Dr Aaron Michelon

Lecturer

School of Marketing

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Aaron Michelon is a Senior Marketing Scientist at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute with broad experience working on quantitative research projects for local and international clients. His background covers research design, data collection, analysis, questionnaire development, and reporting brand performance. His research focuses on advertising effectiveness and media efficiency, which has been published in the Journal of Advertising Research and International Journal of Market Research.
Aaron’s diverse range of projects include Distinctive Asset measurement, Category Entry Point discovery, and brand tracking large-scale assignments covering a wide range of product categories for global brands across multiple countries, including: non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages, insurance, confectionary, retail store, fast-food, haircare, makeup, skin care, and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products.

  • New benchmark for radio advertising avoidance
  • Snapchat political advertising
  • PhD — Complex Convergence: The Interplay of Distribution and Advertising for Brand Growth
  • Why shorter advertisement breaks reduce radio advertisement avoidance

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Course Co-ordinator and Lecturer University of South Australia
2016 - ongoing Senior Marketing Scientist University of South Australia

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2020 Award Five Year Service Mentor Award University of South Australia Australia -
2020 Award Teaching Excellence Award University of South Australia Australia -
2017 Award Best Team Player -- International Graduate Competition HEC Montréal Canada -

Date Institution name Country Title
2019 - 2024 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2017 - 2019 University of South Australia Australia Master of Business
2014 - 2017 University of South Australia Australia Master of Business Administration
2014 - 2017 University of South Australia Australia Master of Marketing
1991 - 1995 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Arts

Date Title Institution name Country
2016 Graduate of the Company Directors Course University of South Australia Australia

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 5245 Strategic Marketing (2025)
  • MARK 2034 UO Marketing Analytics (2025)
  • MARK 3009 Essentials of Marketing Planning (2025)
  • MARK 3023 UO Digital Marketing (2025)
  • MARK 5033 Marketing Strategy and Planning (2025)
  • MARK 5079 Advertising: Planning and Buying Media (2025)
  • MARK 1010 Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange (2024)
  • MARK 2032 Retailing (2024)
  • MARK 2035 UO Market Research (2024)
  • MARK 3009 Essentials of Marketing Planning (2024)
  • MARK 3012 Integrated Marketing (2024)
  • MARK 3021 UO Essentials of Marketing Planning (2024)
  • MARK 3023 UO Digital Marketing (2024)
  • MARK 5031 Brand Management (2024)
  • MARK 5033 Marketing Strategy and Planning (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor - - Master Full Time Mr Jordan Blaine White

Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
2016 - ongoing University of South Australia Marketing Scientific research Australia

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