Otago, our small team of diverse talents work with people, businesses and communities across New Zealand and the world, helping to build audiences and turn eyeballs into action. What do we mean by that? Ultimately it’s all about effectiveness, that’s the aim of the game. That’s why you want to partner with an agency, to achieve results. At Shotover everything we do, from building strategies to producing content to executing campaigns, is with the end goal in mind...reaching the right people and getting them to act in the right way. Or in other words, turning eyeballs into action.

Meet the team

James Perry

Managing Director

Jason Mckay Williams

Head of Digital & Marketing

Deanna Warnock

Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator

George Chalmers

Creative

Ash Walton

Photography & Videography

Adi Staite

Strategist

Duggy

Snack Specialist

Shotover brings a veritable bounty of services to the collaborative table, all with the same thing in mind. Growing audiences and turning eyeballs into action.

Strategy

Deeply collaborative, we develop the right communications, advertising and brand strategies for the right outcomes.

  • Communications
  • Creative
  • Marketing
  • Digital
  • Media

Production

Full end to end video and photography production services, we craft works that enhance the concept and jump off the screen.

  • Line Production
  • Video Production
  • Photography
  • Design
  • Motion Graphics

Media & Digital Marketing

From ad setup to ongoing management, we execute precision-targeted campaigns that drive results.

  • Performance marketing campaigns: Maximizing reach and impact across platforms.
  • Retainer Services: Ongoing campaign management, covering:
    • Meta Business Platforms
    • Google Search, Display, and Video
    • Media Buying and OOH Advertising such as billboard, native, on demand, radio
    • Campaigns & Event Activations

Creative

We create assets and campaigns that stay true to the brand and demand attention.

  • Strategy
  • Ideation
  • Copywriting
  • Storyboarding
  • Design

Branding & Design

From initial concept to full brand development, we transform ideas into powerful visual identities that bring your brand’s story to life.

  • Brand ideation and development: Crafting unique brand identities that resonate.
  • Graphic design: Visuals that captivate and communicate effectively.
  • Print and signage design: High-quality, impactful designs for print and physical spaces.

Social Media Management

We drive audience engagement and growth with strategic social media management that’s aligned with your brand voice.

  • Organic social media management: Fixed retainer options for ongoing engagement
  • Social media strategy development: Tailored strategies to build and connect with your audience

What our friends say about us

Enterprise Dunedin / Dunedin City Council

“Working with the team at Shotover has been an excellent creative process. They understood the brief and were able to pivot as we worked through the campaign. Their execution was beautiful and on brand for our destination.  We particularly enjoyed their collaborative style which kept us in the loop and involved at every stage.”

Remarkables Park Town Centre

“Being a shopping centre that offers many different experiences to our tenant’s customers requires an agency that can move quickly and think outside the square. These guys get it and over the last 3 years we have consistently grown our business year on year, in a very difficult trading period.”

Akarua / Edmond De Rothschild Heritage

“Great collaboration with Shotover, which enabled us to deliver a creative and qualitative project full of professionalism.”

Jucy / Travvia

“The Shotover team were amazing to deal with – from early brainstorming to post-production, they managed the entire project with creative vibrancy, flexibility, and care, and the end result exceeded all expectations.”

NorthWest Shopping Centre

“The team at Shotover is one of the best I’ve dealt with. We align together as an extension of our marketing team and I’m so impressed with their cost structure, fast turn around and open communication.”

Medrecruit

“We gave the Shotover team two words: “beautiful” and “emotional.” Which we repeated over and over again like a broken record. “We want audiences to feel something…” The Shotover team navigated our crazy creative nature to create three videos that gave us goosebumps and made us want to cry. If these videos evoke even a quarter of those emotions in our customers we’re sure they won’t forget them”

Planit

“Our experience with Shotover was seamless and far exceeded our expectations. The team’s attention to detail and expertise at every stage of the project was nothing short of exceptional. I won’t be going to any other agency for future work.”

Ziptrek

“What an extremely talented team who always bring such creativity, offer great advice and go above and beyond…no matter the project!”

Liger Leadership Academy

“The Shotover team were an absolute pleasure to work with every step of the way. They slotted straight into our organisation and immediately just felt like part of the team. They are great folks and handled tons of pivots and new directions with ease.”

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