ADMA has struck partnerships with five industry associations and organisations to extend availability of its recently relaunched education program, ADMA IQ, across Australia.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Australia’s chief executive, Alice Manners, is quitting her post after nearly three years in the role.

​The Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) has partnered up with the Association for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA) to provide members with access to ADMA’s new-look series of online-based courses and certifications.

Helloworld has confirmed its decision to scrap the chief marketing officer role within its business, a decision that has seen Kim Portrate leave the travel retailer.

Online employment search giant, Seek, has appointed a new marketing leader as its looks to kick off a brand transformation.

Two things ring true for Domain’s chief editorial and marketing officer, Melina Cruickshank, when it comes to being a modern marketing leader. The first is the capacity to work closely with product and technology functions. And the second?

Carat has made several internal promotions and formal title changes in a move aimed at bolstering the media agency’s executive leadership team.

Digital advertising services company, Exponential Interactive, has promoted its Asia-Pacific marketing director to a global post, sitting on its worldwide leadership team.

Demand for digital and data-driven marketing skills will again rise this year, pushing up salary expectations even as most Australian professional sales and marketing salaries remain steady.

IBM has appointed its first chief marketing officer for Australia and New Zealand.

Online food ordering company, Menulog, has brought on two new senior marketing executives to drive growth for its brands in Australia and New Zealand.

​Demand for strategic digital and editorial skills is expected to dominate recruitment trends in the marketing during the first quarter of this year, a new report claims.

Tatts Group CMO, Megan Magill, has a great working relationship with her CIO counterpart. It’s a circumstance she puts down partly to business conditions, partly to the transformation remit set by her CEO, Robbie Cooke, but mostly to common interests. These interests revolve around two key areas of transformation for the wagering, gaming and lotteries group: Customer engagement, and data utilisation.

Few CMOs would list engineering as their undergraduate degree. But for Kraig Swensrud, that unusual starting point was the perfect beginning for a career that now sees him working as the San Francisco-based CMO for Australian email marketing giant, Campaign Monitor.

BT Financial Group has confirmed it is looking to recruit its first digital chief as well as a new marketing leader following the departure of CMO, Mark Murray.

Unilever has appointed its first sole chief marketing officer in three years, bringing in former Kellogg marketing director, John Broome to head up its Australian and New Zealand marketing efforts.

There’s no one organisational model every CMO can adopt in order to successfully adjust to the new world of customer-led marketing. But according to The CMO Club, there are four emerging pillars underpinning successful modern marketing leadership.

McDonalds says it will confirm a replacement CMO early next year after Mark Lollback was appointed the new CEO of GroupM Australia and New Zealand.

ANZ Stadium’s GM of marketing and membership is switching venues and taking up the role of GM of marketing and entertainment at The Star in Sydney.

This year’s top 10 CMOs in the CMO50 stand out for the breadth of responsibility they’ve taken on not just as marketers, but as business leaders.

The more time you spend in marketing and the higher up you get, the more you realise that the role is about influencing the entire business, REA Group’s executive manager of marketing and brand, Amanda Chase, claims.