Global independent media agency Involved Media has partnered with independent communications and PR agency Access PR to launch a joint venture agency in the Northern Territory.

Dubbed Access Media, the new venture will be led in Darwin by Andrea Kerekes, CEO of Access PR, and Involved Media will be led by Managing Director Sarah Keith. The office is currently looking to hire a Darwin-based mid-to-senior-level media agency team member.

“We feel the timing is right invest in the Territory and bring a fresh choice to organisations and brands looking to do more with their media, and work with experienced, smart specialists," said Keith. “We offer senior local management backed by an amazing national team.”

"“Our paths have continued to cross both professionally and personally since then and we’ve always talked about doing something together when the time was right," said Kerekes.

Involved Media has a team of 25 across Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, with a client roster that includes Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Hertz, Thrifty, and Stanley Black and Decker. Meanwhile, Access PR has been working with Territory-based clients since 2016, including Tourism NT, NT Major Events Company, Charles Darwin University, Darwin Festival, City of Darwin and Local Government Association of Australia.