The WARC Podcast

WARC’s Ann Marie Kerwin talks to Ana Andejelic, former chief of brand for Espirit, and Suzanne Powers, founder of Powers Creativity. Discussing the story of the Nike brand and what is the role of brand building versus performance marketing. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/l...

WARC’s David Tiltman, Alex Brownsell and Celeste Huang talk about three key points from the latest Global Ad Trends report on in-game advertising. Discussing gaming ad-spend, the complexity of the gaming ecosystem and what needs to be done for brands to devote a higher share of budget to in-game advertising. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newslet...

WARC’s Catherine Driscoll is joined by Cheryl Calverley, founder of The Den and Harriet Kingaby, co-chair of the Conscious Advertising Network. Discussing the risks with how Gen Alpha are targeted by advertising, guidance on how to responsibly engage with children and the key learnings from both on working in this space. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free...

WARC's Amy Rodgers and John Bizzell talk about the winning campaigns from the 2024 Creative Effectiveness Lions. Discussing the three key themes from the recently released 'Creative Effectiveness Lions: Insights from the 2024 winners' report. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en...

Lydia Amoah (The Black Pound Report), Cass Naylor (Outvertising) and Ndu Uchea (Word On The Curb) join WARC's Anna Hamill to share insights from research exploring the often-overlooked consumer impact of diverse audiences in the UK. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/latest&nb...

WARC Asia's managing director Rica Facundo and India editor Biprorshee Das talk about three key takeaways from the latest India Spotlight getting festive marketing right. Discussing the pre-festival build up phase, the commercialisation of the festive season and inclusivity in your festive marketing. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter . &n...

As part of WARC’s ongoing coverage of masculinity in crisis, US Commissioning Editor Cathy Taylor talks with Alejandro Fieccone, global head of brand for Dove Men+Care at Unilever, and Gary J. Nix, founder and chief strategy officer at the Brandarchist. Discussing the crisis in masculinity, and how brands can drive positive change in how men see themselves. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketin...

In this episode of CMO Conversations, WARC's Anna Hamill talks to Samsung UK's Chief Customer Officer, Deborah Honig, about building ecosystem brands, why AI needs to be helpful, diversity in tech and much, much more. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/latest    Subs...

WARC's Anne Marie Kerwin talks with Andrew Lipsman, independent analyst and consultant at Media, Ads + Commerce, and Marlowe Nickell, founder and CEO of Grocery TV on the marketing effectiveness of in-store advertising. Discussing their recent WARC article “How Brands Grow” with In-Store Advertising" which made the case for including retail media in media mixes as a medium for reach and to increas...

In this episode of CMO Conversations, WARC's Anna Hamill talks to LVMH's Global Brand Officer, Mathilde Delhoume, about the luxury company's role in the 2024 Paris Olympics, blending brand heritage with modernity, the power of building long-term brands, and much more. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News: &nbs...

WARC’s Awards lead John Bizzell talks to Susan Irving, CMO at Kruger Products and Gugu Mthembu, CMO at Telkom South Africa about judging for the WARC Awards 2024. Discussing all the Grand Prix winning campaigns, the judging experience and highlights from Cannes Lions. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News: &nbs...

In this episode of CMO Conversations, WARC's Anna Hamill talks to LEGO's global chief product and marketing officer, Julia Goldin, about how LEGO stays relevant across generations, the gaming boom, brand safety in digital worlds and much more. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/e...

WARC’s Alex Brownsell talks to Alissa Hansen, chief product officer of Omnicom, and Mark Holden, worldwide chief strategy officer at PHD, about how generative AI will impact marketing and advertising teams in the years ahead. Read more at https://ascension.phdmedia.com Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News: &nb...

In this episode of CMO Conversations, WARC's Anna Hamill talks to Bloomberg Media's Chief Revenue Officer, Christine Cook, about Bloomberg's growth strategy, the role of news brands in volatile times, opportunities in the subscription economy and much, much more. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   ht...

WARC’s Alex Brownsell talks to Kay Hsu, head of creative lab at Spotify, and Jorge Ruiz, global head of marketing science at TikTok about how creativity and media can combine to enhance effectiveness. Discussing the impact of channel, platform and format on creative best practice. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WA...

WARC's Anna Hamill is joined by Marcel Marcondes, AB InBev's global chief marketing officer. Discussing creative effectiveness at AB InBev, being creative marketers of the year, and priorities for the future. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/latest    Subscribe to...

WARC's David Tiltman speaks to Mark Ritson, founder of Marketing Week's Mini MBA about his recent talk at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Discussing why creativity is not enough, where strategy is going wrong and what excites him for the future. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .   Subscribe to WARC News: &nbs...

WARC’s Amy Rodgers talks to Harjot Singh, Global Chief Strategy Officer at McCann Worldgroup and Islam ElDessouky, Global VP Creative at Coca-Cola. Discussing the themes from the winning campaigns from the Creative Effectiveness Lions and insights from the judging room.   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/latest    Subscribe to The WARC Podcast: Apple Spotify &n...

On the final day of Cannes Lions, WARC's Ann Marie Kerwin discusses marketing's relevancy problem with Najoh Tita-Reid and Leonid Sudakov from Mars Petcare. McCann's Grand Effie winner, Jamie Peate shares insights on why humour is back. Finally, WARC's David Tiltman share his highlights from the Creative Impact track.   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/latest  &nbsp...

On day four of Cannes Lions, WARC's Rica Facundo talks to Instacart's Laura Jones and Karen Crum from EY-Parthenon about redefining the value of brand. ANA's Latha Sarathy and WARC's Adi Kishore talk about new creative effectiveness research, and Gurdeep Puri (The Effectiveness Partnership) and Kawal Shoor shares insights into the factors driving India's marketing success.   Subscribe to WARC...

On day three of Cannes Lions, WARC's Anna Hamill talks to Diageo's Grainne Wafer and Callum McCahon from Born Social about Guinness's brand transformation. WARC's Lena Roland and Mark Pollard from Sweathead discuss the future of strategy, and Oxford University's Andrew Stephen and the Unsterotype Alliance's Sara Denby share new research proving the power of progressive advertising.   Subscrib...

On day two of Cannes Lions, WARC's  Alex Brownsell speaks with e.l.f Beauty CMO Kory Marchisotto and Dr Marcus Collins about why brand isn't dead, Adam Morgan from eatbigfish makes the case against dull and beige ads, and MSQ's Justin Cox shares new research on the power of rituals.   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.warc.com/en/latest    Subscribe to The WARC Podcast: App...

On day one of WARC's daily episodes from Cannes Lions 2024, WARC editors speak with Luana Bumachar and Elizabeth Paul about the viral ad for Solo Stoves with Snoop Dogg, Duncan Meisel from Clean Creatives shares how climate change is impacting creativity, followed by LinkedIn's Mimi Turner and Bain's Jamie Cleghorn on exciting new B2B research.   Subscribe to WARC News:   https://www.war...

WARC's SVP of content David Tiltman speakd to LIONS' chief content officer Paul Kemp-Robertson about the Creative Impact content programme, which will be taking place across the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Later they speak to Devika Bulchandani, Global CEO at Ogilvy about her take on creative effectiveness and what she’s hoping to see at the Festival. Stay up-to-date wi...

WARC’s managing editor of research and insight, Paul Stringer talks to the founders of Evidenza.ai Jon Lombardo and Peter Weinberg about synthetic data. Discussing what synthetic research is, how synthetic data will impact marketing, what marketers can do to mitigate any risks of working with this data. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....