Chanel Clark

Marketing & Advertising

Brisbane

Chanel Clark is the founder and chair of The Marketing Club (TMC), a marketing community serving Australia and New Zealand that began as a Slack-based online group and has since grown to include regular networking events, educational sessions, a newsletter, a mentorship program and a podcast.

A marketing consultant whose past work spans brands including Ārepa, Roam Digital and Backchat Media, Chanel started TMC while on mental health leave from burnout, after feeling isolated and unsupported as an early-career and often solo marketer.

She describes TMC as beginning as a lifeline when it was just her trying to make sense of her career again, and believes marketers want connection, accessibility and real value rather than gatekeeping and ego-driven events.

Now based in Brisbane, Chanel led TMC's formal expansion into the Australian market across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in 2025, building on the community's New Zealand origins. Her focus remains on community as a growth engine for marketers, and on the view that the brands that win invest in connection, consistency and brand-building over time.

Founder of The Culo Village, Shakas Designer has attended multiple TMC events both in Sydney and Brisbane and describes the community as supportive, engaging and excited to be connected with other marketers.

In more recent days, Chanel has taken a role with Jon Evans as Community Manager for Uncensored CMO's newest community Uncensored Backstage after growing her own community to over 19,000 marketers in less than 4 years.