Loves:
Family
Drumming
Learning New Things

Doesn’t Love:
Disorganization
Wild Meat

Top 3 TV Shows:
Frasier
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory

After living in Johannesburg for 20 years Derick moved down to Jbay to study his lifelong passion of drumming. He then discovered that the only thing that gets him as excited as playing drums is building online marketing solutions and making sure that all the trains are running on time by managing projects. When he’s not busy ticking the “Done” boxes he spends his time with the two ladies in his life (wife and daughter)

Loves:
Fruit smoothies
Road trips
Playing drums

Doesn’t love:
3 things;
olives
olives
and olives.

Top 3 TV shows:
Silicon Valley
Nashville
Superstore

History in 75 words:
Elana escaped Johannesburg in 2014 – with little more than a bag, a surfboard, a dream, and some mad creative skills. Illustration, design, and animation – Elana does the lot. She arrived in J-Bay and put those skills to use immediately – both in a design shop and on the waves. All while finishing her Graphic Design degree through the University of Hertfordshire. Respect.

Loves:
Jogs on the beach
Her 2 Border Collies
Mathematical brain teasers

Doesn’t love:
Anything that comes out of an animal, like an egg.
And spiders.

Top 3 TV shows:
One Tree Hill
NCIS
Suits

History in 75 words:
Elbé is a mind-boggling mixture of left-brain and right-brain strengths. She thrives on being constantly challenged with new adventures at all times. She qualified, and practiced as a Physiotherapist. She is now the in-house team Physiotherapist and Resource Coordinator at Hats+Rabbits where she gets to make sure that team members and timelines are functioning optimally at all times.

Loves:
Art and Design
Comics
Music production

Doesn’t love:
Bad drivers
Slooooooow internet

Top 3 TV shows:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Mighty Boosh

History in 75 words:
When he realized he was never going to become a superstar DJ, he gave the next best thing a go; advertising. From award winning agencies, leading financial companies, political parties to international tech startups, Ivan’s worked for them all. When not developing typefaces, designing infographics or developing startup identities, he still makes beats, reads comics and binges TV shows with his wife and two doggos.

Loves:
Coffee
Comics
Surfing

Hates:
Food that used to swim

Top 3 TV shows:
Homeland
Flight of the Conchords
This Is Us

History in 75 words:
Born in Zimbabwe, finished school in South Africa. Then spent 10 years in London working at Haygarth, and then Iris. Johnny was then transferred to New York, where he spent the next 10 years. Initially as ECD of Iris NY, then ECD of Saatchi NY, then ECD of Jack Morton Worldwide’s NY office. Started Hats+Rabbits in 2014 on the belief that clients and talent deserve better from agencies. Never looked back.

Loves:
Hot sauce
Informer by Snow (who looks remarkably like Edward Snowdon, check it out and tell me there isn’t something going on here)
Badly behaved pensioners

Doesn’t Love:
Faux reality TV shows
Wheelie suitcases on the underground network

Top 3 TV Shows:
Celebrity Antique roadtrip
Storage Wars
American Pickers

History In 75 Words:
Born in London and sent away to school as soon as his parents could organise. Spent 10 years learning the ropes at Haygarth before pursuing a career as a professional chef. Having worked at a number of restaurants including the River Café, he was finally reduced to tears by Gordon Ramsay. Ollie has grown the London side of the operation from the a single desk to the central Soho hub it is now!

Loves:
Travel
Sunsets
Cliches

Hates:
Funny Bio’s
Lists
Irony

Top 3 TV shows:
Family Guy
David Attenborough
The Office

History in 75 words:
Born in the cultural metropolis of Lincoln, success came early for Will who landed a job as a logistics executive in the catering industry. After being dubbed Dominos’ fastest delivery boy, Will moved onto bigger things and studied law at Newcastle University. After realising Suits was not in fact a documentary, he decided to pursue a career in marketing. Will likes to merge his jurisprudential ability with creativity to form a fully integrated approach to thinking.