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Brittney Rigby

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Sydney
As seen in: Little Black Book, MSN Singapore, MSN UK, The Guardian, Substack, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Irish Times, SBS, The Canberra Times, Yahoo Style Canada and
Covers:  Media, marketing, advertising, beauty, lifestyle, travel, culture
Journo, editor, and comms lead. she/her

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I'm a freelance journalist and editor, with bylines in places like The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Crikey, SBS, The Feed and Junkee Media titles. I also regularly appear on ABC Radio.

Previously, I was Deputy Managing Editor at Mumbrella and Head of Communications at DDB Group Australia. I judge industry award shows, and in 2022 was named one of B&T's 30 under 30.

Additionally, I am admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

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What tech taught Burton, Bowman, McKenty, and Coll

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By Brittney Rigby Verified
| Mediaweek (Australia) Verified
A group of senior creatives who switched back to advertising after a stint in tech say their time at the likes of Google and Meta taught them just how much adland underinvests in training and development. “You realise just how much you don’t know about people management,” Burton says of getting into a tech company. “They spend so much money. “The biggest line item on our balance sheet is people. We don’t spend enough giving back [in agencies].
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Tech taught Burton, Bowman, McKenty, and Coll that agencies underinvest in people: ‘It’s a travesty’

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By Brittney Rigby Verified
| harro.com
A group of senior creatives who switched back to advertising after a stint in tech say their time at the likes of Google and Meta taught them just how much adland underinvests in training and development. “You realise just how much you don’t know about people management,” Burton says of getting into a tech company. “They spend so much money. “The biggest line item on our balance sheet is people. We don’t spend enough giving back [in agencies].
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M&C Saatchi appoints Tanya Vragalis to MD post

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By Brittney Rigby Verified
| Mediaweek (Australia) Verified
Tanya Vragalis has returned to M&C Saatchi to become managing director, seven years after she left the agency to join TBWA. Vragalis led CommBank as group account director and group head at M&C from 2015 to 2017, before she moved to TBWA. In April, she left the Omnicom agency when it made the MD position redundant.
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