PADCast Perth

What does good social media actually look like in 2026?Our host Dan Agostino sits down with Carmelita Levene, Bradley Scott and Demelza Leonard to talk about the state of social right now, what’s changing, what’s working, and how brands can keep up without chasing every new trend that hits the feed. Studio: Digital LoopHost: Dan AgostinoProducer: Calle Bolmgren

Tips & tricks for entering the PADC Skulls Awards 2026. PS this episode is using re-edited materials from our big Skulls special from last year!

This PADCast episode, The Art of Account Management, featuring Lauren Moss, Rene Migliore, Dan Agostino and 2025 Account Manager of the Year (Diamond Skull winner) Magda Wood.Recorded at Digital Loop. Produced by Calle Bolmgren. ✨

We recap one of our very first PADCasts with Liz Hammond, Head of Creative at Rare.Tune in to some of the best bits of Josh and Liz's conversation from 2023 around women in creative industries, award shows, and why small rooms in advertising matter.Listen to the full episode here! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5MXRITxfTpJuEY0hzFwEUa

A special episode about all things audio with SCA!

We speak with 2025 PADC Skulls judge, Camey O'Keefe, recapping this year's Skulls Awards. We chat the work, the winners, and what really happens inside the judging room.

We sit down with Dr. Sinéad Roarty, Chair of Judges for the PADC Skulls, to talk all things 2025 PADC Skulls judging, the creative scene in Perth, and why it’s time to return to craft, focusing on the fundamentals that make great work stand out.Tune in for award insights, inspiration, and a peek behind the judging process.

Get the scoop on all you need to know about this year’s PADC Skulls Awards – our biggest, boldest and most flavour-packed yet. Plus, all the tips, tricks and info you need for the Call For Entries. Recorded at the amazing Digital Loop Studios.

This year, the Student Skulls are back in a big way - so we're shining a spotlight on two design educators who have inspired countless young creatives. Lee Ingram and Brendan Hibbert. We talk about what's new in this year's brief, how to build better pathways into the industry, and yes.. Mr Miyagi makes an appearence.

Talking all things Diamond Skulls with two of the best - Diamond Tim and Diamond Dav. Also known as Tim Newton and Dav Tabeshfar. Recorded at Digital Loop Studios.

What's on at this year's festival, why we need stronger support structures around commercial creative networks - and why there's a case for more design-focused quiz nights.Hosts: Dan Agostino & Laura VullingGuests: David Smith & Sandy AnghieProducer: Calle BolmgrenStudio: Digital Loop Studios

“Get on the tools. As much as you can, know how to make. Because any creative coming up now knows how to conceptualise, but also instinctively knows how to make their idea happen.”  Adam Ferrier shares his advice for seasoned creatives, plus more unfiltered wisdom in our new PADCast. Episode 20 is out now!

Dan and Leigh spoke to Amber Martin and Guy Patrick from Hypnosis Creative about all things indie agency, earned media and why is everyone talking about James Blunt again?! Podcast recorded at Digital Loop Studios.

The big, long and difficult episode about ALL things AI with Perth's biggest AI geeks Travis Weerts, Neil Mason and Maurice Melchers. Tune in! Host: Maurice Melchers, a Software Engineer at VGW in Perth. Guests: Neil Mason, founder of Start Digital. Travis Weerts, Head of Creative Tech at VML.

This episode is hosted by our lovely friend, the fashion icon Grace Lam. She interviews Ken Leung, a Global Creative Director, with over 20 years experience creating the visual language of global brands including Uniqlo, DKNY, 3.1 Phillip Lim and Monocle magazine across all consumer touchpoints. Guest: Ken Leung (pronounced Lee - Ung)Global Creative Director, previously of UNIQLO, DKNY & Monocle Magazine Host:Grace Lam - Fashion Director & Former Senior Fashion Editor of VOGUE China IG @gracelamstyle Tune in!!!

Our dear friend Adam Oliver was curious about Chris Luu, so he invited him for a chat on the PADCast. Chris (originally from Perth) is an Art Director at Wieden+Kennedy in New York, where he's spent the last five years honing his craft at some of the industry's top agencies. Beyond his work in advertising, Chris also runs a side hustle called Heavy Duty, where he explores his passions through art installations, fashion, merchandise, furniture, and anything else that inspires him. Tune in!

We answer everything you want to know about the upcoming PADC Awards!! What's different from previous years? What are the new categories? How do I enter? Will Taylor Swift come or not? What's the theme about? Who is judging the submissions? Can I submit an entry after deadline? How crazy is the submission graph from last year? All this! And more. Tune in!!

PADCast episode 14 'The Business of Creativity' is LIVE! Click link in our bio to hear Carol Mackay and Greg Branson from the Design Business Council, Australia’s only advisory consultancy focused on the business of design. They discuss the future of Australian creativity, the difference between design impact and design value, and where to find all the ‘creative unicorns.’ Hosted by Dan Agostino and Tara Lyle Produced by Calle BolmgrenRecorded at Digital Loop Studio

In May 2024, WAMA and Edith Cowan University released a groundbreaking report that provides rich insight into the state of diversity and inclusion in the Western Australian (WA) marketing and commercially creative industries. While there is DEI data for the global and national advertising industries, this inaugural survey is the first of its kind in WA. So we invited some of the project team for the report to dig a little deeper: Tess Palmyre from Brandable, Kevin Wilson from Nani Creative and Rene LeMerle from Bonfire! Hosts: Leigh Wood and Dan Agostino Studio: Digital Loop Follow us on socials @padcskulls

The guests for the episode are Demelza Leonard, Marketing & Social Media Specialist & Music & Pop Culture Expert and Mike Drysdale, Creative Director and Strategist, who founded things like Dear Storyteller and This Is Perth. They are sitting down with our co-presidents Dan Agostino and Leigh Wood in this pop culture special.As always, a big shoutout to our sponsors for making this podcast possible: Digital Loop for the studio, and Panda Candy for that jingle.

Fashion Director Grace Lam and Photographer Jason Capobianco have winged it through their creative careers. After their popular Emergence Creative event ’Can I wing it?’ they’re back for a part two here at PADCast Perth interviewed by the lovely host Jennifer Halton, International Strategy Director at WAAPA and Founder at The Metamorphosis Project. They'll talk about personality, luck, talent, career stories in the fashion industry, social media and much more. Tune in!

Ex-President Edge everybody! Listen to him, Dan Agostino and Leigh Wood in S02E01 of PADCast talking about the industry, Emergence, creative magic and Vanilla Ice. Also! Thanks to our partner Digital Loop for studio. Contact them if you also want to make a podcast.

Episode 9 is out! Ting Sia and Tim Ewers are back with Lady Leigh Woods and Amy Mason. This time they talked about the Student Skulls Ad & Graphic Design category and much more. Thanks so much for listening!

Ting has been the driving force of the PADC Student Skulls since the dawn of time. This year he involved Tim Ewers and Dan Moore as judges in the Student Skulls UX/UI category so they sat down and spoke about that, how difficult feedback can be, the industry, and all things UX/UI! Have a listen. Especially if you're a student!

Folks! This episode is hosted by Tia and Dan Agostino interviewing Nick Ace from NYC! New York City! Our Chair of Judges for the Brand & Design jury. He is an award-winning Armenian-American designer and filmmaker. His work has been featured in business, culture, and style media including Forbes, Fast Company, Vice, Pitchfork, Refinery29, and Design Observer, among others. On the weekends, Nick can be found writing and directing short films and music videos.  Other clients Nick has worked with include Ford Motor Company, Human Rights Foundation, Matador Records, and HBO. He spoke over the phone to Tia and Dan Agostino sitting here in Perth in the beautiful Digital Loop studio. Give it a listen!

Berney is back in the studio, this time as an interviewer to his best mate Dav Tabeshfar! Dav is a successful Creative Director who has worked at big agencies, with big and small clients, won heaps of awards, and is now since 6 years back running his own advertising agency 'And Partners' that's currently going through an exciting merger. They spoke about Dav's background, Vote Yes, the merger, 303 days, and a super slow but super good ad campaign they worked on back then. The sudden ending to the episode was due to Calle's computer issues, but we got a good 30 minutes to soak in here of the wonderful Dav. Give it a listen now!

Two PADC committee members. Two expats. Two people who create very different work. Rachel Wong and Calle Bolmgren have lots in common in the creative community here in Perth so we thought we'd let them have a casual conversation about it all. 

We got ourselves a long and deep episode dear PADC people! And the guest is no less than the quirky big dog himself, Richard Berney. We talked about years and decades at the famous 303 MullenLowe, family history, creative brains, old campaigns, and his new agency Berlin. I guess that's a bit of a scoop? Thanks to Panda Candy for jingle and Digital Loop for studio. Thanks to our sponsors Val Morgan, Peach, SCA, Advance Print, Crystal Head Vodka, and Idle Hands. PADC Skulls tickets are on sale soon!

The president of PADC, Josh makes his hosting debut, and the queen of Perth advertising, Liz Hammond, came and chatted with us and revealed ALL the advertising secrets. She won Award School a long time ago, she head-lectured Award School a short time ago and she is the Creative Director at Rare and has previously been working at Grey, braincells, The Brand Agency and Gatecrasher. We talked about why women are more creative (or not?), awards, creativity, and why small rooms in agencies matter. Listen to it and get to know Liz Hammond!

Joel Pember is the owner of Juicebox which just won Campaign Brief 'Digital Agency of the Year'. We talked about everything digital, Juicebox school, AI, and what he wants to do before he dies. Follow Juicebox. Follow Joel!

Executive Creative Director Steve Back left Perth a long time ago as a little boy to try out a successful advertising career in different parts of the world. He did good and became Executive Creative Director at many big ad agencies. Now he's back in Perth and we sat down to chat about his long career, advertising adventures, and also about his involvement as the main judge for the PADC Skulls. Steve is funny on Instagram. Follow Steve here.