Director, Commercial Strategy and Growth, ARN
Venessa Hunt is ARN’s Director, Commercial Strategy & Growth.
Venessa is one of Australia’s most highly regarded digital strategists, with more than 16 years of media industry experience as well as unmatched expertise in digital media in all its forms.
Venessa joined ARN in August 2022 from ThinkPremiumDigital, where she was General Manager. Prior to that, she was Chief Digital Strategy Officer with GroupM and previously held roles at the organisation including Digital Investment Officer and Head of Mobile. She has also worked in senior roles at Yahoo!, Ninemsn, and Exponential.
A passionate change manager, Venessa is highly skilled in launching and developing new businesses, nurturing key relationships, and driving change. She is a vocal and passionate voice in the Australian media industry, and an expert in digital trends and behaviours.
Venessa’s not afraid of personal challenges as well as professional ones and is driven by the opportunity to give everyone a chance at a better life with her commitment to charity work in the industry. She was appointed to the board of social change organisation UnLtd in September 2019 an continues to play an active role in the organisation’s charity and not for profit work.
The effectiveness conversation around audio has never been more topical, but how are brands investing in audio and what results are they seeing? Join this top panel as they dig into the evolving role of audio, music, targeting, sonic branding - and more.