The Human Element: A Carat Podcast

In this episode of our mini-series about the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry, Mike Law – President at Amplifi, US - joins us to share how clients and partners are managing media investment during the crisis.

Welcome back to Carat’s mini-series on the impact of COVID-19 across marketing, advertising and media. This week Richard Frampton, Head of Strategy & Solutions, DAN Media China joins us to share how clients and consumers have handled the crisis in that market.

In this episode of our mini-series around the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry, Jason Schulweis - Head of Brand Partnerships and Integrated Marketing at Morning Brew joins us.

Welcome back to Carat’s mini-series about the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry. In this episode Marla Kaplowitz, President and CEO of the 4A’s joins us to share her thoughts.

In the following weeks, we will be doing a series of episodes around the impact of COVID-19 on the marketing and media industry. In this episode Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Carat Global joins us.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we have a special edition of the pod featuring some of the many amazing women of Carat USA. They share their views on the opportunities and challenges of being a woman in business today.

We had a chance to sit down with Joseph Alminawi, better known as Swiftor, Twitch Streamer and YouTuber, to talk about the life of a creator, the importance of his community, and how to balance authenticity and sponsorship.

In this episode Donna Dei-Baning, Associate Director of Insights and Joey Medici, Associate Director of Strategy at Carat US join us to discuss Carat’s proprietary research on the world of creator culture and how brands can safely engage and leverage creators.

Jonathan Hunt, EVP, Marketing at Complex join us to discuss the power of connecting to popular culture to build brands.

In this episode, Elio LaGrua, Strategy Director at Carat Global joins us to discuss the global growth of voice, and the future of audio opportunities for brands.

Debbie Weinstein, VP, Youtube and Global Video Solutions at Google joins us to discuss modern marketing, brand growth and the responsibilities of brand safety.

In this episode, Sarah Looss, Head of Sales at Twitch sits down with us to discuss the power of community, and the massive opportunity for authentic consumer and brand interactions.

Ryan Duffy, Emerging Tech Writer at Morning Brew joined us at CES to talk about the future of tech, journalism and government regulation.

In this episode Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Strategy & Insights and Michael Liu, VP Director, Mobile, Innovation and Strategy tackle the topics that owned the show floor and why we still come to CES.

CES: it’s hard to even know where to look, let alone where to place bets on what’s coming next. Sarah Stringer, SVP, Head of Innovation, and Michael Liu, VP, Director, Mobile & Innovation, at Carat US help to set the tone for this year’s show.

Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Carat Global joins us for a quick view into our just released Carat 2020 trends report and what we can expect to impact media, globally.

One calendar year later from our “Privacy, CES, & Christmas Fish” episode and your Human Element hosts and producer are back with a look at the entire year of pods (with some holidays memories along the way).

Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Strategy and Insights and Kara Lazarus, SVP Head of Investment at Carat join us for a deep dive into the evolving media landscape and what to expect in 2020.

In this special edition of the pod we sit down with Angela Steele, newly appointed Carat US CEO about her inspiration, role models and early priorities for Carat US.

We turned this episode into the Thanksgiving riff, from favorite foods to memories, and an insider look into the biggest travel holiday of the year.

We are joined by Sarah Stringer, SVP Head of Innovation at Carat US for an impromptu discussion around current events (OTT launches, Political ad bans, even the “ok, Boomer” movement) and the unavoidable implications and impacts they have on marketing.

Mike Murphy, Technology Editor at Quartz joins us to talk tech, journalism, public policy and place a few bets on 2020.

We are joined by Christine Pineiro, EVP Managing Director and Ryan Persaud, VP Director Planning for a special pod around Carat’s key day-to-day function: media planning. We discuss the evolution of the discipline as well as the skills needed to be planners in the future.

In this episode Andrew Ward, President, Ampersand; Dave Sederbaum, EVP, Video Investment and Brad Stockton, VP Video Innovation at Amplifi join us to discuss audience segmentation, measurement and progress towards addressable TV.

During his whirlwind 48-hour trip to the US, we had a chance to sit down with Max Bleyleben, Managing Director & Chief Privacy Officer at SuperAwesome. We discuss the requirements and pitfalls of digital advertising for kids and what brands should expect next in global privacy policy.