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AFFINITY Doubles Down on Growth Promise with the Appointment of Industry Leader Paul Henderson as Head of Operations
AdNews - 2nd July 2025
Affinity expands ActewAGL account to media buying
Ad News - 25th June 2025
AFFINITY CEO among leaders to judge the 2025 Next of the Best Awards
Mediaweek - 8th May 2025
AFFINITY strengthens creative firepower with key internal promotion
mediaweek - 26th March 2025
‘In a league of their own’: Posca appoints AFFINITY as media partner
Mumbrella - 12th December 2024
Angela Smith: Ageism Is Our Industry’s Blind Spot – And It’s Hurting Us All
B&T - 5th December 2024
AFFINITY has strengthened its media capabilities with the addition of two senior hires
Mediaweek - 3rd December 2024
AFFINITY Wins Third IPA Silver Award
B&T - 10th October 2024
AFFINITY launches whitepaper to equip businesses for Australia’s Privacy Act reforms
Mi3 - 4th October 2024
The real reason behind Nike’s US$27.5 billion loss: A cautionary tale of growth gone wrong
Mi3 - 30th September 2024
AFFINITY’s Luke Brown: Why you should care about the Google ad tech trial
Mediaweek - 24th September 2024
UTS Business School Launches Ethical Business-Focused Campaign Via AFFINITY
B&T - 17th September 2024
Cresco Data recruits AFFINITY to launch ‘MarketPlace Maximizer’
Mi3 - 11th September 2024
Experience Advocacy Taskforce & AFFINITY Launch New Website
B&T - 1st September 2024
‘We are a business, not an agency’: AFFINITY repositions as growth accelerator
Mediaweek - 28th August 2024
ActewAGL Selects AFFINITY for Full Marketing Remit to Drive Growth Acceleration
LBB Online - 26th August 2024
AFFINITY named only Aussie company shortlisted for IPA Effectiveness Awards
Mumbrella - 22nd August 2024
‘The start of great things to come’: Gavin Sommer joins AFFINITY as general manager
Mediaweek - 18th July 2024
Young Guns Versus the Old Guard: Who Adds More Value to our Industry
B&T - 3rd June 2024
Peter Mountford: Three wishes for freelance agency briefs
Mediaweek - 31st May 2024
AFFINITY Expands Creative Division with New Appointments
mi3 - 30th May 2024
AFFINITY’s New ECD on Championing Courageous Creativity
LLB Online - 28th May 2024
AFFINITY Shortlisted for Prestigious 2024 Mumbrella Awards
Mumbrella - 16th May 2024
Fast 10: BT Talks Brand Rituals, Keeping it Fresh and DE&I, with AFFINITY Media’s Angela Smith
B&T - 16th May 2024
IMAA celebrates Female Leaders of Tomorrow graduates
Mediaweek - 10th May 2024
Caspar Yuill: New Balance’s resurgence from daggy to desirable
Mediaweek - 9th April 2024
Angela Smith: Not taking risks is the riskiest choice of all
Mediaweek - 3rd April 2024
Vaughan Townsend: Where did it all go wrong for ad agencies?
AdNews - 27th March 2024
This year AFFINITY’s worked with Worley on a full global rebrand, and we’re proud it’s now featured on Mumbrella.
Mumbrella - 28th November 2023
AFFINITY’s sustainability focused rebrand for our client Worley was also featured on B&T
B&T - 28th November 2023
AFFINITY’s new Worley rebrand, which focuses on sustainability, is featured on Mediaweek
Mediaweek - 28th November 2023
AFFINITY’s Christian Di Virgilio’s review of ‘The Anatomy of the Humbug’ featured on B&T
B&T - 9th November 2023
AFFINITY Media CEO Angela Smith chairs panel discussion at IMAA’s ‘Who’s Who in the Media Zoo’ event
Mediaweek - 8th November 2023
Angela Smith is #38 on Mediaweek’s Media Agency 50 Power List
Mediaweek - 8th November 2023
Luke Brown is #32 on Mediaweek’s inaugural Creative Agency 50 Power List
Mediaweek - 7th November 2023
Caspar Yuill is featured on B&T about how a dumb phone recovered his undivided attention
B&T - 8th September 2023
AFFINITY Bright Spark Christian Di Virgilio’s landed in AdNews Australia for his idea, The Diamond Pencil.
AdNews - 16th August 2023
AFFINITY CBO Angela Smith on does the advertising industry need a reality check?
Campaign Asia - 16th August 2023
How authentic is your brand authenticity? Luke Brown shares his thoughts with Mumbrella
Mumbrella - 11th August 2023
IMAA launches Female Leaders of Tomorrow programme, with Angela Smith as IMAA DE&I Council Chair
AdNews - 1st August 2023
‘We’re thrilled to launch our Female Leaders of Tomorrow programme.’- Angela Smith IMAA DE&I Council Chair
Media Week - 1st August 2023
Five heavy-metal thoughts following Cannes ’23
B&T - 27th July 2023
Will Barbie mania last forever? Dani Collins shares her thoughts with AdNews
AdNews - 20th July 2023
Meta’s record $2 billion data fine is a punishment for change inertia
Mumbrella - 1st June 2023
Our CBO Angela Smith discusses navigating the challenges of 2023
Mediaweek - 29th May 2023
Caspar Yuill on getting an incredible advantage in the age of AI
Mumbrella - 3rd May 2023
CSO Will Nichols shares his thoughts on AI-led execution from KitKat & Maurice Blackburn
Mumbrella - 13th April 2023
Head of Digital Rob Mills is rethinking the subscription business model
Mumbrella - 23rd February 2023
Lukass Strungs on Getting product placement past a cynical audience
Mumbrella - 17th January 2023
Sue Cant on why she moved to an independent agency
AdNews - 26th July 2022
Angela Smith adds opinion to ‘What corporate actions supporting reproductive rights tells us about talent & brand management’
CMO - 8th July 2022
Angela Smith comments on ‘Brands returning to traditional advertising’
AdNews - 30th May 2022
Why these media agencies are rated the best places to work
AdNews - 3rd May 2022
AFFINITY tops AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list
AdNews - 28th April 2022
AFFINITY’s ‘Thinking Thursdays’ to banish meetings overload
SmartCompany - 27th April 2022
Thursdays unleash the power of thinking at AFFINITY
AFR - 27th April 2022
AFFINITY appointed as digital partner for Lion
Mumbrella - 8th April 2022
AFFINITY’S Sue Cant comments on the resurgence of cinema and more
AdNews - 4th March 2022
AFFINITY’S Sue Cant tells us what’s in store for media in 2022
AdNews - 16th December 2021
What word would you kill? AFFINITY CEO Luke Brown shoots down buzzwords
Mumbrella - 15th December 2021
Predictions for 2022 – AFFINITY’S Luke Brown comments
AdNews - 15th December 2021
AFFINITY’s Sue Cant on Foxtel’s plans for 2022
AdNews - 28th October 2021
AFFINITY Study reveals big-name brands were winners during lockdown
B&T - 27th October 2021
AFFINITY primed for post lockdown boom
Mumbrella - 26th October 2021
AFFINITY joins 100 other Independent Agencies in IMAA
AdNews - 26th October 2021
Why AFFINITY is in the best places to work list
AdNews - 17th May 2021
AFFINITY places top 10 in AFR BOSS Best Places to Work
AFR - 21st April 2021
AFFINITY CEO Luke Brown on Privacy Wars – Featured on Mi3
Mi3 - 17th March 2021
AFFINITY wins big at the 2020 IPA Effectiveness Awards
Campaign Brief - 13th October 2020
AFFINITY snares former DDB Sydney Track Director Will Nichols in CSO Role
B&T - 30th September 2020
AFFINITY Announced as a Finalist for the 2020 Australian Effie Awards
Mumbrella - 13th August 2020
AFFINITY awarded in top 5 for New York Festivals AME Report for 2020
Campaign Brief - 3rd July 2020
AFFINITY scores 4 silvers at NY Festivals 2020 AME Awards
Campaign Brief - 26th May 2020
AFFINITY has scored four finalists for ‘Building a big brand from Little Adventures’ at the 2020 AME’s
Campaign Brief - 4th May 2020
AFFINITY ‘Couch to Coast’ campaign wins silver in global WARC Media Awards
Campaign Brief - 7th February 2020
JOUST appoints AFFINITY as new full-service agency
B&T - 13th November 2019
AFFINITY featured in AdNews Better Workplaces””
AdNews - 26th September 2019
AFFINITY announced as a finalist in B&T Agency of the Year Awards
B&T - 20th September 2019
AFFINITY announced as MFA Awards finalists for 2019
AdNews - 1st September 2019
Dog of the Month: Milo
AdNews - 28th August 2019
Advertising’s antidote to the pitch
B&T - 26th August 2019
AFFINITY abolishes account management
AdNews - 22nd August 2019
AFFINITY Win $5M Fisher & Paykel Media & Digital Account
B&T - 8th July 2019
Sausage sizzles, lamingtons and cake stalls star in NSW election ads
Mumbrella - 21st February 2019
AFFINITY wins creative account for NSW Electoral Commission
Mumbrella - 13th December 2018
AFFINITY takes out prestigious President’s Prize at the 2018 IPA Effectiveness Awards in London
Campaign Brief - 10th October 2018
AFFINITY wins prestigious President’s Prize at 2018 IPA Effectiveness Awards
IPA UK - 9th October 2018
AFFINITY Launches Central Coast Tourism Campaign
B&T - 13th August 2018
AFFINITY wins $4m media account with coffee machine maker De’Longhi
Mumbrella - 29th June 2018
The Science of Creativity
WARC - 16th April 2018
AFFINITY | Highest ranked Independent Media Agency at MFA Awards
AdNews - 19th October 2017
AFFINITY wins 2017 Gold Effie for Best Use of Data
WARC - 12th September 2017
AFFINITY – Australia’s Most Effective Independent Agency
Campaign Brief - 26th June 2017
Coast’s $1.6M tourism contract goes to Sydney ad firm AFFINITY
The Daily Telegraph - 9th June 2017
The programmatic debate is simplistic, naive and just plain wrong
Mumbrella - 27th March 2017
AFFINITY Wins Warc Grand Prix Media Award
B&T - 10th February 2017
AFFINITY wins Gold and a Special Award at IPA Effectiveness Awards
B&T - 5th November 2016
What I Wish I’d Said At The AC&E Awards: AFFINITY’s Luke Brown
B&T - 28th October 2016
When it comes to digital media, you’re being ripped off!
MUMBRELLA - 23rd September 2016