The Nest.

Murder Hornet is made up of the very best people to attack a specific problem. The Nest is a small, highly-specialized team of full-time employees who lead and manage the agency. The Swarm is all of our hand-picked outsourced solutions for our clients. Some Swarm members are retained but most are independent contractors. The size of the Nest is fixed while the Swarm grows and contracts depending on our clients’ needs. This allows us to partner with incredible talent, specialist agencies and the hottest brands, wherever they are in the world.

Noel’s unintentional Zoom handle is ‘Mr Murder’.

Noel has a history of putting together bespoke teams to attack big problems in the most unexpected ways, with incredible results.

E*TRADE Talking Baby, Febreze Breathe Happy Blindfolds, Coca-Cola 1000 Songs, French’s Mustard Ice Cream, Checkers & Rick Ross Buy Back The Block, Pete Davidson Keep Living Smart for Smartwater, Wendy’s as an influencer and a 20ft GameBall Machine for AT&T and the NBA.

Check it all out at noelcottrell.com

Alex is a Managing Partner and co-founding member of Murder Hornet. She leads Account Management and so much more.

With eight years experience spanning telecom, retail, pharma and insurance, Alex is an authentic, driven force for good in the agency and the industry.

Alex pushes work to be culturally provocative, socially impactful and authentically inclusive.

Alex is the future.

Yaz is our incredible CFO who keeps us thinking about the future while getting paid in the here and now. 

With an MBA in Finance and over 20 years experience, Yaz has been invaluable in helping us get set up for success (contracts, loans, insurance, IT, systems, legal - you name it), she runs our P&L, negotiates all our MSA’s, SOW’s and pretty much any other three lettered acronym you can think of. 

Yaz is every procurement person’s best friend but will also chase you down if you don’t pay.

In the nicest way possible.

Maragh is our Swarm Wrangler extraordinaire. 

With a background in creative resource management, agency operations and ‘implementing lean manufacturing principles’ at creative hot shops like McKinsey’s, Maragh manages all of our outsourced creative partners and makes sure we aren’t burnin’ too hot.

Besides being an invaluable member of the Murder Hornet Nest, Maragh is also a dedicated member of the BeyHive.

Maragh brings the fun, and the cool.

Michelle, our Studio Designer, is a recent SCAD grad with an MA in Advertising. Moving to the US from Shanghai for school, she has an incredible eye for CI, packaging, illustration, motion graphics and film. 

Dedicated to connecting with diverse audiences and making a positive impact, Michelle is fluent in Mandarin and Bahasa.

She also has the most appropriate office/inside voice of everyone in our very loud Nest. 

See her design goodness at michellepuri.com

Jordan, our incredible Senior Project Manager, has a decade of experience on big brands like Visa, Delta and Marriott Hotels, juggling 360 campaigns, global redesigns, web dev, social, content creation, you name it.

Jordan keeps us on time and delivering as promised, she also keeps us blowing hot drinks through our noses with her hysterical meme game and hot takes.   

If you’re in the Nest, Swarm or you’re a Client, you know that Jordan is our proud resident ‘childless cat lady’ and MVP. 

Jordan is the best.

Clara is a creative and results-driven Account Manager with over 8 years experience.

From Buenos Aires in Argentina, Clara has run some of LATAM’s biggest pieces of business with incredible results, including Anhauser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Unilever. Clara also speaks Spanish and Portuguese and plays extremely well with others.

Love Clara.