Ad Dads

The perfect follow up to last week's episode, Rhiana Merota (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.

Two campaigns that probably shouldn't be in the same episode. NZTA's Don't let the drugs drive and Export Ultra's Cold Call Back Service.

Matt and Dan catch up with fellow Ad Dad and recent Ad Grad, Tom Maker. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains graphic descriptions and questionable opinions about birth, award shows and the creative process. Here's the campaign Tom's most proud of. Fingers crossed for the win tomorrow night.

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

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

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.

Monique Oyagawa, Campaign and Marketing Manager at Remix Magazine, and AUT great grad joins Dan and Matt in the studio to talk about her journey from AUT AdSchool to jet-setting around the world with Remix.

Advocate, pageant finalist and ad grad done good, Kayla Schwalger 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 Tapasā with her mum and how what she learnt as an ad student is helping her in the social change space.