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by Omid Farhang · English · Business
Created by Omid Farhang, award-winning Creative Director and Founder of Majority. Featuring the marketing industry’s most admired leaders sharing advice, revealing process and routines, telling a few war stories, hopefully uplifting a few cynics, and divulging secrets to a fulfilling career in marke
22 Feb 2024 · 18 min
After 6 years, 73 episodes and nearly 150 hours of interviews with some of the best marketing minds to ever do it, it's time to say thank you and goodbye. What a privilege. What a trip. Until we talk again, peace.
E72 · 31 Oct 2023 · 58 min
GUEST HOST: Greg Hahn, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mischief. In 2022, less than two years into its existence, Mischief was named Agency of the Year by AdAge, Agency of the Year by Campaign US, and the second most innovative agency by Fast Company. In 2023, Adweek named Mischief US Agency of the Year. GUEST: Steve Stoute, Founder and CEO of Translation, the highly awarded creative agency that’s been connecting the world’s most famous brands to culture through sports and entertainment for nearly two decades. Prior to founding Translation in 2004, Steve was an exec at Sony Music…
E71 · 20 Oct 2023 · 1 hr 13 min
GUEST HOST: Paul Caiozzo, Founder of Supernatural, a 2023 AdAge Small Agency of the Year. His work has been parodied multiple times on Saturday Night Live, praised by Al Gore, debated on CNN, and displayed in The Smithsonian. Formerly ECD at Goodby Silverstein New York. CP+B alum.GUEST: David Kolbusz, Chief Creative Officer at Orchard. Before that, CCO at Droga5 London. Before that, ECD at Wieden+Kennedy. David Droga called him "one of the world’s best creative leaders.” His clients have included Coca Cola, Amazon, Facebook, Axe, and The Gap. His Ocean Spray "Wiggle" spot is among the best…
E70 · 26 Sep 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Mark Gross is co-founder and CCO at Highdive. Since its inception in 2016, Highdive has quickly become one of the great indie agencies in the U.S. They were Adweek’s 2020 Breakthrough Agency of the Year, among Fast Company’s 2021 Most Innovative Agencies, and a 2023 AdAge A-List standout. Highdive is the agency behind some of your favorite Super Bowl ads: Anna Kendrick and Barbie for Rocket Mortgage, Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd for Lays, and Bill Murray reprising Groundhog’s Day for Jeep. Prior to starting Highdive, Mark spent 23 years at DDB Chicago, where he created a slew of iconic work,…
E69 · 22 Aug 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
GUEST HOST: Anselmo Ramos, Co-Founder and Creative Chairman of GUT. Founded just four years ago, Gut has been an Ad Age A-List Agency 4 years in a row. The agency’s string of successes culminated at this year’s Cannes, where GUT won 35 Lions, becoming the #1 Independent Network of the Year, Latin America Network of the Year, and GUT Buenos Aires became both Independent Agency of the Year and Global Agency of the Year.GUEST: Colleen DeCourcy, Chief Creative Officer of Snap as of 2022. Previously, Chief Creative Officer and Co-President of Wieden+Kennedy. Under Colleen’s leadership,…
E68 · 19 Jun 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
Tim Nudd is Creativity editor at Ad Age, where he covers creativity in business, particularly the advertising space. Tim has spent his career spotlighting and elevating the work that moves our industry forward, making him one of the most influential marketing reporters of this century. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Tim joined Adweek in 1997 (initially as a copy editor), started writing for the magazine in 1999, and launched the AdFreak blog in 2004. He then left to pursue a freelance career, notably as a writer for People magazine and other Time Inc. titles,…
E67 · 22 May 2023 · 58 min
GUEST HOST: Tiffany Rolfe, Chair and Global Chief Creative Officer at R/GA. She was a huge reason why CP+B won Agency of the Decade in 2010. Today leading R/GA, Tiff is among the most powerful women, award-winning creatives, and overall best humans in all of advertising. GUEST: Bob Greenberg, Founder and Executive Chairman at R/GA. Bob is a legendary pioneer of our industry spanning over 4 decades. He never stops evolving R/GA, first from a world-class movie title shop, to a digital studio, to the best digital agency, and now to a company that spans ventures, consulting, tech, design,…
E66 · 1 May 2023 · 53 min
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and unstoppable internet personality. Gary is the CEO of VaynerMedia, one of the most influential and award winning agencies of the past decade. He’s an early investor in some of the most powerful brands of our time.
E65 · 28 Mar 2023 · 1 hr 35 min
GUEST HOST: Jae Goodman, former Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head of CAA Marketing, which he spun out to become Observatory in 2018 and subsequently sold to Stagwell before stepping away last year. In his combined 16 years at CAA and Observatory, Jae racked up 4 Cannes Grand Prix in four different categories including the first-ever Entertainment Lion, 4 Emmys, the first and second-ever brand films accepted to Sundance, and he was the driving force in the creation of Nike’s new Film and TV studio, Waffle Iron Entertainment. But before all that, Jae cut his teeth at Wieden+Kennedy in the…
E64 · 10 Mar 2023 · 1 hr 9 min
GUEST HOST: Jaime Robinson, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at JOAN, named 2020 Independent Agency of the Year by Campaign. Jaime has been awarded at every major advertising show, including 3 Grand Prix at Cannes. She’s also an Emmy winner, and one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business. GUEST: Shannon Washington, Chief Creative Officer at R/GA. Making her the first-ever Black female Chief Creative Officer in the history of holding companies! Her path to R/GA includes stops at Grey, Droga5 and Deutsch. Board Member at The Marcus Graham Project. She is a maker of…
E63 · 20 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
GUEST HOST: Ryan Kutscher, award-winning writer, creative director, and founder of the independent agency Circus Maximus, winner of multiple Ad Age Small Agency of the Year honors. Former ECD at CP+B, former CCO at JWT. GUEST: Aaron Starkman, Global Chief Creative Officer at Canada-based agency Rethink. Campaign Magazine named him Global Creative Leader of the Year. Rethink won 2022 Global Independent Agency of the year by Campaign and Clios. Winner of Ad Age’s # 1 ad in the world. Adweek Creative 100. Former CCO at CP+B Toronto.
E62 · 26 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
GUEST HOST: Chris Beresford-Hill, NA President and Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy. Chris has been on the Adweek CREATIVE 100, Business Insider’s Most Creative People in Advertising, and the AdAge 40 Under 40. GUEST: Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chair of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Since its inception in early 80s, Goodby has won Agency of the Year multiple times by multiple publications. The Museum of Modern Art has placed several of their ads into permanent rotation, including “got milk?” and the Budweiser Lizards. In 2006, Jeff was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame. In…
E61 · 8 Dec 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
Pancho Cassis is Partner and Global Chief Creative Officer at David. Winner of 112 Cannes lions, 4 Grand Prix, 1 Titanium, a Black Pencil at D&AD, and a pile more awards too long to list. Under Pancho’s leadership, David has been named Agency of the Year by Ad Age, Clio, One Show and D@AD. These recognitions are the result of consistently outstanding creative, anchored by Burger King’s Moldy Whopper campaign, one of the bravest and most iconic campaigns of all time.
E60 · 25 Aug 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
Simon Cook is the CEO of Cannes Lions. Since joining Cannes Lions a decade and a half ago, Simon has served in almost every role within the organization, including Director of Awards, VP Creative Excellence and Managing Director. He is a powerful advocate for the marketing industry, and the gatekeeper of its most coveted award.
E59 · 8 Jul 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
Greg Hahn is Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mischief@No Fixed Address. Prior to Mischief, Greg was CCO of BBDO New York for nearly 15 years, where he became one of the most awarded creatives in the world (Cannes Grand Prix, Emmys, all that), and helped BBDO become one of the most awarded companies in the world. Yet in Spring of 2020, Greg headlined a wave of high profile layoffs at BBDO in reaction to pandemic fears.Just two short months later, Greg co-founded Mischief. Just two short years later, Mischief was named Agency of the Year by Adage, Agency of the Year by Campaign US,…
E58 · 28 Jun 2022 · 1 hr 2 min
Devika Bulchandani is Global President of Ogilvy, making her the first ever woman of color to run a global agency network. In 2022, Ogilvy won Global Network of the Year at Cannes. Prior to joining Ogilvy in 2021, Dev had a storied 26-year career at McCann, most recently as President of McCann North America. She led Mastercard’s Priceless campaign. In 2017, she helped bring to life the iconic Fearless Girl, making Mccann one of the most awarded agencies in the world. In 2019 she was recognized by Campaign Magazine as U.S. Advertising Agency Head of the Year. Dev is also a founding member of…
E57 · 6 May 2022 · 1 hr 6 min
Alex Lopez is President & Global Creative Chairman at McCann Worldgroup. Before that, he spent 23 years at Nike, where he became one of the most accomplished and awarded brand marketers of our generation. Pick any of your favorite Nike campaigns of the past two decades, and chances are you’ll find Alex’s fingerprints. Including on the now legendary Dream Crazy campaign starring Colin Kaepernick. Alex also led efforts to launch new sport categories like Nike Skateboarding, the brand’s launch into Digital Sport via the Fuel Band, and most recently Nike’s foray into long-form content with…
E56 · 8 Mar 2022 · 1 hr 19 min
Mike Cessario is the founder and CEO of Liquid Death, the fastest growing nonalcoholic beverage brand EVER. Mike is hacking the bottled water market, inspired by heavy metal and punk rock culture, and a motto to "murder your thirst." Using 100% recyclable aluminum packaging and zero plastic, Mike’s evil mission is to make health and sustainability fun and disruptive. Since the inception of his brand in 2018, Mike has raised $125 million in funding. Liquid Death products are currently sold in over 29,000 retail locations nationwide, including Whole Foods, 7-Eleven andTarget. From its branding…
E55 · 16 Feb 2022 · 56 min
Melissa Proctor is Chief Marketing Officer of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena, and author of “Ball Girl to CMO.“ She was the subject of a 2021 ESPN profile titled: "The revolutionary path of Hawks CMO Melissa Proctor." She is a brand leader recognized for her creativity, work ethic, and empathy. As CMO of an NBA franchise, Melissa's responsibilities include: day-to-day marketing, team branding, advertising and promotions, managing the internal video production and creative agency Hawks studio, fan experience and game-day production, community outreach and more. Melissa started her…
E54 · 20 Jan 2022 · 1 hr 21 min
Ricardo Viramontes is Chief Creative Officer at The Springhill Company, the brand and content studio founded by Lebron James and Maverick Carter in 2020. Ricardo’s 20-year path to his current role includes stops at BSSP, Wieden + Kennedy, CAA, B-Reel, Apple and Lyft. His work has earned him awards and accolades at every major advertising show including Cannes, where he won the Film Grand Prix and the first Branded Entertainment Grand Prix. In 2021 Ricardo was named to the Adweek Creative 100.
E53 · 15 Dec 2021 · 1 hr
Patrick Milling Smith is co-founder and CEO of renowned production company SMUGGLER, named AdAge’s 2020 and shots’ 2021 Production Company of The Year. Alongside his partner Brian Carmody, Patrick has produced some of the most iconic campaigns of the past two decades and racked up every award known to man. Their roster of directors includes Kathryn Bigelow, Barry Jenkins and Jonah Hill. Additionally, SMUGGLER has produced internationally acclaimed Broadway plays. Their credits include the eight-time Tony Award-winning musical, Once. Macbeth starring Daniel Craig, returning to Broadway this…
E52 · 2 Sep 2021 · 1 hr 14 min
Mo Said is Founder and Chief Creative at Mojo Supermarket. In just the last two years, Mojo Supermarket has quickly gained notoriety by making headline-worthy campaigns for the likes of Adidas, Netflix, Truth, Savage X Fenty and Match.com. Mo has been named to the Forbes Under 30 list, Most Creative People in Business list and Adweek Creative 100. Mojo Supermarket was named AdAge A-List Agency To Watch in 2020, then Standout agency in 2021. Before Mojo Supermarket, Mo worked as a Creative at Droga5 and BBDO New York.
E51 · 15 Jul 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
Stephanie Nadi Olson is the founder of We Are Rosie, an ever-expanding community of independent marketing experts, available on-demand to complement, backfill, or accelerate in-house team capabilities on both the brand and agency sides. Stephanie founded We are Rosie in Atlanta in 2018. She was named AdAge Visionary of the Year 2020. She was recognized by Adweek in the 2020 Creative 100. She was named World Changing Woman 2020 by Conscious Company. She was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019 by the Stevie Awards. And most recently, Adweek named her among the 35 Trailblazing Women…
E50 · 4 Jun 2021 · 45 min
NBA Champion. Hall of Famer. Backboard shatterer. Glass ceiling shatterer. Broadcaster. Entrepreneur. DJ. Spokesman. Rapper. Philanthropist. Ph.D. Wrestler. Other stuff.
E49 · 9 Mar 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey are the co-founders of Maximum Effort, the subversive marketing company racking up viral hits, lighting up pop culture, and disrupting the industry. Ryan Reynolds is best known for co-writing, producing and starring in the Deadpool franchise. He is the owner of Mint Mobile, as well as Aviation Gin, which was acquired last year by Diageo for $660 million dollars. George Dewey spent 16 years at McCann, working up the ranks from intern to ECD. After stints at SpaceX, 20th Century Fox and Annapurna Pictures, George joined Ryan in 2018 as President of Maximum…
E48 · 25 Jan 2021 · 1 hr 10 min
Guy Shelmerdine is one of the most respected commercial directors of the past two decades, known for his inspiring focus on craft, performance, characters and concept with a comedic through line. He joined the production company SMUGGLER in 2003 shortly after winning Best New Director at Cannes. He has helmed award-winning spots for clients such as MINI Cooper, IKEA, Virgin Mobile, Coca-Cola, Honda, Range Rover, Skittles, Snickers, Volkswagen, Weetabix, and Barclays Bank. He’s a rare talent to find equal levels of success in the US and European markets. Recent notable work includes his…
E47 · 22 Dec 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
Luke Sullivan is a professor of advertising at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). He is the author of "Hey Whipple Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads," considered one of the most iconic and valuable resources ever written on how to succeed in the ad industry. Luke’s award winning career in the agency world spanned over 30 years, including stops at elite shops like Fallon and The Martin Agency. Today in addition to his work at SCAD, he is a public speaker who has presented talks around the world on building platforms not just campaigns, leveraging cultural tensions…
E46 · 25 Nov 2020 · 57 min
Charisse Hughes is SVP & Global CMO of Kellogg's. She has spent her career at some of the most iconic global companies, including Sara Lee, Avon, and Estee Lauder, where she served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing. Prior to joining Kellogg's, she was CMO at Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry brand. Charisse is a graduate of Howard University and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.
4 Nov 2020 · 1 hr
Roger Camp is co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Camp+King, the agency he created in 2011 with partner Jamie King that combines brand storytelling with expertise in digital, social and content development, built on a simple philosophy to make brands quote Conversationworthy. Over the past decade, Camp+King has won the Ad Age Small Agency of the Year Award four times. They were selected as one of Outside Magazine’s "Best Places to Work in America" in 2018. In Fall of 2020, Camp+King was acquired by Havas. Roger has had a storied career. In 1996, he joined Cliff Freeman as an art…
23 Sep 2020 · 1 hr 20 min
Omar Johnson served as CMO of Beats by Dre, VP Marketing at Apple, and account lead at Nike. Today he is the founder of Opus United, which most recently launched the content series "We The People" to fight for social change. Famously as CMO of Beats, Omar helped grow a $20 million company into a $1.6 billion dollar category leader, becoming the #1 premium headphone in 21 countries. In 2013, Adweek named Omar a “Brand Genius.” In 2016, Business Insider named him one of the “Most Innovative CMOs” for social media branding efforts including the “Straight Outta Somewhere” campaign, which reached…
Created by Omid Farhang, award-winning Creative Director and Founder of Majority. Featuring the marketing industry’s most admired leaders sharing advice, revealing process and routines, telling a few war stories, hopefully uplifting a few cynics, and divulging secrets to a fulfilling career in marke
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