Kate Stewart

Creative Strategist

I could not recommend Kate more highly – she just gets us, she understands our dreams, our constraints, our frustrations and our celebrations, whilst also being able to kindly encourage and push us to think like entrepreneurs and recognise our value and worth and impact in our communities.

Annie Stonehouse,
Executive Director, Lovewell Foundation

Kate Stewart is a creative strategist and trusted advisor, dedicated to helping organisations create meaningful impact.

As a visionary thinker and problem solver, Kate partners with a select group of value-aligned clients, offering deep commitment to their goals and challenges. Kate specialises in strategic advisory, hospitality, CSR integration and community engagement, delivering innovative solutions and fostering purposeful connections. With expertise in impactful events, brand positioning and organisational resilience, she champions social and environmental responsibility.

Kate takes pride in bringing the right people together to unlock potential, drive growth and inspire positive change. She and her expert team work collaboratively with businesses and not-for-profits, guiding them to achieve better outcomes and a brighter future for people and planet.

Capabilities

Transformation and Change

  • business model and strategy review
  • revenue diversification strategy

Insights and Impact

  • data collaboration
  • market research (surveys, focus groups)
  • evaluation
  • impact measurement

Organisational and business planning

  • strategic planning
  • Pitch decks
  • income diversification
  • business coaching

People, culture and wellbeing

  • employee value proposition development
  • position description development/clarification
  • recruitment

CSR and ESG

  • sustainability analysis and strategy
  • purpose strategy
  • Community/charity partnership search
  • Community/charity partnership development

Fundraising and partnerships

  • executive coaching and mentoring

Brand, marketing and communications

  • marketing and communications strategy
  • community engagement
  • media relations strategy/implementation/launches
  • public relations strategy/implementation
  • influencer outreach and engagement
  • graphic design/infographics
  • videography, impact and brand story telling
  • sales and marketing collateral design /
    development
  • sales and business development strategy /
    coaching

Clients

OzHarvest Ventures

The Lovewell Foundation (The Lovewell Cafe)

Woodlea

Caboodle & Co

Australian Open (All Things Equal; Salamatea House)

University of Melbourne

Qualifications and recognition

Graduate, AICD program (GAICD)

BComm, UniMelb

Graduate, Williamson Community Leadership Program

Graduate, The Observership Program

Former board member, FareShare

Former board member, Nappy Collective

Former chair, UniMelb Faculty of Business & Economics Alumni Council

You are leading the charge on helping us reimagine how we gather as humans. Gatherings that have contemporary relevance along with meaning and impact.

Darren Taylor,
Founder, Taylor & Grace

I’m so grateful to you Kate for pushing me to do better and inspiring me to drive forward and never look back - one million thank yous

Jason M Jones,
Founder/Creative Director, Caboodle & Co

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