Michael will be on the judging panel for the AGDA Design Awards 2024 in the digital category.
B&T Awards 2024 Finalists
Best CTV Campaign
Optus, “24 Hours on the Optus Network”
Best Out-of-Home Campaign
Optus, “24 Hours on the Optus Network”
Best Video Campaign
Optus, “24 Hours on the Optus Network”
2022 Michael joins M&C Saatchi Group, Sydney
Michael joins M&C Saatchi Group, Sydney as the Head of Design at Yes Agency working on the Optus Account.
2021 DISCOVERY CHANNEL PROMAX AWARDS
ANZ Promax Award Silver Winner, Discovery Channel
Best Design without Footage - On-air promo to promote Alien Month, for Discovery Channel
Producer - Sam Russo
Creative Director - Muthu Browning
Motion Designer - Michael Strelan
ANZ Promax Award Bronze Winner, TLC Australia
On-air promo to promote Dr Pimple Popper
Creative Director - Muthu Browning
Motion Designer - Michael Strelan
2019 PROMAX AWARD WINNERS
GOLD - Aussie Inventions that Changed the World, History Channel ANZ
Best Documentary or Factual Entertainment Promo
Producer / Director - Alex Kery
Creative Lead - Louise Cairo
Head of Design - Michael Strelan
Sound Design - Simon Shipley
GOLD - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing Movie
Best Integrated Marketing Campaign for a Channel or Platform
Creative Director - Sean Vandenberg
Editor - Carla Carroll
Head of Design - Michael Strelan
GOLD - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing Movie
Best Integrated Marketing Campaign For A Channel Or Platform
Creative Director - Sean Vandenberg
Head of Design - Michael Strelan
GOLD - Best Promo Team, Foxtel Creative
2018 PROMAX ANZ AWARD WINNERS
GOLD - Best Use in Design in Video - History March Highlights - History Channel
Producer - Alex Kery
Head of Design - Michael Strelan
3D Designer - Parag Satyal
Sound Design - Simon Shipley
BRONZE - History Time Ident - History Channel
Head of Design - Michael Strelan
3D Designer - Parag Satyal
Sound Design - Simon Shipley
2018 Design Thinking Conference
I will be a keynote speaker at the up and coming Design Thinking Conference.
26 - 27 JUNE, 2018 | SWISSOTEL, SYDNEY, NSW
NEXT LEVEL DESIGN THINKING: Understanding How ‘Next Level’ Design Thinking Helps to Problem Solve and Maximise Potential for Success
Design Thinking, as a problem-solving technique, can take time before seeing tangible results. However, it also helps to eliminate risks before a product or solution is rolled out through deep thinking, assessment and prototyping. In this session, hear from an industry leader that understands the importance of research, proto-typing, planning and visualisation skills to identify potential risks to ensure that design thinking generates innovative and favourable outcomes.
In this session;
- Gain insight into the importance of research
- Understand the importance of making sure your hypotheses are validated prior to execution
- Discuss the benefits of lean start-up (Budgets, Can-do approach, Anything is possible)
- Techniques of planning and proto-typing – getting next level results without-out blowing your budgets
2017 PROMAX ANZ AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to the Foxtel Factual Team for their amazing awards and achievements this year.
GOLD for Best use of design for H-Files
GOLD for best ident design for the 9/11 spot
GOLD for best factual promo for Court Justice Sydney
GOLD for best CG animation for 9/11 ident
SILVER for best factual promo for H Files
THIRD place for the SAS title sequence.
THIRD place best design without footage for 9/11 ident.
THIRD Place Best use of Humour for Demolition Man Teaser
OpenIDEO Challenge
2017 ASTRA CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR NOMINATION
CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
The ASTRA Industry Awards recognise outstanding individuals and excellence in marketing and creative campaigns for the subscription television industry; they are open to TV channels, operators, production houses, media, advertising agencies and other creatives.
Michael has been nominated from Foxtel Factual Group manager Jim Buchan to enter as creative professional of the year. watch this space for more details.
2016 ASTRA INDUSTRY AWARDS FINALIST
Finalist for the most outstanding on-air promotion for a subscription television platform, channel, program or event.
70th Anniversary - Hiroshima + Nagasaki, HISTORY
2016 PROMAX ANZ AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to Foxtel Factual Group for winning a Promax Silver for Best use of Design - Crimes that Shook Australia.
Creative Director - Sven Mueller
Senior Creative - Louise Cairo
Head of Design - Michael Strelan
Senior Designer and Composition - Michelle Hunt
Storyboard and Concept - Jesse Dalton
3D Animation - Greg Hunsburger
FOXTEL LABS IS HERE!
Foxtel Labs is an amazing opportunity for creative teams to have the space and courses available to learn and develop in their own time.
As an entertainment world leader, Foxtel employs some of our industry’s most creative and award-winning talent. So, how do we do it?
At Foxtel, alongside producing award winning content, we ignite the growth of our creatives by providing opportunities to transform their ideas into game changers.
Foxtel Labs is part of our new learning and development centre. We call it ‘Open Source Learning, Powered by You’. And that’s exactly what it is; initiatives designed by creatives for creatives which fuelour everyday approach to ideas.
Camera Training, Drawing for Production, and Motivational Mondays are a few of the great new courses introduced this year, with more to come every month.
So if you’re looking for new ways to ignite the fire in your belly, check us out. Foxtel, Creating Creatives.
LET'S MAKE SOMETHING - GETTY IMAGES SHORT FILM PROJECT
The team will be lead by the Factual Team, with all 6 short films to debut at Semi-Permanent in Sydney later this year.
Watch this space for more.
HISTORY REFRESH 2016 FINAL LAUNCH AU/NZ
Wednesday March 16 marked the day of the new History Refresh for Australia and New Zealand.
The History refresh was launched on March 16 and has been crafted to reflect the quality and range of content to audiences
in a distinct and innovate brand format. The new look represents a passage of time, between the old and new.
Part of what you can expect to see on the History are the new brand indents, designed for viewers to experience the transitional stages through-out History.
A great example is the evolution of light, represented with a medieval torch light which transforms into an Edison light bulb.
The History refresh is designed to ignite your imagination and take viewers a journey though time, in a modern and contemporary way.
The campaign was lead by Creative Director of Foxtel Factual Team, Sven Mueller and executed by our internal design team lead by Michael Strelan.
A special thanks to our entire factual team, with special thanks to Senior Designer Michelle Hunt, Motion Designer, Greg Hunsburger and Print & Digital Jesse Dalton.
2015 CLIO AWARD WINNER
2015 PROMAX ANZ AWARD WINNERS
FOXTEL BRAND STRATEGY COURSE WITH ERROL FLANNIGAN
A 10 week intense course on Marketing designed by Errol Flanagan | LinkedIn
Our main course emphasis was to focus on the 'white space' within markets and redefine a new marketing proposition to an existing brand.
Our Team Foxtel Factuals Group
Carly Heaton, Creative Director, George Mellick, Head of Marketing, Farooq Khan, Digital Marketing Manager, Michael Strelan, Head of Design
Watch this space for more.