AWARD launches ‘Crash’: Giving aspiring creative leaders the soft skills they need
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...
Nils Leonard headlines This Way Up, Cannes Download brings the work
Three-day festival returns with a new-look AWARD Awards as part of the ultimate celebration of local and global creativity *** Creative heavyweight Nils Leonard, founder of Uncommon Creative Studio UK, and Cannes Download — the definitive showcase of 2025’s...
Australia ends Cannes Lions on a high, claiming a Grand Prix and two golds
Australia has wrapped up 2025’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in spectacular fashion, taking home another Grand Prix and two Gold Lions in recognition of world-class creative work, as well as a Palme D’Or and Independent Agency of the Year. FINCH...
Young Lions roar on the global stage
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...
Australia continues strong run on day four of Cannes – Cannes Day 4
It was another strong showing for Australia on day four of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, with four awards collected across the Creative Business Transformation, Creative Strategy, and Brand Experience & Activation categories. LEO, Sydney...
Australia continues its winning run with three Lions – Cannes Day 3
Australia has continued its winning streak on day three of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity with three Lions awarded in the Media and PR categories. VML Sydney takes home a Silver Lion in the Media category in Social Behaviour for its Legacy Lager...
Retrain, rethink and reimagine. One agency’s approach to growth
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...
Australia takes home its second Grand Prix & eight Lions – Cannes Day 2
Australia has won its first Grand Prix in the Film Craft category, going to Bear Meets Eagle on Fire and Revolver for Telstra, plus another eight Lions in four categories, on the second day of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The Grand Prix, for...
Australia takes home its first Grand Prix and four Lions on first day of 72nd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
An Australia/New Zealand collaboration has bagged the first Grand Prix and a Gold Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for FINCH Sydney and Motion Sickness Auckland’s NZ Herpes Foundation campaign. “The Best Place in the World to Have Herpes”...
Kirsty Muddle and Chris Howatson return to lead 2025 IPA Business & Agency Leadership.
Two of Australia’s most respected agency leaders — Kirsty Muddle (CEO, Dentsu Creative & Merkle) and Chris Howatson (Founder and CEO, Howatson+Company) — will return as co-chairs of 2025’s IPA Business & Agency Leadership course, running October 19–21 at QT Sydney....
Acclaimed international strategist Kevin Chesters to headline ACA’s ‘Better Together’
Advertising Council Australia (ACA) will host renowned strategist and author Kevin Chesters in Sydney on July 10 for an exclusive, member-only event unpacking the gang mentality behind great creative cultures. With more than 30 years’ experience leading strategy at...
Cannes Lions 2025 shortlists: Supermassive and DDB Melbourne
Cannes Lions has revealed the first 2025 shortlists for the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions and Innovation Lions. Supermassive Sydney has been shortlisted for the Dan Wieden Titanium Lions award for its ‘Policy Change’ campaign for 36 Months, pushing the under-16 social...
Nominations now open for AWARD Creative Leadership
Nominations are now open for 2025’s AWARD Creative Leadership course — a three-day residential that helps senior creatives grow their influence, master the demands of the role, and take the next step in their careers. Held from 12–14 October at QT Melbourne, the...
Inside the Young Lions Bootcamp
Last Wednesday, Advertising Council Australia (ACA) hosted an exclusive Young Lions Bootcamp for the five teams set to represent Australia at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The session brought together Young Lions Australia 2024 alumni,...
Nani Creative: Where cultural storytelling is shaping the future of advertising
In an industry increasingly open to diverse perspectives, Nani Creative is quietly redefining leadership through authenticity, lived experience, and cultural integrity. Founded as an Aboriginal-led creative agency, it has always prioritised First Nations narratives...
ACA launches new 3-year strategy, flags next phase of industry accreditation
Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has unveiled a new three-year strategy aimed at highlighting the vital link between creativity and effectiveness, while sharpening the industry’s focus on long-term sustainability and diversity and inclusion. Unveiled by ACA Chair...
Culture isn’t a soft metric. It’s a growth lever when you get it right
Sarah Jones-Palmer, Co-Founder, The Human Co *** In fast-moving organisations, growth often arrives like a wave: a major pitch win, a merger or acquisition, a funding milestone, a restructure, or the arrival of a new rockstar CEO. There’s energy, momentum, and a sense...
Big ideas aren’t dying — they’re being left on napkins
James Donald, Co-Founder & CEO, Ideally *** Some of the world’s best ideas are born on napkins, and then buried by bureaucracy or worse… the lack of confidence to put it on the table. Somewhere between the spark and the sign-off, that energy fizzles. Not because the...
Cannes Lions announces 2025 Shortlisting Jury, 10 jurors from Australia
Ten of Australia’s top creative leaders have been selected to join the Shortlisting Jury for the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. They will join a panel of experts from 79 markets tasked with narrowing down the best ideas from thousands of...
LIONS releases The State of Creativity Report 2025
The global survey-led report with insights from more than 1,000 marketers and creatives reveals that: Creative confidence is waning Only 13% of companies are creative risk-friendly Half (51%) of brands claim their insights are too weak to develop bold creativity, only...
Milla McPhee, Clare Pickens, Dave Hartmann and more headline AdSchool 2025
AdSchool has announced its 2025 speaker lineup—bringing together some of the sharpest minds in strategy, leadership, and creativity from across Australia and New Zealand. Industry leaders, including Droga5 ANZ Chief Strategy Officer Milla McPhee, Leo Burnett CEO Clare...
Cannes Lions sets the stage for 2025 with cutting-edge content, culture and creativity
Names confirmed on the 2025 programme include Apple; Duolingo; Jon M Chu; McDonald’s Morgan Flatley; Neal Mohan; and Reckitt with Serena Williams *** The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has launched the 2025 content programme, showcasing a...
Spikes Asia announces 2025 winners
Special, Supermassive/FINCH, BMF, VML win Grands Prix for Australia; Special Australia named Indie Agency of the Year; Ogilvy nabs Network of the Year title. *** Spikes Asia revealed its 2025 winners at its annual Awards Ceremony in Singapore on Thursday evening, with...
Time to tackle the pay gap: WGEA reporting now open
From 1 April to 31 May, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reporting season is in full swing. This annual lodgement period is not just a compliance milestone—it’s a chance to take stock of where your agency stands on gender equity, and what steps you can take...