Ross Hill

Ross Hill

Analyst, Deloitte Digital at Deloitte Australia

Melbourne Area, Australia

Current
  • Analyst, Deloitte Digital at Deloitte Australia
  • Founder at Yabble
  • Product Manager at Rentoid
  • Co-founder at The Hive
  • Founder at CoverHunt
  • Founder at Thrive Web Marketing
Past
  • Founder at HatchThat
Education
  • RMIT University
Connections
221 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Ross Hill’s Experience

  • Analyst, Deloitte Digital

    Deloitte Australia

    (Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

    December 2008Present (8 months)

  • Founder

    Yabble

    (Internet industry)

    June 2008Present (1 year 2 months)

    Yabble is a website that lets you share reviews of your favourite Australian businesses - cafes, bars, pubs, shops, restaurants, florists. It is like your own personal Yellow Pages, written by your friends and other locals. After envisioning the idea in early 2008 I developed the initial business plan, created the branding and managed development. Yabble was recently awarded 2nd place in the RMIT Business Plan Competition, the City of Melbourne Creative Industries prize, and the Jacques Nasser Business Startup award.

  • Product Manager

    Rentoid

    (Internet industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 3 months)

    I joined the Rentoid team in June 2008 to work in a very dynamic capacity including product development, user interface design, social media marketing, search engine optimisation and managing outsourced web developers.

  • Co-founder

    The Hive

    (Events Services industry)

    August 2007Present (2 years)

    The Hive is a networking group for entrepreneurs in Melbourne. Our monthly events feature a successful entrepreneur in a very casual and conversational format. I was responsible for the founding strategy and event promotion and have continued in that role.

  • Founder

    CoverHunt

    (Online Media industry)

    August 2006Present (3 years)

    In 2006 I created the CoverHunt search engine for CD cover album artwork. Today, Coverhunt is one of the most popular cover artwork search engines in the world - in June 2008 40,000 people from over 100 countries viewed over a million search result pages.

  • Founder

    Thrive Web Marketing

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2003Present (6 years 2 months)

    I have have been making websites since 1999 and have been creating them on a commercial basis since 2003. I have a thorough understanding and experience with all the components of a successful website including Design, Strategy, Usability, HTML/CSS, W3C Standards, SEO/SEM, Google Adwords, Photoshop, PHP/MySQL, Mailing Lists, Website Hosting, Domain Name Management, Content Development and Promotion. Recent engagements have included a campaign for World Vision Australia around Blog Action Day and an introductory presentation on social media to Scaffidi Hugh-Jones.

  • Founder

    HatchThat

    (Online Media industry)

    June 2007October 2008 (1 year 5 months)

    I set up HatchThat.com to interview a wide range of entrepreneurs - including the VCs behind Google and Youtube, local Australian Angels and VCs, emerging tech startups, founders of networking groups, innovative companies, life coaches, DJs, promotional product suppliers, developers, business bloggers, student entrepreneurs and more. In 2008 I sold the site to a young entrepreneur.


Ross Hill’s Education

  • RMIT University

    Bachelor of Business , Entrepreneurship , 20062008

    Activities and Societies:
    During my time at RMIT I was awarded the Jacques Nasser scholarship in two consecutive years, and in the 2008 RMIT Business Plan Competition won both 2nd place and the City of Melbourne Creative Industries prize.

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