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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, 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....

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...

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...

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 effective creative communications, recognising advertising campaigns that demonstrate...

  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...

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 &...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 - 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...

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...

**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...

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 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...

The winners for each of the 42nd AWARD Awards Special categories were announced last night, as part of AWARD’s 40th celebration, which also saw three new inductees to AWARD’s Hall of Fame.  CHE Proximity Sydney took out the Individual Agency of the Year, as well as...

In July 2021, Advertising Council Australia launched a seminal new report 'To ESOV and Beyond' that proved the broad business effects of ESOV, the important link to mental availability, and the role attention metrics can play in overcoming the complexities of the...

A powerful new public service campaign that heroes the country’s ingenuity, inventiveness and resilience to overcoming challenges is being released nationally in a bid to boost Australia’s double vaccination rate to 80% or more as quickly as possible. The ‘Australians...

As Associate Creative Directors at M&C Saatchi and VMLY&R respectively, Sarah Vincenzini and Kieran Moroney’s careers in creativity have been rewarding and impactful, channelled to influence change - and often for good. The two were recently announced as...