Kristian visits the 5crowd office to sit down with RACHEL ZIMMER. RACHEL is a co-founder of 5crowd, an advertising agency she founded with her university friend Bram. In lieu of having any creatives on staff, 5crowd utilizes a network of ~300 f

Artsy's Software Engineer, Maxim Cramer

Nov 30th, 2017 35m 59s

In town from London, England for the 2017 Design Thinkers conference, MAXIM CRAMER stops by the Creative Niche offices (on a Sunday, no less!) to meet and chat with Kristian. MAXIM is a software engineer for Artsy, an online platform aiming to

Traffik's Executive Creative Director, Chris Davies

Nov 30th, 2017 16m 7s

Gassia speak with CHRIS DAVIES, Executive Creative Director at Traffik, an advertising agency based in Toronto. CHRIS started his career as a copywriter, and broke into the business in a peculiar way — by entering (and winning) a contest he’d s

Thomson Reuters' Head of Design, James Griffin

Nov 30th, 2017 16m 1s

JAMES GRIFFIN didn’t study design, advertising or marketing, nor did he expect to end up in his current position as the Head of Design for Thomson Reuters, New York. What initially started off as a simple side gig to help pay of his student loa

Sid Lee's Partner and Head of Innovation, Matt Di Paola

Nov 30th, 2017 16m 47s

Self-proclaimed outlier and trouble-maker, MATT DI PAOLA, sits down to converse with Gassia about everything from his start at Western to his current role as Partner and Head of Innovation at Sid Lee. Sid Lee is an international creative agency

RBC's Head of Digital Customer Experience and Design, Jesus Gorriti and Telus' Chief Digital Officer, Shawn Mandel

Nov 30th, 2017 1h 22m

JESÚS GORRITI and SHAWN MANDEL visit the Creative Niche offices to chat with Kristian. JESÚS is the Head of Digital Customer Experience and Design at RBC, while SHAWN is the Chief Digital Officer at Telus. JESÚS manages one of the largest (if n

OneMethod's Director of Strategy and User Experience Lanny Geffen

Nov 9th, 2017 28m 39s

Theresa sits down with LANNY GEFFEN, Director of Strategy and User Experience at OneMethod, a creative agency (they use the term “creative crew”) located in Toronto, ON. They discuss what initially attracted Lanny to the advertising and marketi

ClearMotive Marketing Group's Founding Partner and CEO Tyler Chisholm

Nov 9th, 2017 19m 2s

Theresa is joined by TYLER CHISHOLM, Founding Partner & CEO of ClearMotive Marketing Group. A Canadian advertising agency based out of Calgary and Toronto. TYLER tells Theresa about his interest in flying, what got him into branding, his entrep

Mucho's Owner and Creative Director Rob Duncan

Nov 9th, 2017 17m 10s

ROB DUNCAN speaks with Gassia Maljian about everything from his roots in the UK, his connection to the Hilary Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign, the reaction he got to putting Obama on the US banknote and much more.ROB is an Owner and Creativ

RED Academy's Colin Mansell

Nov 9th, 2017 45m 33s

COLIN MANSELL visits the Creative Niche offices in downtown Toronto, ON. There, he speaks with Kristian Gilbert about the lessons he learned sailing from Vancouver to Alaska, the importance of sunsets, his origins as a classically trained music

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