Advertising news

• Gawk Appoints Dan Howlett As VIC & SA Group Agency Director

  07-07-2026 00:30 via bandt.com.au
  
  Gawk has named Dan Howlett as its group agency director for Victoria and South Australia. Howlett was previously general manager of Spark Event Group. Before that, he had spent nearly 20 years with EYE Corp, Inlink, oOh! Media, where he held senior commercial leadership roles. He replaces Tim Stevenson who has taken a step down […]
  
  Read more

• The Economist Launches OOH Campaign Questioning AI Via Cocogun

  07-07-2026 01:59 via bandt.com.au
  
  Sydney-based independent creative agency, Cocogun, has launched a new global campaign series which questions the use of Artifical Intelligence for British news and current affairs journal, The Economist. Placed in the US and UK under bridges and across intersections, the red billboards feature provocative lines that question AI, spark reflection, and remind people that strong […]
  
  Read more

• Global OOH Spend Reached $77.9B In 2025

  07-07-2026 01:47 via bandt.com.au
  
  The World Out of Home Organisation (WOO) estimates global media spend on outdoor advertising will hit $54 billion (A$77.9 billion) in 2025, with digital driving nearly half of all revenue. Global out-of-home spend reached grew by 15 per cent on 2024, and now represents 5.1 per cent of global advertising expenditure. Spend is forecast to […]
  
  Read more

• Amazon DSP Gains Spotify Podcast Ads As Unique Reach Hits 90%

  07-07-2026 01:36 via bandt.com.au
  
  Australian advertisers buying through Amazon DSP can now place audio ads across Spotify’s podcast network via the Spotify Ad Exchange. It comes after the channel previously carried only music-related audio and video inventory. Spotify’s podcast network reaches a largely distinct audience from ad-supported music (90% unique reach), advertisers already buying music inventory can layer on […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• TPG Celebrates Aussie Rituals (Including Sickies) To Launch Its ‘Great Value Every Single Day’ Platform Via Thinkerbell

  07-07-2026 01:20 via bandt.com.au
  
  TPG wants to celebrate 40 years of helping savvy Aussies budgeters with a new value-led creative platform ‘Great Value Every Single Day’, which was created by Thinkerbell. In a cost-of-living climate where Australians are looking for smarter ways to stretch their budgets, the work was created to build memory structures around everyday ritualised tasks so […]
  
  Read more

• Harvey Norman Continues 21-Year Sponsorship Of Delicious Produce Awards

  07-07-2026 01:05 via bandt.com.au
  
  News Australia title delicious. and Harvey Norman have once again joined forces for the 2026 delicious. Harvey Norman Produce Awards, marking 21 years of recognising Australia’s finest primary producers. The national awards program celebrates the people who grow, harvest and catch the exceptional produce supplied to the nation’s leading chefs, restaurants and hospitality venues. Krysia […]
  
  Read more

• Bastion Names Nicole Speers As Chief People Officer

  07-07-2026 01:02 via bandt.com.au
  
  Bastion has appointed Nicole Speers as chief people officer reporting to group CEO Cheuk Chiang. Speers is a senior people and culture leader with more than 20 years’ experience across HR strategy, organisational transformation and leadership development. She has led enterprise-wide people functions and delivered large-scale transformation programs across complex organisations. Speers will focus on […]
  
  Read more

• Saatchi & Saatchi NZ Promotes Lee Sunter To Group ECD, Promotes Steve Cochran To Creative Chair

  07-07-2026 00:57 via bandt.com.au
  
  Saatchi & Saatchi NZ has promoted Lee Sunter to the newly created role of group executive creative director and has promoted Steve Cochran to creative chair. Previously executive creative director, Sunter will be responsible for continuing to raise the standard of ideas and craft within the agency, ensuring work delivers measurable client outcomes. He will […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Tourism Tasmania Turns Sydney Commuter Tunnel Into Immersive Gallery

  07-07-2026 00:56 via bandt.com.au
  
  Tourism Tasmania has partnered with oOh!media and Starcom to deliver an Out of Home (OOH) experience, transforming Sydney’s Martin Place pedestrian tunnel into a multi-sensory winter gallery for its latest ‘Off Season’ campaign. Spanning more than 52 metres through the Muru Giligu tunnel, which connects Sydney Metro’s North and South Towers, the space has been […]
  
  Read more

• This is Flow Retains Workwear Group Media Account

  07-07-2026 00:55 via bandt.com.au
  
  Independent media agency This is Flow has successfully retained the media planning and buying account for the iconic Melbourne-based Workwear Group, following a competitive agency review. The retention sees This Is Flow continue its longstanding partnership with three of Australia’s most recognised workwear and uniform brands, KingGee, Hard Yakka and NNT. Workwear Group is a […]
  
  Read more

• Mazda Engineers Sing From The Mountain Top In New Campaign Via Clemenger BBDO

  07-07-2026 00:51 via bandt.com.au
  Mazda has launched a new national campaign, ‘It’s Kind of a Big Deal’, for the launch of the Next-Gen Mazda CX-5 model which follows Mazda designers, engineers and drivers singing from the mountain top. The campaign celebrates the next generation of the Mazda CX-5 and literally sings the praises of the vehicle’s innovative design, advanced […]
  
  Read more

• Lite n’ Easy Names Ogilvy AOR

  07-07-2026 00:20 via bandt.com.au
  
  Lite n’ Easy has appointed Ogilvy as its agency of record, following a competitive pitch. Ogilvy will partner with Lite n’ Easy to provide the full breadth of brand services, extending from strategy and creative, through to CX, social and influencer. Ogilvy will tap into its multicultural, health and behavioural science expertise as part of […]
  
  Read more

• Weekend Ratings (3-5/7/2026): Socceroos Heartbreak Delivers Huge Saturday Morning Ratings For SBS

  06-07-2026 04:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  It was heartbreak for Aussies on Sunday morning. But will your office poms be happier this afternoon?
  
  Read more

• Weekend Ratings (3-5/7/2026): Socceroos Heartbreak Delivers Big For SBS

  06-07-2026 04:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  It was heartbreak for Aussies on Sunday morning. But will your office poms be happier this afternoon?
  
  Read more

• VaynerMedia APAC Names WPP Media’s Mark Turner As Head Of Media

  06-07-2026 04:44 via bandt.com.au
  
  Mark Turner gets big new APAC role with Vayner. Also joins its fearsome trivia team.
  
  Read more

• Stretched Budgets, Sharper Shoppers: New IAB Report Shows Australians Research More Before They Buy

  06-07-2026 04:32 via bandt.com.au
  
  Creators are becoming more important to discovery. By which we mean shopping, not the nature channel.
  
  Read more

• NITV Appoints Caden Pearson As Commissioning Editor

  06-07-2026 04:31 via bandt.com.au
  
  Fresh(ish) from his appearance at Cairns Crocodiles, Pearson is named NITV's new commissioning editor.
  
  Read more

• Albo Forced To Apologise Over Kylie Minogue ‘Shag, Marry, Date’ Remark On Nova’s Bush Deep Podcast

  06-07-2026 04:00 via bandt.com.au
  
  Who would have thought putting the Prime Minister on a podcast called 'Bush Deep' could go tits up.
  
  Read more

• Samira Ansari & David Droga To Headline AWARD Industry Lunch

  06-07-2026 03:49 via bandt.com.au
  
  Here's a hot ticket indeed. So much so that B&T's willing to stand at the back with a Chiko Roll to get in.
  
  Read more

• Dentsu, Howatson+Co Top June’s New Business Winner Podiums

  06-07-2026 03:37 via bandt.com.au
  
  Gold! Silver! Bronze! All the winners are here. And a few more besides.
  
  Read more

• Merchantwise Bolsters Team With Senior Licensing Hires

  06-07-2026 02:51 via bandt.com.au
  
  Merchantwise has appointed Jacqui Shilson-Josling as senior director of licensing and Felicity Drake to director of partnerships and promotions. Shilson-Josling leads the Hasbro licensing portfolio across ANZ, overseeing a portfolio of brands spanning preschool, family gaming, collectibles, action and fantasy entertainment including including My Little Pony, Transformers, Monopoly, Play-doh, Nerf and Hasbro Games.  Shilson-Josling will […]
  
  Read more

• Square Taps Naomi Watts, Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Fanning For Aussie Brand Campaign

  06-07-2026 02:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  Square has launched its first brand campaign in Australia, ‘See You in the Neighbourhood’. The spot is rooted in the belief that when local businesses thrive, so do the communities around them. The integrated payments and point of sale brand celebrated the Square sellers who have become neighbourhood fixtures in the campaign. Running across TV, […]
  
  Read more

• Hahn Returns As Wallabies’ Official Beer With Two-Year Partnership

  06-07-2026 02:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  Hahn beats Timothy Taylor's Landlord in pitch to return as the Wallabies' beer of choice.
  
  Read more

• Hahn Reclaims Official Beer Status With The Wallabies

  06-07-2026 02:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  Hahn has returned as the Official Beer of the Wallabies, marking a new two-year partnership with Rugby Australia. The partnership has united Hahn and the Wallabies in a shared ambition to celebrate the places and moments that bring rugby fans together. Rugby experienced an uplift 12-months ago when the British & Irish Lions Tour returned […]
  
  Read more

• Can Behavioural Science Hack A 10 Million Year-Old Habit?

  06-07-2026 02:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  Is your Dry July becoming damp? Or is like ours in being absolutely sodden.
  
  Read more

• Can Behavioural Science Hack a 10 Million Year Habit?

  06-07-2026 02:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  In this op-ed, Ogilvy group strategy director Matt Richards unpacks why Dry July is such a tough ask, and how the science of habit-forming can help you actually make it to August. Ten million years ago, apes acquired a taste for alcohol. According to The Economist, it gave us an evolutionary edge. As rainforests receded, […]
  
  Read more

• Yango Promotes Amy Carr To New MD Role

  06-07-2026 02:49 via bandt.com.au
  
  Yango has promoted Amy Carr from general manager of growth to the newly created role of managing director. The appointment comes at a pivotal time for Yango as the agency successfully transitions from its digital-first roots into a full-service media offering. This evolution has been fuelled by business momentum over the past year, marked by […]
  
  Read more

• Hyundai Puts Robots On Ball Duty At The World Cup

  06-07-2026 02:49 via bandt.com.au
  
  Hyundai Motor Company has pulled off the World Cup’s first robotic halftime activation, deploying Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot Atlas during the Round of 16 clash between Brazil and Norway. The stunt saw Atlas deliver the match ball and run through goal celebrations made famous by tournament stars, including Brazil’s Matheus Cunha and Norway’s Erling Haaland. […]
  
  Read more

• Relational Intelligence (RQ): The Leadership Advantage Nobody Is Talking About

  06-07-2026 02:47 via bandt.com.au
  
  In this op-ed, Indeed country director of APAC Marcelo Andrade says that a lot of the hype around AI reminds him of NFT mania. Andrade believes the industry should focus on a new kind of intelligence (rather than IQ or EQ) called Relational Intelligence (RQ). A few weeks ago I was having a beer with […]
  
  Read more

• OMD WA Reveals Government Account Lead

  06-07-2026 02:17 via bandt.com.au
  
  OMD WA has Jodie Traynor to the newly-related role of head of government and will overlook the agency’s media strategy, investment and service for Western Australian Government clients. Traynor brings more than 20 years of media industry experience and has worked across a broad range of WA Government portfolios throughout her career. She hails from […]
  
  Read more

Follow @Advertising_AU on Twitter!