Night deserves to be designed as deliberately as day.

Ryan Paterson

Co-Founder & Strategic Director

Ryan has managed major national policy projects backed by multi-billion-dollar reform commitments, taking work from negotiation across federal, state and territory governments through formal approval and into delivery. He has developed the policy and operational arrangements behind major reforms, secured agreement among parties with competing priorities, established governance and implementation plans, and advised ministers and senior executives on complex and sensitive decisions.

His experience also spans advocacy, bargaining, campaign strategy, and land and infrastructure delivery, moving between policy, people and the physical environments those decisions shape depending on what the work requires. He has contributed research and advice that has supported improved pay and workload protections for large workforces, led reviews that translated evidence and stakeholder concerns into successful reforms, and overseen physical projects from planning through compliance, community engagement and delivery. Across these roles, Ryan has consistently worked to bring complicated, contested issues to a point where they can be agreed, implemented and sustained.

At Nightmakers, Ryan leads the strategic and delivery side of the work. He helps clarify the decision a project needs to reach, builds and tests the evidence, brings together what operators, staff, audiences and partners know, and works through the choices with you. He then turns the preferred direction into a practical path forward across funding, approvals, partnerships, roles and delivery.

Kalyca Paterson

Co-Founder & Creative Director

Kalyca has led campaigns, content and event communications for consumer and business-facing brands in the food and FMCG sector. She has taken work from the initial idea through creative direction, production, publishing and live delivery, adapting each campaign for audiences ranging from everyday consumers and small businesses to chefs and industry professionals.

Her experience also includes coordinating events, planning run sheets and guest journeys, bringing together creators and internal teams, and directing content while events are underway. This work has helped brands build interest before an event, engage people while it is happening and extend its reach afterwards.

At Nightmakers, Kalyca leads how a place, experience or event meets its audience. She shapes the proposition and creative direction, develops the campaign around it, and oversees the content, collaborations and live coverage that bring it to life before, during and after the night.