AI, strategy, and culture.

I've spent thirty years in the business of ideas — starting in media during the first digital wave, moving through senior strategy roles at Omnicom, WPP, and independents, and eventually building my own agency.

In 2011 I co-founded AnalogFolk Australia, growing it from zero to multiple Agency of the Year wins, a Gold APAC Effie, and clients including Tourism Australia, Canon, Hyundai, Afterpay, and Pernod Ricard. We were known for culture-first thinking and work that bridged brand and experience before that became a category.

In 2024 AnalogFolk was acquired by Bastion, where I led the GTM proposition for DBX — a specialist unit focused on digital-first brands and rapid experimentation.

I'm most interested in what AI actually changes — not the breathless predictions, but the structural shift. How creative work gets done differently. How decisions get made with new tools. How organisations grow and adapt. I'm building tools, writing occasionally, and leaning into the uncertainty.

The through-line has been brand and growth — how organisations build relevance, adapt to technology shifts, and connect with culture. Strategy that accounts for how things actually work. Technology that serves humans, not the other way around.

Short bio

Matt Robinson is an AI practitioner and digital strategy leader based in Sydney, Australia, working across marketing, brand, and digital product. He spent thirty years in advertising and technology, with senior strategy roles across Omnicom, WPP, and independent agencies. In 2011 he co-founded AnalogFolk Australia, growing it to multiple Agency of the Year awards, a Gold APAC Effie, and clients including Tourism Australia, Canon, Hyundai, Afterpay, and Pernod Ricard. After Bastion acquired AnalogFolk in 2024, he led DBX, its specialist unit for digital-first brands, until 2026. He now builds AI-powered products and writes at mattrobinson.ai about how AI changes marketing, creative work, and organisations — the structural shifts underneath the noise.