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Confessions of a Creative Director tells the stories behind the ideas as told by some of today's best and brightest Creative Directors. Hosted by veteran CD Jaime Cabrera, the show features in-depth interviews, fun segments and of course a confession or two, all over a few cocktails.
Confessions of a Creative Director tells the stories behind the ideas as told by some of today's best and brightest Creative Directors. Hosted by veteran CD Jaime Cabrera, the show features in-depth interviews, fun segments and of course a confession or two, all over a few cocktails.
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Jody Orsborn Medina's career has been a whirlwind that has taken her from LA to London and from owning her own shop to global freelancing. She’s also the founder of the amazing resource Creative Playbook and Recess: Creative Show and Tell which are live talks where designers, strategists, producers and other creative minds share what’s inspiring them right now. We’ll also touch on battling imposter syndrome, the joy of juggling multiple creative passions and her all-female Bruce Springsteen tribute band! You really do have to listen to the whole show.
On today’s episode I’m thrilled to welcome Myron Nilson, CEO of AdPipe Studio in Atlanta and former Executive Creative Director at Hilton. Today he’s going to talk about a difficult time in his personal life, how it wiped out his mental creative hard drive and what he did to comeback stronger than ever. He’ll also share his thought on dyslexia as a superpower and what he’s seeing on the horizon for AI. • Myron on Wipeout: https://youtu.be/iLCL4xVCgiY• AdPipe: https://www.adpipe.com• Modular Event (Oct 22): https://www.adpipe.com/modular-2025
On this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Emily Kurek, Creative Director at Ammunition in Atlanta, Georgia. Emily and I struck up a conversation on LinkedIn and during our exchange she mentioned that when she became a creative director at just under 30 years old, she got a lot of flack from some people that thought she didn’t have enough experience or was too young to be effective. And that got me to thinking….I bet there are a few things a young creative director knows more about or can do better than the older generation CD. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today. So if you wanna come after anyone, come after me because I came up with this topic and she bravely stepped up to the plate. Perhaps bravery is one of things a younger CD brings to the table?
On episode 83, I speak with Nat Resende, who grew up on a coffee farm in Brazil and has worked her way up to EVP and ECD, leading Creative for Digitas North America.She’s a champion of inclusive representation in the world of advertising and mentors creatives navigating the industry from a minority experience.Today, we’re focusing on the importance of weaving inclusivity into our creative work—especially at a time when DEI is under attack. It’s a timely and hugely important issue.
I’m thrilled to welcome back pitch and presentation expert Ben Levy for his encore appearance on Confessions of a Creative Director. Ben has a new book out called Stop Reading Slides: How to nail creative presentations and sell your best ideas. This book covers everything you need to know about the topic but today we’re going to focus on perhaps the most important part which is overcoming client objections. We've all been there. We present the best work of our lives....and the client just doesn't "get it" or thinks "it won't work."
On this episode, we nerd out with Creative Director Calvin Innes from JVM Nerd London, a full service creative and media agency for Gaming, Nerd-Culture, and Fandom Communities. He’s going to deliver the Pop Culture Trends Creative Directors need to know about including the rise of the Kidults and the influence of gamification on retail and culture.
On this episode I speak to Andrew Carty Head of Strategy and Glen D’Souza Head of Creative respectively for Forsman & Bodenfors Canada about their unique approach to integrating creative and strategy into what they call “The Product”. They’ll also touch on the importance of creative teams being involved early in the process, the tools they use to foster creativity, such as 'what if' statements and their innovative concept of 'flooring' work for peer review, and embracing the messy nature of the process to achieve impactful results for clients.
On this episode I speak to Creative Strategist and Director David Levine, whose wide ranging career has taken him from working in the scrappy world of the music business to the burgeoning of experiential marketing to now working alongside scientists and engineers.
Listen as we break down David’s concept of using hyphens as a superpower, which emphasizes the importance of embracing multiple skills and perspectives in the creative process.
We’ll also discuss his insights on collaboration, the challenges of ambiguity, and the importance of collecting and connecting weird dots. This is the perfect episode to end the year and get us thinking about how to make the most of 2025.
Fresh off her appearance at Cannes, Margaret shares her thoughts on the power of AI and how she's harnessing it to take GS&P to new heights in innovation.
Ned Brown is CCO of Bader Rutter in Milwaukee and an accomplished pianist and songwriter. Over the years he's leaned how to apply concepts and processes usually reserved for music composition to help him generate fresh thinking for advertising campaigns.
"You won't promote yourself so how can you expect someone else to do it?" - Words of wisdom by the very talented and effervescent Joe Bird. Jo is an accomplished creative director, creative coach, mentor, speaker, photographer, and all around inspiring personality on LinkedIn. She's here to share a lesson she's learned along her journey about the importance of creating your own personal brand as a creative that will help you stand out from the crowd and build credibility.
Remote work….love it or hate it, it’s here to stay. That means leaders need to accept it, embrace it, adapt to it and keep on leading. On today’s show, we’re speaking to Patrick Holly, Executive Creative Director at Upwork who shares his 5 Keys to Effective Remote Leadership. And spoiler alert…it has zero to do with monitoring peoples computer activity and everything to do with just being a good human being.
Kevin is a self-proclaimed Creative Renegade. He is Executive Creative Direction & Founder of Juniper Jones which serves in-house agencies with insight driven creative & smile-producing content that challenges the status quo. And on the show, he will share his thoughts on how strong leadership and collective ownership leads to the best creative output.
It's important to have heroes in our business. People we can look up to, learn from, and even mimic while we search for our own voice. Chief Creative Officer Clarence Bradley, a self-proclaimed advertising nerd, had plenty of heroes coming up, but not too many that looked like him. But that didn't stop him from seeking out mentors and guidance he needed and in some ways becoming his own hero.
When we think of creative directors, we immediately think of people working in ad agencies. But there's a whole other world of CDs who are working on the client side, at design firms, marketing agencies, or at PR companies like my guest Nipa Eason. Nipa is a brilliant Creative Director from Tallahassee, Florida, who has been working exclusively in PR for the last several years, and she's here to share some things she's learned along her journey, specifically some misconceptions and misunderstandings that happen between the PR side of the house and the creative team at a PR agency. So if you're working in PR as a creative, you're going to want to pay special attention to this episode.
A fascinating conversation with a fascinating creative mind! Tom Christmann sees our world in a very different way. He's an evangelist for the use of found content and believes that we're already living in the Metaverse, where creativity is ripe for the picking everywhere you look. Prepare to have your mind blown several times during this wide ranging conversation.
When Vikki Ross Writes, people read. When Vikki Ross speaks, you should listen. Queen of the Copywriters and a sought-after thought-leader in the field of Brand and TOV development, Vikki has worked for some of the biggest brands in the world like Sky, ITV, Twitter, Spotify, Adidas, Sony Music, Nando's and Pandora. And now she's here to give us a glimpse of what it takes to create a power Tone Of Voice.
Follow her on Twitter @VikkiRossWrites
Jordan Brady is the real f'ing deal! A former stand up comedian turned highly sought-after director, Jordan has directed over 1300 spots, 4 feature films, 3 documentaries, 1 Netflix Comedy Special and coined the phrase Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow, true story!
In this episode he shares tips, tricks and best practices for working with a commercial director as an agency creative director. Spoiler alert....make sure craft services has jicama, be patient and don't be a dick.
To learn more about Jordan, including information about his film directing school, visit truegent.tv.
George Tannenbaum's mind is filled with weird connections, colorful characters and an encyclopedic knowledge of the agency business. This wide ranging conversation is like a roller-coaster ride through the lessons he's learned about creating great work during a storied career that continues today with his one-mad-man shop GeorgeCo.
Pitching (read: pitching and losing 90 percent of the time) is one of the hardest and most frustrating parts of being a Creative Director. We've been taught to believe that great ideas sell themselves. That couldn't be further from the truth. On the very first Confessions of a Creative Director Mastercast, pitch and presentation Yoda-like guru Ben Levy lets us in on the big secret....PITCHING THE WRONG F@#$%^& BRIEF WE ARE.
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