Keep abreast of the latest trends and developments in the Australian and New Zealand creative industries.

06 Sep 2011

Tribe Marketing has appointed Warren Michael as creative director after a period of strong growth for the STW owned active engagement agency.

06 Sep 2011

Brand consultancy Interbrand has announced an expansion of the Melbourne office appointing a new batch of designers, strategists and creative directors.

05 Sep 2011

In a move that brings a new combination of creative, digital and product development capability to the Australian marketplace, Melbourne based agency The Royals has announced a major team expansion, re-positioning the company from a digital outfit to a full service creative agency.

31 Aug 2011

"Crap", "Sh*t", "Seen it before", "He's a xxxx...". Sound familiar? This is a recent selection of comments which have been made on the AdNews website, in comment threads beneath news stories, new work and blog posts.

31 Aug 2011

Happy Soldiers has been awarded the Grand Effie at the third annual Effie awards. Their The first pillow with a best-before date campaign for Tontine took out two Gold Effies.

31 Aug 2011

The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has revealed the dates for 2012 will revert back to the usual third week in June next year after the decision by the city of Cannes to postpone until further notice the refurbishment to the Palais des Festivals.

30 Aug 2011

Sydney production company The Feds has recently signed Craig Rasmus to its roster, launching the upcoming performance-based director to the Australasian market with an ad campaign for client Everlast.

29 Aug 2011

Perth agency Gatecrasher Advertising has swept the Siren Awards pool, winning across all four categories of single, campaign, overall and craft for its work on Alcoholics Anonymous.

24 Aug 2011

Jonas Katzellenbourg of newrepublique has been promoted to planning head and charged with the leadership of client brand and strategic planning into the digital space.

23 Aug 2011

One of this week's more regrettable water cooler conversations involved the latest Nivea campaign by Draftfcb in New York. In one fell swoop a single execution in Esquire magazine managed to offend black people around the world including Australia thanks to social media's 24/7 cycle.