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The Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) has announced this year’s AWARD School state finalists who will go into the running to win the coveted AWARD School national top student of the year award. Sophie Hackett from New South Wales, Thomas...

As AWARD School graduation events wrap up for the 40th year in a row, the Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) has announced that the national winner of each year’s program will now be awarded the Ray Black Pencil, in honour of AWARD School...

The Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) has today announced the line-up of Australian and international ‘Super Jurors’ who will select the 2022 AWARD School national winner.This year’s Super Jury line-up includes an exceptional group of...

Following a rigorous round of online judging by 166 industry experts, Advertising Council Australia today announced that 87 finalists from 19 agencies on behalf of 33 clients have made it into round two of the Australian Effie Awards. Finalists will now compete for...

VIEW THE FESTIVAL   Festival to be held in Sydney 16-18 August at The Ovolo Woolloomooloo Local and international speakers include global creative leaders, female trailblazers and top CMOs Grand and Special AWARD Awards to be announced @ AWARD Pencil Bar AWARD...

Advertising Council Australia's vision is to make advertising the most valued professional service industry in Australia. Our people, perspectives and professional advice are powerful accelerants in helping businesses and brands achieve their potential. We recognise...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...