Grill The Marketer chat careers: CMO Insights From Matt Oakley & Nikki Atack
The next Grill The Marketer guests are Matt Oakley, Chief Strategy Officer at 303 MullenLowe, and former Taxi Studio UK’s Strategy and Planning Director, and Nikki Atack, a senior marketer who oversees marketing, sales, and customer service at Pentanet.
Oakley’s the CSO at 303 MullenLowe where he can often be found focusing and inspiring the creative work that drives behaviour change and effectiveness for the likes of Lotterywest, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Netball Western Australia and most recently The Push-Up Challenge.
A relative newcomer to WA, his time prior to arrival saw him working across the globe with the likes of Carlsberg Group, Nestlé Group, Mars Wrigley and Mondelez.
He’ll soon be releasing ‘The evolving role of the CMO – a Western Australia perspective’ a first of its kind focused look at the challenges facing marketers in the state he now calls home, and at The Marketer, we’ve always been about championing local marketing people and campaigns.
Atack is Chief Marketing & Experience Officer at Pentanet, where she leads the marketing, sales, and customer service teams across the company’s local ISP business and its national cloud gaming platform, GeForce NOW Powered by CloudGG.
A seasoned marketing specialist, Atack has over 25 years’ experience across UK and Australian markets. Her career spans a wide range of industries including health, consulting, public sector, financial services, FMCG, tourism, and creative services.
She’s previously held senior roles at Deloitte Digital, HIF Australia, HBF, Fogarty Wine Group, and Milne AgriGroup and is an Australian Marketing Institute Certified Practising Marketer.
Atack has also contributed to the industry through a volunteer advisory role with the Indigenous Emerging Business Forum, and served five years on the ADMA WA Events Committee.
If you’re unfamiliar with the format – Grill The Marketer is 100% Q&A. There’s no slides, no sales, just passionate professionals with opinions, willing to put themselves in the hot seat to see what questions you come up with.
There’s also plenty of time to network with The Marketer community, which includes everyone from students to retired academics and everything in between.
Event Details
Cost: $48+bf (includes snacks)
Date: 29th May
Where: The Court | Verdict Bar (upstairs)
Time: 5.30pm – 8.30pm
If you’re a PADC Member, Student, or early career marketer who could do with a discount – get in touch for the codes.
Grill The Marketer is presented in partnership with the Australian Marketing Institute, and affords those who hold the Certified Practising Marketer (CPM) certification to collect points towards maintaining your CPM status. They also provide a 15% discount to AMI Emerging Marketer program participants.