Latest News

Emily Pockley, Client Partner, AJF Partnership, was one of this year’s delegates at what is renowned as a ‘gold standard’ IPA course. Here she shares her thoughts on an immersive and transformative experience.  The three-day residential IPA Business and Agency...

Advertising Council Australia today launched its inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), the first ever RAP for the Australian advertising industry. Today’s launch follows the RAP’s formal endorsement by Reconciliation Australia, and has been marked with a...

Advertising Council Australia is delighted to announce that Melinda Geertz, CEO Leo Burnett Australia, and David Brown, Managing Director Noisy Beast, will chair the 2021 IPA Business & Agency Leadership residential course at The Cullen in Melbourne from 2 to 4...

AdSchool’s Advanced Strategic Planning course gets underway in Sydney on 22 April. We were lucky enough to get some time with Iona Macgregor, Strategy Partner at Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, who is this year’s course facilitator and who generously shared some of her...

AdSchool Advanced Strategic Planning is the essential course for experienced planners to expand their skillset and make a stronger impact as strategists at a senior level. This year we’re delighted to welcome Alex Wood, Brand Experience Director at BWM Dentsu as...

The Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) has today announced the full line up of jurors for the 42nd AWARD Awards.A total of 90 leading creatives from Australia and around the world will be tasked with selecting the 42nd AWARD Awards winners in...

Advertising Council Australia has today launched the 2021 Australian Effie Awards, issuing the marketing community with a challenge to demonstrate its resourcefulness, resilience and the power of great advertising in the teeth of the COVID pandemic.ACA CEO Tony Hale...

AdSchool’s Core Strategic Planning course is a ‘must do’ for planners and strategists at the beginning of their career. This year’s team of course lecturers is made up of some of Australia’s most respected and experienced planners and strategists, including Fran...

AWARD School is back for 2021 and is shaping up to be better than ever. Advertising Council Australia caught up with National AWARD School Co-heads Mandie van der Merwe and Jack Nunn to find out what’s ahead this year, and why all aspiring creatives should apply for...

AdSchool, Australia’s most respected advertising education resource, returns in 2021 with a comprehensively refreshed range of courses led by a stellar line-up of ad industry leaders providing a combination of in-real-life and online lectures, workshops and mentoring...

Australasia’s most acclaimed course for aspiring creatives, AWARD School has kicked off its campaign for 2021 enrolments with a new theme: ‘Enter Raw, Exit Ready’. The campaign is rolling out across multiple channels in the lead up to AWARD School 2021, run from March...

Once again this year Youngbloods Australia were invited back onto ABC TV’s Gruen to compete for Pitch glory. However, unlike Youngbloods Gruen pitches in previous seasons, it wasn’t to be the traditional battle between VIC vs. NSW. Due to the COVID restrictions placed...

Advertising Council Australia has recently been conducting a number of university presentations in-person and online in Perth to help promote advertising as a career of choice and to guide students to the best pathways to “Break into the Exciting World of...

By Jonathan Kneebone, Writer/Director, The Glue Society on behalf of the AWARD Committee It was on a work trip to Hong Kong that a few of us from Glue Society discovered the most difficult product you could ever think of to advertise. Sitting innocently enough on the...

The Monkeys named Effective Agency of the YearBMF awarded Grand Effie for ‘ALDI Good Different’ - ALDI AustraliaALDI Australia awarded Effective Advertiser Award for the third consecutive yearFive Gold Effies awarded overall The Monkeys has been named Effective Agency...

The Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) has today announced its Call for Entries for the 42nd AWARD Awards. The deadline for entries is December 11. Last year saw a significantly expanded list of eligible categories and an overhaul of the AWARD...

The Account Planning Group WA and Advertising Council Australia are proud to present an intimate evening in Perth with legendary strategist Jon Steel who will share his compelling insights into the past, present and future of strategy. Over four decades and across...

The AWARD School Application Workshop is a comprehensive session where industry leaders will take you step-by-step through application tips, tricks, ammo and insider information. Essentially everything you need to know to give you a great shot at submitting the best...