Advertising news

• Havas Red’s Executive Director Social Steps Down, Joanne Ng Steps Up

  13-08-2026 04:27 via bandt.com.au
  
  With so much stepping up and stepping down, sore calves will be the order of the day at Havas Red.
  
  Read more

• Romina Favero PR Taps Handful Of New Clients As It Turns Six

  14-08-2026 04:40 via bandt.com.au
  
  And it's not just the consultancy winning. The sun is shining and it's the end of a work week!
  
  Read more

• TV Ratings (13/8/2026): Roosters Reign Supreme After 12–6 Thriller

  14-08-2026 04:38 via bandt.com.au
  
  NRL beats the cricket yesterday. Which, given Australia's torrid showing, isn't a surprise.
  
  Read more

• Olly Newtown To Oversee LiSTNR & 7+ Sales Following Jordan King’s Departure

  14-08-2026 04:38 via bandt.com.au
  
  Newton gets a shiny new job title at Southern Cross and, rumour has it, a luminescent new business card to go with it.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Olly Newton To Oversee LiSTNR & 7+ Sales Following Jordan King’s Departure

  14-08-2026 04:38 via bandt.com.au
  
  Newton gets a shiny new job title at Southern Cross and, rumour has it, a luminescent new business card to go with it.
  
  Read more

• Under The Influence: Kylie Jenner’s Birthday Party Sparks Recession Chatter

  14-08-2026 04:16 via bandt.com.au
  
  Have you been too busy working to check your TikTok this week? We've done the hard work for you!
  
  Read more

• Turning A ‘Boring’, ‘Greedy’ ‘Bully’ Into A Creative Powerhouse & Walking Like Jagger: Brent Smart On His Time At Telstra

  14-08-2026 04:13 via bandt.com.au
  
  Smart Telstruts into the Uncensored CMO booth. No word on whether he Telstrutt-ed out, however.
  
  Read more

• Turning A ‘Boring’, ‘Greedy’ ‘Bully’ Into A Creative Powerhouse & Walking Like Jagger: Brent Smart On Hi Time At Telstra

  14-08-2026 04:13 via bandt.com.au
  
  Former Telstra chief marketing officer Brent Smart has transformed the Telstra brand in just four years. Its work, produced by +61 and Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, consistently won Cannes Lions and Effie Awards, among countless other accolades. In March, Smart revealed he was stepping down and has since set up a consultancy called B.Smart […]
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Instagram Refreshes Its Wordmark After 10 Years

  14-08-2026 03:59 via bandt.com.au
  
  Instagram releases blink-and-you'll-miss-it brand zhoosh.
  
  Read more

• Adobe Launches AI Collaborators For Marketers To Directly Assign Tasks To AI Agents 

  14-08-2026 03:38 via bandt.com.au
  
  Adobe is putting AI agents directly into marketers’ workflows, allowing brands to assign tasks to AI in much the same way they would a human team member. The new AI Collaborators capability, announced by Adobe for its Workfront platform, is designed to move AI agents beyond individual chat windows and into governed marketing workflows, giving […]
  
  Read more

• Twitch Appoints Christine Cassis To Global CMO

  14-08-2026 03:29 via bandt.com.au
  
  The craziest thing here is that people actually get paid a motza to live stream themselves.
  
  Read more

• Tapt Media’s Kristy Mansfield Climbs The Ranks To General Manager 6PR

  14-08-2026 03:09 via bandt.com.au
  
  Commercial talk-radio network Tapt Media has promoted sales director Kristy Mansfield to the new role of general manager 6PR Perth in a move to boost growth in the region. In her new role, Mansfield retains her revenue responsibilities while also taking on accountability across audience strategy and growth, and community engagement. All Perth-based staff now […]
  
  Read more

• Tiny Away Helps People Reconnect To Life With New Brand Campaign

  14-08-2026 03:04 via bandt.com.au
  
  You don't need to touch grass, you just need ‘Stays to Reconnect’.
  
  Read more

• ‘This Is A Bothism Platform’: DOOH Triggers Positive Outcomes In One Active Second, Outperforming Other Digital Ad Formats

  14-08-2026 02:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  A new attention study has found that digital out-of-home requires far less active attention than traditional digital channels to drive immediate sales and build long-term memory encoding. The study, commissioned by QMS and delivered by Dr Karen Nelson-Field’s attention measurement firm Amplified Intelligence, revealed that digital out-of-home delivers measurable brand equity and sales response at […]
  
  Read more

• ING Applauds Savvy Savers In New ‘Saving Is In’ Campaign Via Ogilvy

  14-08-2026 02:41 via bandt.com.au
  
  Saving? Pssshhhh that won't be happening today. Happy Friday!
  
  Read more

• Bonds’ Kedda Ghazaria & EssenceMediacom’s Jazmaree Bell Urge Industry To Embrace ‘Softness & Vulnerability’

  14-08-2026 02:21 via bandt.com.au
  
  Bonds’ head of marketing Kedda Ghazarian and EssenceMediacom investment and activation associate director Jazmaree Bell have highlighted the importance of embracing vulnerability and leaning into the “softer” side of leadership as women in the media industry. It comes as B&T’s Women in Media Superwoman Series, presented by Are Media, returns for its third episode. Previously […]
  
  Read more

• Michelle Rowling On Building A More Equal Future For Women In Marketing

  14-08-2026 02:08 via bandt.com.au
  
  Michelle Rowling, head of marketing and sales at Sydney Zoo is the next guest writer in the latest instalment of the IMAA’s Female Leaders of Tomorrow program, following on from last year’s series. Rowling explores the importance of challenging outdated expectations of women, work and family.  1. How did you get involved (and why) in […]
  
  Read more

• Traveller Confidence Is Shifting, But The Question Is: What Comes Next?

  14-08-2026 02:03 via bandt.com.au
  
  Consumer confidence is on a rollercoaster, writes this pro. But sadly not a fun one.
  
  Read more

• Your Best Customers Remain Invisible To Last-click Models

  14-08-2026 01:56 via bandt.com.au
  
  Your customers are invisible. And sadly not in a kind of fun, Harry Potter way.
  
  Read more

• Garmin Partners With Fitness Influencer Kayla Itsines To Launch The Garmin Recharge Lounge

  14-08-2026 01:50 via bandt.com.au
  
  B&T's recharge lounge looks like a couple of pints at the local watering hole. Happy Friday everyone.
  
  Read more

• ‘They’ve Grown Up With Us’: Gogglebox’s Matty Fahd On The Power Of Letting Audiences Into His Home

  14-08-2026 01:45 via bandt.com.au
  
  What's better than hearing the inane comments of your own family about something on TV? Hearing another family's!
  
  Read more

• Louis Devine Named AWARD School’s 2026 National Top Student

  14-08-2026 01:45 via bandt.com.au
  
  Louis Devine, a Tasmanian-based creative with a background in design, marketing and technology, has been named AWARD School National Top Student for 2026. The announcement was made at the 47th AWARD Awards, the industry’s annual celebration of the Asia-Pacific region’s best creative work and brightest new talent. A student in the 2026 online program, Devine […]
  
  Read more

• Trop Jr Returns For 2026 To Find Australia’s Next Generation Of Filmmakers

  14-08-2026 01:31 via bandt.com.au
  
  After a seven-year hiatus, Trop Jr, the short film festival for kids by kids, returns in 2026, reimagined for a new generation of young Australian storytellers. Submissions have opened, inviting kids across Australia to pick up a camera and make their voices heard. Produced by the Tropfest Foundation and powered by the Australian Children’s Television […]
  
  Read more

• Baby Food Brand Rafferty’s Garden Joins Of A Feather’s Client Nest

  14-08-2026 01:28 via bandt.com.au
  
  Social-first agency Of A Feather has been appointed as the social media agency for baby food brand Rafferty’s Garden following a competitive pitch. The appointment sees Of A Feather responsible for the brand’s always-on social strategy, content planning, community management and social creative, with a focus on strengthening Rafferty’s Garden’s connection with today’s parents through […]
  
  Read more

• Ovolo Hotels Appoints The Royals To Lead Major Masterbrand Reset

  14-08-2026 01:20 via bandt.com.au
  
  Ovolo Hotels has appointed independent agency The Royals to lead a major reset of the hotel group’s masterbrand strategy and the launch of its newly transformed Sydney flagship. The appointment comes as the independent lifestyle hotel group looks to sharpen its global positioning and build greater consistency across its portfolio throughout the Asia Pacific. At […]
  
  Read more

• Airtasker Launches On ChatGPT

  14-08-2026 01:20 via bandt.com.au
  
  Have we reached peak idleness?
  
  Read more

• The Creative Method Appoints Charlotte Healey To Strategic Client Development Manager

  14-08-2026 01:16 via bandt.com.au
  
  If her last name is anything to go by, the agency has just found its new opening batter for its indoor cricket team.
  
  Read more

• Western Sydney University Invites Students To ‘Charge Towards Change’ With 10-Metre Climbing Wall

  14-08-2026 01:12 via bandt.com.au
  
  Western Sydney University and brand activation agency Curious Nation have brought the university’s new ‘Charge Towards Change’ brand platform to life, inviting future students to literally climb towards change. At the centre of the experience, two towering climbing walls standing 10 metres and 8 metres high at the entrance to the university’s Parramatta campus. Prospective […]
  
  Read more

• ‘A Waiting Game Over Whose Iceberg Melts First’: David Droga On Holding Companies, AI & Why Creatives Should Be Running The Show

  13-08-2026 06:32 via bandt.com.au
  
  B&T graciously granted an audience with the great man. But sadly we didn't snag an invite for kick-ons at his Tamarama compound.
  
  Read more

• ‘A Waiting Game Over Whose Iceberg Melts First’: David Droga On Holding Companies, AI And Why Creatives Should Be Running The Show

  13-08-2026 06:32 via bandt.com.au
  
  He traded 25 per cent of an agency for a rug, ran a $20 billion company without a university degree, and bought the domain names Droga1 through Droga6 purely to spite his brothers. Now, in his 40th year since winning AWARD School, advertising’s most decorated creative is “not in the centre — by choice.” The […]
  
  Read more

Follow @Advertising_AU on Twitter!