The One Show

The One Show is the world's most prestigious award show in advertising and design. For over 50 years, the Gold Pencil has been regarded as one of the top prizes in the creative industry. The One Show has a rich legacy of honoring some of the most groundbreaking ideas, created by some of the most remarkable minds in creativity.

One Show 2026 Fusion + Green + SDG Pencil Jury

Tara McKenty

SDG Pencil President
Chief Creative Officer

AKQA

Sydney

Tara has spent over 18 years working in the creative industries across the APAC region, including at creative agencies TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, BMF, and also spent a decade pretending to be a Tech-bro working as head of Creative for Google APAC, leading a lot of Google’s sport innovation. Tara now finds themselves in the halls of AKQA, a creative home that feels tailored to their passions of technology, craft and creative excellence. Tara leads the creative offering for AKQA across AU/NZ.

Tara's most notable achievement to date is founding Rare with Google, an initiative that provides equitable opportunities for underrepresented creatives to thrive at every stage of their career when DEIB was a thing (facetious tone intended).

Tara continues to disrupt the status quo, and as a consequence has won over two hundred awards (including D&AD pencils, Cannes lions, Grand Prix's, and Best in Shows) during her advertising rebellion.

 

 

 

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