Maverick Indonesia

Maverick of The Year 2007

Indri, leading her team in the tug of war game during our Away Day

Maverick started this tradition last year during our Away Day. Each year we’d ask associates to nominate their peers for the Maverick of the Year award, which carries with it a modest plaque and Rp10 million prize money.

This year, at our Away Day in Ancol over the weekend, we announced the Maverick of the Year 2007, and it was Indri Puspitasari Rosid. The Maverick of the Year is chosen for demonstrating to the partners and their peers that they have pushed themselves to a new level of performance.

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New Faces in Maverick

(from left to right: Dian, Finne, Joyce, Mila, Lia) 

Just within a month, we have five new faces in Maverick.

The first one is Dian I. Kartikasari, who joined us on August 15. Dian joined Maverick with 8 years of working experience at PT Levi’s Strauss Indonesia, handling various aspect of its business, such as product development, retail services, as well as advertising and promotion.

“What I really like about Maverick is its openness and flexibility. Another thing that struck me is the way each individual shoulders their professional roles individually yet able to work as a cohesive team and to celebrate each other’s uniqueness and differences,” said Dian.

Dian holds a BA degree from the Faculty of Mass Communications, Padjadjaran University and was a student in the AFS intercultural learning exchange to Australia.

Just one day after Dian, we were delighted to welcome Lia Marpaung. Lia came with seven years experience in development work, most recently for The Asia Foundation and Unicef. She assisted in managing program implementation on health and education for children and women in the most eastern province in Indonesia, Papua and Papua Barat.

“I’m glad that my previous experience in media relations and in the development sector has come in handy. Maverick has given me the framework and better understanding of what I learnt and experienced before. I am now looking forward to learn more with Maverick.”

Lia obtained her bachelor degree from the Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia, majoring in Business Administration. She is currently pursuing her master degree majoring in Planning and Public Policy Program at the Economics Faculty of University of Indonesia.

And early this week, we have Finne – Azalea Firnindya – joining us. Finnie is a fresh graduate from the Extension Program of Faculty of Social and Politic, University of Indonesia, majoring in Public Relations. She’s been working as a freelance reporter and fashion stylish of Seventeen Magazine.

The Mavericks are also thrilled to have an intern joining us. Karmila Wijayanti – Mila - is a 7th semester student of Social & Political Science Faculty, Communications Department Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University, Yogyakarta, Majoring in Public Relations. She is going to enjoy and experience the consultancy work for a month from early this month.

Last but not least, by the end of this week, we will also have Joyce Hutapea joining us as Associate. Joyce is a familiar face in Maverick as she’s been working in the media tracking division since January this year. Joyce, a graduate of Parahyangan Catholic Universtity (UNPAR), majoring of Economic Science and Development expressed her interest to learn more about public relations and we are giving her the learning opportunity by seconding her to the consultancy.

Welcome aboard, girls. Enjoy the ride….

Maverick Of The Year 2006

Starting this year, Maverick begins a tradition of recognizing excellence among the already very able team at Maverick. It was tough decision to single out just one associate for special recognition since each one of the Mavericks is special in their own way.

But tough it was, a decision had to be made and the inaugural Maverick of The Year 2006 award was announced at our Annual Outing at the Losari Coffee Plantation in central Java last week-end. It went to Hanny Kusumawati.

She stands out because she managed to meet the challenges thrown at her fearlessly and handled them with self-confidence, creativity and a good cheer. She demonstrated that she was not only a good worker but also a good team member and a team leader. She joined Maverick in September 2005, and within less than a year she was taking on the role of a team leader for two of Maverick biggest accounts, Sampoerna and Coca-Cola. She did this with aplomb and to the delight of the clients.

In Maverick’s selection process where everyone had a say in recommending the Maverick of the Year to the Partners, it was also evident that Hanny’s talents and accomplishments were also appreciated by her peers.

Bravo, Hanny!