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There are a number of different ways into the advertising industry. The best path depends on the sort of role you're looking for, or whether you already have your heart set on a particular agency.

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The Comms Council Graduate Talent Hub is a year-round pathway for graduates who are ready to start full-time work in advertising, media or PR.

You submit your CV and video introduction, Comms Council reviews your application, and approved candidates become visible to member agencies hiring entry-level talent.

When agencies are hiring, they can search the Graduate Talent Hub and connect directly with suitable graduates.

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The agencies below are all Comms Council members. They are committed to the Comms Council’s Code of Ethics and can access the Comms Council Graduate Talent Hub when recruiting entry-level talent.

Explore their websites, see which ones get you excited, and connect with them on social media.

Acumen

Our purpose is to evolve, promote and protect brands and reputations with conversations that matter.

Awe

Māori storytellers and connectors with relationships across Aotearoa.

Bad Magic

Bad Magic is a creative agency built in partnership with Tracksuit brand tracking.

Bastion

Bastion Aotearoa is a New Zealand creative consultancy based in Auckland.

Crave

A purpose-driven creative agency built to give brands an unfair share of voice.

Colenso BBDO

One of the world's most creative agencies, who just happens to be based in Auckland.

Daylight

A technology and creative studio that collaborates with partners with big ambitions.

dentsu Aotearoa

We are on a mission to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change.

Droga5

Droga builds and sustains the most influential brands of the 21st century.

EightyOne

Wellington’s largest independent creative agency.

Eleven PR

We create cultural impact for brands by taking ideas from ten to Eleven through PR, social, content, influencer, events and partnerships.

essencemediacom

A truly global network with 120 offices and over 10,000 people operating in 96 markets, we are a new type of agency that creates breakthroughs for brands.

Federation

Federation is a 100% NZ owned, independent agency.

FleishmanHillard Aotearoa

FleishmanHillard Aotearoa – formerly Mango Communications – is a full-service communications agency specialising in PR, influencers and experiential.

Hearts and Science

Hearts & Science is a marketing agency recoding media for emotional connection at scale. On the pulse of the industry.

Hemisphere

Aotearoa's own advertising, marketing and behaviour change agency. Ambidextrous thinking is what we do. Sometimes the best ideas happen away from our desks.

jnr.

jnr. is an effectiveness led, independent, trans-Tasman creative agency. Our name – jnr. – is inspired by the fresh thinking and curiosity of juniors.

King St Advertising

Through our full service offering – creative, media, design, digital – we live to drive success and growth.

Lassoo Media

It’s all about you, not us. We’re here to help you get everything you can out of the media to get you noticed every step of the way.

Māia

Welcome, brave one, to Aotearoa New Zealand’s home of kaupapa driven communications. Māia means brave. But it isn’t reckless bravery. It’s the bravery of Polynesian master navigators when they set sail for Aotearoa, and looked to the stars to guide the way.

MBM

Media strategy and planning with a strong focus on digital and social media.

McCann

The country’s largest end to end marketing services business. We believe in Truth Well Told.

Mediahub WW

At Mediahub, we drive technology to new heights and reject mindless automation. We challenge everything to create a better way. We’re Mediahub. MORE PILOT. LESS AUTO.

Mindshare

Mindshare are a global, multi-award winning, media agency network of 9300 people across 86 countries united by the desire to create new media experiences.

Motion Sickness

An independent, multi-award winning creative agency. We create work that actually works. Brand Storytelling. Advertising Campaigns. Photography. Film Production.

Niche Media

Niche Media is a full service advertising agency, providing specialist ethnic communication services, helping clients to get their messages and marketing communications into the “hard to reach” Asian, Maori and Pacific audiences.

OMD

We are dedicated to our clients’ growth. It starts with our unwavering commitment to deliver sharper insights, smarter ideas and stronger results.

One Plus One Communications

One Plus One is among New Zealand’s leading communications and engagement firms.

PHD

We are a growth-focused media agency driven by innovation and creativity.

Pitchblack Partners

An Aotearoa owned agency producing world-class work.

PR Partners

A uniquely creative modern PR agency focused on results. Highly experienced, proven performers who partner with clients, the media and each other to build brands and drive growth.

Publicis Media

Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation.

Quantum Jump

We use research, data insight, strategy and outstanding creative to help clients connect more effectively with their customers.

Rainmakers

Rainmakers is the media agency with a challenger mindset - built to drive human insight, media creativity and customer velocity. We unlock doors for brands brave enough to knock.

Saatchi & Saatchi

We are a culturally led creative company who believe Nothing Is Impossible.

Sneakers Media

Sneakers Media is a full-service media agency built to meet the needs of New Zealand businesses and to reflect the media habits of Kiwis.

Spark Foundry

Spark Foundry is a global media agency brand within Publicis Media.

Special Group

Special group is New Zealand's leading independent creative company — using strategy, design, advertising, digital and innovation to grow brands.

Starcom

Starcom is a full service, fully accredited media agency, with a passionate team of communications and experience strategists, trading and investment specialists, and digital, SEO and SEM experts.

TBWA\

TBWA\ is The Disruption® Company: the cultural engine for 21st century business.

Thinkerbell

Thinkerbell represents the coming together of scientific enquiry and brilliant creativity, or as we like to call it, ‘Measured Magic’.

Together

New Zealand's leading independent media, data & technology agency.

Tracta

We grow agribrands for a changing world.

TRUE

We are an independent strategy, design and communications company.

VML

We approach every new job believing it has the potential to improve people's lives, and a lot of our work certainly has.

Wavemaker

Wavemaker is reinventing media and creativity, by positively provoking growth for our global clients.

WPPMedia New Zealand

We are shaping the next era of media. Every day.

Yarn

We're a New Zealand indie creative agency with a hunger for creating work that gets people talking.

YoungShand

We help ambitious clients solve today’s toughest marketing challenges to deliver outstanding results. Strategy, Creative, Digital, Media.

Zenith

We blend data, technology and brilliant specialists to scout out new opportunities, solve complex challenges and grow our clients' businesses.

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