Advertising & Marketing’s Best Agencies Top Sydney 2026 Mumbrella Awards List
Sydney’s best advertising and marketing agencies and the top creative and independent agencies from across Australia have been named in 2026 Mumbrella Award shortlists, with HERO recognised in Best Independent Agency of the Year, Creative Excellence in AI and Emerging Tech and Best Use of Data and Insight in Marketing.
The recognition of HERO’s groundbreaking Transit Tales campaign for Mastercard in both the Creative Excellence in AI and Emerging Tech and Best Use of Data and Insight in Marketing Awards saw HERO recognised with Sydney’s best advertising agencies as well as the top independent creative ad agencies in Sydney.
Mastercard Transit Tales and the globally awarded Fujifilm Minography campaign have sealed HERO’s status as Australia’s leading creative agency in AI and technology for best-in-class marketing performance and results.
Over the past 12 months, HERO’s groundbreaking Mindography campaign has been recognised at The One Show, Spikes Asia, WINA and D&AD Awards and now also the Mumbrella Awards, to confirm HERO’s place among Sydney’s top independent creative agencies for advertising and marketing and the best creative advertising agencies in Sydney right now.
These accolades follow HERO being named as the global WINA Festival’s Australian Agency of the Year. HERO also once again secured top 10 ranking in the coveted Campaign Brief Australia Agency Hotlist. Selected from over 300 agency entries, this top ranking reflects HERO’s consistent delivery of world-class creativity, strategic excellence and integrated marketing solutions that deliver real business impact that put HERO at the top of Sydney’s best independent creative advertising agencies.
In Australia’s globally recognised and hotly contested creative agency market, year on year HERO continues top the ranks of Australia’s most awarded advertising agencies, for both creativity and effectiveness. HERO’s accolades include being named #1 Independent Agency by both the Effies APAC and Australian Effies, and winning Agency of the Year titles from the New York Festivals, Mumbrella, AdNews, B&T, Campaign Brief and most recently the WINA (World Independent Advertising Awards) Festival. HERO’s work has also been recognised globally at ever top-tier festival around the world, including Cannes Lions, One Show, Clios, London International Awards, D&AD, Adfest, and Spikes Asia.
Even HERO’s office is award winning. The HERO HQ is the only media and marketing business in Australia listed in the prestigious Australian Interior Design Awards, the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) and the global INDE. Awards.
In the past years, HERO has been consistently recognised at the world’s best award shows as Australia’s top-ranked creative agency, with standout campaigns like Maybelline’s globally-acclaimed Through Their Eyes campaign, which earned a Grand Prix at Mad Stars, Gold at AWARD, and top honours at Spikes Asia, along with a Silver Cannes Lion. HERO’s work for Toyota has also received widespread acclaim and HERO’s creative leadership was further celebrated with wins for Social Media Campaign of the Year and Game Changer of the Year at AdNews.