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First acclaimed speakers in local and global lineup confirmed 45th AWARD Awards, AWARD Hall of Fame black-tie dinner, AWARD Uni, and Gold Pencil Award Party kick off program Delegates to contribute their own worthwhile opinions in 2024 The Australasian Writers and Art...

Finalists for the 45th AWARD Awards, APAC’s most prestigious creative awards program, have been announced today. A full list of finalists can be accessed here. By category, entrants with the most finalist entries include: Advertising - VML Australia with 15; The...

Industry heavyweights Warren Brown and Scott Nowell return as course chairs alongside top creatives Advertising Council Australia and AWARD have today announced that nominations for the popular AWARD Creative Leadership course are now open. The three-day residential -...

ACA’s biennial Create Space Census again provides rich insights into DE&I in Australian advertising Females in C-suite/exec management roles increase from 46% in 2021 to 54% in 2023 35% of respondents report significant positive changes to DE&I in their...

By Amanda Fuller, Managing Partner, DDB Remedy Congratulations, you're finally a manager. You’ve been promoted and now all of a sudden you’re managing people. It’s a career highlight, a sign that the leadership team believe in you, that you’ve accomplished a lot by...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) and the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) will host Inside Effectiveness - an event featuring Effie Award-winning CMOs - in Melbourne on May 28 and Sydney on June 6. The two-hour sessions will help brands and...

On Tuesday 21 May, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) will host an all-industry webinar to reveal the findings of the second Create Space census. Close to 2,500 professionals from advertising, media and marketing contributed to the anonymous census in November 2023,...

by Hannah Sturrock, National Head of Engagement, Advertising Council Australia. *** When the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published employer pay gaps in February, it was headline news for a few days. It was the first time WGEA had published individual...

by Andy Wright, Creator, Never Not Creative and Co-Chair, Mentally-Healthy THE NEW MENTALLY-HEALTHY 2024 RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY - YOU CAN PARTICIPATE HERE *** For the last six years we’ve been conducting research into the mental wellbeing of the creative, media and...

by Edward Hughes, Client Service Director, BMF Australia & AdSchool Facilitator. *** Cast your mind back to your first years in your first-ever role. If like mine, I’d wager there was no real induction or significant training. Probably no formal qualification to be...

This year marks 50 years of Advertising Education in Australia. QUT offered the first university program in 1974, followed by UTS 16 years later and a further seven universities in the following decade. “For half a century, the Australian advertising industry has been...

by Tony Hale, CEO, Advertising Council Australia *** While pitching has long been core to how agencies win new business, the changing dynamics of the industry and a shift towards project-based assignments have rendered the traditional full-scale creative pitch unfit,...

Advertising Council Australia (ACA) is hosting a free webinar next Tuesday 26 March to help agencies and marketers enter The Effies, Australia’s premier marketing effectiveness awards. Whether you're an Effie expert or a first-time entrant, the webinar will provide...

AdSchool’s Semester One courses are now open for enrolment, enabling industry professionals of all levels to unlock their potential and excel in the dynamic world of advertising. With a range of courses tailored to meet the industry's changing needs, AdSchool offers...

AdSchool is gearing up for another stellar year of academic excellence, with an all-star teaching faculty and a refreshed curriculum designed to help advertising professionals advance their careers. Run by Advertising Council Australia (ACA), AdSchool has been the...

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel,” Maya Angelou. *** Last Thursday, AWARD hosted an exclusive evening in Sydney with acclaimed adam&eveDDB UK Chief Creative Officer Rick Brim -...

The 2024 Australian Effie Awards are now open for entries, celebrating the year’s most effective advertising campaigns and the ideas, strategies and teams that make them a success. This year, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has introduced a new Artificial...

A new creative ranking index has been incorporated into this year’s AWARD Awards - APAC’s most prestigious creative awards program. Determined by a jury of top industry creatives, it aims to provide a fairer and more robust list of the top 10 agencies and individuals...

Callum Mackenzie, Managing Director of Rare, Perth's largest independent creative agency, has today been appointed to the board of Advertising Council Australia (ACA). His role spans a four-year term and is pivotal in addressing the unique perspectives and challenges...

Applications are now open for AWARD School, APAC’s #1 course for storytellers, content creators, big thinkers and aspiring creatives. The 12-week part-time program consists of weekly lectures and tutorials by some of the country’s top creatives - equipping...

This Way Up, AWARD’s signature creative festival, will kick off in Melbourne in 2024, with AWARD today announcing the launch of This Way Up Southern Sessions. The new event series will give Melbourne's creative community access to inspirational talks by world-class...

*Awards to be presented at This Way Up Festival of Creativity, 13-15 August, Sydney.* The Australasian Writers and Art Directors (AWARD) has announced that Liz Taylor, acclaimed Global Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy, will head up this year’s AWARD Awards as jury...

AWARD School’s Virtual Info Night takes place on Tuesday 6 February - an unmissable session for anyone who wants to ace their application for this year’s course. Get the lowdown on what's new, how to craft a winning entry, and how to crack a creative brief before...

AWARD School has announced an ensemble of top ECDs, CCOs and CDs from renowned creative hubs, New York and Amsterdam, will join Australia’s creative leaders to share their insights with students as part of this year’s course. This year, new course content will cover...