✨ 👋 Fresh faces, fresh ideas. Big welcome to the newest members of our Droga5 ANZ creative team — Loz and Lew, Herman and James, joining recent additions Christopher and Bianca. 🚀 #Droga5 #NewJoiners Barbara Humphries, Damon Stapleton
About us
Droga5 ANZ (formerly The Monkeys), has offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland and is part of global creative agency Droga5, with offices in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo and São Paulo. As Part of Accenture Song, from integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, we exist to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity and provocative thinking. Droga5 was founded in 2006 and has been recognised as Agency of the Year more than 25 times, being named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019). It has also been nominated for a Sports Emmy in 2024. Droga5 works with a gamut of global household names, with ANZ clients including Tourism Australia, Australia Post, NRMA Insurance, and the Sydney Opera House. Droga5 ANZ builds on the success of The Monkeys (also founded in 2006), one of Australia’s most respected agencies, being named Agency of the Year more than 30 times, B&T Magazine Agency of the Decade (2010-2019), The Australian Effie Awards Effective Agency of the Year for the third year running in 2022 and winning global accolades like the Cannes Lions Dan Wieden Titanium Grand Prix in 2023 and Cannes Film Grand Prix in 2024.
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https://droga5.com.au/
External link for Droga5 ANZ
- Industry
- Advertising Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2006
- Specialties
- planning, digital strategy, tv shows, webisodes, short films, websites, web apps, design, books etc., and creative
Locations
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3 Sussex St
Level 4
Sydney, New South Wales 2000, AU
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131 Queen Street
Auckland, Auckland CBD 1010, NZ
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161 Collins St
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Melbourne, Victoria 3000, AU
Employees at Droga5 ANZ
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Ben de Castella
Head of Strategy at Droga5 - Building brands with cultural and commercial impact
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Kit Lansdell
Head of Effectiveness at Droga5 Sydney
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Matthew Michael
CEO Droga5 Australia & New Zealand | Managing Director, Accenture Song
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Samar Karim
Marketing and Advertising Specialist | Senior Business Director at Droga5
Updates
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Three inspiring days at the AWARD Creative Leadership Course, where our ANZ Co-CCO Damon Stapleton joined as guest chair exploring what it means to lead creatively and with purpose, and Michael McEwan GAICD shared his perspective on What CEOs Look for in a Creative Leader. Big thanks to Warren Brown, Tony Hale and Scott Nowell for continuing to lead this brilliant program year after year — shaping the next generation of creative leaders. #Droga5 #AWARDLeadershipCourse #CreativeLeadership #AccentureSong
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Among today’s 1️⃣6️⃣ creative campaigns, Droga5 ANZ transforms a New Zealand landmark for a child poverty campaign; Mint Mobile tracked down the real (not AI) Tilly Norwood for a funny new spot; and Huggies wants you to make a baby now so you can take time off for next summer’s World Cup.
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Excited to see this tangible demonstration of the incredible work that KidsCan Charitable Trust do for Kiwi kids everyday come to life. Hoorah to the team who made it happen Lisa Andrews Leigh Jeffs Laura King Julie Chapman - DNZM . Droga5 ANZ
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🎉 What a night at the Effie Awards! Incredible to see such powerful, effective work recognised across the industry — a true celebration of creativity with impact. We’re especially proud to see our campaigns with Meat & Livestock Australia and NRMA Insurance recognised in a big way. A huge thank you to our amazing partners — collaboration like this is what makes great work possible. 👏
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Proud to bring home 1 GOLD + 3 SILVERS at LIA - London International Awards this year. - The Comments Section for Meat & Livestock Australia & - The Ad That Could Only Be Seen on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia None of it happens without our fearless clients, creative partners, and the Droga5 team who keep raising the bar. The Sweetshop, ARC, MassiveMusic
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Droga5 ANZ is Runner up at shots Agency of the Year! ✨ Congratulations to everyone involved in these shiny wins at #shotsawards Asia Pacific 2025 - plus 3x Golds combined for SBS The Ad That Could Only Be Seen on SBS and MLA The Comments Section, and a Bronze also for MLA Beef: The Greatest. Special thanks to The Sweetshop, Damien Shatford, Max Barden, ARC, Alt.vfx, MassiveMusic, Sonar Music. Thank you to our clients and partners at Meat & Livestock Australia and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia.
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5 shortlists. 3 campaigns. 1 very proud team. We are thrilled that three campaigns have been shortlisted in five categories at shots. These awards celebrate the most inspirational creative work from the Asia Pacific region, thanks to our client and production partners for making it happen. Fingers crossed Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia, Meat & Livestock Australia, The Sweetshop, ARC
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Congratulations to Belinda Drew Drew awarded B&T Women in Media Award for ‘Client Service’ along with Barbara Humphries, Sunita Gloster AM and Melissa Fein for their recognition on the B&T WIM Power List. 🎉 #BTWIM #Leadership
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We’re proud to announce the launch of a new centenary brand film for NRMA Insurance that builds on their positioning as A Help Company. ‘The Lighthouse’, directed by Gary Freedman, is a celebration of the brand’s 100-year history, and a bold promise to protect and prepare Australia for the next 100 years. It features a new treatment of The Beatles’ classic 'Help' and kicks off a year of new initiatives. Thanks to NRMA Insurance, Goodoil Films, FIN Design + Effects, MassiveMusic, Cam Ballantyne, ARC