Australian ad agency creative departments: which has the most balanced male to female ratio?

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COMMS-COUNCIL-SURVEY-creative.jpgUPDATED – As has been pointed out over the last week there is definitely a gender imbalance in the creative departments of Australia’s largest agencies.

And it seems to be only the creative department and senior management, with most other departments – account management, TV production, operations, finance – more female than male, according to The Communications Council’s most recent annual salary survey.

According to the latest agency creative department staff lists regularly updated by Portfolio & Reel, which are usually pretty spot on – but staff move daily, so any agencies disputing these numbers, please email an updated list – below are the numbers of male creatives and female creatives at the biggest agencies in Sydney and Melbourne (in alphabetical order).

The Monkeys is the most gender balanced agency in Sydney by far (18 men, 11 women), followed by Havas Australia (9 men, 5 women), WiTH Collective (8 men, 4 women), BWM Denstu (7 men, 3 women) and Ogilvy (14 men, 6 women).

SYDNEY

303Lowe (9 men, 1 woman)

AJF Partnership (4 men, 3 women)

BMF (19 men, 4 women)

BWM Denstu (7 men, 3 women)

Clemenger BBDO (19 men, 2 women)

Cummins & Partners (7 men, 2 women)

DDB (18 men, 4 women)

GPY&R (9 men, 0 women)

Havas Australia (9 men, 5 women)

Host (9 men, 2 women)

Innocean (5 men, 1 woman)

J Walter Thompson (11 men, 2 women)

Leo Burnett (38 men, 3 women)

M&C Saatchi (32 men, 6 women)

Ogilvy (14 men, 6 women)

Saatchi & Saatchi (16 men, 4 women)

The Monkeys (18 men, 11 women)

The Works (10 men, 1 woman)

Whybin\TBWA (14 men, 3 women)

WiTH Collective (8 men, 4 women)

AJF Partnership (14 men, 7 women), Leo Burnett (11 men, 7 women) and J Walter Thompson (7 men, 4 women) are the most gender balanced agencies in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE

AJF Partnership (14 men, 7 women)

BWM Dentsu (12 men, 3 women)

Clemenger BBDO (19 men, 4 women)

Cummins & Partners (11 men, 2 women)

DDB (11 men, 3 women)

GPY&R (10 men, 3 women)

J Walter Thompson (15 men, 7 women)

Leo Burnett (11 men, 7 women)

McCann (13 men, 2 women)

Ogilvy (6 men, 2 women)

Saatchi & Saatchi (6 men, 2 women)

Whybin\TBWA (16 men, 3 women)