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Together with industry recruiters No Sunday Blues, Mavens presented UK-based advertising legend Jane Evans in her bold Australian tour ‘The Gospel Of A Mad Woman’. Last night wrapped the third and final chapter of the tour, which began with Cairns Crocodiles creative festival from May 12-14. The following week, Evans addressed a room full of bright minds at INNOCEAN in Darlinghurst, closing out last night at HERO in Prahran with additional support from The Producers. Pania

'The Fck It List' , a new podcast from Mavens' friends at Fck the Cupcakes (FTC). FTC is a creative enterprise founded in 2021 to fight gender inequality through smart communications. Their new podcast 'The Fck It List' is hosted by Jas Bedir, Carly Pelham and Jen Dobbie. Bold, funny, raw and unfiltered, the show delivers honest conversations on the things women are done tolerating – from impossible beauty standards and invisible labour, to the algorithms quietly shaping how

By Jet Swain — writer, mentor and founder of The Affection Economy. Jet writes on matriarchy, memory, leadership and the quiet wisdom of women who choose to walk beside one another, not ahead or behind. There are moments in a woman’s life when she realises she has been walking too long by herself. Not because no one was there. But because she was taught that strength meant solitude. That independence meant proving she could carry the whole thing alone. That needing another wo

Independent adland movement Mavens, together with industry recruiters No Sunday Blues, will present UK-based advertising legend Jane Evans in her bold Australian tour, ‘The Gospel Of A Mad Woman’. GET TICKETS The B&T Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Founder, Author, Keynote Speaker, Matriarch, Futurist and Myth Buster will deliver keynote talks for Mavens at INNOCEAN Australia in Sydney (May 21) and HERO agency in Melbourne (May 28). Each talk will share anecdotes and lesso

With the final entry deadline set for May 15, the Gerety Awards has announced a series of global initiatives designed to bring the industry closer to the work and conversations shaping the 2026 shortlist, at a key moment when industry attention turns to the ideas defining the year. The Gerety Awards brings together more than 260 judges from over 50 countries, with executive jury sessions held across major creative hubs worldwide. In the lead-up to judging, Gerety will host

Mavens is proud to partner with Cairns Crocs conference in 2026. Here’s why. By Leah Morris. I’ve always liked going to industry conferences because they offer a chance to pause and fill my creative cup. Good conferences offer bold perspectives, fun times shit-talking your job and the industry at large, wholesome new connections and hard-won insights you can actually use in your work. Bad conferences, though? They’re gatekept for executive leaders only, with all-male panels