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Season 4, Ep. 2
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In this episode, FMCG trailblazer, Jess Vega, Marketing Manager at Natural Balance Foods, joins Ian Whittaker to discuss creativity as a crucial component in successful brand building. Having worked at global brands such as Mondelez, Nestle and Ferrero, Jess noticed a shift towards online ROI focussed marketing during the pandemic and so wanted to try and rebalance the brand funnel - refocusing on brand building to drive growth. She set out to do this in a groundbreaking and creative way. Jess is joined by Andrew Mullins, Creative Director at JCDecaux UK, here to give insight into how innovative and creative ideas like Jess’s can be applied to your brand to fuel growth.
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28:45||Season 4, Ep. 7Jeremy Cartwright, Consulting Director at Nielsen and Jon Harman, Head of Data at JCDecaux UK, join Ian to discuss their latest collaborative research, ‘Location Matters for MMM’, which shows that including postcode-level data in Marketing Mix Models provides an unprecedented view of what each channel is delivering in terms of sales whilst also benefiting the accuracy of how they measure, helping to prove the true value of media channels.Download a free summary of the findings here.6. Tackling hygiene poverty with brand partnerships.
33:03||Season 4, Ep. 6Marc Greene, Commercial Director at In Kind Direct, joins Ian Whittaker for an insightful discussion around the important role that marketing plays in the charity’s strategy and how they are tackling the issue of hygiene poverty by using the power of storytelling to build partnerships with the biggest brands. In Kind Direct is a UK charity focused on distributing consumer products that are donated by huge brands such as Tesco, Kimberley Clarke and Unilever, to charitable organisations across the country, ensuring that everyone has access to the products they need to keep clean and well. Having previously managed large brands such as Kickers and Mitre, Marc transitioned to the charity sector in 2020 bringing with him a wealth of brand experience and knowledge, which he has now been able to apply in his role within the charity.Working with the JCDecaux Community Channel, In Kind Direct launched a UK wide Out-of-Home campaign, using the power of the public screen to boost awareness of their important work and raise awareness of increasing rates of hygiene poverty in the UK. Find out more about In Kind Direct here: https://www.inkinddirect.org/with-companies5. Mastering the masterbrand.
21:56||Season 4, Ep. 5Markéta Kristlova, Brand Equity Lead at Müller UK & Ireland, joins Ian Whittaker, sharing why she believes a strong brand and visual identity can drive success and why it is important for marketers to put customers first, stay agile and adapt to changing market needs.With 15 years in FMCG, Markéta’s experience includes marketing roles at Mondelez, working on global brands such as Cadbury. In 2023, Müller, one of the UK’s favourite dairy brands, announced the launch of a new masterbrand strategy, reminding consumers that, 30 years after the brand first launched in the UK, there is a still a Muller hero product for everyone.4. How to grow your business through marketing.
28:54||Season 4, Ep. 4Nada Arnot, EVP of Marketing at The Economist, joins Ian Whittaker to share how she went from being a performance-oriented, “non-believer” in brand, to launching the iconic publication’s largest brand-building campaign in years.By proving the value of brand marketing as a full-funnel strategy to the Board and revealing the key role data played in unlocking marketing investment, find out how Nada successfully targeted the next generation of readers and why she believes your brand is the most important investment your business can make.3. How creative testing drives results.
24:18||Season 4, Ep. 3In this episode, Andrew Tindall, Senior Vice President - Global Partnerships at System1, and Chris Felton, Director of Data and Insight at JCDecaux UK, join Ian Whittaker to discuss the controversial, but hugely popular article; ‘7 out of 10 OOH ads don’t work. Here’s why and how to fix them’, written by Andrew for The Drum, on the lack of creativity in Out-of-Home advertising. System1 are ad-testing experts who measure emotion to give brands confidence that their ads will work and Chris brings a wealth of experience, new groundbreaking research and a string of recent awards to prove what really works when it comes to OOH advertising. Read the full article here.Download your copy of our ‘Creative Best Practice Guidelines' here.1. Capturing the spirit of the nation.
21:01||Season 4, Ep. 1In this episode, Emma Rowson, Marketing Executive at JCDecaux UK, joins Ian Whittaker to talk about the British Journal of Photography’s annual Out-of-Home exhibition of Portrait of Britain. Celebrating the creative, diverse and resilient spirit of the nation, Portrait of Britain is the UK’s biggest annual photography exhibition and since 2016, the exhibition has partnered with JCDecaux to showcase 100 winning images in a month-long digital screen display across the UK. The large-scale exhibition uses the immense reach of Out-of-Home to bring art to public spaces nationwide, creating a joyful and poignant celebration of British identity. Read more about Portrait of Britain Vol.6 here.View all 200 shortlisted images here.13. Why attention matters.
25:08||Season 3, Ep. 13Is your advertising getting enough attention?In this episode, Mike Follett, Managing Director at Lumen Research, joins Ian Whittaker to talk about attention as a vital new metric in campaign planning. In a world of information overload, grabbing a consumer’s attention and maintaining it is becoming increasingly important for advertisers. Find out how the development of innovative research methods, such as eye-tracking technology, is shaping attention into a new currency to be used amongst the advertising industry.You can read more about the relationship between attention and priming here.12. Creativity as a force for growth.
32:20||Season 3, Ep. 12Want to unlock the secret to creating the perfect poster?In this episode, Chris Langley, Director of Global Media Partnerships at System 1, and Nick Drewe, Research Executive at JCDecaux UK, join Ian Whittaker to share how they worked with brands such as Three and Specsavers to develop new results-driven guidelines on how to create the perfect poster. The new collaborative research from System1, Lumen Research and JCDecaux UK combines AI, Emotion and Attention testing to show that creativity is a key driver for effectiveness.In a world where attention is a finite resource, find out how to optimise your Out-of-Home creative to build your brand and drive results through the brand funnel. You can download your own copy of ‘How to make the perfect digital poster’ here.