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Mathilda Grinling from New South Wales has been named AWARD School’s national top student for 2025. The announcement was made at the 46th AWARD Awards held at This Way Up on Thursday night, which celebrates the year’s best creative work and brightest new talent....

Robin O’Connell, Sr. Content Solutions Consultant, LinkedIn AI and efficiency. The two words on every marketer’s lips this year. Everyone’s celebrating AI as the saviour of marketing productivity, but few are asking the harder question: how do we ensure it doesn’t...

AdSchool’s free JumpStart graduate program is now accepting applications for its 2025 intake in WA, offering ambitious students a behind-the-scenes look into the state’s top advertising, digital and media agencies. Delivered in collaboration with Advertising Council...

In advertising, we’re quick to celebrate the bold, the beautiful, and the breakthrough. We applaud the work, and rightly so. But behind every piece of great work is a quiet force driving it forward: account leaders. These are the people who know how to sell a fragile...

By Sarah Jones Palmer, Co-Founder, The Human Co. In an industry powered by ideas, relationships, and rapid turnaround, our greatest asset is, and always has been, our people. And right now, they’re under pressure. Possibly more pressure than I’ve seen in the past few...

The Australasian Writers and Art Directors (AWARD) has announced the lineup of international ‘Super Jurors’ who will select the national top student for AWARD School 2025. They include ECDs, CCOs and strategists who follow in the steps of global ad industry leaders in...

Two of the most talked-about campaigns of 2025 — Make New Zealand the Best Place in the World to Have Herpes and Better on a Better Network — will be unpacked live on stage at This Way Up, AWARD’s festival of creativity, taking place in Sydney from August 12–14. The...

Industry heavyweights Kirsty Muddle and Chris Howatson say the next generation of agency leaders is being held back — not by capability, but by mindset. Two of the most respected CEOs in Australian advertising say the industry needs to urgently rethink who it backs...

Break Into Creative with Confidence: Tuesday 26 August | 6–7pm AEST | Zoom AWARD School is hosting a free one-hour masterclass on 26 August with Micah Walker — Cannes Grand Prix-winning creative and Founder of Bear Meets Eagle on Fire. Hosted by AWARD School VIC...

Advertising Council Australia has today announced 111 finalists for this year’s Australian Effie Awards, representing 33 agencies and 47 clients. Entrants with multiple finalist entries include Droga5, BMF, Saatchi & Saatchi, Clemenger BBDO, VML, and M+C Saatchi....

AdSchool has opened enrolments for Semester Two, with a fresh round of part-time courses taught by senior talent from some of the country’s top agencies, including Ogilvy, Droga5, VML, and Leo Australia. “AdSchool gives emerging leaders the confidence and frameworks...

Last Thursday, UK strategist Kevin Chesters delivered a provocative masterclass on team dynamics to Australia's advertising elite, challenging traditional notions of workplace culture with his "gang mentality" approach. Speaking at Advertising Council Australia’s...

By Jo-Ann Foo, Senior Director at Analytic Partners. Marketers across Australia are stepping into FY26 facing the same familiar refrain: ‘Do more with less’. But this time, the pressure feels different. Budgets are being set in the wake of a high-profile federal...

Advertising Council Australia has announced a new one-day immersion course, Understanding Media, designed to give account managers, creatives, strategists and marketers the confidence to navigate and challenge media conversations. The practical, no-fluff workshop will...

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...

AWARD has launched AWARD Crash, a new two-day intensive course to address one of the most pressing challenges facing agencies today: fast-tracked creatives lacking the soft skills to lead. Designed for mid-to-senior creatives moving up the career ladder, Crash...

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...

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...