Talent management firm, Harrier Human Capital, has brought on a new group head of marketing to driving brand awareness in Australia.

The launch of the Australian Government’s Sport 2030 plan, new-look national sporting body, Sport Australia, and fresh marketing and community creative platform, 'Move It', are all part of an ambitious agenda to make Australia the most active sporting nation in the world.

Airbnb business, marketing and operations leader, Eva Ross, has returned to Australia to become Sendle’s new chief marketing officer following co-founder and CMO, Craig Davis’ decision to step back from day-to-day operations.

Audi Australia has recruited one-time Austar product sales and marketing group director, Nikki Warburton, as its new chief marketing officer.

​Val Morgan Group has promoted both its GM of sales and marketing and its director of marketing as part of a new-look leadership team unveiled today.

Telstra’s CMO, Joe Pollard, will exit the embattled telco next month as part of a shake-up of its executive restructure.

Sunsuper has brought on former Australian Super CMO and CEO of Food and Wine Victoria, Georgina Williams, as a new board director.

There’s only 2.5 weeks left to get your entries in for the 2018 edition of CMO50, Australia’s list of the 50 most innovative and effective marketers in the country. Don’t miss this opportunity for you and your team to be recognised amongst our country’s top marketing performers.

Domino’s has brought on a new local chief marketing officer to support activities across the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Freeview has nabbed former Foxtel store TV and main event manager, Cameron Crain, as its new head of marketing.

Marketing leaders are seeking to bring more content managers and writers in-house with an understanding of user experience in online, while bumping up temporary and contract staff to assist with digital projects, a new report claims.

The skills required of marketing leaders in startups are not as dissimilar to CMOs across established organisations and centre around two key attributes: Listening and responding accordingly.

Looker CMO, Jennifer Grant, didn’t always envision a career in marketing. In fact, she had her heart set on being an actress. That was, until she realised business - marketing in particular - was her true calling.

Home-grown freelance business management marketplace, Expert360, has hired its first VP of marketing to help accelerate its regional presence.

Just why so many Australian marketing leaders are forgoing big corporates in order to work with startups will take centre stage at next week’s CMO Momentum conference in Sydney.

PwC Australia has taken the wrappers off a new CMO Growth Agenda program aimed at helping marketing chiefs better link business transformation, customer experience and marketing to enterprise business ambitions.

It’s been another big recruiting week for consultancy firm, KPMG, which has brought on former Publicis Communications chair and CEO, Andrew Baxter, as senior adviser to its Customer, Brand and Marketing Advisory business (CBMA).

Unilever CMO, Keith Weed, has been crowned the world’s most influential CMO, followed by GE’s Linda Boff and Twitter’s Leslie Berland, all key figures driving transformational change within and outside their organisations.

NAB is dropping its GM of brand experience role and elevating a number of brand managers to directly report to the CMO as part of a reshuffle of its marketing function.

Jurlique global chief marketing and brand officer, Andrea Martens, has left the Australian-based skincare products manufacturer after a two-year stint.

If there’s one lesson to be taken from Australia’s recent Royal Banking Commission and AMP’s subsequent board and executive exodus, it’s that a disconnect exists between board directors and organisational culture, Tim McColl-Jones, believes. And it’s one of the reasons why the former brand and agency leader is advocating for more marketers on boards.