Natasha Vukelja Markert
Producer, Production Manager
Natasha Markert is an experienced communications, events and community and industry development professional with more than 25 years’ experience spanning the creative industries, corporate communications, tourism, government, community development and the not-for-profit sector.
She is Co-director and Production Manager at Radiant Productions, where she works across film and content production, corporate communications, events, campaigns and client management. Since 2009, Natasha has produced and managed television and video productions, brand and communications campaigns, launches and events, while also working as a scriptwriter, copywriter, photographer and content creator. Her clients have ranged from major corporations and advertising agencies to charities and community organisations, including Frasers Property, Colonial First State, HP Asia-Pacific, Coates, Triumph International, Barnardos, Carers NSW and Life Without Barriers.
A skilled producer and project manager, Natasha is accustomed to managing complex projects involving substantial budgets, crews, contractors, suppliers, clients and talent. Among her larger commercial projects was a $500,000 television production involving the coordination of approximately 50 crew and talent.
Her career has also included senior roles in tourism and regional development with Destination Central West NSW. She worked with tourism businesses, councils, regional government agencies and Destination NSW across the Lithgow, Oberon, Bathurst and Mudgee regions, helping operators develop partnerships, diversify their offerings and strengthen their marketing and communications. She has also worked with Western Sydney University’s Lithgow Transformation Hub, developing communications plans, budgets and content for community programs and events.
At the Lithgow District Chamber of Commerce, she helped rebuild community engagement from the ground up, and delivered a series of major State and Federal Government-funded business initiatives. These included business seminars, mentoring programs, awards and the Lithgow Business & Lifestyle Expo, which brought together around 100 businesses and community organisations and attracted more than 3,000 visitors over two days.
Earlier in her career, Natasha worked in strategic communications with AUSTRAC, within the Office of the CEO, contributing to major national and international events including the ASEAN-Australia Codeathon, AUSTRAC’s national 30th anniversary program and the international EGMONT Plenary Conference. She was also involved in developing and launching AUSTRAC’s internal communications strategy.
As National Marketing Manager for Mission Australia, Natasha worked through a major organisational transformation involving six state-based organisations and more than 200 service centres. Her role encompassed national branding, internal and external communications, corporate partnerships, marketing strategy, funding applications, publications and video production, communicating internally with an organisation of approximately 3,200 staff.
Her background in the arts includes roles with the Film & Television Institute WA and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, where she worked across film festivals, exhibitions, awards, artist programs, seminars and major cultural events. She has also managed large-scale public events attracting up to 5,000 people and helped secure a major three-year corporate sponsorship worth almost $1 million for The Australian Garden.
At the heart of Natasha’s work is an ability to bring people together. She has built relationships across local communities, business, government, tourism, the arts and social services, working comfortably with everyone from grassroots organisations, artists, filmmakers and small-business owners to CEOs, Mayors, government agencies and political representatives.
Grant Markert
Director , DP , Writer
Grant Markert is an award-winning Australian director, cinematographer, writer and content creator with more than 30 years’ experience across film, television, documentary, advertising and branded content.
As co-founder and director of Radiant Productions, Grant has built a career around visual storytelling, combining strong cinematic craft with an instinct for finding the human story at the heart of a project.
His career has taken him from Australian television and advertising productions to documentary shoots across Australia and internationally. As a cinematographer, he worked extensively on the internationally successful The Crocodile Hunter series featuring Steve Irwin, filming for Discovery Channel USA in locations across Australia, the United States and Africa.
Grant has produced and directed work for major Australian television networks and has created advertising, documentary and branded content for organisations including AMP, Colonial First State, Commonwealth Bank, Virgin Money, Frasers Property, HP, Tourism NSW, Sydney Morning Herald and Mission Australia.
His commercial career has also seen him collaborate with leading advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Publicis and DDB, working across television commercials, integrated campaigns, corporate storytelling and brand launches.
Grant’s work has received recognition both in Australia and internationally, including Gold and Silver New York Mobius Awards, multiple Australian Cinematographers Society Awards, a DDB International Award for Outstanding Creativity, and two appearances as a finalist at Tropfest.
He was also the national winner of the Triple J/MTV television commercial competition, judged by acclaimed filmmakers Jane Campion and Baz Luhrmann.
Alongside his commercial work, Grant has maintained a strong interest in independent filmmaking and documentary storytelling, with film credits including Edge of Reality, a Tropfest finalist, and Mr Pumpkin’s Big Night Out.
His work increasingly focuses on stories with social and community impact. Through Radiant Productions, Grant has collaborated with organisations including Mission Australia, Barnardos and Life Without Barriers, using film and photography to tell stories that might otherwise remain unseen.
Today, Grant works across direction, cinematography, aerial cinematography, writing, editing and creative development, bringing three decades of production experience to projects ranging from intimate human stories to large-scale campaigns.
At the centre of his work is a simple idea: great filmmaking isn’t just about creating beautiful images. It’s about finding the story that makes people feel something.