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Hijinks Co-Founder and CCO Tamryn Kerr is the latest guest on Untalented by UNKNOWN. Tamryn gives us a deep-dive into the world of advertising, how her career has involved to co-founding her own agency, the nuances and challenges along the way, why there will be a talent shortage, the leadership qualities essential to thrive in the creative sector, her strategies for steering teams towards success...

TwentyFirstCenturyBrand Partner Sara Tate is the latest guest on Untalented by UNKNOWN. Sara  shares her insights on leading and transforming creative businesses. She discusses her approach to marketing transformation, importance of aligning internal culture with external branding, the challenges and strategies involved in driving behaviour change within large organisations, how to facilitate cult...

MRM CCO Ioana Filip is the latest guest on Untalented by UNKNOWN. Ioana discusses her dynamic journey into advertising, overcoming age and gender biases, the trials and tribulations of being a female leader, the insights into her creative process, the role of AI technology in Creativity, the importance of promoting gender equality and mentorship for Women in executive roles within the industry. ...

Ete Davies, COO of Dentsu Creative, is the latest episode of untalented by UNKNOWN. We delve into Ete's multifaceted career journey, how he navigated the dynamic industry landscape to become a prominent COO, the critical role of diversity and inclusion in fostering talent, whose doing it well,  how Ete's leadership style has been instrumental in driving these initiatives, his approach to leadershi...

House337 ECD Zara Inseson is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Zara's journey, her rise to becoming an ECD at House337, how she manages to overcome imposter syndrome, what she brings to the industry coming from a fashion background, what the industry needs to improve, making purpose-led work and how she managed to find purpose in the industry. 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/u...

McCann London ECD Regan Warner is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Regan's journey, her rise to becoming an ECD at McCann, how she approaches leadership, the way to build brilliant creative environments, how can we make the industry more inclusive, why inclusivity is the key to cool agencies and much more. Regan Warner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reganwarner/ 🎧Listen Here: h...

UNKNOWN Founder Ollie Scott sits down with Executive Coach and ex Account Director Sam Pearce for a different chat to usual on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Sam's journey, what is broken in ad land and why he had to get out, how Sam helped Ollie get over his fear of public speaking, what is executive coaching, why Ollie chose not to make himself CEO, where ad land is going, how UNKNOWN was fou...

CALLING Founder & ex Uncommon CD Josh Tenser is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Josh's journey, what it was like working for Uncommon for 5 years, why B&Q was a surprisingly brilliant brand to work on, why we need better agencies, the real way to treat diverse hires, why I started CALLING and how we can keep young people interested in the industry. Josh Tenser: https:...

It's a special episode this week. Two of our own are the guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Sean and Woody are two managing partners at UNKNOWN, and in this podcast they give you an insight into all the things going on behind the scenes at UNKNOWN so far in 2023. We discuss 'Nobody Wants To Work For You' and the reason behind our messaging, what the impact of AI in design is right now, how to sta...

Chris Hirst, ex global CEO of Havas and author of "No Bullsh*t Leadership”, is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN.  We discuss his humble beginnings to leading top agencies his proudest moment in the industry, how he helped turn around Grey, what lead him to writing "No Bullsh*t Leadership", why the industry is losing its allure, what's required to change the tide, who the winners will be i...

Apna Studios Founder Jessy Gill is on the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Jessy's journey to finding Apna Studios, why the industry should be more diverse, how the industry is built on the culture it takes from, why there are hardly any other female founders of studios, what we can do to fix the diversity issue, and why Jessy felt forced and compelled to make her own studio. Jess...

Head of Hyper Island North America Tim Lucas is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. Fresh from the New York Nobody Wants To Work For You (NWTWFY) workshop, Ollie and Tim deep dive into all things NWTWFY. If you want to find out more about NWTWFY, this is a deepdive. We discuss Tim’s journey into anthropology, what he does at Hyper Island, what NWTWFY is, how he got involved with the project...

Mother Design Associate Creative Director Elliot Vredenburg is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Elliot’s journey, how bad design can be good, why agencies are losing talent, how every agency is the same, the influence of skateboard culture on design, where young people should look for design influence, if agencies are no longer trusted as experts and how variety of clients and...

Something™ Creative Director Helena Hamilton is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN. We discuss Helena's journey, how tokenism is rife in the industry, why you need passion to survive in the industry, why diversity hiring needs time, the reality of virtue signalling, when creatives feel powerless and why Helena doesn't own a TV. Helena Hamilton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helena-hamilton-04...

MRM EVP and Chief Creative Office Harsh Kapadia is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Harsh has worked at 3 agencies in 4 different countries, he earned his stripes at JWT and VMLY&R. We discuss Harsh's journey, way to truly unlock a diverse workforce, the differences between working in India, Australia, England and the US, the importance of mentors, why creatives should seek therap...

And Rising Co-Founder Jonathan Trimble is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Jonathan earned his stripes at VMLY&R, adam&eveDDB and Fallon London before finding his own business. We discuss Jonathan's journey, the problem with growing too fast and taking on too many clients, who the winners and losers are in the future of the creative industries, why there is a talent shortage,...

Amplify CCO Jeavon Smith is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Jeavon earned his stripes at Jack Morton where he started as a Senior Experience Designer. Described as a creative visionary, Jeavon started at Amplify as a ECD and is now Chief Creative Officer (CCO). We discuss Jeavon's journey, what makes Amplify special, why we need to stop worrying about talent leaving, how obsessing ov...

KOTO COO & Founder Caroline Matthews and Wolff Olins Global ECD Emma Barratt are the latest guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Both Caroline & Emma are highly successful in the industry. They share the good, the bad and the ugly experiences encountered on the way of their success. We tackle taboos around Female leadership, how we can overcome the obstacles, the important conversation arou...

It's a first for the podcast this week. Two of our own are the guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Sean and Joe look after our product design team here at UNKNOWN, and in this podcast they give you an insight into all things design. We discuss how to enter the industry as a junior, if Sean and Joe believe their University degrees hindered their progress as designers, will AI take design jobs?, wha...

Executive Coach and Leadership Expert Hasan Khair is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Has gives us a masterclass on leadership. We discuss how to have the difficult but necessary conversations in business,  what great leadership looks like, how to become a better leader, whether the industry has a diversity problem and if any action has been taken, the difference between teaching and...

Gensler Creative Director Louise Jorden and Freelance Designer Titi Finlay are the latest guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... this is a special conversation birthed on the back of Woody's LinkedIn post about the lack of female leaders in the design industry. We take both perspectives on the female leadership epidemic from a senior and a junior and discuss if anyone can be a leader, do Female's suf...

Accept & Proceed MD Sally Oldfield is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Sally is an industry legend and shares her experience of becoming a Female leader in an industry where the odds are tragically stacked against you. We chat about the Female Leadership epidemic, why talent is leaving the industry, why agency culture has to change, what young creatives can do to stand out and why...

Writer and Creative Director Ray Smiling is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Ray is a storytelling legend and shares his experiences from writing ads for the worlds biggest brands. If you've ever wanted to know how to tell brilliant stories, write better ads, why brands stealing culture is wrong, the difference between storytelling in ads and film, what young creatives should do to fi...

Diego Segura is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN… Diego shares how industry legend Brian Collins gave him a design internship at Collins at just 18 years old, why he is now betting on Web 3 with his start-up NATION, how to keep Gen Z talent motivated, what inspired him to become a designer and how Web 3 will positively change the world. Nation: https://nation.io/ Diego Segura: https://www...

Agency Co-Founders Andrew Khatouli and Matt Miller are the latest guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Andrew and Matt share how their experiences shaped the need to create their own culture-aware creative studio. How they created their own path into the industry, why brands need to bring more perspectives and voices into the room, how tokenism exists, the importance of cultural insights for global...