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By Jo-Ann Foo, Senior Director at Analytic Partners. Marketers across Australia are stepping into FY26 facing the same familiar refrain: ‘Do more with less’. But this time, the pressure feels different. Budgets are being set in the wake of a high-profile federal...

Advertising Council Australia has announced a new one-day immersion course, Understanding Media, designed to give account managers, creatives, strategists and marketers the confidence to navigate and challenge media conversations. The practical, no-fluff workshop will...

To mark NAIDOC Week, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has partnered with BlackCard Training — a 100% Aboriginal-owned and Supply Nation-certified business — to offer member agencies access to a suite of e-learning modules designed to deepen their cultural...

AWARD has launched AWARD Crash, a new two-day intensive course to address one of the most pressing challenges facing agencies today: fast-tracked creatives lacking the soft skills to lead. Designed for mid-to-senior creatives moving up the career ladder, Crash...

Australia’s brightest young creatives have made a serious mark at the 2025 Young Lions competitions in Cannes, walking away with one Silver, one Bronze, and two shortlistings across the globe’s most competitive creative arena. In the Marketers category, Keira Spencer...

Renée Hyde, Group Managing Director of Howatson+Company, is challenging traditional agency training by embedding ‘intersectional creativity’ — a mix of thinking styles and disciplines — at the heart of her team’s learning program. With a bold commitment of 5% of...

Two of Australia’s most respected agency leaders — Kirsty Muddle (CEO, Dentsu Creative & Merkle) and Chris Howatson (Founder and CEO, Howatson+Company) — will return as co-chairs of 2025’s IPA Business & Agency Leadership course, running October 19–21 at QT Sydney....

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) will host renowned strategist and author Kevin Chesters in Sydney on July 10 for an exclusive, member-only event unpacking the gang mentality behind great creative cultures. With more than 30 years’ experience leading strategy at...

Nominations are now open for 2025’s AWARD Creative Leadership course — a three-day residential that helps senior creatives grow their influence, master the demands of the role, and take the next step in their careers. Held from 12–14 October at QT Melbourne, the...

Last Wednesday, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) hosted an exclusive Young Lions Bootcamp for the five teams set to represent Australia at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The session brought together Young Lions Australia 2024 alumni,...

In an industry increasingly open to diverse perspectives, Nani Creative is quietly redefining leadership through authenticity, lived experience, and cultural integrity. Founded as an Aboriginal-led creative agency, it has always prioritised First Nations narratives...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has unveiled a new three-year strategy aimed at highlighting the vital link between creativity and effectiveness, while sharpening the industry’s focus on long-term sustainability and diversity and inclusion. Unveiled by ACA Chair...

Sarah Jones-Palmer, Co-Founder, The Human Co *** In fast-moving organisations, growth often arrives like a wave: a major pitch win, a merger or acquisition, a funding milestone, a restructure, or the arrival of a new rockstar CEO. There’s energy, momentum, and a sense...

James Donald, Co-Founder & CEO, Ideally *** Some of the world’s best ideas are born on napkins, and then buried by bureaucracy or worse… the lack of confidence to put it on the table. Somewhere between the spark and the sign-off, that energy fizzles. Not because the...