Grill The Marketer 2026

An unscripted Q&A with rotating guest panelists hosted by Marketing Consultant, Carma Levene.

The Event Background

Grill The Marketer, in partnership with the Australian Marketing Institute, welcomes all marketing enthusiasts - professional marketers of all kinds, business owners and managers, marketing students - if you have marketing questions, come and ask them.

Don't have a specific question, but want to chat marketing with people who LOVE to talk about marketing?

Great! Come along.

Are you looking for a marketing role? Maybe we can introduce you to your new boss. It's happened countless times.

Our community is generous with their time and skills and believe that when it comes to marketing, the better you do, the better we all do. That's why so many awesome projects and collabs have been born from this event. We LOVE connecting our networks.

We don't enjoy events with pitches, boring pressos and gimmicks, so this is the only rule of Grill The Marketer.
We'll be directed by your questions. What would go for a bundle in consulting fees or training dollars, comes to you in this fun package for less than your Tuesday night Uber Eats order.

Some of our previous guests include; Lue Whelan, John Linton, Stephen Ellis, Leigh Wood, Tess Palmyre, Zeina Khodr, Tim Woodsmith, Matt Oakley, Nikki Atack, Kate Kirwin, Hannah Muirhead, Amber Martin, Alison Balch, David "DG" Gardiner, Kelly Townson, Seva Mozhaev (@sevspics), Cory Gale, Callum Mackenzie, and Brittany Garbutt.

No matter the guest or topic, we bring you the most interesting people willing to put themselves out there to answer whatever you throw at them.

You'll love the informal format and awesome community vibe while we help you explore your marketing curiosity with passion and the odd tangent.

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Cost: $55+bf (includes pizza)

Date: Multiple

Where: The Court | Verdict Bar (upstairs)

Time: 5.30pm - 9pm

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More info?

Come along, grab yourself a drink at the bar and mingle. Our crew's super welcoming and friendly so you'll be totally fine to rock up by yourself.

Our MC will let you know when it's time to start. We'll introduce ourselves, outline the event, and intro your marketing question answer-ers.

If you're called on to ask your question, please say your name and the business/industry your question relates to and we'll do our best to tailor our answers to you specifically.

Once we’re done feel free to hang around for drinks and to chat more about marketing 🙂

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Grill The Marketer came about from talking to marketing event attendees who really just wanted their questions answered without the fluff and sales agenda.

Grill The Marketer is presented in partnership with the Australian Marketing Institute, and affords those who hold the Certified Practicing Marketer (CPM) certification to collect points towards maintaining your CPM status.

We provide membership ticket pricing for PADC & ACA members and a student discount, contact us for more info.

Want to make sure we answer your specific question? Send them in advance to hey@themarketer.news