Elliott Bledsoe (he/him) runs Agentry, an arts marketing micro-consultancy working nationally and based in Meanjin/Brisbane on Turrbal and Jagera Country. Agentry supports artists, arts organisations and groups to introduce marketing strategy and optimise their marketing communications efforts – whether IRL, URL or hybrid (in-person, online or both). Through Agentry, Elliott has worked with ArtsHub, the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), BlakDance, Brisbane Chamber Choir, the Institute of Modern Art (IMA), the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), Playlab and many others. In 2021 and 2022 he was the Arts Marketing and Digital Competency mentor in the Regional Arts Services Network (RASN) Creative Business Champions (CBC) program. Before starting Agentry, Elliott held marketing and digital positions with the Queensland Writers Centre, ABC Radio National at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australia Council for the Arts, Regional Arts Australia and others.
Relatedly, Elliott also has extensive experience in copyright, with a focus on the interplay between rights and creative practice. For the past seven years he has worked regularly with the Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) and the Australian Libraries and Archives Copyright Coalition (ALACC) on copyright advocacy, education and reform activities. He is an active member of Creative Commons Australia, the local Chapter of the CC Global Network which promotes and encourages the use of CC licences in Australia. Since 2020 he has been the Co-lead of CC Australia. Since August 2023 he has also been an ordinary member of the committee of Wikimedia Australia, the Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation. And he helped develop the Australian version of Copyright The Card Game, including designing the layout for the card deck.
In 2020 he graduated from RMIT University with a Master of Marketing. He is a member of the Advisory Boards of Lemonade: Letters to Art and the Electronic Music Conference and he is the Treasurer of the St Lucia Community Garden. When he has some free time he runs #ForgottenType, a participatory history project that uses historical text and signage remnants such as ‘ghost signs’ to inspire and engage a community of ‘casual historians’ to uncover stories about their city or town.