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QIC celebrates holiday season with launch of Love From Christmas campaign

Redesigned M&C Saatchi Australian headquarters sets new direction for business

Alchemy One and Tag appointed to Vialto Partners global account

Marketers remain optimistic despite headwinds, new research finds

Versa ‘dreams up’ end-to-end AI experience for Netflix

Snack Drawer continues Australian growth with three new Melbourne hires

The Mint Partners secures a suite of new food and beverage clients

Publicis Group APAC and MEA works to close creative leadership gender gap

BMF boosts creative department with two new hires

Half Dome names head of SEO

Drive appoints new creative director

72andSunny gets naked with Taco Bell

Taboola launches new Header Bidding solution; publishers join

United Airlines ‘Good Leads the Way’ campaign lands in Australia via 72andSunny

NITV adds senior appointments to leadership team

Untangld offers 10 scholarships to Strategy Finishing School to help talents scale their careers

Pre-loved car platform Carma puts ‘love’ back into buying a used car with debut brand campaign

Sheridan takes you into a state of drift with new campaign from Fabric\TBWA Sydney

OMD Australia consolidates NSW Government account senior team

Digital News Academy wins international recognition

FutureBrand Australia launches internship program exclusively for regional and rural students

Bastion Experience expands Melbourne team with hires across strategy, partnerships and brand experiences

Snack Drawer opens Sydney office, adds three hires to social and creative teams

Yahoo makes key appointments to bolster high-growth ad tech business in APAC

St John’s Land of Legends come to life in 303 MullenLowe Perth project

iStock and Tradeswomen Australia challenge industry bias through new visuals of female tradies

72andSunny launches new collection campaign for Paspaley

Dentsu Creative bolsters creative department with eight new hires

Hayley Spence joins Social Soup as head of clients

TBWA’s cultural intelligence unit calls for a healthier tech-human balance

Moove Media inks agreement with Indigenous print firm

Coles and Wing launch drone delivery pilot service 1

Squiz Kids launches media literacy program for primary school kids

Helen Kapalos joins Australian Natural Therapeutics Group as head of communications

Seven joins forces with Planet Ark for National Recycling Week

Rebel uses AR to create immersive basketball experience via OMD

Alchemy One appoints Jeremy Chaker as digital director

SCA Tasmania’s director of television news retires after 42 years with the business

AnalogFolk and Rokt launch hidden message campaign to get engineers

City of Melbourne launched brand campaign via By All Means, AMPR

Simon Hobbs joins Icon Agency as executive director of digital

Australian agencies partner to create Real Life Media, an advertising solution

OIS appoints Adam Rowe as partnerships director

Indie creative agency All or Nothing launches Good Buy World store to encourage action on critical issues

Alienware Arena Series launches in partnership with EssenceMediacom and Livewire

Instagram releases new tools for creator safety and wellbeing

Snapchat+ drops custom story expiration and notification sounds for paid users

We Are Social strengthens creative department with three senior hires

Australian brands languish in awareness and engagement among Asian-Australian consumers: Bastion Insights 1

MIK Studio expands creative capabilities and positions for growth

oOh!media secures long term contract with City of Ryde

The Hallway appoints Carla Hizon as head of account management

Ex-Wieden+Kennedy and former Meta senior creative, Katie Harrison joins Manifest

ARN promotes Erica Jenkins to independent sales director

The Mint Partners expands into Melbourne with new hires

Brendan Muller appointed as UnLtd’s first GM for New Zealand

Crimtan appoints new chief commercial officer

JOY appoints head of digital

Merkle helps brands achieve net zero carbon emissions status

A Day on the Green celebrates 500th show alongside major partner AAMI

Pinterest rolls out new tools to help advertisers discover emerging trends and measure success

Senior appointments and new hires at We Are Different

TRA appoints Laura Mulcahy as new director, cultural strategy

New head of sport content named for SCA

News Corp appoints Paul Blackburn to new commercial executive role

Biased names Andrew Harrington as head of content and communications

Society adds Green Friday to client roster; names new hires

Nutrien Ag Solutions launches new campaign to take farming further via By All Means

Cummins&Partners launches first work for City of Melbourne after pitch-win

McCain develops super crispy chips to solve the soggy dilemma

The A-Leagues enters landmark contract with Komo Technologies

McDonald’s rewards football fans with Big Mac giveaway

Lyre’s brings non-alcoholic spirits to AR realm via Unbound Agency

Influencer agency Sticki launches in Melbourne

Bathurst drives record-breaking audiences

Leo Burnett, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood drops ‘We’re The Lifeblood of Australia’ platform

New report reveals almost 1-in-5 Samsung TV viewers are exclusively streaming

Mark Ritson backs Tracksuit’s marketing budget calculator

Taylors Wines appoints Edge as lead creative & media agency

Jam TV secures production deal of 14 golf events

Foxtel launches integrated campaign ahead of cricket season via Fox Creative

FutureBrand Australia launches new identity for TPT Wealth

Frontier Australia welcomes marketer Vanessa Starr to the agency in newly-created role

Aussie canned food brand SPC celebrates NZ launch with Jordie Barrett via Thinkerbell

Storyblok expands Into Australia to transform digital storytelling across the region

Change AREgenda Foundation’s $1M in advertising services funding to help end women’s homelessness

Con Frantzeskos appointed Managing Director of AJF Partnership

Nielsen hires Kirsten Riolo for senior commercial role