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Rosie Olsen

Project Coordinator / Herder of Cats

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Normal human beings are around 70% water. Rosie is probably 70% coffee. Rosie joined GummyBear when she hung around for too long, and now she’s project coordinator to help manage the ever-expanding team, keep us all in check, ensure work gets delivered on time, and herd the cats, as they say.

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What’s your role at GummyBear?

Once a project has begun, I work with the Client to make sure they are happy and understand what we are doing at each step, and make sure we have all the information we need from them. I also work with the creative team to schedule work across multiple projects, and make sure they have everything they need.

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What’s your favourite part about working at GummyBear?

There are no boxes into which we have to fit ourselves or our work. Learning is constant and supported. We’re a funny bunch but we work hard to produce seriously good work.

A ‘normal’ day at work?

Umm ‘normal’..? Celebrating and supporting each other's work, and celebrating the wins for our clients (such as sending a new website live) is a definite constant. Our shared office allows close collaboration and dialogue, and there’s always some good banter going on.

What challenge(s) have you seen in our industry that you would like to fix?

Filling the knowledge gap at a foundational level for business owners to make informed decisions about their digital presence. With folks spending so much of their time online, it is vital for businesses to have a quality digital presence – but what does this really mean? What does it mean to establish a brand over several platforms? How do businesses make sure their target audience are seeing their website or social media? How can they make Google like them?

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Early bird or night owl?

Night owl.

Hot or cold drinks?

Hot! And coffee. ‘Nuff said.

Pineapple on pizza?

Only if there are jalapenos too!

Spring, summer, autumn or winter?

Spring and Autumn..

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Top sheet or no top sheet?

No top sheet.

What’s your background?

I’m from Wellington originally, so I’m a terrible coffee snob.  I found myself in the underground rave scene in the mid-90s which was a really tight community in Wellington, and I was lucky enough to crew on several large festivals such as (for those of you old enough to remember) The Gathering and Checkpoint Charlie.

I have a background in Event Production – my trade is as a lighting technician and I spent many years working in the Wellington theatre scene and for an Event Production company here in Dunedin where had the privilege of working several stadium shows.

We supported the touring crew and I personally wrangled crews of over 100.  It was an amazing industry to learn how to work in a pressure-cooker environment with tight deadlines – with no room for error!

I’m from Wellington originally, so I’m a terrible coffee snob.  I found myself in the underground rave scene in the mid-90s which was a really tight community in Wellington, and I was lucky enough to crew on several large festivals such as (for those of you old enough to remember) The Gathering and Checkpoint Charlie.

I have a background in Event Production – my trade is as a lighting technician and I spent many years working in the Wellington theatre scene and for an Event Production company here in Dunedin where had the privilege of working several stadium shows.

We supported the touring crew and I personally wrangled crews of over 100.  It was an amazing industry to learn how to work in a pressure-cooker environment with tight deadlines – with no room for error!

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What do you enjoy doing when you aren’t working?

I’ve just discovered bouldering! I’ve also roller skated for most of my life, recently retiring from roller derby where I both played and coached. You’ll also find me lost in a good book whenever I get some downtime!

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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” - Hunter S. Thompson