Talking to Ourselves

Alicia Tillman is Chief Marketing Officer of SAP. In 2018 she was named among the 50 Most Influential CMOs in the World by Forbes. She has been covered by U.S. News & World Report, CNBC, Forbes, CMO.com and AdWeek. She has become a highly sought-after public speaker at marketing conferences around the globe. Prior to SAP, Alicia spent 11 years as a VP at American Express, working across public...

Cindy Gallop is a former advertising exec turned entrepreneur, public speaker and change-maker. In 1998 she founded the US branch of BBH, serving as Chairman and President for 7 years. In 2003 she was named Advertising Woman of the Year. Today she is the Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, IfWeRanTheWorld, and AllTheSky Holdings. Business Insider named her one of their "15 Most Important Marketing...

David Droga is Founder and Creative Chairman of Droga5, one of the most successful and influential agencies of the past decade. To date, Droga is the most awarded creative of all time at Cannes, with over 70 Lions, and six Grand Prix wins. He is the youngest person ever inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. In 2017, he received the Cannes Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lion of St. Ma...

Justin Gignac is co-founder of Working Not Working, the preeminent networking site where freelance creatives and companies go to connect. It has become an essential and transformative tool for thousands in the freelance community. Hundreds of companies now use Working Not Working to source talent, including Apple, Google, Droga5, Wieden+Kennedy, Airbnb, Kickstarter, IDEO, The New York Times, and M...

Jeff Kling was Chief Creative Officer of Fallon until May of 2018, when he resigned his post. Jeff joined Fallon in 2012, where he led successful campaigns like "Get Your Taxes Won" for H&R Block starring John Hamm, and Arby's "We Have The Meats." Prior to Fallon, Jeff was ECD at Euro RSCG (now Havas), where he created the now mythic "Most Interesting Man Alive" campaign for Dos Equis. From 19...

John Mescall is Global ECD at McCann Worldgroup, and President of the McCann Worldgroup Creative Leadership Council. In this dual role, John provides creative leadership across the agency's global brands, while also partnering closely with the network’s creative and strategic leads around the world. Prior to that, John was Chief Creative Officer of McCann Australia, leading McCann Melbourne to bec...

Greg Hahn is Chief Creative Officer of BBDO New York. Over the past year, Greg has helped lead BBDO to one of its most successful years ever, including a clean sweep of 'Network of the Year' honors across Cannes, D&AD, ADC and One Show. Greg joined BBDO as an ECD in 2005 and became CCO in 2013, leading some of the industry’s most ground-breaking work for brands like HBO, FedEx and AT&T. He...

Alex Bogusky is Co-Founder and Chief Creative Engineer of Crispin Porter+Bogusky. Alex lead the legendary ascension of CP+B to become the world's most famous and awarded agency over more than a decade, and the first ever to win the Cannes Grand Prix in all five categories. The agency grew to over a thousand employees, with offices in Miami, Boulder, Los Angeles, London and Sweden, and with annual...

Chris Beresford-Hill is Chief Creative Officer of TBWA\Chiat\Day New York, whose clients include Adidas, Nissan and Pepsi. Prior to joining TBWA in 2017, Chris served as ECD of BBDO, where he led some of the agency’s most lauded work in recent years, for clients including Guinness, HBO, FedEx and Foot Locker. His early career was spent at Saatchi New York, Goodby San Francisco, and Modernista Bost...

Susan Hoffman is Co-Chief Creative Officer of Wieden Kennedy. Susan joined W+K in the mid-eighties as employee number eight. Thirty years later, she has helped shape the most respected and revered creative agency in the industry, and in turn, the very industry itself. Aside from creative directing some of the most famous work of all time for clients like Nike, Old Spice, Chrysler and Miller High L...

Mike Byrne is Founding Partner and Global Chief Creative Officer of Anomaly, whose clients include Nike, Coca Cola, Beats by Dre and Anheuser-Busch. Under Mike's leadership, Anomaly has become a revered creative powerhouse, winning every major award including AdAge Agency of the Year, and Fast Company's Most Innovative. Prior to Anomaly, Mike built his career at Wieden+Kennedy, where he served as...

John Norman is Partner and Chief Creative Officer and Translation, working with brands including the NBA, Nike, Google, Apple, Jeep and State Farm. Prior to joining Translation in 2014, John held positions as CCO of TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, and CCO of The Martin Agency. He also spent 8 years as ECD at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, where he led such legendary work as Coca Cola “Happiness Factory”, and Nike “...

Tiffany Rolfe is a partner and the Chief Creative Officer at Co:Collective, a strategy and innovation company. Co: specializes in inventing and re-inventing products, businesses and brands, for clients including Google, Infiniti, GE and NewsCorp. Tiffany also serves as co-Managing partner of The Pub, a new content strategy and publishing agency that helps brands and native creators collaborate on...

Jaime Robinson is Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Joan, a rapidly growing start-up shop that she created with partner Lisa Clunie in 2016. Prior to start-up life, Jaime served as co-Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy New York, helping shape work for clients like Delta Air Lines, Southern Comfort and Sprite. During her days in San Francisco at Pereira & O'Dell, Jaime did acc...

Ari Weiss is Chief Creative Officer of DDB North America, where he has led a creative resurgence, including 2 gold Andys and 13 D&AD Pencils, spurring DDB's return to the AdAge A-List for the first time in 20 years. Prior to DDB, Ari spent 5 years at BBH, where he took the helm as Chief Creative Officer at the age of just 33, leading campaigns for Axe, Playstation and Netflix, and winning nume...

Gerry Graf is founder and CCO of Barton F Graf. Over a 25+ year career spanning BBDO, Goodby, Chiat NY and Saatchi, there are few more decorated creative minds in our industry than Gerry. AdAge named three of his commercials to their list of the 20 Best Super Bowl Ads of All Time. In 2007, he was named the most awarded creative director in the world. In 2014 he appeared on Fast Company’s list of t...

Hank Perlman is an acclaimed commercial director, and co-founder of the highly awarded production company Hungry Man. Hank is a trusted partner to some of the best creative agencies in the world, directing campaigns for Fedex, Amazon, AT&T, State Farm, Toyota, and American Express. Prior to directing, Hank was a copywriter at Wieden+Kennedy, where he created the fabled ESPN “This is SportsCent...

Chloe Gottlieb is Chief Creative Officer of R/GA, where she guides hundreds of multidisciplinary teams in the creation of breakthrough products, services, and communications for global brands such as Nike and Samsung. Chloe was named one of the “Most Creative People in Advertising” by Business Insider in 2014 and 2015. Her work for Nike, Nokia, Verizon, Alvio, and the Ad Council has garnered the i...

Rob Reilly is Global Creative Chairman of McCann Worldgroup. Under Rob’s leadership, McCann has had a creative resurgence, earning “Agency of the Year” and “Network of the Year” honors at most every major award show. McCann enjoyed the most awarded campaign globally both in 2017 and 2016, and the agency’s creative work has been among the most celebrated both in the industry and in the culture at l...

David Lubars is Chairman/Chief Creative Officer of BBDO.  During his tenure, BBDO has been named Agency of the Year by various industry publications more than 15 times. Most recently, David was inducted into The One Club Creative Hall of Fame, and was honored with a Clio Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also named one of the top ten creative directors of all time by Forbes. David has personally...

Susan Credle is Global Chief Creative Officer of FCB, where she took the helm in 2015. Before that, Susan spent over two decades at BBDO, working on some of the biggest brands in the world, including FedEx, Pepsi, Visa, and perhaps her claim to fame, humanizing the iconic M&M’S characters. In 2009 Susan joined Leo Burnett USA, where she became one of the first ever female CCOs of a large-scale...

Andrew Keller is Global Creative Director of Facebook’s Creative Shop -- a team of creative strategists within Facebook and Instagram that partner with brands, businesses and agencies. Before that, Andrew spent his career at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where he was a driving force in reinventing the advertising industry for nearly two decades, winning every major accolade for brands including Burger...

Nick Law is Vice Chairman, Global Chief Creative Officer at R/GA. During Nick's tenure, R/GA has become one of the most awarded agencies in the world, winning every major creative accolade, including four Cannes Lion Grand Prix awards, a D&AD Black Pencil, and a GRANDY; and Adweek named R/GA Digital Agency of the Decade and Nike+ as Campaign of the Decade. Nick has been on every major award sh...