About Us

We understand that your organisation is fighting for something. Greater growth. Greater influence. Greater impact. We help you win your fight by understanding what you're trying to achieve, then building the right combination of business, brand, marketing and creative strategy to get you there. Because your fight becomes our fight. That’s how we stand in your corner.

Here to stand in your corner

Since 2012, we’ve brought together business strategy and brand creation to become one of Australia’s leading consultancies.

We believe that small teams move the needle faster. Our talent-led agency model keeps people, decisions and responsibility closer to the work...because teams work best when roles are clear and responsibility is shared. Strategists should care about execution, creatives should be part of the strategy development, and clients should help shape the direction rather than simply approve it at the end. A mix of experienced strategists, creatives, accounts managers and designers, we’re proud of the many local and international awards we’ve won, but today winning for us means helping you achieve your objectives.

BUSINESS

ELK

We bring together deep experience across business, brand, marketing and creativity to set direction, challenge thinking and ensure every engagement creates meaningful value.
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Strategy

Fox

We get to the heart of what needs to change, connecting business, brand, marketing and customer thinking to build clear strategies around the outcomes that matter.
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Design

Hare

We turn strategy into ideas, identities and experiences that make brands distinctive, useful and memorable, always with a clear role to play.
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ACCOUNTS

PHOENIX

We bring people, thinking and delivery together, creating strong partnerships, keeping complex projects moving and making sure the work stays focused on the outcome.
Meet the accounts team

Our team

A mix of experienced strategists, creatives, accounts managers and designers, we’re proud of the many local and international awards we’ve won, but today winning for us means helping you achieve your objectives.

Meet the team
There’s only one agency in Australia who can deliver impactful strategy and design at a time like this… The Contenders is the best I know.

Mark Ritson

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We create strategically rigorous, creatively distinctive work that is designed around clear organisational objectives and accountable to the value it creates.

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