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From mid-level to CMO: Top recruiters on 2025 jobs outlook for marketers – where’s the demand, hot skills now and next, emergent new roles

Recruiters agree the marketing jobs market is turning a corner in 2025 as corporate Australia regears to pursue topline growth. But placing the right candidate is trickier than ever, with CEO whims and understanding making all the difference in who gets picked as CMO and the length of the shortlist, says Perceptor’s Mark O’Connor. The one consistency is that hiring is laser focused on commercial acumen, says O’Connor, with the agreement of Hourigan’s Stuart Tucker and Hire Aspirations’ Andy Rouse. Competition for jobs isn’t slowing down either, especially across senior roles or brand-oriented jobs. Further down the marketing hierarchy, there’s more buoyancy, although one recruiter says it’s still “a shit show” for candidates given the choice employers have. What’s also evident is the rate of rapid change in skills required, particularly around martech and AI – and there are a slew of incoming new job roles.

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Coles Liquor Group unifies brands under Liquorland in major overhaul

Coles Liquor Group has confirmed plans to consolidate its retail brands under the Liquorland banner, following a successful trial. This strategic move will see Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor Market retired and brands and rebadged as Liquorland, creating a unified national presence across 984 stores.

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“24 brands to one voice”: Sinch CMO Jonathan Bean explains how brand bloat risked crushing growth—and how smart consolidation saved it

At one point, Jonathan Bean had 24 brands and a single, burning question: Why didn’t anyone know who Sinch was? The answer, it turned out, was hiding in the spreadsheet. Just 7 per cent of the company’s total marketing investment was going toward the Sinch brand. The other 93 per cent was sliced across more than two dozen legacy acquisitions, regional holdouts, and marketing hangovers from another era. That’s when the penny dropped for Bean, Sinch’s global CMO. What followed is part-brand surgery, part-political tightrope — and a cautionary tale for martech firms still clinging to their M&A souvenirs. Because consolidating 24 brands across three continents, with limited budget, in the middle of a global integration effort? That’s not a rebrand. That’s a master class in renewal.

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