About Us

The Sales Marketing Experts

With over 20 years professional sales and marketing experience in major corporate organisations and many years heading a successful agency, Jim Schaefer and his experienced team boasts a unique combination of skills and expertise to assist you with your business, sales and marketing solutions.

 

Sales Marketing Designed For You

If you think that engaging a sales marketing company is expensive or intimidating – think again. The Schaefer Group prides itself in its professional yet friendly approach. So when you speak to us you can be confident that we will not only listen but provide quality service and down to earth advice to suit you, your company and your budget.

 

 

The Schaefer Group

Accessible – Accountable – Affordable

 

  


Our Client List

Archicentre

Arjay Packaging

Baywest Real Estate - Hastings & Somerville

Brooklands of Mornington

Delphinus Cruises

Frankston Business Chamber

Gill's Nursery

InstallEx

Kraft

  Melbourne IT Solutions

Melbourne Markets Credit Service

OGAM Appearance Medicine

Pantry Fresh (Clayton Egg Farm)

Peninsula Foot Clinic

Peninsula Parklands

Pensinsula Tree Professionals

Quadric Group

 RACV

 

RoyleBind

Sensis/Yellow Pages

Sequence

SmartBuy

The Sports Injury Clinic

TTM Homes

Westernport Chamber of Commerce

Whirlpool

Wolter's Steel


The Team

Jim Schaefer
Managing Director

Jim Schaefer is our approachable and experienced director.

He has honed his skills over an extensive sales and marketing career in a variety of corporate, medium and small business environments, always with a mature and pragmatic approach. Jim understands you have targets to reach and budgets to meet and enjoys the challenge of developing strategies, often with limited financial resources, to achieve real results.

Jim’s years of experience with Campbell’s Soup, L’Oreal and Chiquita allows him to see the potential in your company and he is always on hand to offer sound and reasonable advice.

His tertiary qualifications include a Bachelor of Economics (Macquarie University) and a postgraduate qualification in Marketing (Monash University).

 


Emma Lescesen
Account Service

Emma is a graduate from Monash University (major in Public Relations) with excellent verbal and written communications skills. 

With high level critical thinking and research skills and experience producing a range of public relations and marketing collateral for diverse audiences, Emma is the ideal support person for your next public relations campaign.

Emma has experience in writing and pitching media releases, liaising with media, monitoring media, maintaining media archives and databases, editing, preparing reports, producing marketing collateral, implementing direct marketing campaigns, attending conference displays, writing grant applications and general PR administration. 
 

 


Belinda Rose Bervoets
HR Consultant

Belinda Rose has extensive experience in sales and marketing as a small business owner herself, and qualifications in business management. Belinda has worked in the corporate and private sector in career counselling and business mentoring with special focus to customer and staff relations.

Belinda is very experienced in building and improving procedures associated with development and growth that go hand in hand with marketing and is highly conversant with audits and resultant process improvements.
 


Owen Boland
Graphic Designer & Web

With tertiary design qualifications and extensive experience in web design across many categories, Owen drives the design and web services for The Schaefer Group. Owen has supported many clients including Kraft Foods, Hewlett Packard, Whirlpool, Maytag and a wide variety of SME's.
 


Liz Small
Events & eMarketing

Liz Small has over 20 years experience in sales and marketing management and is a highly qualified event manager. Also a trained visual merchandiser, Liz has a wealth of experience gleaned from the information technology, retail, manufacturing and communication industries. In addition to events, Liz specialises in eMarketing and assists our clients with online, email and SMS campaigns as well as social media strategies and implementation.
 


Jo-Ann Robertson
Promotion Co-ordinator/Data Entry

Jo-Ann has extensive experience as a data entry operator in positions with the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink's Records Management Unit (RMU) and as a Video Coding Operator for Australia Post.

Having completed a Certificate II in Business training course through the Technology Institute of Victoria, Jo assists in the co-ordination and data entry processing of many promotions managed by The Schaefer Group on behalf of our clients.
 


Samantha Schaefer
Administration Manager

Samantha Schaefer has an extensive background in personnel, administrative and marketing support functions in many marketing focused organisations. 

Samantha can support your business through the co-ordination of efficient and professional administrative systems and the sourcing of qualified personnel to ensure that your organisation runs smoothly.
 


Sarah Law
Graphic Designer & Web

With an honours degree in Communication Design from Swinburne University and experience in graphic and web design across many industries and clients, Sarah adds much to the design and web services for The Schaefer Group. Sarah is also responsible for the sales and marketing of the commercial print division of The Schaefer Group.
 


Laura Brown
Account Service

Laura Brown is a graduate form Monash University (major in communications) with excellent customer service and communications skills. 

Displaying initiative, integrity and passion, Laura provides professional support to a range of clients and is the friendly voice on the phone when you call The Schaefer Group offices.

Laura has over seven years in customer service, with over two years at management level in areas such as public relations, health services, hospitality and retail.