GROWTH · BRAND · DIGITAL · AI
150+brands shaped across AU, NZ, SGP, PHL, IDN, FJI, CHN
3,800creator network, tens of millions reach
$8.93cost per lead vs $25 to $60 industry

Profile

I've spent thirteen years and 150+ brands deep in agency life, embedded with each client as an extension of their team. That has given me an incredible breadth of experience, across FMCG, retail, property, finance, health and hospitality, and a sharp instinct for what it takes to create marketing that drives real growth.

Now I want to channel all of it into one. To stop spreading myself thin across dozens of brands and go all-in on a single one, giving it the focus and energy it deserves, and helping build something I genuinely believe in.

During my time in agency, I've helped scale FroPro from two products to twenty-one and 250 stores to 1,500, run Red Bull campaigns woven into culture, and led the marketing launch of a half-billion-dollar Westfield development in New Zealand. Inside my own agency Matter, I built a 3,800-strong creator network driven by real engagement and put it to work across a roster of FMCG brands.

I care about the craft and the commercials in equal measure: work that looks sharp and sells. Brand, content, paid, web and AI. I've done the lot, I'm excited about what's next, and I'm still learning every day.

Experience

Founder & Director, Matter Agency
Brisbane, 2021 to Present
The evolution of Dept Group, sharpened around brand, web, influencer and, most recently, AI.
  • Grew Matter out of Dept Group, focusing the offer on brand, content, influencer and web, and over the last year building an AI automation layer underneath it (n8n, GPT agents, live reporting).
  • Hired and led a team of designers, developers, producers and media buyers, delivering for FMCG, e-commerce, property, finance, health, fitness and hospitality brands.
  • Custom-built a 3,800+ creator network, chosen on engagement not follower counts, and rolled it across FMCG launches at national scale.
  • Designed the Matter Marketing Engine, a full-funnel system that carries a brand from first impression to booked sale, fusing content, paid, CRM and automation.
  • Shipped end-to-end brand identities, Shopify and WordPress builds, always-on organic social and paid media across the client book.
Co-Founder & Director, Dept Group
Brisbane, 2013 to 2021
My first studio, and the foundation Matter was built on, where I learned to launch brands and grow a team.
  • Co-founded a creative studio and grew it to a team of six across brand, content, digital and web.
  • Scaled FroPro from 2 products to 21 and 250 stores to 1,500, launching and selling out pizzas, chicken and burritos time after time, and taking the brand into Woolworths nationally.
  • Ran Red Bull campaigns woven into culture, and delivered Westfield and Scentre campaigns across Australia and New Zealand, including a half-billion-dollar retail launch in Newmarket.
  • Created brand and content for Coca-Cola Amatil in Fiji, Johnny Rockets, Ray White and Brisbane's best-known venues.
  • Laid the SEO, paid-media, content and web foundations, and the delivery systems, that became Matter.
Tom Sweep Growth, Brand, Digital, AI
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What I Do

Growth & Performance
I turn spend into revenue, and guesswork into a system.
Paid media (Google, Meta, LinkedIn), Performance Max, SEO, CRO, GA4 and attribution.
Brand & Creative
Identities people remember, and reach for.
Brand strategy, identity, naming, art direction, packaging, positioning, copywriting.
Content & Production
The kind of content you scroll back up to watch again.
Photo and video direction, social, always-on content, UGC and shoots.
Influencer & Partnerships
Creators who move product, not just followers.
Sourcing, vetting, seeding, ambassadors and a proprietary 3,800 creator network.
Web, eCommerce & AI
Fast builds, with automation humming underneath.
Shopify, WordPress, Framer, n8n pipelines, GPT agents, automated reporting.
Leadership & Delivery
Teams that ship. Budgets that hold. Clients that stay.
Team leadership, client strategy, proposals and SOWs, budgets, stakeholders.

Selected Brands

FMCG & Retail
FroPro, Palmolive, Aveeno, Ocean Spray, Coffee Supreme, Della Rosa, Woolworths, Coles, 7-Eleven, Big W
Global & Iconic
Red Bull, Coca-Cola Amatil, Johnny Rockets, Daikin, VELUX, Sam Kerr
Retail & Property
Westfield and Scentre (AU and NZ), Indooroopilly, Queens Plaza, Everton Plaza, Ray White
Service & Professional
CoolTimes, Green Finance Group, JK Finance, DentArana, Facilities Fitness, Canwell Health, Business & Numbers, SMARTA, Outposter
Hospitality & Venues
Story Bridge Hotel, Riverland, The Plough Inn, Humphreys Hotel
+130 more across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji and China.

Signature Results

+146%Google Business Profile views, home services
1Mimpressions in 14 days, FMCG
+38%sales velocity at launch, FMCG
category growth in a quarter, FMCG retail
45new members in 8 weeks, fitness
40+influencers on a national launch, FMCG

Education & Development

Education
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), studied Bachelor of Urban Development, Property Economics, 2006 to 2011.
St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, 2000 to 2005.
Courses & Workshops
Placeholder, marketing, design, AI and business courses and workshops to be added.
Memberships & Communities
Placeholder, industry memberships and communities to be added.
Recognition
Placeholder, awards, features and speaking to be added.