Adam Bates, Director

Adam completed his studies in Communications in the UK in 1989. He has over 25 years experience in the advertising, design, website and publishing industries, both here in Perth and for 8 years in London. Adam has an in-depth knowledge of the creative industry. Over the past 20 years he has been the Strategic Director of two agencies in Perth and is currently the Managing Director and owner of ADS WA. His work is individually tailored to each client, providing creative and strategic solutions for a broad range of businesses.
Adam completed his studies in Communications in the UK in 1989. He has over 25 years experience in the advertising, design, website and publishing industries, both here in Perth and for 8 years in London. Adam has an in-depth knowledge of the creative industry. Over the past 20 years he has been the Strategic Director of two agencies in Perth and is currently the Managing Director and owner of ADS WA. His work is individually tailored to each client, providing creative and strategic solutions for a broad range of businesses.

Over his career Adam has worked in the Publishing, Sales and Advertising industries developing long term relationships with a selection of small, medium and large brand names in the UK including a large selection of the worlds best Art Galleries and Auction Houses, including Phillips, Sotheby’s and Bonhams, alongside clients like BMW, AGFA, Canon, Nikon, Polaroid, Kodak and Fuji. Over his career Adam has worked in the Publishing, Sales and Advertising industries developing long term relationships with a selection of small, medium and large brand names in the UK including a large selection of the worlds best Art Galleries and Auction Houses, including Phillips, Sotheby’s and Bonhams, alongside clients like BMW, AGFA, Canon, Nikon, Polaroid, Kodak and Fuji.

In Western Australia he managed, mentored and supplied creative and media services to Subway for over 6 years. He assisted in turning ENJO into a household name and managed Total Eden and Amex Corporation nationally alongside a range of Perth’s largest and most prominent retail clients including Ranger Camping, Surround Sounds, Half Price Pine and Computer Expo and a host of mining and government clients including both QE11MC, Sir Charles Gairdner and South Perth Hospitals. In Western Australia he managed, mentored and supplied creative and media services to Subway for over 6 years. He assisted in turning ENJO into a household name and managed Total Eden and Amex Corporation nationally alongside a range of Perth’s largest and most prominent retail clients including Ranger Camping, Surround Sounds, Half Price Pine and Computer Expo and a host of mining and government clients including both QE11MC, Sir Charles Gairdner and South Perth Hospitals.

He now enjoys working with a diverse range of businesses spanning the retail, mining, local government, corporate, commercial and property markets and introducing them more and more to the online world and all of the benefits it provides alongside the more traditional advertising mediums. He now enjoys working with a diverse range of businesses spanning the retail, mining, local government, corporate, commercial and property markets and introducing them more and more to the online world and all of the benefits it provides alongside the more traditional advertising mediums.

Adam specialises in researching and problem solving for ADS’s varied client base. His biggest strength is to isolate a client’s problem and solve using straight forward, sound logic combined with years of industry experience accumulated over the last couple of decades. Adam specialises in researching and problem solving for ADS’s varied client base. His biggest strength is to isolate a client’s problem and solve using straight forward, sound logic combined with years of industry experience accumulated over the last couple of decades.

In his spare time Adam, loves nothing more than dropping a line of Rottnest or pulling a crab net with his wife Tonia and 3 children, trying to take a decent photo for once and driving his old and quite rare English made TVR through the Perth hills looking for a great pub lunch or if indoors pretending to be an audiophile – yes vinyl does sound better. He also volunteers as the under 15’s soccer coach at the Western Knights Soccer Club and is an avid supporter of the West Coast Eagles and England internationally and Tottenham Hotspurs for some mad reason. In his spare time Adam, loves nothing more than dropping a line of Rottnest or pulling a crab net with his wife Tonia and 3 children, trying to take a decent photo for once and driving his old and quite rare English made TVR through the Perth hills looking for a great pub lunch or if indoors pretending to be an audiophile – yes vinyl does sound better. He also volunteers as the under 15’s soccer coach at the Western Knights Soccer Club and is an avid supporter of the West Coast Eagles and England internationally and Tottenham Hotspurs for some mad reason.

I personally look forward to meeting you and assisting your company or business with any advertising, marketing or online solutions.

I personally look forward to meeting you and assisting your company or business with any advertising, marketing or online solutions.