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 |