WHAT'S YOUR STORY?

It might be buried beneath years of corporate guff and industry jargon. It might be an historic epic waiting to be rediscovered. It might be an absolute doozy sitting quietly, unappreciated, unremarked upon, in a dark room somewhere. It might be a good story being badly told. You might not even have considered just how good, or important, your story is.

Stories – more than money or power or even coffee – make the world go round. And if you need yours transcribed, finessed, teased out, refashioned, brought to someone’s attention or shouted to the world, The Ink Bureau can help.

WHY CHOOSE THE INK BUREAU

There are lots of good reasons to entrust your communications project to The Ink Bureau. Here’s just a small selection:

YOU’RE NOT INTERESTED IN CLICHES: Your organisation isn’t the same as all the others so why should your words be?

When you employ The Ink Bureau you get a commmunications service fanatical about avoiding cliches and buzzwords. (We won’t mention “synergies” or “moving forward” unless you expressly tell us to – but even then we’ll do it reluctantly.)

We don’t tell your story in a way that’s safe and palatable. We say exactly who you are, what you do and why you’re brilliant – without the corporate guff.
YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE, NOT TALK: The Ink Bureau is a snake-oil free zone. We refuse to promise the world.

We’re not into door-to-door sales. And we wouldn’t be good at it, even if we wanted to be.

We’re not an ‘integrated agency’ (whatever that means). We’re not much good at coding or information architecture or media buying. (Although we can certainly put you in touch with people who are.)

We’re a communications agency. Writing, PR and content strategy is what we concentrate on so we can do it really well.
YOU WANT YOUR AGENCY'S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION: We’re not juggling dozens of ‘accounts’, which means you get great service. Full stop.; We don’t put you in a place on a priority list based on how much you pay.

No political positioning. No worries about getting the ‘A team’. We get working on your project straight away and tell you exactly when we expect to finish it.

MEET THE INK BUREAU

Jonathan Rivett

Owner and Senior Writer

When you work with The Ink Bureau you’ll have your words written and edited by Jonathan Rivett.

For seven years, he penned a weekly column in the MyCareer section of The Age and Sydney Morning Morning Herald about the not-so-serious side of work life. Since 2019 he’s written a column answering readers’ work-related questions.

Before he founded The Bureau he worked in the higher education sector as a copywriter and communications expert while working on freelance projects for IT companies, financial services firms, healthcare organisations, small businesses and job search websites. He’s also written for real estate and magazines.

He’s created copy and edited for print, online, outdoor, television, radio, social media and has loads of experience writing for blogs.

Cameron Donovan

Head of Strategy and PR

Cameron is The Ink Bureau’s strategy and public relations specialist. Over his two decades in communications he has developed an uncanny ability to rattle off the phone numbers of journalists from around the country.

An award-winning consultant and a proven PR all-rounder, Cameron has worked with leading agencies in Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne across all major industry sectors.

Cameron has been a campaign strategist for organisations including Australia Post, Bakers Delight, Europcar, the NSW Minerals Council, Myer, Satterley Property Group, Tourism Victoria and Volgren.

At The Ink Bureau, Cameron works across strategy and implementation, advising clients on media relations, issues management, messaging and content marketing.