10 Questions to Review Your Career Before Christmas
10 weeks. 10 questions. One honest look at your career before Christmas. Every year I watch good people make big career decisions at the worst possible moment: Christmas. Think about the mix: you're absolutely exhausted, you've been running on fumes for months
9 Tips to Make Your Design Portfolio Stand Out
A while back I posted about designers playing it too safe with their portfolios, and I got a fair few messages afterwards asking what to actually do about it. So here’s the longer version. It’s a mix of what I see
Business Spotlight: Hive Creative
As a recruitment agency, we get a front row seat to how companies operate. Right now, Hive Creative is a major standout. We’ve placed several talents with them recently and everyone says the same thing: the culture is brilliant, the team
Business Spotlight: Studio Legal
Whether you're a founder trying to protect your agency’s IP and set up proper employment contracts, or a senior candidate looking to launch your own boutique firm, having solid legal backing matters. That’s why we’re spotlighting Studio Legal this month. They’re
The Fractional Performance Marketer Boom: How Smart Businesses Scale
You’ve probably seen us post about this a few times, but 2026 has been a huge year for fractional hires, particularly within the performance marketing space. As digital channels become more complex and traditional hiring models get tighter, businesses are facing
600 Agency Owners Slack Group: Join in!
We’re welcoming the second half of 2026 with 600 members in our Agency Owners Slack group. What’s the Agency Owners Group? It’s a community of independent agency owners from all over Australia, created to connect, share ideas, and support each other. Our
Going Solo: A Guide to Freelancing, Consulting, or Starting an Agency in Aus
Job security isn’t promised anymore and being your own boss has never looked better. After all the layoffs and budget cuts, who wouldn’t want to pick their own projects, set their own hours, and skip the office politics? But before you
Business Spotlight: Beyond the Cup
We drink a lot of coffee in the creative industry. It fuels our pitches, sparks our brainstorming sessions, and gets us through those tight Friday deadlines. But what if your daily caffeine hit did more than just cure the 3PM slump?
Generalist vs Specialist Marketer: How to Future-Proof your Performance Career
The days of sitting comfortably and tweaking bids on paid search or socials are over. Between AI tearing up the rulebook and search engines transforming into native chat tools, the performance marketing landscape is shifting fast. It’s time to change
2026 EOFY Market Update
By Ryan Kelly As we close out the financial year, I want to take a moment to reflect on the last 12 months and share what I’ve seen across the market. I think it's safe to say the last financial year has