The Human Element: A Carat Podcast

This year’s Carat US’ Leadership Summit was held in Scottsdale, Arizona and included three days, 60 hours, 20 sessions and 108 Carat leaders aligning on the vision and mission of the agency. In this episode, we provide a sneak peek into the live Q&A with Michael Epstein, CEO, Carat US and Nick Brien, CEO Americas, Dentsu Aegis Network discussing Winning in the Digital Economy and the Dentsu Aegis...

In this episode we’re joined by our very own, Haley Paas, SVP, Head of Strategy & Insights to take a look at the 2019 media landscape. In less than 30 minutes we cover some of the biggest trends today, including ASMR, E-Sports, gambling legalization and 5G.

Aakash Kothari, Global Product Marketing Manager Lead and Jason Dailey, US Agency Development, Facebook join us in a conversation around the gap between brands and consumers, privacy, and stories adoption.

In this special edition of the podcast, we talk about marketing’s biggest day: the Superbowl. Joined by Andy Schneider, Sr Brand Strategy lead at Reddit and our very own Joey Medici, Supervisor Strategy, and Sarah Stringer, SVP, Head of Innovation at Carat we highlight the benefit of Superbowl ad spots, who missed the mark this year and the broader implications for brands.

Tara Walpert Levy, VP Agency and Brand Solutions, Google joins us for a conversation around the health and future of agencies, the current state of privacy & transparency and the importance of self-advocacy.

From CES 2019, Brian Kaminsky, President Product Revenue at iHeartMedia, joins us for a conversation about the data revolution in broadcast radio, the current state of privacy, and the first incident in the coming war between robots.

CES is overwhelming. It’s hard to even know where to look, let alone where to place bets on what’s coming next. Sarah Stringer, our own Head of Innovation, helps to distill the complexity and chaos as we reflect on this year’s show.

Privacy, CES, & Christmas Fish by The Human Element

We reflect on the past year and what’s to come in 2019 with Michael Epstein, CEO, and Angela Steele, CSO, Carat US. Oh, and we also talk about the irresistibly of hotel Pringles..

From the most recent XT4 drop to the foundations of a successful client and agency relationship, Raymond Warren, Senior Manager Media, Cadillac and Shane Malach, Content Director, Carat US join us in a conversation around how media has continued to drive Cadillac’s place in culture.

Ben Jankowski, SVP, Global Head of Media, Mastercard joins us for a discussion around what it takes to build global brand success.

In this episode we invite Multicultural experts, Rob Douglas, VP of Insights and New Business and Diego Saldeno, Senior Account Director from Gravity to discuss the importance of subcultures and the challenges with pushing an existing campaign into a new cultural moment.

In this episode we break the stereotype of “agency innovation” and discuss how successful brands have built success around innovation agendas with Sarah Stringer, SVP, Head of Innovation and Michael Liu, Director, Mobile & Innovation Strategy.

In this episode we discuss with Neil Carty, Founder & CEO of The Carty Group, the role events have on communities and the evolution of successful customer experiences.

This episode we dig into the integration of strategy and technology to create more impactful experiences, and if brand experiences can really make consumers lives more meaningful. Finally, we try to decide whether brands fall into two categories: chore or cherish, with Michael Liu, Director, Mobile & Innovation Strategy and James Allen, VP Director, Strategy, Carat US.

We dive into proprietary work on how brands, political movements and culture intersect. Guests are members of Carat’s Strategy & Insights team: Angela Steele, CSO, Alex May, Director of Global Strategy, and Danielle Helmsley, Director of Insights.

Welcome to Carat’s new podcast focused on finding humanity in modern day marketing. In this episode Carat’s Marketing team, Robert Schwartz, CMO and Chelsea Contre, Associate Director, happen to stumble upon our podcast name.