Creative Natives are a full service recruitment agency based in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast, placing roles in the PR, creative, digital and marketing space. We fill permanent and freelance roles for agencies and in-house businesses.

Creative Natives

Join us for an informal Q\&A with Natalie Phillips-Mason, founder of Inclusive Change.

We'll be exploring language and misconceptions, and why allyship is key to inclusive workplaces.

Bring your questions!


De-mystifying Neurodiversity

In today's dynamic digital landscape, harnessing the power of social media & content is essential for businesses.

However, it is still very much misunderstood and a minefield for a number of CMO's, Executive, Digital Leaders and Content Creators.

Join us for an engaging webinar where we delve into;

*   Is your brand better off bringing the social & content function in-house or engaging an agency?
*   How do you get buy-in from the rest of the business?
*   Measuring success, how to do it and justifying the ROI.
*   The art and science of crafting compelling content that resonates with your audience on social platforms.

We'll be joined by Katie Chandler, Growth Director, Campaigns & Content at ubank; Jacob Arnott, Managing Director of social agency We The People; and Head of Social at Melbourne University, Antonella Hellier.


Decision 2024: Who should drive your company's social media and content?

Join us for our April Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Senior Consultant Mikhaila Warburton, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


April Graduate Workshop

Join us for an information-packed session as we explore with Jonathan Mills Director of Growth at Mediamonks.

\- What has been the biggest change in Business Development in the last few years.

\- What a successful sales process looks like.

\- The role Marketing and events play in the Sales Process

\- What are the benefits of an agency having a designated BD person in the team

\- What ROI should a business expect to achieve with this investment

\- Where does automation and AI play a part in the process

\- Is the cold call dead or very much alive and kicking

\- How to approach BD for someone that's more of the creative type.

Places are limited and the session will be interactive.


What does effective Business Development look like in 2024?

The Creative Industry is renowned for promoting people into management roles based on tenure and skill as opposed to their ability to lead people and we wonder why the industry suffers from such high levels of burnout and turnover.

Lets face it, we all know what a great leader looks like but very few businesses give their team the tools to go on and be a great leader.

If being a great leader is something that you aspire to, then you do not want to miss this webinar. We'll be joined by Mitch Catterall and Dr Marion Piper as they help us to unpack:

\- The steps needed to be taken before beginning the process of managing people.

\- How to be consistent in your approach.

 -How to develop a culture of feedback and having difficult conversations.

\- How to identify the characteristics that make up a great Leader.

\- How to lead as an introvert and overcome imposter syndrome.

\- How to stay calm when everything around you is on fire.

\- Practical tips that will give you the tools to avoid burnout.

Mitch Catterall is a passionate people-focused leader and creative entrepreneur in the professional development space. Having spent over a decade in the University sector - leading teams and departments as well creating & delivering lectures & curriculum material up to PhD level - Mitch now works as part of the Unveil Development Partners team on individual, team, and business growth in the private sector. 

Dr Marion Piper is a creativity coach, copywriter, speaker and podcaster. She now uses her skills and experience as a copywriter to give businesses and individuals the right words and frameworks to translate what's in their head into something that people not only understand, but will buy into.


Building Leaders within the Creative Industry

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to make the move from a PR agency role to In-House? 

When is the opportune time? What skills are transferable? Is the grass really greener? Is it just as exciting to work on one brand? Is the work life balance better?

Charlotte Flood from Creative Natives is very excited to bring you insights from four guest speakers who have all successfully made the transition from PR agency into in house PR and Communications roles

Join us for 45 minute panel discussion, where our guests will share their career experiences to date, tips and insights into how they made the move and what it's like to work in-house, and to let us know, do they miss being agency side at all?!

The session will be followed by a 15 minute Q\&A for attendees to have their questions answered.


How to Navigate your PR Career: From Agency to In-house

Join us for our March Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Senior Consultant Steph Graham, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


March Graduate Workshop

Recently we asked our LinkedIn network if they’d attend a Webinar if we interviewed ex-agency creatives on their experience moving in-house. The results spoke for themselves. 

We have finalised an amazing panel of people. Joining us we have:

\-Tom Opie and Phil Van Bruchem, the creative director duo at Treasury Wine Estates/Splash Agency

\-Marina Vasilieva, the creative director at Airtasker 

\-Mark Peters, head of creative at Grill’d

We will be asking them the ins and outs of how they got to where they are, what they love about their roles, what they miss about agency, and distinguishing the biggest differences they’ve noticed since making the jump.

They all bring a unique perspective and journey. This is not one to miss!

For those who continue to wonder, is the grass greener? Only one way to find out. 

This session will be interactive and I will dedicate some time at the end for open questions. 


What it's really like as an in-house creative

The client brief is probably the most important but underloved document that brands and agencies exchange.

However there are plenty of issues around it.

Universally Marketers and agencies agree on the importance of a good brief, yet hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted each year on poor briefs.

BetterBriefs’ has researched the topic and unearthed some uncomfortable truths around briefs:

"80% of marketers think they're good at writing briefs, Only 10% of agencies agree"

“60% of marketers admit to using the creative process to figure out what their strategy is”

If writing or receiving briefs is part of your job, then you will not want to miss our next webinar with the founders of BetterBriefs, Pieter-Paul Von Weiler and Matt Davies, as we explore "How we get to better briefs".

We will explore:

\- The current state of marketing briefs

\- What makes a good brief

\- Practical tips that you can implement straight away to make briefs better


How we get to better briefs

Have you ever thought about starting your own agency?

You may be a creative director, Head of Account Service, or even a CEO from a network agency - so if this has been a thought, then you'll want to tune into this webinar.

Creative Natives founder, Ryan Kelly will be joined by [Simone Gupta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAf_LycBow27PqcU-oj_15rw8CSuGsUYeFg), Co-founder of one Australia's hottest new indie agencies [Supermassive](https://www.linkedin.com/company/supermassivestudio/), [Erin Morris](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAQwOJ8B7BPxyioxwW_Vlvk4EbxSntXNKXo) CEO of B-Corp Digital Marketing agency [Young Folks](https://www.linkedin.com/company/young-folks-agency/) and [Jessica White](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAALUXwkB3URVhAr5icfPgRcGqz3TYsglPgg) CEO of [Cassette](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cassetteagency/), an agency that she has scaled to 55 people.


Starting your own Agency

Join us for our February Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Recruitment Consultant Teegan Elliott, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


February Graduate Workshop

Ready to take your Account Services career to the next level?

Want to become the hottest of suits?

Hosted by Creative Natives Senior Consultant, Steph Graham, we’re running a Q\&A session with Camey O’Keefe, Director at Gambol, where she’ll talk everything account services and careers. She’ll take you through:

*   Transferable skills, career paths and the type of suit you can be
*   How to best work with creatives
*   The commercial side of being a suit
*   How you grow relationships and inspire trust in clients and more!

If career progression is on your to-do list this 2024, you can’t miss this webinar - register today!


How To Be A Shit Hot Suit

Recently Creative Natives published a post sharing our frustration about agencies and brands in the creative and advertising industry making parents redundant on maternity leave.

The post went viral.

We had thousands of comments and stories being shared from parents who have been through this it's absolutely brutal and we want it to stop.

Join us on Thursday the 9th of May at 12pm AEST as founder of Creative Natives Ryan Kelly sits down with Mikhaila Warburton, fellow recruiter from Creative Natives as well as a Career Coach for Mums who has experienced this exact thing.

We want people to tune into this conversation to give some support on how you can navigate through this if it happens to you, companies to listen and understand the crippling impact this can have on your culture and brand and we want to create some action!

So come along, register and help us make some positive change for return to work parents and make this industry friggen better.


Redundant on Parental Leave: What’s next?

Join Steph and Camey - your resident Account Management Agony Aunts, as we host a monthly Q\&A delving into all things Suiting.

No topic off-limits, we’re here to share our industry expertise to unpack, debunk and support agency talent to Suit the shit outta this gig.

Send your questions and we’ll do our best to answer them - <suitschoolqa@creativenatives.com.au>


Play Your Strong Suit

Whether you're making and shaping brands for others, or yourself, there’s never been a better time to add strategy to your arsenal. It makes your work stronger, your value higher and your voice matter more where it counts.

Join Richie Meldrum, brand consultant and founder of online brand strategy learning program Bare Brand Strat, as he takes us through his hands-on, fluff-free take on brand strategy - sharing insights on selling it, executing it and how it can propel both you and your work upstream.


Brand Strategy: Pitching it, Doing it, Making it Matter

Join us for our May Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Director of PR and Comms Charlotte Flood, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


May Graduate Workshop

Join us for our June Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Managing Director Callum Senior, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


June Graduate Workshop

Join us for our July Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Senior Consultant Lilian Yessayan, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


July Graduate Workshop

Join us for our August Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Recruitment Consultant Joe Nolan, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


August Graduate Workshop

Join us for our September Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Senior Consultant Cameron McKay, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


September Graduate Workshop

Join us for our October Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Senior Consultant Steph Graham, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.


October Graduate Workshop

Join us for our November Graduate Webinar.

This free webinar is perfect for grads, almost grads and those looking to transition their career into the creative / marketing / comms / digital space.

Creative Natives Senior Consultant Mikhaila Warburton, will take you through:

\- How to build an online brand

\- How to land an internship

\- Tips and tricks for your cover letter and resume

\- How to present your work with limited experience and more!

The session is interactive, so bring all of your questions.
