UM Australia promotes Adam Russell to GM Melbourne

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — Media agency, UM Australia announced the promotion of Adam Russell to the newly created role of General Manager Melbourne, paving the way for sustainable future growth in Victoria’s burgeoning market. As part of his new role, Adam retains his current remit as client lead on key Melbourne clients including Kmart and OnePass. CEO of UM Australia Anathea Ruys said Adam is a

Santoor and Interactive Avenues celebrate the spirit of the modern woman with “Young Soch Diaries”

Santoor, a flagship brand of Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, has launched its groundbreaking campaign “Young Soch Diaries,” celebrating the limitless spirit of modern women in association with their digital agency, Interactive Avenues, and JioCinema. Santoor stands for Young Soch that encourages women to break stereotypes, be limitless and pursue their dreams. Through Young Soch Diaries, the brand

Kate O’Loughlin: Marketing lessons from the rise of run clubs

‘Obsessed’ is a monthly deep dive into social and cultural trends that can help marketers inform the way they think. Led by Kate O’Loughlin, Initiative strategist and self-confessed obsessive, ‘Obsessed’ will be a magic school bus to expand marketing mindsets and help brands remain relevant amongst an ever-changing cultural landscape. This month, I’m obsessed with the run club

50 years of advertising education

‘For 50 years insightful and creative graduates have been shaping the Australian advertising industry. So we think it is time to identify and acknowledge the great achievements that advertising graduates have made to our industry.’ – Leigh Terry, Project leader and CEO of IPG Mediabrands APAC Celebrating 50 years of advertising education in Australia with

INITIATIVE APPOINTS CHARLES DANGIBEAUD AS NEW HEAD OF STRATEGY & WA GOVERNMENT

Initiative Perth has hired strategist and product management lead, Charles Dangibeaud to head the agency’s strategy offering and lead the WA Government account. Taking on the role of Head of Strategy & WA Government, Dangibeaud’s immediate remit will be to uphold and strengthen the agency’s reputation for strategic thinking and craft development – blending the

Women Premier League: UP Warriorz and Navya Naveli Nanda unite to combat online trolling in women’s cricket through #TrashTalkCleanUp

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) cricket team, UP Warriorz, has partnered with women’s rights advocate Navya Naveli Nanda, to unveil #TrashTalkCleanUp. Created in collaboration with Interactive Avenues, UP Warriorz’ digital creative agency, the campaign features an inspiring 2-part video podcast and series of Instagram reels. The aim of ‘Trash Talk Clean Up’ is to bin

‘Women’s careers are an investment, not a sacrifice’: IPG leader MJ Kim

To commemorate International Women’s Day, we speak with the Korea CEO of IPG Mediabrands on the evolving role of the ‘working housewife’, why higher education is key, and a priceless lesson attained from Tom Cruise. In 2022, Benja Stig Fagerland, founder of Sheconomy, an organisation working towards progress in gender-based social sustainability, said in an

Account Madness – Madeleine Mann, UM Australia

This series of articles looks at the world of the account manager. This time we talk to Madeleine Mann, Senior Client Director, UM Australia How did you end up account management? Was it by design or a cosmic accident? It wasn’t something I had initially set out to do. Once I had made Director –

Augmented Reality is Set to Make its Comeback, But Did it Really Leave?

“Augmented Reality is the direction that I think is far more interesting and promising — for technology and, really, for humanity. AR is designed to add, enhance the things you do as a human being: Being outside, socializing with other people, shopping, playing, having fun. AR can make all those things better.” — John Hanke,

INITIATIVE PERTH BOOSTS TALENT POOL AND STRENGTHENS AGENCY CAPABILITIES 

Initiative Perth has announced a raft of new hires across its client service and partnerships teams. Sian Thomas joins the agency in the newly created role of client advice and partnerships director; Sarah Hua joins as associate director and Jessica Wilkins takes on the role of partnerships associate. Head of Perth, Paige English said she