
ACA to release Create Space Census Report & Action Plan
On Thursday 14 July, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) and Kantar will reveal the findings of Australian advertising’s first-ever diversity and inclusion census - the Create Space Census. More than 2,600 professionals from across advertising, media and...

ACA, AANA and MFA to support global Ad Net Zero initiative in Australia
Advertising Council Australia (ACA), the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) and the Media Federation of Australia (MFA) have today announced their commitment to supporting Ad Net Zero in Australia - a global initiative to drive advertising’s...

43rd AWARD Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the 43rd annual AWARD Awards were announced this afternoon at a live-streamed virtual ceremony hosted by The Betoota Advocate, celebrating the most outstanding creative advertising in the Asia Pacific region. A total of 43 Gold pencils were awarded...

Speakers announced for IPA Business & Agency Leadership residential: Sydney, May 29-31
An outstanding lineup of guest speakers, all experts in transformational leadership, have been announced for this year’s IPA Business & Agency Leadership residential course, taking place in Sydney’s Ovolo Hotel in Wooloomooloo from May 29-31. The three-day...

The Betoota Advocate to host 43rd AWARD Awards
AWARD is chuffed to announce that Errol Parker and Clancy Overell, editors of The Betoota Advocate, will host this year's 43rd AWARD Awards live from the French Quarter of Betoota. The online event will take place at 3:00pm AEST on Friday, 20...

The Legal Lowdown: New laws and regulations impacting advertising agencies
In today’s era of law reform, it’s critical that ad agencies have a good understanding of the increasing network of laws, regulations, standards and codes that restrict the claims and messages advertisers can make. ACA is working to assist its members to better...

Lindsey Evans and Chris Howatson to chair 2022 IPA Business & Agency Leadership residential course
Lindsey Evans, Partner and Co-CEO Special Australia, and Chris Howatson, Founder and CEO Howatson+Company have been announced as chairs of this year’s IPA Business & Agency Leadership residential course, to be held at The Ovolo Hotel in Sydney from 29 - 31 May....

43rd AWARD Awards finalists announced
Finalists for the 43rd AWARD Awards have been announced today. A full list of finalists can be accessed here. By category, agencies with the most finalists include: Advertising - DDB Sydney with 24; The Monkeys with 16; CHEP Network and Special Australia...

Meet Ryan O’Connell, Ogilvy Australia’s Chief Strategy Officer, and AdSchool facilitator
Ryan O'Connell heads up strategy for Ogilvy Australia, overseeing a team of 16 and the strategy disciplines of brand, behavioural science, business, comms, CRM, data, digital, social and UX. He is also one of the industry-leading facilitators for AdSchool's Core...

2022 Australian Effie Awards now open for entries
Advertising Council Australia has today announced that the 2022 Australian Effie Awards are now open for entries, with the closing date confirmed as Thursday, 2 June. Now in their 14th consecutive year, the Effies celebrate the effectiveness of creative...

Taryn Payne is a Senior Business Director at 303 MullenLowe Perth and the WA facilitator of AdSchool’s Advanced Account Management course. In this short Q&A she outlines why the 8-week program is a no-brainer for ambitious account managers. Why is AdSchool...

Effies presents ‘The Work Behind The Work’: behind-the-scenes of 2021’s most effective ad campaigns
Come take a peek behind-the-scenes of two of 2021’s most effective and awarded advertising campaigns when Advertising Council Australia and ThinkTV present Effies ‘The Work Behind The Work’ 2022 on April 12, at a live event in Sydney. Hosted by VMLY&R Chief...

AWARD community comes together in Melbourne for inaugural Twilight Talks
Amid sunshine, laughs and drinks, more than 150 of Melbourne’s creative community gathered for AWARD’s inaugural Twilight Talks event in Melbourne last night to hear some wise words of wisdom from guest speaker Robbie Brammall, Director of Marketing &...

This Way Up, AWARD’s new signature creative festival: March 2 & 3, Melb
THE FESTIVAL Held in Melbourne over March 2 and 3, This Way Up: Melbourne’s Advertising Festival of Creativity will deliver an exciting mix of educational courses, twilight talks and networking events that will celebrate the very best in creative thinking in...

Q&A with Robbie Brammall, Director of Marketing & Communications, Mona
Robbie Brammall is responsible for ‘making mischief and money’ for more than forty creatively driven brands at Mona, Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art. In the short Q&A below, he gives us some insights into his keynote at this Wednesday's AWARD Twilight Talks...

43rd AWARD Awards jurors announced
The Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) has today announced the full lineup of jurors for the 43rd AWARD Awards. A total of 81 creatives will be tasked with selecting the 43rd AWARD Awards winners, with online pre-judging to determine finalists...

Looking to upskill in 2022? Professional development course calendar available now!
Advertising Council Australia has today released its program of educational advertising courses for next year. Our professional development courses have a proven track record of developing the brightest and best in our industry, providing them with the confidence to...

Q&A with Andrew Bao, Art Director, VMLY&R and AWARD School 2021 student
1) What prompted you to apply for AWARD School and what year did you attend? I attended last year (2021). I had always wanted to go into advertising, loved watching Gruen Transfer and learning about the psychology behind advertising. When I was younger, I...

Q&A with Katrina Alvarez-Jarratt and Matt Chandler: AWARD School 2022 National Heads
AWARD School, Australasia’s most acclaimed course for aspiring creatives, is shaping up to be better than ever in 2022. Advertising Council Australia caught up with National AWARD School Co-heads Katrina Alvarez-Jarratt and Matt Chandler to find out more about this...

AWARD School kicks off 2022 enrolment campaign
AWARD School - Australasia’s most acclaimed course for aspiring creatives - has kicked off its enrolment campaign for 2022. This year’s focus is on encouraging people from all backgrounds within and outside the ad industry to apply for the 2022 program, with the only...

Create Space – your questions answered
Today, ACA is holding Australian advertising’s first-ever industry census – the Create Space Census. Conducted in partnership with global insights agency Kantar, the anonymous census will provide a true representation of the demographics and experiences of...

ACA launches ad industry’s largest diversity and inclusion initiative: Create Space
**First phase kicks off with industry-wide census on Dec 1** Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has today launched Create Space, a new program to inform and accelerate positive and lasting change in how the Australian advertising industry looks, feels and behaves...

2021 Australian Effie Award winners announced
The Monkeys named Effective Agency of the YearThe Monkeys awarded Grand Effie for its entry ‘How reinventing ‘HELP’ added record value to the NRMA Insurance Brand’NRMA Insurance awarded Effective Advertiser Award Five Gold Effies awarded overall The Monkeys has...

AWARD 40th celebration inducts three new advertising legends to AWARD’s Hall of Fame
AWARD has today inducted three new members to its coveted Hall of Fame. Sarah Barclay, Faie Davis and Warren Brown have all been included and honoured for their outstanding contribution to the creative advertising community. AWARD’s Hall of Fame sets out to...