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Leonard, Haysom, Bowman headline Cannes Download

Leonard, Haysom, Bowman headline Cannes Download

Nils Leonard (Founder, Uncommon Creative Studio), Mim Haysom (CMO, Suncorp), and Dave Bowman (CCO, Publicis Groupe ANZ) will lead an all-star panel at Cannes Download 2025, a national roadshow showcasing standout work fresh from this year’s Cannes Lions International...

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ACA and BlackCard team up to boost cultural confidence

ACA and BlackCard team up to boost cultural confidence

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...

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Young Lions roar on the global stage

Young Lions roar on the global stage

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...

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Retrain. Rethink. Reimagine. One agency’s approach to growth

Retrain. Rethink. Reimagine. One agency’s approach to growth

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...

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Australia continues its winning run with three Lions – Cannes Day 3

Cannes Lions 2025 shortlists: Supermassive and DDB Melbourne

Cannes Lions has revealed the first 2025 shortlists for the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions and Innovation Lions. Supermassive Sydney has been shortlisted for the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions award for its ‘Policy Change’ campaign for 36 Months, pushing the under-16 social...

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Nominations now open for AWARD Creative Leadership

Nominations now open for AWARD Creative Leadership

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...

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Inside the Young Lions Bootcamp

Inside the Young Lions Bootcamp

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,...

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Big ideas aren’t dying — they’re being left on napkins

Big ideas aren’t dying — they’re being left on napkins

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...

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LIONS releases The State of Creativity Report 2025

LIONS releases The State of Creativity Report 2025

The global survey-led report with insights from more than 1,000 marketers and creatives reveals that: Creative confidence is waning Only 13% of companies are creative risk-friendly Half (51%) of brands claim their insights are too weak to develop bold creativity, only...

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