Growing up and studying in Brisbane, Pip Arthur graduated with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Communications. Pip started her working career life on the Public Relations side, before being asked to lead both Marketing and Communications functions as the CMO and Communications Director at Microsoft Australia. Pip shares her insight on how she transitioned her career, using her 20+ years of storytelling craft to add to the broader transformation of Microsoft and work towards the new mission: “Empower every person and organisation on the planer to achieve more”.
In this episode, we discuss:

• Transitioning into broader based marketing, coming from a communications/PR start point, and the importance of that junction
• Overview of the Microsoft Business today, both globally and within Australia
• The Microsoft Transformation: what’s happened and Pip’s personal experience through that
• The Microsoft Brand and the intersection of purpose, mission, culture and brand
• The nexus between marketing in Microsoft AU and the global approach, and how Pip structures Microsoft AU’s marketing team
• The impact of the COVID 19 on marketing within Microsoft AU

Three Quick Questions:

• A business book you recommend? – Mindset – Carol Dweck
• Person to follow on social media or digital media? – Reid Hoffman’s Masters of Scale Podcast
• One on one dinner with a living person? – My mum – The borders have been closed for so long that it is has been that long since I’ve seen her!

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