In this episode, we sat down with Adam Morgan who is the Executive Creative Director at Adobe. With over 25 years of experience in marketing, with a focus on creativity, strategy and storytelling, Adam has produced several award-winning campaigns. He was also named the 40 under 40 up-and-coming professionals by Utah Business Magazine and in 2020 and AdWeek named him one of the top 100 creative minds in the world, influencing advertising, media, and culture. If that wasn’t enough, he has also wri...
Nov 14, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 36
In this episode, we sat down with Alex Dickens who is the Head of Brand at Grenade. Alex has been working for Grenade for the past eight years, starting out as their Junior Graphic Designer. Throughout this time, he has managed to build the Grenade brand into the award-winning, worldwide, explosive brand it is today. Listen on to find out how he managed to get the best out of his creative team and what the Grenade brand stands for beyond the product. Follow Alex here: Linkedin Instagram — Watch ...
Oct 03, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 35
In this episode, we sat down with Craig Black who is an amazing visual artist from Scotland. Craig is extremely passionate about what he does and has recently shifted away from his original technique of typography to create a whole new technique in visual art called Acrylic Fusion. This new technique involves mixing acrylic paints to create interesting and mesmerising patterns on different surfaces and products such as shoes, footballs and skateboards. All this began after he was inspired by his...
Aug 01, 2022•52 min•Season 3Ep. 34
In this episode, we sat down with James Cross who is the Creative Director at BBC Creative. James joined the BBC in 2017, shortly after its inception. Since then, James has produced award-winning campaigns such as the Tokyo 2020, FIFA 2018 world cup and the ‘We know our place’ campaign celebrating women in sport. James got his start as a Copywriter, working with brands such as WKD, Domino’s and Harley-Davidson. Today, we discuss his transition from Copywriter to Creative Director, and how he man...
Jul 18, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 33
In this episode, we sat down with Rob Mayhew, a stand-up comic, TikTok star and Head of Influence and Retail at FleishmanHillard. In his 20 years of agency experience, Rob has worked with brands such as McVities, GSK, Lacoste, Bacardi, Molson Coors, and General Mills, building both content and global shopper strategies. Rob now uses this experience, along with his comedic timing, to create viral sketches about agency life that resonate throughout the entire industry. Listen on to discover how he...
Jun 27, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 32
In this episode we sat down with Ndukwe Onuoha, an advertising copywriter, spoken word poet, and Creative Director at Oliver MEA which is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Over the course of his career, Ndukwe has created memorable communications in Nigeria and West Africa for brands like AB InBev, Uber, British Council, and Diageo's International Premium Spirits, amongst others. Ndukwe describes himself as a “copywriter by day but a poet by design”, and you can listen to his second Spoken Wo...
Jun 06, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 31
In this episode we sat down with the amazing Ash Jones, the Founder at personal branding agency, Great Influence. Ash has helped to build personal brands for some of the UK’s biggest CEOs & Founders and transform them into industry-leading influential figures on Linkedin. His journey started with Steven Bartlett, CEO of Social Chain, where he was one of the founding employees in the team. Ash helped set the strategy for Steven’s personal brand. Steven is now widely considered to be one of th...
Apr 04, 2022•54 min•Season 3Ep. 30
In this episode we sat down with the amazing Betty NFT, who is the co-founder and director of Deadfellaz - an NFT collection & community and you could say metaverse web 3.0 brand. The Deadfellaz collection of 10,000 NFTs sold out within 20 minutes of launch on the 13th September 2021, and has since traded over 46 million USD through NFTs. With a DeadFellaz token comes art, culture & community. And they are here for the love of art and the evolution of gamification, IP & NFT tech. The...
Jan 31, 2022•52 min•Season 3Ep. 29
In this episode we sat down with the amazing Chris Do, an award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind which is a Brand Strategy Design Consultancy. Chris, based out of California, is also the founder of The Futur which is an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love through various online courses, and tools to help you people build better design skills and better creative businesses! His Youtube chann...
Jan 24, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 28
In this episode we sat down with the amazing Claude Silver who is the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia which was founded by Gary Vaynerchuk and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Singapore. With over 20 years of experience in positive psychology and leadership positions in brand strategy, Claude is nearly seven years into her current role at VaynerMedia where she oversees talent management, retention, L&D, coaching, people operations, recruitment, and especially culture for ...
Dec 13, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 27
In this episode we sat down with the amazing Ica Headlam who is a creative and podcast host based here in the north-east of Scotland. In late 2017 Ica started to independently produce and host the 'Creative Me Podcast', a weekly show that explores creativity and arts in the North East of Scotland, with the aim of drawing a wider focus on Aberdeen's creative community. To date, it has been commissioned for the Look Again Festival, Northlands Creative, and City Moves festival dance live. The podca...
Oct 01, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Season 3 has arrived! In this episode we sat down with Ashwin Chacko, aka, Whacko Chacko who is a multi-disciplinary illustrator, designer, hand-letterer, and motivational speaker living and working in Dublin. Working 12 years now as a solopreneur, Ashwin has worked with clients such as Facebook, Adobe, Nike, Puma, United Nations, and many more. Ashwin specialises in positive visual storytelling, helping businesses to connect with their audiences through illustration and design for advertising c...
Jul 05, 2021•41 min•Season 25Ep. 3
In this episode we sat down with Andy Nairn who is a Founding Partner at Lucky Generals. With nearly 30 years’ experience in the creative industry, Andy is now one of the world’s most respected brand strategists. As one of the UK’s most successful creative agencies, Lucky Generals have done and are famed for their amazing work for the likes of Amazon, Yorkshire Tea, Paddy Power, the Co-op, and many more. They’ve also been shortlisted for Campaign magazine’s Agency of the Year for the last five y...
May 31, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 24
In this episode we sat down with Gavin Quirk who is the Head of Fulfillment Operations for Global Creative Production at Netflix. With nearly 20 years of experience in brand and marketing strategy, Gavin started his career in London with Diageo on the Graduate Development Scheme after graduating from the University of Strathclyde Business School here in Glasgow, Scotland. While at Diageo Gavin held various Sales and Marketing roles including leading retail activation strategies in Sainsbury's st...
Apr 26, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In this episode we sat down with Andy Morahan who is a world-renowned commercial, film, and music video director. With nearly 40 years of experience in the industry, Andy has produced music videos and films for artists such as George Michael, Aerosmith, Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Tears for Fears, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Wham! Tina turner, Brian Adams... and my all time favorites - Guns N' Roses! and the list doesn’t stop here. Andy won an MTV Awar...
Apr 05, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In this episode we sat down with Kevin Swanepoel who is the CEO at The One Club for Creativity, which is the world's foremost non-profit organisation recognising creative excellence in advertising and design. As CEO, Kevin leads ‘The One Show’ which is one of the most prestigious awards shows in the communications industry. He has also shaped the global brand of The One Club, providing leadership for its expansion into China and beyond. With 35 years’ experience in media and marketing in the cre...
Feb 22, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 21
In this episode we sat down with Philippe Meunier who is Chief Creative Officer and Co-founder of Sid Lee, one of the world’s premier creative agencies with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. With over 28 years of experience in the industry, Philippe has overseen all the creative output for a host of major international clients including Absolut, Adidas, Starbucks, Red Bull, and many more. As an active member of the creative community, Philippe has been invi...
Feb 01, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 20
In this episode we sat down with Kevin Pike who is an award-winning American film special effects supervisor, below the line talent agent, and screenwriting consultant, best-known for supervising the special effects on Back to the Future. He and his company FilmTrix Inc. were primarily responsible for construction of the film's iconic DeLorean time machine. Kevin got his start in film doing set construction for the movie Jaws, working with the Special Effects crew. Kevin then went on to work wit...
Jan 11, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In this episode we sat down with Alexandra Watkins who is an author and leading authority on brand naming. Alexandra is the Chief Executive Boss Lady at Eat My Words, a brand naming firm based in San Diego, California. Alexandra’s book, “Hello, My Name is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick” was named as one of the Top 10 Marketing Books by Inc magazine and sits proudly on my shelf as one my all time favourites. Since 2005, Alexandra and her firm have created brand names for hundreds o...
Nov 30, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In this episode we sat down with Darlene Vogel who is an actress well-known for her very first role as Spike, a member of Griff’s hoverboard gang in the movie Back to the Future 2. Darlene got her start in New York City and has landed over 100 national commercials, including the ‘Milk does a body good’ campaign. Darlene has been acting for over 35 years and has done numerous guest stars and Pilot work. She landed the series Pacific Blue in 1995, working on 88 episodes playing Officer Chris Kelly...
Oct 26, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 17
In this episode we sat down with David Martin who is the President and Founder of Fantasy Interactive. With offices in New York, San Francisco, Miami and London, Fantasy is a human-centred product innovation team that ships premium products and ecosystems for the world’s biggest brands. Since launching the company in 1999, David has worked with a suite of amazing brands including Netflix, Xbox, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, MTV, Ford, Porsche, Huawei, Samsung, Tinder and Masterclass (a per...
Sep 29, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In this episode we sat down to chat with Ben Radcliffe who is a digital artist and Media & Entertainment Technical Specialist currently working for Unity. With over 20 years’ experience in CG Feature Animation, Television Animation, and VFX, Ben has worked across the globe with a variety of high-end studios, including Dreamworks Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Feature Animation, MPC, and Industrial Light and Magic. Ben has worked on several amazing projects over the years, i...
Aug 31, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In this episode we sat down to chat with Franki Goodwin who is Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi. Franki is also the CBO of Western Edge Pictures and Gennaker Group. A graduate of Glasgow School of Art, Franki spent the first part of her career running boutique film marketing agency 'Franki&Jonny', making ground-breaking campaigns for the film industry. Since then, she’s worked across numerous award-winning film, entertainment and brand campaigns—including winning over 80 internatio...
Jul 27, 2020•55 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Season 2 of Just a Chat With is finally here! To kick things off, we sat down with the amazing Debbie Millman who is a writer, designer, educator, artist, and curator who is also well-known as the host of the podcast ‘Design Matters’. Debbie has over 20 years of experience in the industry, working with 200 of the world’s largest brands including Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Kraft, Liberty Mutual, Starbucks, Pepsi-Cola, Haagen-Dazs, Gillette, and Burger King—which she designed the logo for. Debb...
May 06, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Given all that’s happening with COVID-19, we’ve decided to shift our focus for from brand and design for this episode and talk about how all of us in the creative industry can look after our mental health. With this in mind, we had Kate Harris on the show. Kate is the Regional Director at NABS , which is a support organisation for the advertising and media industry based here in the UK. Learn more about NABS: https://nabs.org.uk/ Call the NABS advice line (UK only): 0800 707 6607 Donate: https:/...
Apr 06, 2020•45 min
In this episode we sat down to chat with James Greenfield who is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of branding agency, Koto, which is in its fifth year and has offices in Berlin, Los Angeles, and in London. James has 18 years of experience in the industry, working with brands such as Skyscanner, Fanta, Venmo, Airbnb, and many more. James is also a global speaker and frequent writer on branding for Creative Review magazine. Watch the full video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BC-zNAKkYvI ...
Feb 24, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode we sat down to chat with James White in the brand new MadeBrave studio here in Glasgow in Scotland (which is now complete with a new Just a Chat With neon sign!). James is an absolutely amazing and very well-known digital artist, designer, and speaker. He is also the founder of Signalnoise Studio which is based in Newcastle. James has gained loads of recognition in the industry for his various neon-infused art projects. James has also worked with some amazing brands such as Toyot...
Jan 27, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode we sat down to chat with Michael Wolff at his home in London. Michael is a world-renowned graphic designer and consultant on brand and corporate identity. In 1965, Michael partnered with Wally Olins to create Wolff Olins which is a brand consultancy with offices in London, New York City, and San Francisco—suffice it to say their client list includes a very long list of iconic brands. Michael is a visiting Professor at the University of the Arts in London and a Senior Fellow of th...
Jan 06, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode we sit down to chat with Gavin Strange who is a Director & Designer at Aardman Animations who are the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Gavin also goes under the alias of JamFactory, working on side-projects from filmmaking to toy design and illustration to photography. Gavin's a keynote speaker, the 'annoying best mate' on CBBC's Art Ninja, and author of a book called 'Do-Fly' which we’ve just finished—it’s very good! Gavin has been working in design for 20 years and recently ...
Nov 25, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode we sit down to chat with Claudine O’Sullivan who is a world-class artist and freelance illustrator. Recently moved from London to Glasgow, Claudine has gained the industry spotlight for her distinctive hand drawn illustrations, notably featured in the Apple Pencil launch campaign, which won a World Illustration Award in 2017. Claudine has also worked with established brands such as Twitter, MTV, Island Records, WeTransfer, Tiger Beer, Derwent Pencils, and many more. See Claudine'...
Oct 28, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 8
