Tara McKenty
Chief Creative Officer, Australia NZ
D&AD Ambassador
Profile
Company
AKQA
About
Tara has spent over 18 years working in the creative industries across the APAC region, including at creative agencies TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, BMF, and spent a decade pretending to be a Tech-bro working as head of Creative for Google APAC, leading a lot of Google’s sport innovation. Tara now finds herself in the halls of AKQA, a creative home that feels tailored to their passions of technology, craft, and creative excellence. Tara leads the creative offering for AKQA as Chief Creative Officer across Australia and New Zealand...
Countries
Company
AKQA
About
Tara has spent over 18 years working in the creative industries across the APAC region, including at creative agencies TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, BMF, and spent a decade pretending to be a Tech-bro working as head of Creative for Google APAC, leading a lot of Google’s sport innovation. Tara now finds herself in the halls of AKQA, a creative home that feels tailored to their passions of technology, craft, and creative excellence. Tara leads the creative offering for AKQA as Chief Creative Officer across Australia and New Zealand...
Countries
D&AD achievements
- Participation
- D&AD Ambassador
- Digital Marketing Jury 2026 — President
- Creative Transformation Jury 2024
- Direct Jury 2016
- Participation
- D&AD Ambassador
- Digital Marketing Jury 2026 — President
- Creative Transformation Jury 2024
- Direct Jury 2016