Attention becomes valuable when it is organised.
Thunda.com was the first proof: build the room, create the culture, give brands a reason to show up, then scale what works.

Creative / media / growth / search
Amplified by AI where it earns its place.
As Director at MACULA (Pty) Ltd, I turn more than 20 years across media, growth, venture, gaming and Web3 into practical work for brands and teams. AI is part of the toolkit, not the strategy.
The through-line is simple: understand the market, make a clear proposition, ship the work, measure what moves and improve the parts that matter.
Thunda.com was the first proof: build the room, create the culture, give brands a reason to show up, then scale what works.
At Media24, Dentsu, Aegis, Isobar, iProspect, Carat, Vizeum and Posterscope, strategy had to meet trading, creativity and performance at real scale.
From Virgin Money to Clicks2Customers, NMPi and Levi's ecommerce, the job became clearer: connect brand, data, UX, media and commercial outcomes.
DFY Studios, Gameout and the completed BlockDAG chapter moved the work from local campaigns to international communities, products and ecosystems.
How I work
Today the work comes together through MACULA. The ventures, platforms and leadership chapters behind it show how the same discipline has travelled across media, technology, commerce, gaming and Web3.
MACULA starts with evidence: audience behaviour, cultural context, paid media data and the commercial question in front of the team.
Media Director and Moore & Crew turn strategy into a working rhythm: briefs, channel logic, production, optimisation and reporting.
VaultGrail and Boda Health are applied venture work: positioning, onboarding, education and conversion in live categories.
MACULA connects search intent, content performance and responsible AI-assisted production so each cycle becomes more useful.
Current work and selected career proof
The portfolio is the proof base: MACULA as the current business, the suite as working products, Moore & Crew as the production partner, and selected ventures that test the ideas in live markets.
Each platform has its own role. The shared asset is the discipline behind them.
Audience, market and media intelligence for brands that need a clearer next move.
A practical workflow for campaign strategy, media planning, creative production, optimisation and reporting.
Production partnerMoore & CrewCreative and campaign productionCreative strategy, digital marketing, social content, design, video and carefully used AI production.
A collectibles product built around Genesis cards, pack openings, play, trading and vault management.
A guided health-commerce journey for assessment, education, onboarding and purchase.
A completed Web3 leadership chapter spanning executive strategy, brand, market narrative and ecosystem communication.
Macula operating suite
The live subdomains each own a clear part of the work: media, growth, social, creative and trading.
Audience evidence, market context and practical decision-making.
The campaign operating layer for strategy, planning, workflow, optimisation and reporting.
media.macula.co.zaThe commercial operating room for target accounts, senior relationships, next actions and market feedback.
growth.macula.co.zaManaged social growth for turning market signal, content rhythm and audience response into clearer momentum.
social.macula.co.zaThe creative production layer for ideas, assets, iteration and AI-enabled campaign output.
creative.macula.co.zaThe trading and execution control plane that sits behind disciplined media-market movement.
trading.macula.co.zaI speak to boards, agencies, founders, media teams, crypto communities and growth operators about the decisions behind good creative, media, growth and product work.
How teams can move from one-off campaigns to a repeatable creative practice.
How brand, paid media, content, data and conversion work as one commercial loop.
How practical AI tools and human taste can increase output without lowering the bar.
How to translate blockchain infrastructure into products, markets and communities people can use.
Public channels
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