NAKED VOICE

How brave are clients? Are our marketing clients as brave as they could be? Are clients less brave in healthcare? Why? How can we help them get braver? We discuss all this and more in this episode where we're joined by special guest, Cannes-Lions speaker and award winner, Jonty Toosey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even the strongest partnerships can find themselves in troubled waters. From communication breakdowns and scope creep to misaligned expectations and disappearing trust, we explore the real reasons client-agency relationships fail—and what it takes to turn things around. A conversation for agency leaders, marketers, founders and anyone who's ever sat on either side of the client-agency divide. Host...

From commercial art to creating his own world of expression, Metin Salih shares his journey of embracing imperfection and authenticity in art and life. We explore Wabi-Sabi, the evolving role of the artist in an AI driven work, and why the human touch is what truly makes art resonate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re excited to welcome back Sarah Vine to the NAKEDVOICE Podcast 🎙️    A few years ago, Sarah shared her personal fertility journey with us. Since then, she’s turned that experience into something powerful — a new book on egg freezing, designed to help women navigate one of the most complex and emotional decisions they may face.    In this episode (What every women should kno...

This week we chat to Dominic Marchant about his fascinating journey – from starting off in consumer advertising to quickly setting up his own agency, eventually selling BOTH arms of that agency (consumer and health) to a large marketing and research group. After exiting, Dom cofounded ARK in 2018 and enjoyed rapid success, with ARK being acquired by OPEN Health just three years later. Today, Dom’s...

While recovering from a double mastectomy, Becky realised something the entire industry had ignored: Bras aren’t designed for real bodies. Around  90% of women have uneven breasts —yet most bras are built as if symmetry is the norm. That insight didn’t just frustrate her. It led to action. Years of research, fittings and prototyping later, she built  yoobra -  a brand designed for w...

In this week's episode, we chat with Seiko Angelo, not only about his fantastic and varied journey in advertising — which even included a stint at Wieden+Kennedy stateside, working on brands like Nike — but also, more recently, about working as an in-house Global Creative Lead client-side.   We cover the differences and similarities in working as a creative leader on either side of the fence...

Following on from the annual NAKEDHEALTH April Fool podcast, it is definitely official: we are NOT starting our very own award show! However, in this very real episode about awards, we are joined by Shaheed Peera who, as founder of The Creative Floor awards, knows a thing or two about this topic.  We delve into some of the aspect of awards our April Fool episode touched on - are entry fi...

Well, after almost a year of planning, NAKEDHEALTH are officially launching its own award show! THE CLACTONS will attempt to retain all the best things about other award shows while losing some of the most annoying elements. The team spent 10 months running multiple workshops to lands on a unique and compelling brand purpose for THE CLACTONS - which they talk about in this announcement. Get your v...

In this episode, we talk to Chad Turner, Vice President, Marketing, Mayne Pharma in the USA. Chad has been a leading light in female health sales and marketing for over 25 years.  Chad talks to us about the big changes he has seen in the category over these years, the 3 or 4 biggest challenges and opportunities from a commercial perspective, the ongoing role of social medi...

This week's episode delves into the hot topic of the day (month and year): AI. Will AI take away the need for strategists? What about copywriting and even conceptual ideation?  We take a tour around a typical advertising agency and asses whose job is safe and whose may be up for grabs by AI. Joining us in this episode and helping to adjudicate our predictions, is the digital and tech guru, Ju...

Ever thought about starting your own independent agency? Not sure whether to seek a backer or bootstrap it yourself? Do you need a client waiting in the wings before making the move? Lee, Max and Raj - as founders of NAKEDHEALTH - talk about their experiences and learnings from starting NAKEDHEALTH back in 2018, with no funding and no clients. Some great tips for anyone thinking about going on thi...

In this episode we talk to Dani Malik about her incredible journey from obesity to fighting fit.   Dani’s weight peaked at 107kg before she took back control of her life – losing an incredible amount of weight and today running regular ultra marathons.   During this time, Dani has also transformed her career – from highly successful marketing roles in medical aesthetics and rare dis...

In this episode, we talk to Josiane Chuisseu, one of the founders of Elle’s Bliss – a new and innovative company focusing on improving understanding C-sections and making a difference to the lives of women, recovering from C-sections.   We discuss some of the reasons women have C-sections, potential risks associated with this and some of the natural products Elle’s Bliss have, and are develop...

This week our very special guest was Jonty Toosey who has just completed his first feature film - which he wrote and directed.  Jonty chats to us about the similarities and differences with commercial ad production and about the intricacies involved from selecting the specialist crew and cast, from trying to get Kate Winslet on board to landing on the incredibly talented leads: Will Medland a...

🎙️ Brand new NAKEDVOICE PODCAST EPISODE just dropped. We speak to Verity, founder and CEO of Hysteron , and it’s a must-listen for anyone passionate about women’s health!!! Verity’s journey is inspiring — from graduating with First Class Honours in Biomedical Sciences to creating Hysteron, a platform tackling the huge data and care gaps in menopause. Together, we explore how women’s health can shi...

Time flies when you’re having fun?  Well, the last 7 years have flown by and this episode of the NAKEDVOICE talks about why and how we set up NAKEDHEALTH as well as some highlights over the years and some predictions for the next 7 years.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we talk to our newest recruit, Sharon McCartney about her journey to NAKEDHEALTH. Sharon was born, and grew up in New York and like many of us stumbled into healthcare advertising - taking her first role with CDM, NYC back in 2004. In 2007, Sharon took up an opportunity to move to London with CDM and work on global accounts. After a slightly bumpy start in London, Sharon thrived a...

The @NAKEDHEALTH team sat down with @Julian Wakely, an industry expert who has worked with some of the biggest names in tech including Apple, for a wide-ranging discussion about websites past and present and the future (or not) of this format of communication     💡 Topics we covered:   ✅ The evolution of websites – how did we get to where we are today?  ✅ What are the i...

No politics here!     Our only manifesto is about whether advertising is as great as it was and what we could do to make it better.    Some of the NAKEDHEALTH team chat about their view of the current industry and three things they think could make advertising great again.    We cover a number of topics from fear to market research and the potential impact of wok...

The @NAKEDHEALTH team sat down with @Jonty Toosey to talk all things film and brand campaign production —because great storytelling isn’t always about budget, it’s about creativity. A lot was discussed on this episode and there are some clear takeaways that you can use and apply to your own projects:    💡 Top Tips from Jonty:   ✅ Start with a clear, compelling idea  ✅ Priori...

In this episode we chat to Shaheed Peera about this year’s Creative Floor Awards: •⁠ ⁠The work that goes into organising a large, global awards show •⁠ ⁠Any new developments for this year •⁠ ⁠The excellent talent fund that raises £1000s for good causes •⁠ ⁠A fabulous new masterclass initiative called ‘Where did your advertising go wrong’  Check out the episode now for an i...

Following on from yesterday's APRIL FOOL's podcast about opening NKD TOWERS - the NAKEDHEALTH team talk about exactly why they are not going anywhere near opening a bricks and mortar office. After over 7 years' successful working, the team talk about the pros of virtual working, any cons and tips to make it work for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following even more growth at the end of 2024 and now into 2025, NAKEDHEALTH enter Q2 by announcing the opening of their new building in trendy Shoreditch, London. All is revealed on this week's episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SERIES 4 of THE NAKED VOICE IS HERE! In this episode, we chat about what topics we will cover in series 4 of our podcast series - a little teaser for what will be coming over the next few months... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.