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Gybe Fortnight: AI in Marketing Report now live AI & Marketing

Gybe Fortnight: AI in Marketing Report now live

This Gybe Fortnight: our Q2 2026 AI in Marketing Report is live, plus the latest Queensland market data, roles, standout candidates and headlines worth watching.

29 May 2026 · 2 min read
Marketing's Next Edge Beyond AI Usage AI & Marketing

Marketing's Next Edge Beyond AI Usage

Our AI report is almost here. We explore why marketing's next competitive advantage won't just be AI usage, but how skilfully marketers actually apply it.

14 May 2026 · 2 min read
AI, Performance & Marketer Expectations AI & Marketing

AI, Performance & Marketer Expectations

Thank you to everyone who joined our AI survey. We unpack AI, performance and the rising expectations now being placed on marketers and their teams today.

30 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
AI in Marketing: The Real Impact AI & Marketing

AI in Marketing: The Real Impact

Where is AI actually taking marketing roles, teams and skills? Gybe Consulting cuts through the noise with a clear look at AI’s real impact on marketing.

16 Apr 2026 · 2 min read
7 Content Summit Australia Takeaways AI & Marketing

7 Content Summit Australia Takeaways

Gybe Consulting attended Content Summit Australia. Here are seven takeaways for marketers that actually matter, from content strategy and AI to audience focus.

2 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Stable on the Surface, Selective Underneath Market insight

Stable on the Surface, Selective Underneath

Stable on the surface, selective underneath. We look past the headlines at what the employment market is really doing for marketing and digital talent.

20 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Why Equity at Work Is a Competitive Edge Workplace

Why Equity at Work Is a Competitive Edge

This International Women's Day we explore why equity at work is now a genuine competitive advantage for employers, and what balancing the scales really means.

6 Mar 2026 · 2 min read
Marketing & Digital Jobs Across Australia Careers

Marketing & Digital Jobs Across Australia

The reality of marketing and digital jobs right now across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and what the current demand means for your next career move.

17 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
Culture Fit Is Assessed From the Outset Workplace

Culture Fit Is Assessed From the Outset

Culture fit is now assessed from the moment a role is advertised, not at final stage. Here is what that shift means for candidates and employers alike.

6 Feb 2026 · 2 min read
What Our Salary Guides Tell Us About 2026 Market data

What Our Salary Guides Tell Us About 2026

Each year our salary guides reveal more than numbers. We share what they are really telling us about shifting marketing, digital and sales expectations.

23 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Gybe's Year in Review: 2025 Hiring Market insight

Gybe's Year in Review: 2025 Hiring

Gybe’s year in review: 121 roles, the most in-demand job types, common salaries and the trending marketing and digital skills that defined the year in Brisbane.

10 Dec 2025 · 2 min read
Apply Marketing Principles to Your Job Search Careers

Apply Marketing Principles to Your Job Search

After a Mark Ritson session, we explore why marketers should apply actual marketing principles - positioning, value and audience - to their own job search.

27 Nov 2025 · 3 min read
Brisbane December Job Search Game Plan Careers

Brisbane December Job Search Game Plan

Six weeks from Christmas, the Brisbane marketing market is slowing. Your December job search game plan to stay ahead of the end-of-year hiring lull in Brisbane.

13 Nov 2025 · 2 min read
Job Search Essentials: Quick Reference Careers

Job Search Essentials: Quick Reference

Eight weeks until Christmas, the perfect time to reflect on career goals. A quick reference guide of insights and job search essentials to prepare you.

31 Oct 2025 · 2 min read
Is There a Tenure Tipping Point? Careers

Is There a Tenure Tipping Point?

At what point does long tenure with one employer shift from asset to liability? We explore whether there is a tenure tipping point in marketing careers.

17 Oct 2025 · 2 min read
Economic Outlook for Australian Marketing AI & Marketing

Economic Outlook for Australian Marketing

SEEK Senior Economist Blair Chapman shared insight on the Australian market. We summarise the economic outlook and what it means for marketing hiring.

3 Oct 2025 · 2 min read
AI in Marketing: Less Hype, More Reality AI & Marketing

AI in Marketing: Less Hype, More Reality

Less hype, more reality: a grounded look at how AI is genuinely changing marketing roles, workflows and expectations across Brisbane and beyond in 2025.

18 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
Redundancy Isn't the End, It's a Reset Careers

Redundancy Isn't the End, It's a Reset

Redundancy isn't the end, it's a reset. Reflections from conversations with talented marketers and digital professionals navigating a sudden career shift.

12 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
Speed, Selectivity & Shifting Brisbane Demand Market insight

Speed, Selectivity & Shifting Brisbane Demand

The Brisbane recruitment market is a rollercoaster. We break down the speed, selectivity and shifting demand shaping marketing and digital hiring right now.

5 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
A Steady Market with a Sharper Edge Market insight

A Steady Market with a Sharper Edge

What's going on in the market? We put numbers to our insight, showing a steady but sharper Brisbane hiring market for marketing and digital talent right now.

22 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
Your CV Isn't the Problem, How You Present It Careers

Your CV Isn't the Problem, How You Present It

After a fortnight of coffees, one question kept coming up: feedback on my resume. Your CV isn't the problem, how you present it is. Here is how to fix it.

25 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
Good Isn't Enough Anymore: Clear Value Wins Market insight

Good Isn't Enough Anymore: Clear Value Wins

Good isn't enough anymore in the marketing job market - clear value wins. We talk market movement and how candidates can stand out to employers right now.

11 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
The CV Tweaks That Turned a Search Around Careers

The CV Tweaks That Turned a Search Around

Gybe met a candidate made redundant and back on the market. The simple CV tweaks that turned their job search around, and how you can apply them yourself too.

27 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
A Resilient Market: Latest SEEK Data Market data

A Resilient Market: Latest SEEK Data

The latest SEEK data shows a resilient Queensland job market with rising competition. Here is what it means for marketing and digital job seekers right now.

13 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Selective Hiring & Passive Talent Market insight

Selective Hiring & Passive Talent

Employers are leaning into strategic hires that drive measurable outcomes. We unpack selective hiring, passive talent and the shift shaping the market.

30 May 2025 · 2 min read
Cautious Optimism in the Brisbane Market Market insight

Cautious Optimism in the Brisbane Market

Gybe Consulting shares insights on how the year is shaping up, with cautious optimism returning to the Brisbane marketing and digital recruitment market.

15 May 2025 · 2 min read
Quiet Growth, Rising Market Confidence Market insight

Quiet Growth, Rising Market Confidence

Gybe's read on the market is quiet growth: candidates have rising confidence to move but are doing due diligence. A market that is finding its footing.

2 May 2025 · 2 min read
Seasonal Slowdown, Strategic Opportunity Market insight

Seasonal Slowdown, Strategic Opportunity

Easter is here. We look at the seasonal slowdown as a strategic opportunity, and what marketing and digital candidates should expect over the period ahead.

18 Apr 2025 · 2 min read
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