Our Team
Lizzy
Lizzy works away behind the scenes keeping our website up to date, creating social media content and generally staying on top of our marketing vibe while juggling life with little people.
Jay
Jay sits in our Willoughby showroom hotseat, enter via the front or the back door and you are guaranteed to find his welcoming face. Jay comes to us with 10 years lighting experience in China, is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin and has a permanent smile on his face . We thank our lucky stars we found him.
JADE
Our Annandale store manager Jade came on board as a fresh faced baby but quickly proved to be a crucial part of the Urban Lighting team. Don't let her youthful glow fool you - she runs a tight ship.
Helen
Helen has been part of the Urban Lighting family for over 28 years! We now only have her part time, based in our Annandale showroom. Feel free to pop in and pick her brain, its full on industry experience and expertise. Did we mention Helen speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese.
Geoff
Geoff is our Mr Reliable. Geoff picks orders up, delivers things, fixes things and can generally be called on in a crisis. Geoff has extensive lighting knowledge and supports the Willoughby showroom sales team. In addition he is our back of house and IT support.
Robert
Robert is the other half of the Urban Lighting brother/sister duo. With over 20 years experience in the lighting industry, he has worked along side some of the best designers and architects in Australia and has an impressive portfolio of projects to show for it. If you need help with your lighting plan, Robert is your man.
Tracie
Tracie is our in-house financial wizz. With us from the very beginning she is the glue that holds us all together. A mother to three boys means she won't stand for anyones S#%T and keeps us all in line.
Maren
Maren is sugar and spice and all things nice and we know you will think so too. With 15 years' experience in lighting there is nothing she cannot do. She is your go to for any lighting project.
Chris
Chris aka Mr Incredible, is the manager of our flagship store in Willoughby. He is the captain of our ship and we are his dedicated crew. He is where we run whenever we have a problem we can't solve and he always has the answer, it's safe to say we all love him. Chris also brings with him an extensive lighting know-how from a previous life as a lighting engineer.
Gayle
Gayle is in charge of the comings and goings here at Urban. She does her job so well that she is irreplaceable and therefore unable to ever leave us. Gayle will be found at her desk well in to her 90s.
Judi
Judi is why Urban Lighting exists. From the very beginning she has been there, taking us back 40 years to Light Up Willoughby, and now Urban Lighting is the baby of her children Britt and Robert. Judi plays an enormous supporting role and keeps us all in check.
Britt
Britt is one half of the brother/sister team who created Urban Lighting. She is our resident firecracker and our driving creative force, constantly on the lookout for innovative lighting that gives us our unique edge. If it’s something specific you are looking for, Britt will move mountains to find it.