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Top 22 Advertising Agencies in Australia

Advertising done right is a vital part of your business growth; you don't want to waste your time and money on the wrong advertising agency. You want to reach your specific audience, and targeted ads are a great way to engage with your audience.
Wendy

Jan 13 2020 9 min read

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    Australia is one of the leading countries who spend the highest digital ad per user and is the house of numerous top-notch advertising agencies. Where you have many agencies available to choose from is a good thing, it can also be a daunting task to select the right agency for your business's specific needs.

    Following are the most creative high-level advertising agencies in Australia with some information on their services and work. For more information about any agency you find fit for your business, click on the link and visit their website. We have also covered the leading advertising agencies in NY

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    • VCCP Sidney
    • MakerStreet
     
     

     

    The Monkeys

    The Moneys is Australia’s most famous and award-winning creatives agency. They pride themselves as being the branded content agency that connects organizations to their audience. The Monkeys helps you to engage with your audience and promote your brand with their strategic creative process.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Planning   Australian Government (Australian Sports Commission)
    Digital strategy   Blackmores
    TV shows   The Communications Council
    Webisodes   Holden
    Short films   Ice Break (Real Coffee)
    Web apps   Australia Post
    Web design    

     

    121 Creative

    121 Creative is a leading Advertising Agency based in Australia. They collaborate with their clients to understand their goals, make a strategy and help organizations to grow with their cutting-edge designs.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Brand Strategy   Growers Lane
    Design   The Beauty Nest Medical Spa
    Advertising Strategies   AWB Building Co
    Web design   Kate Carter
    Digital Services   Strategic Transactions
    Printing Services   Costi’s Seafood

     

    CHE Proximity

    CHE Proximity is a fast-growing advertising agency located in Australia specializing in customer consultancy and creativity. CHE Proximity pride themselves in putting more emphasis on costumers than brands; they gather human data to understand people and create an experience accordingly.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   RACV Pet Insurance
    Data analysis   Taken in Victoria
    Technology   The Earnbassadors
    Search Engine Optimization   Safety Hub
    Customer Experience   A Hearing Test in Disguise
    Creativity   Billion Point Giveaway
    Editorial    

     

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    OMD Australia

    OMD Australia is one of the largest award-winning global media and communications agency based in Australia. OMD is placed number one in RECMA worldwide concussively in 2018 & 2019 and remains one of the best human-centric, creative and influential agencies globally.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Communications strategy   Hasbro (#TimeToPlay)
    Planning   PepsiCo (Quaker I Owe It To Oats)
    Media buying   Illuma Organic (The Green Parents’ Data Farm)
    Social media Marketing   Bacardi (Music Liberates Music)
    Branding   Channel 4 (The Handmaid’s Tale)
    Content marketing   McDonald’s (McDelivery Capacity-Based Marketing)
    Programmatic    
    Search Engine Optimization    
    SEM    

     

    BMF

    BMF is an award-winning leading creative advertising agency in Australia. BMF is known as the most effective advertising and marketing agency for its high-quality, somewhat humorous and creative work with some of the very well-known clients.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Social media management   ALDI  Australia  (Give it another go)
    Channel planning   Tourism Tasmania (Come Down For Air)
    Media buying   TAL (Scars)
    Communication strategies   DULUX(Take on anything)
    CRM strategies   Transport For NSW (Sydney Metro)
    Data planning & analytics    
    Digital consulting services    
    Direct marketing    
    Online content development    

     

    McCann

    McCann, the award-winning Australian agency believes in telling the true story for brand awareness. Their mantra is “Truth Well Told”.  McCann one of the topmost awarded Advertising agency with some of the most famous work to their credit won Cannes Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions festival in 2013.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Uncle Tobys -Breakfast Bakes
    Marketing   University Of Melbourne -First Commissions
    Technology   Nutriboost -The 5-Star Milk Drink
    Public Relation   Maybelline -Generation Fluid
    Branding   L’Oréal-Celebrity Torture Test – Wind
    Design    
    Media     

     

    Engine Group Advertising

    Engine Group is an award-winning leading advertising agency in Australia. Engine Group is not only creative but also emotive and believes in working for a cause. They believe in making people feel better and helping people.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Vanuatu Tourism Office
    Brand Strategy   Master Builders Queensland
    Public Relations   Australia for UNHCR
    Digital, Communication Planning   MS Queensland
    Social Media Marketing   Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
    Design   MATES in Construction

     

    Host/Havas

    Host/Havas is a large leading Australian agency after the blend of two advertising agencies combining the team of 220 people and 100 digital specialists. They bring together the creative and marketing science and create the largest global agency in Sydney.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   The Palau pledge
    Public Relations   The Riderless Bike
    Communications   Redefine Women
    Creative Business Ideas   Bottom 100
    Digital Marketing   Army Brand
        Category 5
        ADF Active APP

     

    AFFINITY

    AFFINITY is one of the best award-winning creative advertising agencies based in Australia. They unearth data to understand human behavior and use science and technology to solve business problems. AFFINITY works with the combination of creativity, data and technology and helps your product and business to grow.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Research   Get Vote Fit -NSW Electoral Commission
    SEO & PPC   Have A Little Adventure -Tourism Central Coast
    Branding and Planning   Diving Into Data For Narellan Pools -Narellan Pools
    Advertising   Sleep Is Back -Love To Dream
    Digital strategy   Give A Lunch For Christmas Appeal-The Salvos
    Website design    
    Web development    
    Mobile and App development    
    Media planning    

     

    Five by Five

    Five by Five is a leading global advertising agency based in Australia, specializing in launching new business and products. They believe in loud and clear communication to launch your products and business successfully.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Campaigns   Activision. Destiny 2 -Global digital launch.
    Social Media   Activision-Call of Duty Modern Warfare Global digital launch.
    Personal Relation   Epic Games -New online marketplace launch.
    Launch Marketing   Fortnite & Fornite Battle Royale-Global digital launch.
    Launch a new product and brand   Tequila Patrón. The Perfectionists-Drinks launch campaign.
    Planning & Strategy   RihannaNow.com -The relaunch.
    Relaunch    

     

    The Rowdy Group

    The Rowdy Group, formerly blackbucks and Jamshop, is leading Advertising agency based in South Australia. The Rowdy Group believes that it is more important to listen than talk to be successful. The agency, even though it is located in Australia, works globally and helps business build brand awareness. 

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Introducing 20/20 by 2020
    Marketing   Motor Accident Commission – Keith could save your life
    Strategy   Instagranny- National Pharmacies
    Creative   Where wonder meets wisdom
    Production   The worst 10-year hangover
    Digital    


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    Bruni Dunn Creative

    Bruni Dunn is one of the leading full-service creative advertising agencies located in Australia. They believe in the strategic creative process; as in creating fresh ideas to build brands. Thereby, Bruni Dunn emphasis on doing creative work with strategy and communication.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Carpet Court -flooring centres
    Idea generation   ShapeShift
    Strategy   Tyrepower
    Branding    
    Retail    
    Design    
    Digital    
    Social media    

     

    Bellwether

    Bellwether is a fast-growing advertising agency based in Australia working with the philosophy that “Ideas come from curiosity”. They work with creativity, culture, and strategy to take your business to the next level.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Clark Rubber
    Creative   Early Settler
    Design   Mission Foods
    Strategy   Bosisto’s
    Production    
    Packaging    
    Marketing    

     

    Ten-Four Ads Agency

    Ten-Four is a full-service marketing and advertising agency based in Australia. Ten-Four, with their creativity and data-driven campaign, connect brands to their audience. They work with a new start-up to established businesses with their various services.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Performance Marketing   Budget Pet Products
    Brand   First Home Hero
    Media   Proctor & Gamble
    Creative   Gold Coast Airport
    Strategy & Planning   Hong Kong Airlines
    Digital    

     

    TBWA

    TBWA is a leading advertising agency based in Australia, famous for its power of Disruption. They help customers grow their business with creativity, strategy and media planning. TBWA won not only many local and global awards but also agency of the year titles.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Great Northern Brewing Co.-The Great Re-Camp
    Strategy   OPTUS-Apple Music
    Media planning and buying   Amazon-easy az
    Digital   ANZ -Signs of Love
    Marketing   Medibank-Medibank at Home
    Public relations   SATC [email protected]_us_where

     

    Ogilvy

    Ogilvy is one of the top award-winning advertising and marketing agency based in Australia. They give meaning to your brand and build brand awareness by telling your brand’s story. Ogilvy specialized in design and communication and known as Ogilvy & Mather after its merger with New York-based agency Mather. 

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   AAMI- Warning Spots
    Campaign development   Invest In Me- Whitelion
    Campaign management   Australian Space Agency
    Brand development   MCA-Blank Canvas
    Public relations   Symbol For All- Cadbury
    Strategic planning    
    Customer Engagement    

     

    VCCP Sidney

    VCCP is an award-winning leading advertising agency in Australia. They get to know all about their clients business and help them with not only advertising but all aspects of the business. VCCP have founding principle their whole agency adhere to; moreover, they have not one but two motos: 

    1. ‘It only works if it all works’
    2. ‘Good work works’

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Give me something good-ING
    Interactive Experiences   Keep Fit Interesting-Fitness First
    Branding & Design   Donate Your Words-Cadbury
    Customer Engagement   Every minute, every hour, every day-Cancer Council
    Content & Social   Possum Problems- comparethemarket.com
    Digital    

     

    Smart Advertising Agency

    Smart is an award-winning full-service Australian advertising agency. Smart is a part of McCann Worldgroup, and it is a local agency working globally.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   OTTO Mermaid Beach
    Brand strategy   The Beach Apartments Broadbeach
    Marketing   Australand Hamilton Reach-Newport
    Website design & development   Auswide Bank- 2017 Brand Campaign
    Design   Capfin Money
    Creative development    
    Campaign    

     

    MakerStreet

    MakerStreet is a leading advertising agency based in Australia specializing in branding consultation. They keep track of the new technology and evolve accordingly. MarkerStreet focus on one big thing that connects brands to their audience.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Snap Fitness-24-7
    Branding   SEM.Group
    Strategy   Hayylo
    Art Direction   9Round-30MIN KICKBOX FITNESS
    Copywriting    
    Marketing    
    User Experience    

     

    Leo Burnett Australia

    Leo Burnett is a leading advertising agency in Australia. Leo Burnett believes creativity through an understanding of human behavior is the solution to all problems. They have a human-centered approach for solving problems, and their Moto is "constructive dissatisfaction". Always trying to better themselves, they rather improve their theories than to defend them.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Samsung - Pocket Patrol
    Marketing   Bundaberg Rum- Unmistakably Ours
    Branding   WWF - Earth Hour
    Design   Canon – Leap
    Digital   Reword-Headspace

     

    DDB Sydney

    DDB is the largest and most award-winning advertising agency based in Australia. DDB Sydney won Campaign Brief Agency of the Year in 2019. They work with the combination of humanity, technology and creativity, and believe in creating ideas that inspire.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Up, Up and Toupee
    Personal Relations    DDB Sydney X-  Westpac ‘Business’
    Brand Management   FOXTEL- Grave of thrones
    Digital   [Too Powerful For TV]- Volkswagen Amarok

     

    Clemenger BBDO

    Clemenger BBDO is an award-winning leading advertising and marketing communications agency in Australia. Clemenger BBDO Melbourne was named the Big Won’s most creative agency of 2017 in global creativity report.

    What services they provide:

    Services   Notable work included
    Advertising   Myer -Myer My Store
    Marketing Communications   Creatable -Losing Lena
    CRM   Hungry Jack's-HJ’s Launches Jack’s Café
    Interactive   BOSS Coffee -How Japan Can
    Digital   Doritos -Just Landed
    Print    
    Radio    
    Television    

     

    Published on Jan 13 2020

    WRITTEN BY

    Wendy

    Wendy is a data-oriented marketing geek who loves to read detective fiction or try new baking recipes. She writes articles on the latest industry updates or trends.

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