Our GM, Katarina Farrell recently spoke at a PRIA Young Practitioners panel event alongside Chris Savage from The Savage Co., Peter Salt from Salt and Shein and Amy Wagner from Blackmores. The panel discussed how to ‘Be the Youngest Person at the Board Table’, and Kata...
There is no doubt that Australian Public Relations professionals – both agency and in-house – need to brace for rapid change in skills, structures, services and attributes to be successful in our future industry. This is reflected in the recently released Global Communications Report which...
I often get asked, ‘Why did you study law if you are now working in PR?’ Sure, combining law with media and communications is rather unusual. But you might be surprised to hear this combination is becoming increasingly popular amongst university students for a number...
The work landscape is continually changing and employers are responding by building teams that can navigate through uncertainty. In our agency, we need people on our team who can adapt easily to weather the ups and downs to ultimately help us survive, and outperform our...
Following significant client wins and substantial growth, N2N Communications today announced the promotion of Katarina Farrell to General Manager and Associate Partner under the agency’s recently launched equity partnership scheme. Katarina has been with N2N for more than five years and built a substantial strategy and...
It’s the beginning of the year and graduates around the country are wrapping up end-of-uni celebrations and turning their attention to getting a job. It’s a much more difficult employment market than the one I was lucky enough to graduate into years ago. Research released...
The Year of the Monkey upon us: the lanterns are out, lunar markets underway, and Chinese banquet halls are packed to the brim. It’s a time when Chinese culture is in the spotlight here in Australia – and when Chinese consumers are hot on the...
As a kid, I resented my family for not having Foxtel as I never got the chance to experience afternoons of watching back-to-back shows on Nickelodeon. During my early teenage years, I was the only one in my group of friends to not have a...
The first people to see our earth from space were gobsmacked by its beauty. They were the three-man crew of Apollo 8 – Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders – the first people to orbit the moon, and the first to photograph it. It...
My day is full of games. When I wake up in the morning, my smartphone runs an app and I have to solve a puzzle before I can switch off the alarm. Another app will give me points if I eat a healthy breakfast or...