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Learn. Share. Repeat. That’s the mantra behind everything Robett Hollis does. In this episode, we chat to the extremely successful entrepreneur and elite ex-Snowboarder about building New Zealanders up, by giving them the knowledge, power and bravery to better themselves.

Run by three women in their early 20s, Shit You Should Care About is an Instagram account that’s mastered the art of repackaging hard news, soft news and culture into humorous and digestible pieces of content. In this special lockdown episode we chat to Lucy Blakiston, the voice behind the account - about lockdown loves, fandom, community and freedom to pick and choose what you care about.

This week we continue our D&AD president series with Kate Stanners head of the Press & Outdoor Jury. Kate walks us through her journey to CCO greatness. As well as her belief in the freedom to fail and that most valuable thing you can bring to the table is indeed yourself.

Charu Aggarwal is a Chevening Scholar awarded by British Commonwealth, and comes with more than 20 years of digital, creative & media strategy experience on Fortune 500 brands like P&G, GSK, Samsung, FOX Network & Nokia in Global, APAC and MENA remits. In this week's episode of our D&AD Jury President Series, Charu Aggarwal (Head of the Media Jury) talks about the importance of diversity in the judging room. The rise of DEY, and shift in the media landscape towards long term behaviour change.

Paul Chan, Chief Creative Officer at CHEIL joins us for the second episode in our D&AD Jury President series. In this episode we deep dive into how hard it really is to win (and award) a Yellow Pencil. As well as the formula of creativity, the thrill of cracking a brief and never giving up on a good idea.

For the first of our D&AD Jury President episodes, we talk with Fred Levron - FCB Worldwide Creative Partner and holder of 3xBlack Pencils. Tune in as we discuss leadership, collaboration and craft with one of the best.

Britt Nolan - Chief Creative Officer North America, DDB (E84) by Love This Podcast by Colenso BBDO

Jim Antonopoulos - Managing Director, Tank (E83) by Love This Podcast by Colenso BBDO

After incredibly successful careers on the agency and client side, Chris and Colin joined forces to create PLATFRMR, before recently being acquired by VICE Media Group. Now Global Chief Creative Officer and Global Chief Innovation Officer, we looked deeper into their careers, unpacking the new job to do at VICE, and enjoying their POV on all things creativity, marketing and culture.

Erica Dorn is an experienced Graphic Designer based in London. In this episode, we walked through Erica’s background before design and her move from Japan to the UK. We then discovered more about how she creates visual worlds, the role of research in the design process, and a deep dive on her Isle of Dogs production with Wes Anderson. We finished by looking at the role of artistic license, the pressure involved on every project, and how Erica would encourage everyone to look at and try a...

Jules Lund is the Founder of Tribe - a self serve marketplace connecting social media influencers with leading brands to create powerful 1:1 campaigns that engage audiences difficult to reach. We talk about how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable, the evolution of influence and influencers, social commerce and how it works for brands, amongst many, many other things.

Marianne Malina is the President of GSD&M - a creatively driven, full-service agency born and raised in Austin, Texas - run by a band of misfits, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs and clay. In this episode, we looked at Marianne's 20 years' experience at GSD&M, the role of a creative agency and how GSD&M are expanding on their core capabilities to remain relevant in the future, and what the industry and culture might look like in a post-COVID world. We also discussed the role of DE&I in...

The changing media landscape. Taking bigger bites. Leadership styles. Scaling an agency. Responses to COVID-19. Brand purpose. Just a few of the topics that we discussed with Jean Freeman.

Chris is the Chief Creative Officer of TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, where he is responsible for the agency’s creative output. In his time at the agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day NY has transformed itself, resulting in industry and cultural recognition, including returning to the AdAge A-List at #5 in 2019, after a 10 year absence, when New York “emerged seemingly out of nowhere to become TBWA’s most surprising innovation machine,” and “where creativity has bloomed again.” In 2020, the agency moved up a spot to...

How do you scale a start up business? A business that's been listed as a Top 3 Independent Agency in the US by Campaign Magazine? What lessons in leadership can you take from large companies, to smaller ones? How do you sell creative work that makes a legal team ask questions? What's your relationship to creativity? What advice would you have for those looking to get into the advertising industry? A few of the topics Beth and Joe discussed with Kerry McKibbin.

I'm not interested in stories about the past or any crap of that kind because the woods are burning, you understand? There's a big blaze going on all around.

Adam Ferrier is Founder/Consumer Psychologist at Thinkerbell, Decade of Action and s p a c e. Here's a wee bit more info on the legendary Australian entrepeneur. After graduating university with degrees in commerce and clinical psychology, Adam began his career working in maximum security prisons, before making the natural move to advertising. He joined Saatchi & Saatchi as a Strategic Planner and, during this time, invented a psychological board game 'The Analyst'​, translated into three...

Ali Rez is the Regional Executive Creative Director at Impact BBDO. Ranked amongst the Global Top 20 Executive Creative Directors on the 2020 World Creativity Rankings, and named South Asia Creative Person of the Year by Campaign magazine, Ali Rez has won more than 400 international awards in his 20-year career. These include multiple Gold Cannes Lions, Gold Clios, D&AD pencils, Grand Prix Effie, Grand Prix Dubai Lynx, and Grand Prix Spikes amongst many others. In this episode, we discussed...

Jason Rosario - Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, BBDO Worldwide (E72) by Love This Podcast by Colenso BBDO

Marc is the co-founder of Giant Spoon - an agency built on the power of possible thinking – to shoot for the moon and solve impossible challenges. In this episode, we look at how and why Marc decided to start Giant Spoon, how he has found running an agency of 100+ people and partnering clients during COVID-19, his relationship to creativity and finding the edges, and what's next for Giant Spoon.