Harby Studios is a successful strategic marketing and communications consultancy with offices in Perth and Broome. Location proving to be no barrier, Harby Studios’ clients are based across metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas.
With over twenty years creative writing, marketing, communications and stakeholder management experience, owner and Managing Director, Rhianna Harby is a hands-on team leader who excels and thrives on delivering high-quality, technical, and detailed work.
Rhianna established Harby Studios in 2015 after identifying in previous roles, that strategic marketing and communications needed to be proactive and also responsive, not just a set and forget plan. Communications needed to be efficient and effective – which also meant a nimble team was required, in particularly how quickly strategic tasks and jobs could be turned around.
A big believer in taking a broader and more strategic approach to business, Rhianna’s motto is ‘Never guess’. She believes that it’s imperative that there is data, analytics, and strategy behind everything that Harby Studios delivers. Essentially, this ensures that marketing demonstrates value to clients, is more accountable, delivering better all-round outcomes for all.
Prior to her life as an entrepreneur, Rhianna worked as an independent marketing consultant for a number of government departments. A series of recommendations, referrals and support requests from colleagues, associated project teams, agencies and contractors saw Harby Studios emerge and evolve into the statewide consultancy it is today.
Working for major media organisations in Perth and relocating to the northwest (Kimberley and Pilbara regions) for over five years provided Rhianna with opportunities to gain first-hand experience and an in-depth understanding of varying regional and metropolitan lifestyles, industries and markets. It also ensured she developed a broad network of industry contacts across the state and country. Building long-term, and trusted relations with clients, communities, stakeholders and friends around the country has proven invaluable and helps keep Rhianna, her team, and clients well connected with experts and creates a range of unique opportunities.
Rhianna believes that service quality in the regions is just as essential as in metropolitan Perth, and as such, Harby Studios is committed to delivering successful projects, offering meaningful strategic advice, and providing a much-valued service to a range of businesses and government departments.
On top of this work, Rhianna has demonstrated a philanthropic flare, with the creation of two additional businesses since 2015. Leeder House & Co is a coworking space in the heart of Leederville, just 10 mins from Perth, and sister site Cove Workspace in Broome, opened in 2022. These two business spaces provide modern professional office spaces for businesses and individuals to work from, grow and meet other business professionals.
From Rhianna’s time living and operating multiple businesses across both the East and West Kimberley, she has a deep appreciation of regional life. Rhianna currently resides in Broome with her husband Joel and their two young boys Alexander (6) and Theodore (4), and her SAFE foster and adopted dogs too.
We know that living in a small town like Broome can be isolating. Which is why community is so important, not only socially, but also in business. The whole family have integrated themselves into the Broome lifestyle, and Rhianna’s involvement in the community goes above and beyond her business – she’s a passionate volunteer for SAFE Broome and an active member and Surf Life Saver for the Broome Surf Life Saving Club.
Rhianna’s success in business truly goes beyond her marketing and communications expertise. At the heart of it, Rhianna is a genuinely caring person, and driven to deliver the best results for her clients.
Rhianna is proud to be joining RRR Network as an ambassador and can’t wait to meet more members, and wonderful men and women from the regions.