KNOT.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA EST. 2024 · AU — CN

We pull the right thread.

KNOT STUDIO is a boutique marketing agency connecting Australian brands to Chinese-speaking audiences, and bringing Chinese brands into the Australian market. 

  • Brands moved10+
  • Industries served15
  • MarketsANZ · CN
  • LanguagesEN · ZH
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WHY US KNOT — 2026

Cross-cultural marketing doesn't translate. It resonates.

Most agencies treat China as a second market to translate into. We treat it as a world to speak within — with its own platforms, rhythms and codes.

04    Selected Work Client Work

Ready to pull
the right thread?

Tell us about your brand, your ambition, and which market you're reaching for. We'll take it from there — usually within 48 hours.

Index — 02 / Services Five disciplines · One studio

We untie
your knots.

From strategy to execution — we build the connections that move brands across markets. Every service below is delivered bilingually, by operators who live and work in both cultures.

— 01

Brand Strategy
& Activation

Positioning, narrative and launch moments that hold their weight across English and Chinese audiences without being watered down. The brand shouldn't change between markets; its voice should.
  • Brand audit & positioning
  • Naming (EN / ZH)
  • Narrative & messaging
  • Visual identity systems
  • Launch strategy
  • Workshops & stakeholder alignment
— 02

Expo
& Event

Trade shows, activations and cultural moments — staged with precision, end to end, across AU and CN.
  • Trade show strategy & build
  • Activation concepting
  • On-ground production
  • Vendor & venue management
  • Cultural moment planning
  • Post-event reporting
— 03

Social Media
Management

RED, WeChat, Douyin and Instagram — built, published, and optimised by native operators. We don't hand this over to a white-label vendor. It's the core craft of the studio.
  • Channel strategy & setup
  • Content calendars
  • Native-language copy & production
  • Community management
  • Performance optimisation
  • Paid & organic split
— 04

Influencer
Marketing

Vetted partnerships with creators who actually move the right audiences. No inflated follower counts, no pay-for-play — we pick based on cultural fit and conversion, not vanity.
  • Creator sourcing & vetting
  • Partnership strategy
  • Brief & brand alignment
  • Contract & deliverables
  • Performance reporting
  • Long-term ambassador programs
— 05

Paid Media
& OOH

Performance, programmatic and out-of-home — planned and bought across AU and CN, tuned to how each market actually consumes media.
  • Media planning & buying
  • Programmatic & paid social
  • Out-of-home placement
  • Campaign tracking & attribution
  • Budget pacing & optimisation
  • Cross-market reporting
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Let's find
your thread.

Most engagements begin with a short brief and a 45-minute conversation. No deck, no sales process — just a look at what you're trying to do.

Index — 03 / Work 8 projects

Brands
we've moved.

A selection of recent projects across hospitality, fashion, tech and finance. Every case study is real work, for real clients, on the ground in market.

— / Start a Project

Yours
next.

We take on a small number of new engagements per quarter. If the timing works, we'll book a call within the week.

Case Study — 01 / eufy ← Back to Work

eufy — Owned
the city.

A full station takeover and rooftop billboard that put eufy's biggest brand push in front of hundreds of thousands of Melbourne commuters a day.

Client
eufy
Services
OOH Strategy · DOOH · Production
Market
AU

The Brief

"That's eufy" was the brand's biggest push into Australian smart home yet. KNOT took the campaign off the shelf and into the city — a full station takeover at Southern Cross Station paired with a rooftop billboard above one of Melbourne's most photographed intersections.

Concept Ideation Media Planning & Buying Projection & Content Design Display, Collateral & Production Onsite Marketing Engagement
— / Next

eufy —
Melbourne Launch Night ↗

Concept to execution for the launch night that introduced eufy's newest smart home range to media, retail and creators.

Case Study — 02 / eufy ← Back to Work

eufy — Melbourne
launch night.

Concept to execution for the launch night that introduced eufy's newest smart home range to media, retail and creators.

Client
eufy
Services
Event Design · Guest Experience
Market
AU

The Brief

eufy needed to introduce its newest smart home range to media, retail partners and creators somewhere that felt nothing like a trade booth. KNOT designed and ran the full guest experience for an evening launch high above the Melbourne skyline.

Concept Ideation Event Design Guest Experience PR Outreach & Media Liaison Staffing & Product Training
— / Next

eufy —
Baby Expo, Owned.

Booth design, build and floor staffing that made eufy the baby-care brand worth stopping for.

Case Study — 03 / eufy ← Back to Work

eufy — Baby Expo,
owned.

Booth design, build and floor staffing that made eufy the baby-care brand worth stopping for on a packed expo floor.

Client
eufy
Services
Expo Booth Design · Build
Market
AU

The Brief

Launching eufy's baby-care range meant winning attention on a packed expo floor at the Pregnancy, Babies & Children's Expo. KNOT designed and built a booth that read as calm and premium against a floor built on noise.

Booth Design & Build Onsite Marketing Engagement Display, Collateral & Production Logistics & POS Solutions Staffing & Product Training
— / Next

soundcore —
On the Run.

An on-course activation that put soundcore's headphones in runners' hands along the Great Ocean Road.

Case Study — 04 / soundcore ← Back to Work

soundcore —
on the run.

An on-course activation that put soundcore's headphones in runners' hands along one of Australia's most iconic coastal routes.

Client
soundcore
Services
Event Activation · Onsite Engagement
Market
AU

The Brief

The Great Ocean Road Running Festival draws thousands of runners along one of Australia's most scenic coastal routes. KNOT concepted, built and ran an on-course activation that put soundcore's headphones directly into runners' hands.

Concept Ideation Booth Design & Build Onsite Marketing Engagement Display, Collateral & Production Staffing
— / Next

Maniax —
Sharpened Launch.

Paid media and launch promotion that filled a brand-new venue with almost no existing brand awareness.

Case Study — 05 / Maniax Axe Throwing ← Back to Work

Maniax —
sharpened launch.

Paid media and launch promotion that filled a brand-new axe-throwing venue with almost no existing brand awareness.

Client
Maniax Axe Throwing
Services
Paid Media · Launch Promotion
Market
AU

The Brief

Maniax needed to fill seats at a brand-new venue launch with almost zero brand awareness — and do it fast, on a performance budget. KNOT built the launch promotion from scratch: creative, targeting and media, end to end.

Ad Creative & Copywriting Audience & Geo-Targeting Omnichannel Media Strategy Influencer Outreach & Management Performance Tracking & Optimisation
— / Next

McIntyre —
Made to Last.

Campaign strategy, content and paid social built to give every McIntyre drop the craft of the merino itself.

Case Study — 06 / McIntyre Merino ← Back to Work

McIntyre —
made to last.

Campaign strategy, content and paid social built to give every McIntyre drop the same craft as the merino itself.

Client
McIntyre Merino
Services
Social Strategy · Content · Paid Social
Market
AU

The Brief

McIntyre needed every new product and seasonal drop to land with the same craft as the merino itself. KNOT ran the full content and paid social engine behind every launch, from strategy through to execution.

Campaign Strategy & Planning New Product & Seasonal Launches Social Media Marketing & Management Content Creation & Ad Creative Audience Targeting & Retargeting
— / Next

Stratton —
Keys, Delivered.

Full-funnel media and lead generation built to scale with a six-time award-winning finance broker.

Case Study — 07 / Stratton Finance ← Back to Work

Stratton —
keys, delivered.

Full-funnel media and lead generation built to scale with a six-time award-winning finance broker.

Client
Stratton Finance
Services
Full-Funnel Media · Lead Generation
Market
AU

The Brief

Stratton Finance — a six-time award-winning asset finance broker — needed a lead generation engine that could keep pace with demand without losing efficiency as it scaled. KNOT planned and ran the always-on media behind every finance category.

Campaign Strategy & Planning Lead Generation Campaigns Retargeting & Remarketing Cross-Channel Campaign Integration Lead Tracking & Attribution
— / Next

Selfwealth —
Built to Install.

App install campaigns built on Selfwealth's own audience data, tuned for installs that actually trade.

Case Study — 08 / Selfwealth ← Back to Work

Selfwealth —
built to install.

App install campaigns built on Selfwealth's own audience data, tuned for installs that actually trade.

Client
Selfwealth
Services
Paid Media · App Growth
Market
AU

The Brief

Selfwealth needed to turn its trading app into a habit — driving new installs while making sure the audience behind every install matched its investor base. KNOT built the install engine and kept it accountable to quality, not volume.

App Install & Engagement Campaigns User Profile Mapping & Segmentation Audience Insights & Targeting Ad Creative & Copywriting Conversion Tracking & Attribution
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Back to
all work ↗

Eight projects, one studio. If the timing works for your brand, let's talk.

Index — 04 / About Full-service · Bilingual · Bicultural

We untie
problems.

Every brand challenge arrives as a tangle that they want to untie. KNOT was built for exactly this.

01    The Name Untie · Tie

We study the knot, find the right thread, and pull until it gives way.

Every brand challenge arrives as a tangle — the wrong audience, the wrong message, the wrong moment. KNOT was built to read the knot, identify the thread that matters, and pull cleanly until the problem resolves.

The name carries two truths that define how we work.

— 01 / Untie

We read the tangle

Every client comes to us with a knot to solve. We don't guess at it — we trace the tangle back to its source, find the thread that matters, and pull cleanly until the problem resolves.

— 02 / Tie

Then we connect

We tie your brand to the right audience, at the right moment, with the right cultural context. Not just reach. Resonance.

02    The Credentials Both sides of the table
15
Industries served
2
Sides — agency & brand
100K+
Hours of craft
EN · ZH
Fully bilingual

We've sat in agency war rooms and brand boardrooms.

We know what a brief looks like when it's written — and what the business pressure looks like behind it. Across luxury, FMCG, hospitality, finance and more, we've done the work at every level, from scrappy campaign builds to full-market brand launches.

That dual perspective means we move faster, ask better questions, and never waste your time on work that won't fly internally. When you brief us, you're not explaining your world to outsiders. We already live in it.

03    The Culture Two worlds, fluently

We don't translate culture. We live in it.

KNOT is a full-service marketing agency founded in Australia by marketers who live fluently in two worlds. Great strategy means nothing without cultural fluency — and cultural fluency means nothing without strategic rigour. We built KNOT to have both.

This is why our campaigns don't just reach Chinese and Australian audiences. They resonate with them — tied to the right people, at the right moment, with the right context.

We tie you to the right audience, at the right time, with the right context.

KNOT How we work

Every brand has an audience
waiting for it.

Start a brief
Index — 05 / Contact NOW BOOKING · 2026

Ready to move the needle?

Start a brief. We'll pick it up within 48 hours.

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