This is a conversation with Seth Gaffney. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Preacher, the agency that’s “Spreading the Good Word” as they say. They've won Small Agency of the Year from Ad Age and support clients like Coca-Cola,

Anselmo Ramos Returns

Jan 22nd, 2024 54m 48s

This is a conversation with returning guest Anselmo Ramos, the Co-Founder and Creative Chairman at Gut. In 2023, they became Adweek’s Breakthrough Agency of the Year, and killed it at Cannes with wins for Independent Network of the Year and Age

Bonnie Wan - Partner, Head of Brand Strategy, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

Jan 16th, 2024 48m 9s

Welcome Bonne Wan. Bonnie worked with some of the most creative agencies in the world including Chiat, Hal Riney, and FCB. She is now a Partner and Head of Brand Strategy for Goodby Silverstein, and was Chief Strategy Officer of the Year in 202

Clay Parker Jones Returns

Dec 19th, 2023 1h 8m

Clay Parker Jones returns to an all new Real Famous. In his past life, he was Managing Director at Undercurrent, Co-Founder at August, and Executive Director of Organization Design at R/GA. He is now Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer

Catherine Heath Returns

Dec 8th, 2023 50m 58s

Real Famous returns with a conversation with Catherine Heath. She recently left her role as the Head of Brand for Instagram. She is now on the board of the innovation consultancy Spikes and the Museum of Modern Art while running her own global

Emily Heyward - Founder & Chief Brand Officer, Red Antler

Jun 4th, 2020 1h 9m

This is a conversation with Emily Heyward. Emily is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer at Red Antler. They have developed some of the biggest startup success stories on the planet, often working with founders before product launch. Their cl

Icaro Doria - Former CCO, Arnold, DDB

May 8th, 2020 1h 15m

This is a conversation with Icaro Doria. Over his career, he’s been the Chief Creative Officer of Arnold and DDB. He was also the founding partner and CCO of Wieden and Kennedy in São Paulo, an agency he built from 2 to over 200 people. Enjoy!

John McNeil - Founder & CEO, John McNeil Studio

Apr 29th, 2020 1h 31m

This is a conversation with John McNeil, the founder and CEO of John McNeil Studio. John held creative leadership roles at Hill Holiday and Ogilvy before becoming the Executive Creative Director at McCann. John McNeil Studio has worked with bra

Rob Schwartz - CEO, TBWA\CHIAT\DAY NY

Apr 23rd, 2020 1h 4m

This is a conversation with Rob Schwartz, the CEO of TBWA\CHIAT\DAY New York. Rob has been with the company for more than 20 years, including roles as Global Creative President and Chief Creative Officer. He’s led work for some of the world’s m

Jonathan Schoenberg - ECD & Co-Owner, TDA Boulder

Jan 14th, 2020 1h 17m

This is a conversation with Jonathan Schoenberg, the ECD and Owner of TDA Boulder. TDA was just named 2019 Small Agency of the Year by Ad Age. Their clients include Patagonia, Justin’s, Daiya, Hormel and more. Enjoy!

Dianne Wilkins - Global CEO, Critical Mass

Oct 30th, 2019 1h 9m

This is a conversation with Dianne Wilkins, the CEO of Critical Mass. Di has been with the company since 1998 when she left her previous career behind to take on the global Saab account for the then young agency. She’s since helped grow the bus

Anselmo Ramos - Co-Founder of GUT, DAVID

Oct 15th, 2019 1h 23m

This is a conversation with Anselmo Ramos. He is the Chief Creative Officer of global agency GUT, which he co-founded just over a year ago, He is also the co-founder of DAVID, one of the buzziest agencies in the world, and was the Chief Creativ

Eric Yang - Founder, Gear Patrol

Jul 9th, 2019 49m 3s

This is a conversation with Eric Yang, the Founder and Editor in Chief of Gear Patrol. What started off as a hobby turned into a career as Eric built his blog into a multi-channel publishing business with more than 4 million readers per month.

Heather LeFevre - Author, Brain Surfing

Jun 19th, 2019 1h 9m

This is a conversation with Heather LeFevre. She is a strategist and the author of the fantastic Brain Surfing the top strategy minds in the world. She has held senior strategy roles at BBDO, Mullen, The Martin Agency, CPB, Tribal DDB, Strawber

Scott Trattner - Former VP, ECD at Facebook, ECD at Media Arts Lab

May 14th, 2019 1h 17m

This is a conversation with Scott Trattner. Most recently, he was the VP and Executive Creative Director at Facebook. Before that, he spent years working at the Media Arts Labs for Apple, eventually becoming their ECD as well. Scott is behind s

S5E7 with Jon Steel

Apr 11th, 2019 1h 32m

This is a conversation with Jon Steel. He is one of the most well-known and respected strategists in the history of advertising. He started his career at BMP, which is one of the agencies that pioneered the concept of account planning. He becam

S5E6 with Jayanta Jenkins

Mar 19th, 2019 1h 1m

This is a conversation with Jayanta Jenkins. He’s held leadership roles including Global Executive Creative Director at Twitter, Global Creative Director at Beats by Dre, and Global Creative Director at TBWA\Chiat\Day. He started his career at

S5E5 with Natalie Lam

Feb 27th, 2019 1h 6m

This is a conversation with Natalie Lam. Most recently, she was Executive Creative Director at Google. Before that, she was the ECD at Razorfish, McAnn, OgilvyOne Asia, and a Creative Director on the Nike account at RGA. Enjoy!

S5E4 with Tiffany Rolfe

Feb 5th, 2019 53m 40s

This is a conversation with Tiffany Rolfe. Tiffany is the EVP, US Chief Creative Officer at RGA. Before that, she was a partner and Chief Creative Officer at Co:Collective and spent 10 years with Crispin Porter Bogusky, eventually becoming a VP

S5E3 with Dave Burg

Jan 29th, 2019 1h 35m

This is a conversation with Dave Burg. He is a co-founder of Shepherd, a strategic consultancy based in Austin, TX. Prior to launching his own agency, he held strategic leadership roles with RGA, CPB, Roundhouse and WK. Enjoy!

S5E2 with Bud Caddell

Jan 16th, 2019 1h 19m

This is a conversation with the Bud Caddell, the founder of NOBL. Bud was the SVP of Invention and Digital Strategy Director at Deutsch and the West Coast founder of Undercurrent. In 2014, he launched NOBL. They are a new style of organizationa

S5E1 with Alex Bogusky

Jan 8th, 2019 56m 55s

This is a conversation with Alex Bogusky, Adweek’s Creative Director of the Decade and Chief Creative Engineer at Crispin, Porter, Bogusky. Alex was employee 16 at Crispin Porter, a company he and his partners would transform into one of the mo

S4E16 with Gareth Kay, Faris Yakob, & Rosie Yakob

Sep 13th, 2018 1h 43m

On this season finale of Real Famous, we have a conversation with Rosie Yakob, Faris Yakob, and Gareth Kay. Rosie was a Senior Social Strategist at Cake, led social strategy at Saatchi NY, and was also a Senior Strategist at 360i. Faris was th

S4E15 with Chris Konya

Sep 5th, 2018 56m 10s

This is a conversation with Chris Konya. Chris is the Co-head of NY for the Innovation and Brand Design studio Sylvain Labs. Chris started her career in the ad business at Cole & Weber and KBS+P before holding innovation roles with What If Inno

S4E14 with Ben Jones

Aug 30th, 2018 58m 8s

This is a conversation with Ben Jones, Global Creative Director and founder of Unskippable Labs at Google. Before joining Google, he was the EVP, Group Creative Director at Hill Holliday, SVP, Creative Director at Digitas and a Creative Directo