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12/08/2025

Ogilvy Network ANZ’s chief creative officer Toby Talbot is departing the agency this week, to find “a new challenge”.

Ogilvy Network ANZ’s chief creative officer Toby Talbot is departing the agency this week, to find “a new challenge”.Talbot joined Ogilvy in January 2022 as its inaugural trans-Tasman CCO. He oversaw creative teams across the business, and creative output, in both Australia and New Zealand.Dur...

12/08/2025

Seven West Media has suffered revenue and profitability drops in grim financial accounts that show the media company continues to rein in costs across TV and publishing.

One bright spot was audience and revenue for its digital video product 7Plus, which grew strongly.

Seven West Media has suffered revenue and profitability drops in grim financial accounts that show the media company continues to rein in costs across TV and publishing. One bright spot was audience and revenue for its digital video product 7Plus, which grew strongly.Seven’s overall revenue for th...

12/08/2025

Airbnb’s APAC marketer, Meble Tin, will join Visa as its new Oceania head of marketing next month, as the company looks to scale its marketing services and capabilities.

Airbnb’s APAC marketer, Meble Tin, will join Visa as its new Oceania head of marketing next month, as the company looks to scale its marketing services and capabilities.Tin will lead marketing for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, bringing “world-class brand and customer marketing...

12/08/2025

2025 has seen a quiet wave of redundancies across adland.

TrinityP3’s John Minty argues these are a symptom of bad leadership and agencies not adapting their business model for the modern environment.

If you haven’t retrenched anyone in the last three years, and you’re absolutely certain you won’t in the next three, close this tab. This piece isn’t for you.OK, now that we’ve cleared out the deluded, let’s get real. It’s a sad, predictable cycle: multinational advertising networks sq...

12/08/2025

New Zealand-founded indie agency Thompson Spencer has made several appointments to shape its trans-Tasman media capability, four months after officially launching in Australia.

New Zealand-founded indie agency Thompson Spencer has made several appointments to shape its trans-Tasman media capability, four months after officially launching in Australia.Former OMD talent Madison Trevella, who is based in Melbourne, will take on the head of media title, while Auckland-based Ja...

12/08/2025

The advertising industry is mourning the loss of marketer and former creative Luke Dunkerley, who died on Friday.

The advertising industry is mourning the loss of marketer and former creative Luke Dunkerley, who died on Friday.Dunkerley began his career as a copywriter at Leo Burnett. By 2002, he was managing director of M+C Saatchi Retail, heading up the Woolworths account, before moving to The Campaign Palace...

12/08/2025

Independent creative agency Supersolid has made another hire following a number of new client wins.

Independent creative agency Supersolid has made another hire following a number of new client wins.Georgina ‘Gigi’ Butterworth joins the agency from Bounce Creative as its new integrated project manager.She spent two years with Bounce, with previous experience from Adhesive, Sling & Stone, and O...

12/08/2025

Boomtown has appointed Andrew ‘Billy’ Baxter as its new chairman, following the departure of founder chair Brain Gallagher in June.

Boomtown has appointed Andrew ‘Billy’ Baxter as its new chairman, following the departure of founder chair Brain Gallagher in June.Baxter is one of the country’s top marketing advisors, having served as CEO for Publicis and Ogilvy, steering iconic campaigns such as ‘Share a Coke’ and AMMI....

12/08/2025

Remade 2025 has added two new sessions to its program, bringing perspectives on the future of retail media from global platforms, local innovators, and brand leaders.

Remade 2025 has added two new sessions to its program, bringing perspectives on the future of retail media from global platforms, local innovators, and brand leaders.The Trade Desk and Market Media (The Warehouse Group’s retail media arm) will reveal the thinking and ambition behind one of the reg...

11/08/2025

SBS managing director James Taylor has announced he will step down from his role, after 13 years at the public broadcaster, in order to head up Ooh Media.

https://mumbrella.com.au/sbs-managing-director-james-taylor-steps-down-884978

11/08/2025

Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small has decided to leave Nova after 23 years with the network, telling listeners “the time has come to hang up the headphones”.

Kent ‘Smallzy’ Small has decided to leave Nova after 23 years with the network, telling listeners “the time has come to hang up the headphones”.Small started at the network in 2002, and has hosted Nova’s 8pm-10pm evening show, Smallzy’s Surgery, since 2012.The show has achieved a remarka...

11/08/2025

Bond University has launched a new brand platform, in one of the first major projects taken on by Alex Derwin and Hugh Munro’s indie creative agency Rick Barry, Mumbrella can reveal.

Bond University has launched a new brand platform, in one of the first major projects taken on by Alex Derwin and Hugh Munro’s indie creative agency Rick Barry, Mumbrella can reveal.Shaped by “very exploratory, very open” conversations with staff, students, and alumni, “Ambition Loves Compan...