The Team

Newsletter House Pty Ltd is led by a core management team of publishing and marketing professionals who have worked in various senior management roles
within the media and associated industries before joining our team.


Ken Robinson - CEO, Publisher

Ken has spent his entire career working within the media.
He is a graduate of the Australian, Film, Television and Radio School and was trained at both News Limited and Fairfax media groups. Ken has worked on both sides of the business, both sales and creative and established Newsletter House 10 years ago with the full understanding of how modern day marketing techniques could help business people sell more products or services in a competitive environment. This approach has proven correct, as large corporations are seeking better ways to improve revenue streams as the old methods of selling are falling short of their sales targets. The first magazine Ken published was in 1991, it was titled "Getting Ready - a Woman's guide to looking good". The list of advertisers included: Colgate toothpaste, Johnson+Johnson, Holiday Inn hotels, Payot, Elizabeth Arden, Juvena of Switzerland, Sunsilk, Playtex, etc.
Ken has been involved in various other media publications, including stand alone magazines published for St. George Bank, the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and CGU Insurance. Ken loves the day to day hands on role of being a copywriter and is often found strategising new campaigns for clients. In the last four months, having been asked by clients, Ken developed and wrote a one day sales training workshop that teaches fundamental strategies when selling in the business-to-business sector. Due to the success of this sales training program, companies like Ricoh, Tozer Air Conditioning, Bulbeck Environmental Solutions and Dexion to name a few have each taken up the opportunity of having Ken and his team develop their own personalised newsletter marketing program.


John Norris - Editor

John has worked in every area of the media and in public relations for the past 40. He has worked in press, radio and television. His print career encompassed morning, afternoon and weekly newspapers as well as national magazines. He has held numerous senior management positions including Assistant Editor of Wheels Magazine, Editor, Newcastle Star newspaper and Managing Editor, Townsville Independent.
In 1986 John decided to take his career to the next level, establishing a PR company from scratch and building it to national award winning significance providing consulting services to a number of BHP divisions, Tooheys, Optus, MAN Trucks, government departments, industry bodies and national unions and all levels of government. He built a highly regarded knowledge base in transport, manufacturing and the coal industry writing an NLA registered book on mining and a history of the BHP Newcastle Steelworks as well as producing numerous videos both for broadcast and corporate education. As you can see from John's extensive resume, having worked in both the media and public relations he is well positioned to assist our clients in producing quality newsletter publications.


Judy Huston - Senior Writer

Judy's career has taken her from a newspaper
cadetship through to being the Supplements Editor of the Newcastle Herald, a Fairfax publication. For the past two decades Judy has also been extensively involved in corporate marketing and public relations for major corporations throughout Australia. Due to her easy to work with approach, Judy has written several books profiling the history of her corporate clients. Judy is used to working to deadlines and offers our clients a level of work that only comes from decades of consistent professional performance.


Jason Beck - Senior Graphic Designer

Graduating from Newcastle Uni in 2000, Jason has worked for some of the big name design houses and advertising agencies. Due to his strong desire to do the best by his clients, Jason offers our clients a level of graphic design not usually found in somebody so young. With a strong work ethic, he is often the last to leave and believes each and every client deserves artwork of the highest quality. Having worked with a huge range of print and design over the last 13 years, Jason has a wealth of knowledge in design and prepress that encompasses most any artwork that can be printed. Spending six years in Queensland as a senior graphic designer, he brings to each project a depth of experience which has seen us receive many positive responses from satisfied clients. An avid sportsman, Jason's interests include underwater hockey, touch football, cycling and surfing.


Bev Snedden - Freelance Designer/Admin

One of the industry’s most experienced and knowledgeable design and advertising professionals, Bev has a commanding background in the fields of art production and design. Before joining Newsletter House in 2006, Bev worked for Peach Advertising in Newcastle for 21 years. There she specialised in the production of annual reports and corporate image brochures. Her extensive experience with corporate, retail, commercial and industrial clients saw her established as an integral player on the team.
Quickly rising to the role of Art Director, Bev oversaw the art department and managed the firm’s extensive graphic design computer network and software facilities. Previously, Bev worked as head of the Graphics Department at NBN Television in Newcastle for 13 years at the same time as completing a design course at Newcastle Technical College Art School. Handling so many clients has never been a daunting task for Bev, who after so many years in the industry still loves creating new artwork.


Wendy Robinson - M.B.T, Chief Financial Officer

Wendy has responsibility across a broad range of functions including finance, strategy, project management, information services and operations. Wendy's career has seen her working for companies like Telstra, St.George Bank and Westpac. Wendy holds an M.B.T. obtained through the University of NSW, having earlier completed an B.A. at Auckland University in New Zealand. Wendy brings a wealth of experience having worked for Australia's leading firms.