Rob Schwartz
Speaking with Rob Schwartz is like overdosing on passion for the advertising industry. His love, not only for the business but for TBWA\Chiat\Day in particular, is infectious and he is a living example of pursuing one’s dream with wild abandon. Well, perhaps not wild abandon. Perhaps more like laser focus and undying persistence. Either way, Rob has made a huge dent in the TBWA\Chiat\Day network, both in creative product and in bottom line, and he isn’t done yet.
Louis Marino
“I thought I told you that we won’t stop, I thought I told you that we won’t stop.”
This popular line from four out of five Puff Daddy songs is not just a catchy refrain, it could also serve as a personal motto to Louis Marino, ECD at New York’s experiential advertising shop MKTG (and former creative director in Puffy’s Bad Boy empire)
Jason Peterson
Chief Creative Officer
Euro RSCG Chicago
Not too many of us in the ad world are brought into an agency specifically to make a mark, to get your fingerprints all over the place, to make it yours and set it on an upwards trajectory. But that’s exactly what happened when the Chicago office of Euro [...]
Aaron Starkman
Executive Creative Director
CPB Canada
Here at ihaveanidea, it’s one thing to interview all sorts of creative superstars, but it’s another thing to interview a creative superstar who you knew before he was a superstar.
Such is the case with Aaron Starkman, Executive Creative Director of the Canadian office of the legendary ad agency Crispin [...]
Sergio Alcocer
President & Chief Creative Officer
LatinWorks
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Prior to my recent visit to Austin, TX based LatinWorks, I had never really experienced in depth the American phenomenon known as a “multicultural agency.” As a native Costa Rican, I’m sure I could speak the lingo, but I wanted to know more about what made them tick. Fortunately I [...]
John Norman
Chief Creative Officer
The Martin Agency
It’s not every day that you’re brought in take the creative reins of one of the most respected agencies in the US, reins that have been guided for many years by a living legend. So when former Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam ECD John Norman had the opportunity to take [...]
Gavin Gordon-Rogers
Executive Creative Director
Agency Republic
You know how it seems all advertising creatives want to quit the industry one day to direct music videos?
Well, we’ve found someone who’s been the opposite direction. After directing music videos for several years, Gavin and wife Gemma worked at numerous traditional ad agencies before ‘digitising’ into glue London and [...]
Rob Reilly
Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
When the latest round of CP+B promotions was announced, Rob Reilly must have been one of the happiest campers around. Worldwide Chief Creative Officer is a title that’s only matched by the agency’s recent ambition to grow beyond the US’s shores.
Rob joined the then Miami shop in 2003 [...]
Ramsey Naja
Regional Chief Creative Officer
JWT Middle East North Africa
The first thing that springs to mind when you think about Middle Eastern advertising is that you don’t really think about Middle Eastern advertising.
That’s why we decided to think about it. Other issues tend to take center stage when the region is mentioned, but despite all, a [...]
Jimmy Smith
The issue of minorities working within the US advertising industry has caused much debate in recent years. Many believe that blacks, Hispanics, Asians and others are underrepresented in the employee rosters of agencies, and feel this is detrimental to creating advertising for a consumer base that grows increasingly diverse. These claims have even led to the possibility of a class action lawsuit filed against Madison Avenue by civil rights lawyer Cyrus Mehri.
