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How I got here

The son of an American Department of Defence worker from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, I moved as a young teen to Germany.

I spent my formative years in this multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment. I traveled every chance I had as a youth.

Earning a bachelors of Science degree in Journalism in Oregon was one of my few sojourns back to the United States before I moved to Australia in 1986 looking for work in Journalism, but taking a job in retail. I became a Citizen.

In 1988, I jumped on the Desktop Publishing revolution and built a small ad agency, developing direct and freelance relationships with other agencies. There were many challenges bringing digital graphics into the mainstream. It was a good education.

In 1994, I formed a lasting relationship with Adrenalin, and worked a full 15 year career there covering many responsibilities, from digital finished artist through to Head of Digital.

I started doing web development in 1996, and took Adrenalin into the digital age. I was doing UX and UI for a regular stream of sales promotion and trade portals with the occasional corporate website coming through. As time went by, I shifted more towards leadership and UX and away from UI.

As Adrenalin began to wind down around 2008, I began to look for more challenging opportunities where I could apply the depth of my skill and continue working on the leading edge.

My personal interests

I love traveling – motorcycling, sailing, and adventures satisfy my desire for new experiences and excitement.

I am a poet and songwriter, and have been most my adult life. I sing and play guitar and harmonica for my soul.

Having trained Martial Arts since my early teens, I am part of a traditional Chinese martial arts school and am currently a senior teacher and mentor.

Since arriving in Sydney, I’ve always lived near Bondi Beach, I’m passionate about the community and my life there, which I share with my two daughters.

Testimonials

“Matthew’s broad range of strategic, creative and technical skills make him a fantastic Account Director in the digital space – capable of managing high level client relationships, but with executional understanding across nearly all aspects of the space, Matthew did a great job managing a large strategic project, from high level strategy through to creative concepts and IA/ information flow.”

“Matthew Aaron has worked on several online projects for us, including re-building and restructuring the content of our Asia Pacific intranet portal, re-organising, editing and updating the content and architecture for several of our business units, bringing this in line with usability best practice and Nestlé international intranet standards and guidelines, and assisting in the organisational transition to new standards on two occasions.

This involved Information architecture, copywriting, html scripting, graphic design tasks, providing client service and project coordination with several business units, across several strata of management. Matthew is helpful and easy to work with, collegial and collaborative. At the same time he brings thought leadership skills in information architecture and production management and provides sound strategic thinking as well as friendly customer service.”

“Aaron Interactive is all about excellence in design, creativity, quality and timeliness of results, and an organisation that’s a pleasure to work with. Whether working directly for OpsCentre, or as a partner to our clients, Matthew Aaron and his team consistently prove that they understand what it takes to put together successful on-line projects and marketing campaigns; across a broad spectrum of industries, geographies and target markets, whether utilising traditional print and online marketing mediums.We have no hesitation in recommending Aaron Interactive to you.”

“Way beyond the brief – the innovation, artistic flare, proactive thought, willingness to engage, and responsiveness brought by Aaron Interactive – has us proud to be on the web for all the world to see.”

“Matthew came up with the domain name “marketing-kits.com.au”, which I love and now use as my business name. He has successfully designed the colours and “look” of the website pages to reflect my own professional approach to my business. I am always proud to refer my clients and prospects to my website.”