Meet our team
A specialist team of industry experts dedicated to the impact they make whilst collaborating. Couple that with our collective team and you have an amazing resource centre, completely tailored to your project.
A specialist team of industry experts dedicated to the impact they make whilst collaborating. Couple that with our collective team and you have an amazing resource centre, completely tailored to your project.
Chief creative and our fearless leader she’s the brains behind this operation.
Melissa is the creative and strategic core of the business, bringing together likeminded and highly skilled design professionals. Driven by a desire to enable your business to function at its peak, Melissa looks to develop environments that connect and transform your organisation through strategic design initiatives.
With over 20 years experience, Melissa has worked with a broad range of clients in a vast array of industries, gathering knowledge at every opportunity to directly benefit your project.
Melissa has been instrumental in the design and delivery of projects for key corporate clients including Ausenco, Allconex Water, Australian Rugby Union, UTS Sports Campus, Virgin, Carlton United Breweries, Brisbane Airport Corporation and EDMI.
Melissa’s personal interest in creating environments that support the strategic visions and goals of organisations whilst rationalizing requirements and balancing this all against operational and capital costs, has seen her develop unique service delivery models that unlock the full potential of an organisations two largest assets – people & property.
A creative powerhouse with real world experience
Karin loves exploring and creating spaces for a range of clients, with user experience and interaction at the forefront Karin’s portfolio spans from large scale workplace and civic projects to boutique solutions in hospitality and retail.Karin has a strong footing in documentation processes, concept development and the ability and confidence to engage with and deliver large sites for established corporations. Always on the lookout for efficiencies, Karin’s strengths lie in her attention to detail and streamlining processes, which has enabled her to continue to deliver on fast-paced projects at the highest standards.Beyond the detail, Karin has consistently developed long-lasting relationships with both large corporations and individuals, and delivers on time, on budget projects with creative solutions which have challenged and excited users.
A natural creative who loves crafting spaces that people love
Alisa has over 10 years’ experience in architecture and Interior design, and includes workplace design, medical, retail and hospitality. Alisa’s strong background in Hospitality design informs her approach to designing spaces that both create an experience for the user and contribute to the functional performance of the business.Alisa works across all aspect of a project from conceptual design through to delivery. She particularly enjoys working collaboratively with the client and project team to develop ideas and ensure that the outcome meets the needs of the client.Alisa’s work is driven by a desire to combine a true understanding of the needs of the end user and care for our environment to inform and inspire design.
Prue’s passion lies in telling stories. She believes that every organisation has a unique personality and tone that goes beyond a logo; something Prue prides herself on helping to uncover and bring to life in the workplace.Her strength lies in helping organisations develop a clear understanding of their culture, purpose, core values and passion, Together with the team, this is woven into the fabric of the design to create an outstanding experience for employees and beneficial commercial outcomes for business. Prue has worked across government, ASX organisations, start-ups and NFPs, all with vastly different communication needs, identities, expectations and pace. Prue’s strength lies in working with people and developing language and tone to form the basis of organisational identity and experience
Her attention to detail ensures the team are able to #GSD
Sarah is an extremely passionate, creative and super-organised professional with a background in a variety of corporate settings including FMCG, advertising agencies and engineering. Sarah’s focus is on delivering quality work by supporting the team around her to do their best work.
With over 20 years experience in corporate executive management Sarah is motivated to provide successful business outcomes that drive service excellence, customer advocacy and individual performance. Her levels of organisation `{`#OCD`}` ensure that that the studio runs like a well oiled machine and that our deliverables are of the highest quality, meeting not just your standards, but ours. Sarah is an effective communicator with the ability to build trust through kindness and compassion, celebrating the wins and gleaning insight from the area’s for improvement. Sarah is responsible for ensuring the seamless operation of the business, a master scheduler and resource manager she supports the team to get the job done!
Bringing your vision to life starts with understanding. Our team balances empathy, intuition and genuine care for your business with comprehensive analysis to understand your brand, values, people goals and desired behaviours.
Once we have a shared view of the outcome we’re aiming for, we draw on our varied toolkit to develop a strategic plan of attack. From there we kick into delivery mode; working our butts off to bring this vision into existence.
Along the way there may be some bumps in the road, but our resilience, adaptability and honest approach will ensure we handle the hiccups with minimal interruption.
By combining our skillset, approach and drive to bring people together, we deliver long-term outcomes to our clients—ensuring we give them wins to celebrate long after we cut the ribbon on a project.
COMUNiTI understand that prior to simply designing and filling spaces there is an important strategic piece of work that significantly improves the potential success of the project. Too often specialist consultants operate in silos and don’t understand the need to be part of an integrated team but more than that, be able to contribute to these other parts. Jason Blair | Reds Group [Everton Plaza Developer] As part of a larger global business, and an owner-occupier we needed to enhance the performance of our building as a long-term asset and business solution. This was achieved with the refurbishment of our first floor, increasing our staff capacity by 30%. Joe Grbavac | Plantation Homes What stood out about COMUNiTI’s delivery was the customer focus, ensuring EDMI was involved in the process so that our requirements were met, the attention to detail and the drive to deliver uncompromising quality even if timelines were tight. Andrew Thomas | EDMI For the first six months after we moved into our new premises we had the highest performance on record in our 35 years in business. We attribute that to the way the newly designed workspace enabled our different teams to engage and come up with multidisciplinary enhanced solutions for our clients. Our teams are able to interact better than they had in the old workspace. Nadia Taylor | Livingstones Before working with COMUNiTI I was feeling quite nervous about the project we were to embark on, however now that we have completed, I am elated with how it has turned out.
COMUNiTI’s ability to establish a vision for the project and expertly manage its delivery, through an extremely tight time frame, has enabled us to produce this amazing outcome. Jeremy Hanger | Plantation Homes COMUNiTI resolved a complex design challenge by integrating the objectives of several major fringe projects without compromising on master planning values and company strategies.
Sometimes the smallest projects have the greatest impact on an environment. Djana | Brisbane Airport Corporation The insights that we achieved, working through the Workplace Strategy, has given us the knowledge we need to manage our accommodation into the future. Darren | Seqwater The COMUNiTI team brought creativity, flair and functionality to the design which gives a nod to our history, yet still provides a practical workspace for today. Dugald Warby | Hall Chadwick
From studying people, cultures, spaces and experiences all over the world, we have come to understand the power of a community mindset.
A thriving community does not dictate rules, it creates shared values that people want to embody. It fosters a common vision and a future all members strive for. It empowers anyone to create ideas for how to get there. It creates an environment of support and pride, where people feel respected and valued.
We see the spaces we inhabit as opportunities waiting to be unlocked, and we want to help our partners maximise this potential by building their own communities that harness the power of a shared vision and true sense of connection.
Our team embraces empathy for our clients and those who will inhabit their spaces to increase engagement, improve happiness and wellbeing and influence positive behaviour. These outcomes result in a genuine feeling of togetherness, long-term value and ultimately create: