Marketing Vanguard

For TJ Abrams, every career move he’s made has been based on people and purpose. In their first ever brand campaign, Exos is aiming to restore a sense of community within the health and wellness space with a suite of digital products that with encourage consumers to perform at their best. CMO Moves host Heide Palermo sat down with Abrams to discuss some fun ways in which he’s engaging his team vir...

In Kenny Mitchell’s return to the CMO Moves podcast, he reflects on the past two years in his role with a heavier focus on the future of AR. Serving as the lead for both the B2B and B2C business, Mitchell discusses the “magic” behind the platform’s most recent campaign, Open Your Snapchat, where consumers can open unique and localized AR experiences across major cities. Listen to this episode to l...

When Steven Tristan Young decided to take on the role of the first-ever CMO for the digitally native fashion marketplace Poshmark three years ago, he knew he had a big opportunity to make a mark on a lesser-known category that was ripe for adoption. And he was no stranger to taking on such a task, having served as VP of Growth for Grubhub at a time when the concept of food delivery was just starti...

When Amina first started, her career building consisted of iconic brands such as Pantene and Pampers at Proctor and Gamble. After 12 years, Amina set out on an important life journey that would determine her next big move to be CMO of the world’s first climate positive grocery store. Tune into this episode to learn more about Thrive Market’s shoppable cookbook launch and hear all about her journey...

For the sports-fuel brand Gatorade and video game software company Electronic Arts, entertainment has been blurring the line between the business and their audiences. From partnerships with Snoop Dogg and Keyshawn Johnson to bringing sports to digital via Twitch like having Marshawn Lynch and more athletes recreate the Pro Bowl during the pandemic, both brands have seen an incredible digital trans...

With a long and exciting history in the retail space, Lisa Pillette is pioneering the mattress industry with authenticity and warmth. After spending time at some of the world’s most exciting brands such as Ralph Lauren, Lacoste, and HSN, it’s no wonder the young direct-to-consumer brand, such as Casper, is thriving. Tune into this special guest-hosted episode of CMO Moves to hear Lisa talk about t...

Special Edition: The Business of Marketing Season 2! Adweek’s Chief Innovation Officer, Toby Daniels sits down with Hulu President Kelly Campbell to discuss her role managing Hulu’s suite of on-demand and live streaming businesses, as well as, overseeing Disney’s digital media and Movies Anywhere business. They also dive deep into Kelly’s extensive career, which includes serving as Hulu’s CMO wher...

After 12 years of experience in the New York dating scene and now married with children, Melissa Hobley is currently in 32 different dating apps—and so is her husband. But that shouldn't come as a surprise since Melissa acts as the current Global Chief Marketing Officer for OKCupid, so she must keep a close eye on what the digital dating landscape looks like. Tune in to the latest CMO Moves episod...

Jeff Jenkins is no stranger to working for exciting brands. His impressive career history includes Yum! Brands, Taco Bell, and even NASA to name a few. Jeff’s decision to take on a new role at Carter’s came easy saying he found a deep emotional connection with the brand as a parent of two young children. Tune in to this CMO Moves episode as Jeff Jenkins talks about mentorship, brand history, and a...

To continue our guest-hosted series of CMO Moves, Kate Gunning, CMO of IEX sits down with Nathaniel Ru, Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Sweetgreen to discuss healthy fast food at scale and their love for summer salads. It all started in college for Nathaniel Ru where he met his business partner Jonathan Neman in their first day of accounting class freshman year of college. Nathaniel and John...

Kelly Cook has a reputation for three things: a straight-shooting, big-hearted leadership style, a laser focus on what the customer needs, and the ability to turn around marketing departments that are ready for digital transformation. After leadership roles at DSW, Waste Management and others she took on the CMO gig at David's Bridal in 2019, just as the company was recovering from bankruptcy and...

Kicking off the guest-hosted CMO Moves episodes is an incredible duo: Eric Toda, global head of social marketing at Facebook, sits down for a chat with eos Products' first-ever CMO, Soyoung Kang. Tune in to this very special episode of CMO Moves on how you can learn just as much from your failures as you can from success, how having an appetite for risk to keep up with fast-paced consumers can res...

While most would find changing roles and marketing strategies during a pandemic challenging, Away’s CMO Selena Kalvaria saw it as a perfect opportunity. “We brought everything in together. We redeveloped our processes, how we work together, and we just moved in lock step. It's been a fantastic journey. The company has had explosive growth even as a pandemic has set us back. I feel like in many way...

Her current position at fintech start-up Happy Money may be Sadira Furlow’s first-ever CMO role (and this her first-ever podcast!) but don’t let the rookie façade fool you. The 2020 Brand Genius honoree has a string of noteworthy career achievements under her belt, including viral Superbowl campaigns like Mountain Dew’s “PuppyMonkeyBaby” and one of her proudest career wins in building from the gro...

Hyundai’s CMO Angela Zepeda never anticipated becoming a brand CMO, having spent the majority of her career on the agency side. And while she always saw herself going down the path of a COO role, it was that operational expertise and ability to solve real business problems through creativity that caught the eye of the Hyundai leadership team which led to the offer (on a Wednesday morning she recal...

When William White took on the role of chief marketing officer at Walmart, he considered it not only an honor to be working for the No. 1 Fortune 500 company, but also a dream job at a brand that comes with much responsibility. Not to mention, he just so happened to start his first-ever CMO role right at the start of a global pandemic. In this episode, William discusses the power and potential of...

Minjae Ormes took on the role as CMO of a start-up within a Fortune 15 company for one main reason—and that reason was based on her own criteria. “I was ready for more meaning—ready to take a bigger chance on myself, ready to take on a bigger risk and just go for something where I could really drive impact for the business,” Minjae said. Tune in to hear how her team is leveraging consumer behavior...

This episode marks a first for CMO Moves. We turned the tables on host Nadine Dietz as she joins as a guest for the very first time. CMOs Vineet Mehra and Musa Tariq take the hosting reigns to put Nadine in the hot seat to dish on the new adventure she’s taking on, as well as her new roles with Adweek. Nadine takes us back to her upbringing, her early career and some of the most personal and pivot...

I first was introduced to Sophie Bambuck last year when a few folks in our community kept mentioning her name as someone we just had to know. As promised, Sophie turned out to be a delightfully humble leader and mentor who views marketing in such a refreshingly simple way. The French-born (listen at :55 seconds in to hear how to say her last name right!), Portland-based leader spent most of her ca...

While it wasn’t an easy decision for Ukonwa Ojo to make the move from CMO of MAC Cosmetics to CMO of Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios, it was a decision that quickly proved to be the right one for this culture-focused leader. In this episode, we dive into Ukonwa’s background, growing up in Nigeria as the daughter of two entrepreneurs who gifted her with both analytical and creative DNA. She s...

Today we have what I think may be our first censored episode of #CMOMoves, for good reason! Kory Marchisotto, CMO of E.L.F. BEAUTY, gave Heide Palermo and I tons to think about, too many competing headlines, great advice and loads of laughter. Not to mention a masterclass on strategic elf and F-bombing along the way! Warning. Do not listen to this if you are averse to bold talk, big ideas, bad wor...

We're bringing you the second episode of The Business of Marketing, where we sat down with Mastercard’s Michael Fraccaro, Chief People Officer and Raja Rajamannar, President, Healthcare Business and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. The two discussed how the role of the CMO has been elevated as a direct result of 2020, the critical need to collaborate in and out of crisis mode, and how t...

Today marks the launch of a new show, 'The Business of Marketing', that we’re excited to share with our CMO Moves listeners! Created in partnership with our friends at SAP, It’s a show dedicated to hearing the perspectives from everyone across the C-Suite on how they view marketing and the role of the CMO in driving growth for the company. Join us as we explore different perspectives and mine the...

It’s not every day you get to interview the CMO of PepsiCo Beverages… and his daughter! When Greg Lyons invited me into his home, via zoom of course, I not only got to spend quality time with Greg talking through career and life defining moments, but I got to meet his lovely daughter, Molly, his two Bernese Mountain Dogs, and a cameo appearance (wave from the window) from his son. Join us as we ex...

The former Global CMO of Ralph Lauren, Jonathan Bottomley makes a big move to become the CMO of Boll and Branch, an exciting challenger brand grounded in Sustainability. As you all know, Sustainability is the most important topic of 2021, finally, as has been key for many years but this year, brands are stepping up in a big way. And as we heard loud and clear last week in our Sustainability Sympos...