The perfect follow up to last week's episode, <a href="https://www.sirhi.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rhiana Merota </a>(2021 Ad Grad) worked on the Export Ultra Cold Call Back and talks us through how that worked, navigating her first few years in the industry and some of the other award-winning campaigns she's worked on.

25.6 The most valuable things with Rhiana Merota

Two campaigns that probably shouldn't be in the same episode. <a href="https://lbbonline.com/news/nz-transport-agency-fcb-dont-let-the-drugs-drive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NZTA's Don't let the drugs drive</a> and <a href="https://campaignbrief.co.nz/2024/12/10/ice-is-back-with-a-brand-new-invention-as-export-ultra-special-launch-the-cold-call-back-service/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Export Ultra's Cold Call Back Service.</a>

25.5 Drug Driving Cold Call

Matt and Dan catch up with fellow Ad Dad and recent Ad Grad, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-maker-688762145/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Maker</a>. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions and questionable opinions about birth, award shows and the creative process. Here's<a href="https://stoppress.co.nz/news/fair-food-new-posters-are-packed-with-purpose/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> the campaign</a> Tom's most proud of. Fingers crossed for the win tomorrow night.

25.4 Meet your Maker

How I dodged a career in advertising

This episode is a throwback to last year's trip to London where we catch up with 2019 Ad Grad, Jake Flashman. Jake talks about his switch from working for big international agencies to taking a different track through brand and marketing to the start of a new career in London

25.3 Flashman 

We go back to the original format for this episode. Matt brings in a couple of radio ads for Xero (<a href="https://www.bestadsontv.com/ad/172767/Xero-Make-Business-Boom-30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1 </a>&amp; <a href="https://www.bestadsontv.com/ad/172766/Xero-Where-You-Want-30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2</a>), Dan reveals the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5xE9dH57vo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seekret</a> and after talking about the importance of brand names we look at some <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DE5h8TtJpHo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tattoos</a>.

25.2 Seek Xero Perky

Ad Dads is back for 2025. Matt and Dan catch up for the first time and swap Christmas stories.

25.1 Outsmarted them

Hi to Aunty Jo

Our last podcast for the year. Matt and Dan have a special guest! It's the beauty to our beasts, the rose to our thorns, the brains to our brawn - the inimitable Jo Page. Apologies for a couple of quiet months, listen in to find out why you haven't heard from the Ad Dads lately.

2024 Wrapped

with Monique Oyagawa

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/monique-oyagawa-2685311b4/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monique Oyagawa</a>, Campaign and Marketing Manager at <a href="https://www.remixmagazine.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Remix Magazine</a>, and <a href="https://www.aut.ac.nz/student-profiles/monique-oyagawa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AUT great grad</a> joins Dan and Matt in the studio to talk about her journey from AUT AdSchool to jet-setting around the world with Remix.

All about the perks

w. Kayla Schwalger

Advocate, pageant finalist and ad grad done good, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-schwalger-6a9218189/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kayla Schwalger</a> joins us for one of the Ad Dads deepest chats yet. We talk about finishing her Masters thesis, studying mental health and social media in Samoa, founding <a href="https://www.tapasa.org/about-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tapasā</a> with her mum and how what she learnt as an ad student is helping her in the social change space.

The positive side of social media

Two dads talk about ads. They're almost qualified to do it and everything.

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