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The ImposterousEpisode 51: Greg Hahn The Lost TapesGreg Hahn is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mischief@No Fixed Address. Greg is going to go rogue and move this missive to first person. I started Mischief because I wanted to create a place where people- both employees and clients- could come and do the best work of their lives, with less layers, pretense and other unnecessary complications. Just more of the good stuff. Previous to Mischief, I was the CCO of BBDO NY. During that time BBDO was recognized as the most awarded agency in the world by the Gunn Report. It was also named...2024-11-1333 min
The ImposterousEpisode 50: Sir John HegartySir John Hegarty, awarded a Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to advertising and Creative industries, Founder, Creative Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) and The Garage Soho, now adds to his title, ‘The Imposterous First Birthday Edition Season Two Finale and Episode 50 Guest’. It’s a lot. Welcome to the big time SJH.John Hegarty has been central to the global advertising scene over six decades working with brands such as Levi's, Audi, Boddingtons, Lynx, British Airways and Johnnie Walker. He was a founding partner of Saatchi and Saatchi in 1970. He founded Bartle Bogle Hegarty in 1982 with Joh...2022-11-0738 min
The ImposterousEpisode 49: Dan NelkenDan Nelken is a Creative’s Creative. Saying this exposes the fact we haven’t read Dan’s book, ‘A Self-Help Guide for Copywriters’. If we had we would have written something far more original and spent a lot less time sweating the unavoidable mediocrity of it. Anyway, Dan Nelken is an active advertising creative who works on the world's biggest brands and up-and-coming start-ups. His work has appeared in award shows nationally, internationally, and on his mother's fridge. He's spent many years winging the creative process and is now dedicating his life to understanding it, so he can help cr...2022-10-2431 min
The ImposterousEpisode 48: Lizi HamerHere we are, back with the second installment of SAW IT. AM IT. A series of conversations hosted by Shannon Crowe featuring some of the brilliant creative leaders Shannon met at Cannes Lions SEE IT BE IT program in 2017. Today’s guest is Lizi Hamer.The Drum named Lizi as one of the world's most creative women, Cannes Lions selected her in the top 15 female creative directors globally, she co-Authored Creative Super Powers, Co-founded SisuGirls, and continues to build the SheSays Community. Lizi earns attention through her StoryHunting techniques, a powerful network of c...2022-10-1723 min
The ImposterousEpisode 47: Maria MilushevaWelcome to the first episode of SAW IT. AM IT. A series of conversations hosted by Shannon Crowe featuring some of the wonderful creative leaders Shannon met at Cannes Lions SEE IT BE IT program in 2017. Today’s guest is Maria Milusheva.Maria is Creative Director & Partner at Noble Graphics. Working in advertising since 2005 (17 years and counting!) Maria joins us on The Imposterous as she prepares to head off on maternity leave. We’re so thankful to be talking to Maria today. For the past 12 years Maria has been developing ideas for some of th...2022-10-1132 min
The ImposterousEpisode 46: Alvin TeohIn his uniquely brilliant laconic style, a way of speaking and thinking that we’ve quickly come to love here at The Imposterous Alvin says, “It feels like forever, but I am still new at this job. I've been ECD for some years now and I feel I need another 200 more to fully understand what the heck I am doing. I like the work, can't say I love the job. Been working on an array of Brands from Telco to Paint, from Insurance to Cable TV. I’ve had experience doing work for Banks, Tourism, Milk, Herbal Medicin...2022-10-0335 min
The ImposterousEpisode 45: Anouk JansAnouk Jans creates creative concepts, brand identities, campaigns, social media strategies and digital content to help define, establish and build international love brands that shape culture. Driven by a pioneering spirit, Anouk gives brands an opportunity to rethink marketing by creating dynamic campaigns for today’s audience, with stories about purpose, values and human nature. At The Imposterous Head Office Anouk Jans’ name has featured at pretty much every all-staff meeting and we’ve been in a particular hurry to talk to her since the launch of Kill Your Darlings - A documentary about the world of modern...2022-09-2640 min
The ImposterousEpisode 44: David Smith + Mums in AdsDavid Smith is a creative thinker of international standing. Founded Blood UTD in 2016 - an agency that began life with a focus on doing the best work in the space of sport and fitness. But has since evolved to focus on good companies - by good, we mean companies that are focused on generating profit in a manner that is fair and sustainable. This is not about strident wokeness or ardent moralising, but rather the belief that profit and decency don't need to be divergent forces, that there is a path forward where you can make money without messing...2022-09-1941 min
The ImposterousEpisode 43: Natalie LamYou know it’s a good day when Natalie Lam joins us on The Imposterous. Natalie is Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. She’s responsible for overseeing the creative output of more than 60 agency brands including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis, Razorfish, Sapient, Digitas with integrated creative, data, media and tech offerings in some of the world’s most dynamic markets. With her roots in design, a strong digital background and being a hopeless romantic for big ideas, Natalie advocates for strategic creative work that brings optimism, joy and beauty to the wor...2022-09-1241 min
The ImposterousEpisode 42: Gus WorlandMuch loved Australian television and radio host, and passionate mental fitness advocate Gus Worland founded Gotcha4Life in 2017, following the success of the ABC series Man Up and losing a very close friend and life mentor to suicide, as he realised he had the ability and networks to make a real difference. Gus simply does not accept the alarming statistics surrounding suicide in Australia and that eight people take their life every day. Gotcha4Life believes in the power of prevention through connection and champions the idea of proactively building mental fitness and the resilience r...2022-08-2229 min
The ImposterousEpisode 41: Veronica BeachVeronica Beach is the original founder and now partner of the poolhouse (www.the-poolhouse.com), a social network for Producers in TV, Film & Advertising. Previously Veronica was the Director of Production at Pereira O'Dell from 2020 - July 2022 overseeing the San Francisco & New York offices from the Agency side and their In-House production department, Barrelhouse. Prior to that, Head of Global Production at DAVID and was a founding member of DAVID and even moved to Brazil to open the São Paulo and Buenos Aires production departments. While living in Brazil, Veronica served a dual role leading Global Production for Ogi...2022-08-1533 min
The ImposterousEpisode 40: Paul MiddleditchPaul Middleditch has directed four feature films and is regarded as one of the top performance/action TV Commercial Directors in the world. He is Australasia's most awarded commercials Director, having over 300, with 8 Cannes Lions, 4 of which are gold, and numerous International and National awards to his credit. He was recently ranked 8th Best Commercial Director of all time, based on Lüzer's Archive. He has continually upheld a Number One Director World Ranking on Best Ads on TV, with Carlton Draught's 'Big Ad' being awarded the Best Beer Ad of All Time. His work has featured at the S...2022-08-0842 min
The ImposterousEpisode 39: Pum LefeburePum Lefebure is a co-founder and chief creative officer of Design Army in Washington, DC, where she oversees all creative coming through the agency's doors. The Thailand native brings a global sensibility to American design - a creative point of view that draws from different cultures and resonates with diverse audiences. In this episode of The Imposterous Pum brings savvy street smarts, an undeniable entrepreneurial edge and a caliber of confidence born from years of incredible world leading creative work.Guided by an international eye, Pum has helped expand the agency's client base and elevate its reputation...2022-08-0136 min
The ImposterousEpisode 38: Peter NankervisThe Imposterous, Peter Nankervis is Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Group and a passionate corporate coach working with CEO’s and guiding leadership teams to identify the right people and performance solutions to accelerate business transformation and growth. He brings to this episode a history of partnering with companies that have successfully accelerated their enterprise value, in many cases leading to acquisition.He’s all about providing a clear roadmap for leaders and developed the leadership technology platform 6Ceed, for which Lighthouse was awarded the Westpac top 200 Business of Tomorrow. Priding himself on a very...2022-06-2733 min
The ImposterousEpisode 37: Tommy McCubbin and Steve SammartinoTwo great guests, two episodes in one. Where to start?Let’s begin with Steve Sammartino. Wikipedia tells us Steve is an Australian futurist, author and entrepreneur and according to Forbes, he launched Rentoid in 2007, one of the early sharing-economy, peer-to-peer online hire and rental marketplaces. Rentoid was featured in Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers’s book, What’s Mine is Yours: How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live. Rentoid was later sold to an ASX listed company in 2014. According to the World Records Academy, Steve collaborated with Raul Oiada in 2011 to launch the world’s first...2022-06-2041 min
The ImposterousEpisode 36: Elaine LiMeet the imposterous Elaine Li, creative director and photographer. Elaine was born and raised in Hong Kong, spent time in Melbourne, Chicago, San Francisco, and is now based in Sydney. So far in her advertising career, Elaine has planted a beer ad in people’s dreams; raised money for bushfire victims with a burnt Christmas tree; and made edible finger lickin’ good nail polish. Elaine competed in Cannes Young Lions in 2017, representing Hong Kong. Shortly after moving to Sydney, she tutored AWARD School, and won Young Lions Australia with her partner Jared. They competed in Cannes and came top 5 worl...2022-06-1327 min
The ImposterousEpisode 35: Brent SmartBrent Smart is a rare breed of marketer - equal parts creative and commercial. A brand builder who has taken NRMA to third strongest brand in Australia (it was 36th when he started) and is the strongest insurance brand in the world. With a track record of changing the fortunes of brands, leading NRMA to 3 years of customer growth after 7 years of decline, delivering Cheerios first quarter of sales growth after 13 quarters of decline and even helping Yellow Pages steal share of search from Google. Brent spent 20 years in the ad business, rising to CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi New...2022-06-0640 min
The ImposterousEpisode 34: The McFarlanesMietta started her career in Sydney at Ogilvy and Droga5 working across brands KFC, QANTAS, Coca Cola and Sunbeam Appliances. Seven years ago Mietta made the move to New York where she’s since created influential campaigns for The New York Times, The Jed Foundation for Teen Suicide and Kraft. Her work has been featured on CNN, Buzzfeed, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Mashable and Creativity. Now a Creative Director at Squarespace, Mietta has been named One Show’s Next Creative Leader, top 3 global finalist for Ad Age’s Creative of the Year and most recently earned...2022-05-3026 min
The ImposterousEpisode 33: Damon StapletonDamon is Chief Creative Officer and one of the founders of The Monkeys Aotearoa. Before that he was Regional Chief Creative Officer of DDB (New Zealand and Australia). He was formerly Chief Creative Officer of DDB New Zealand where he won over 20 Agency of the Year titles, including DDB New Zealand being named agency of the year in Australia. Before that he was Executive Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia and TBWA Hunt Lascaris, which was voted South African agency of the decade in 2010.Damon has collected awards at some of the most prestigious international advertising festival...2022-05-2332 min
The ImposterousEpisode 32: Dr Valerie Young and Rachel LoundsThe term “thought leader” is vastly overused. But when it comes to Valerie Young, she’s that — and more. Widely considered the world’s foremost expert on impostor syndrome, Valerie is uniquely qualified to help organisations, workshop facilitators, coaches, and individuals to stamp out impostor syndrome. Valerie earned her doctoral degree in education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1982. Her research sought to understand why so many bright, capable women (including herself) felt like frauds. Then (as now), most impostor phenomenon research is done with university students. Instead, Valerie chose as her subjects professional women — a majority women of colour. A...2022-05-1642 min
The ImposterousEpisode 31: Jeff GoodbyHow we got Jeff Goodby on The Imposterous still baffles us. But then we remember Laura Petrucelli talked him into it so yeah, it had nothing to do with us. Back to feeling like imposters.Jeff, along with his friend Rich, started this whole Goodby Silverstein and Partner thing.Jeff grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Harvard, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Boston, and his illustrations have been published in TIME, Mother Jones and Harvard Magazine.He began his advertising career at...2022-05-1039 min
The ImposterousEpisode 29: Jane CaroJane Caro AM spent 35 years as an award winning copywriter and 7 years teaching Advertising Creative in the School of Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. Jane is a Walkley Award winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator. These days Jane is a full time writer, speaker and broadcaster and is standing for the Australian Senate at the country’s May 21 Federal Election. Jane will stand as a candidate for Reason Australia. She has published multiple books, including three novels Just a Girl, Just a Queen and Just Flesh & Blood – a trilogy on Elizabeth Tudor, and...2022-04-1231 min
The ImposterousEpisode 30: FakerFaker by Tom Spicer. Spoken by Rupert Degas.As Tom Spicer says, “If ever there was something in desperate need of a rebrand, it’s imposter syndrome. It definitely sounds bad. But so many amazingly talented people have encountered it and lived to tell the tale, how bad can it really be? In fact imposter syndrome might just be the reason for their amazingness in the first place. Maybe Charles Bukowski summed it up best when he said, “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of...2022-04-1203 min
The ImposterousEpisode 28: Emma RobbinsNot every conversation on The Imposterous ends with us looking at each other saying, ‘Well, she’d be good to work for’. But this one did. Emma’s career spans 25 years, from junior writer, to Group CD, through to Executive Creative Director and Board Member at Clemenger BBDO. Now ECD at M&C Saatchi Melbourne Emma has won multiple international awards, judged locally, nationally and internationally and mentored up and coming talent as a lecturer and tutor at Award School. Emma gives back to the industry in the work she makes and the Creatives she inspires. There’s a generation...2022-04-0429 min
The ImposterousEpisode 27: Claudia CristovaoClaudia Cristovao is the Head of Google Brand Studio APAC. She studied Communication, Film and Fine Art between Lisbon, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London and is an honors graduate at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and holds an MA from Saint Martins in London.Claudia has worked as a writer, brand developer and Creative Director for Nike, Google, Honda, Adidas, MINI, AMEX, at agencies like W+K, Sid Lee and AKQA. Her projects have included music videos, interior design, art installations, digital experiences, social media campaigns and business transformations. Claudia was the President of the Innovation Jury...2022-03-2829 min
The ImposterousEpisode 26: Cam and David BlackleyDavid’s son Cameron better known as Cam has led international creative shops including Droga5 New York and Sydney, Publicis London, AMV BBDO, Grey, BMF; for the last four years he’s filled the Chief Creative Officer’s chair at M&C Saatchi Australia. Cam has been awarded hundreds of times at international awards including a coveted D&AD Black Pencil for The New York Department of Education, D&AD Yellow Pencils and Cannes Lions for CUB and Cadbury, two Grand Clios and two Gold Clios for the A-League. And in 2020 another D&AD Pencil for hijacking the Queen’s Christ...2022-03-2127 min
The ImposterousEpisode 25: Julian ColeJulian Cole is a strategy consultant to global brands including Apple, Facebook, Disney, Snap and Uber. Previously he held the role of Head of Comms Planning at BBDO and BBH in New York. Julian has helped create award winning work for PlayStation, Bacardi, Pepsi, Google and Coca-Cola. With a void of practical information online, in 2017 he started the Planning Dirty newsletter to share the best tools and resources growing to over 30,000 subscribers. Julian has an undeniable passion to create better Strategists by providing the knowledge and tools to be brilliant. Listeners of this podcast are invited to enjoy 25% OFF ($500...2022-03-1430 min
The ImposterousEpisode 24: Cindy GallopCindy Gallop likes to blow shit up. She is a brand and business innovator, consultant, coach and keynote speaker available to work with anybody who wants to change the game in their particular sector. People go to Cindy for radical, innovative, groundbreaking, transformation - Cindy does not do status quo! She can help you own the future as the leader you want to be, the business you want to be, the gender-equal, diverse, inclusive workplace you want to be. We could at this point go into Cindy’s achievements and past experience but like Cindy we’re way more inte...2022-03-0730 min
The ImposterousEpisode 22: Ben WelshBen is one of the region's top creative leaders, known for his inclusive leadership style and strategic rigour. Over the years he and his departments have won numerous Australian and international creative and effectiveness awards. In 2015, Ben was voted Campaign Asia’s Best Creative Talent for Australia and NZ. His inspiration is the reader, the viewer, the listener and the clicker; our raison d’etre, who for the most part, is bored, insulted and uninspired by what our industry produces. Ben’s recently released The Pitch, a novel about climate change, advertising, politics, love and a vertically challenged limo driver...2022-02-2826 min
The ImposterousEpisode 23: Anais ReadAnais is a Kiwi-turned-Aussie copywriter who’s changing behaviour for the better. In just her sixth year in the industry, Anais has created ideas for Cadbury, Subway, WNBL, Isuzu, Suncorp, and various Government clients. She won the B&T 30 Under 30 Grand Prix and Creative categories in 2021, adding to her growing list of international and local industry awards. But these only keep imposter syndrome at bay for so long.It’s the meaningful stuff that really stamps it out. Anais’ proudest work would be her road safety ideas and One Less Present charity campaig...2022-02-2811 min
The ImposterousEpisode 21: André GrayOver the course of his career, Andre G Gray has made integrated campaigns for varied categories, from deodorant to Ultraboosts, leading global campaigns for brands like adidas, Gatorade and Nissan. Mr. Gray is the author of Digital Anthropomorphism: Humanizing the Brand, a staunch advocate for underrepresented voices and lives to add to the cultural conversation. His POV is that of a Black/Jewish polyglot who grew up going to French school in San Francisco, lived the last 3 years in Amsterdam and 5 years in Paris, believes the message dictates the medium and has a burning desire to inspire others. For...2022-02-2127 min
The ImposterousEpisode 20: Graham FinkMultimedia artist Graham Fink is one of the world’s most respected, and highly awarded, creatives. Fink works in the fields of film, photography, painting, illustration and technology. Graham Fink’s career has been defined by never being satisfied with the status quo, whether that’s in the world of art or advertising. Fink loves to explore the ideas of the subconscious and creativity across multiple platforms including video, installation, photography, and painting. He wants to understand the principles behind artistic practices and pushes for new forms of creativity that arise from the collision of art and technology.2022-01-3131 min
The ImposterousEpisode 19: Matt EastwoodMatt joined McCann Health as Global Chief Creative Officer in January of 2019. Formerly Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of J. Walter Thompson where he led the agency to win a total of 80 Lions, more than it had ever won in its 150-year history. Matt was described by Britain’s Campaign magazine as a “unicorn” in the communications industry. Matt has won numerous accolades and honors including Campaign Brief Agency of the Year, Clio Health Network of the Year, Australian Creative Hotshop, Adnews Agency of the Year, Creativity’s Agency to Watch, B&T Agency of the Year, Spikes Network of the Year...2022-01-2029 min
The ImposterousEpisode 17: Rachel LoundsRachel is a brilliant creative, just not in the way you might think. But she is most definitelysomething we’ve all thought about from time to time, ex-advertising. Prior to a long and rich careerin production and creative services in such esteemed doorways as Droga 5, McCann and LeoBurnett, Rachel took a pause and quit. Since 2020 she has been a Certified Life & Mindset Coach.Imposter Syndrome Specialist. Rachel is on a quest to help people in media and corporatewho want to overcome negative thinking, lack of sel...2022-01-1137 min
The ImposterousEpisode 18: Phoebe Sloane - The AuntiesThe Aunties is the brainchild of Phoebe Sloane, Creative at Special and brought to life bythe eleven women of the Melbourne Advertising and Design Club (MADC) committee. TheAunties is a program that aims to inspire, protect, connect and champion women of allages and backgrounds across Melbourne’s creative industries, through tailoredmentorships, seminars and networking opportunities. The Aunties is for industry womenat all stages of their careers and lives. Offering mentorships to women entering the industry,levelling up those in mid-senior roles, a ‘futu...2022-01-1109 min
The ImposterousEpisode 16: Toby TalbotPrior to moving to Spain t0 join 14 as CCO, Toby (not Tony) held the role of CCO at Saatchi & Saatchi NZ for three years. Before that he was CCO at DDB Sydney, and was behind the most awarded mobile campaign in the world #comeonin for Sydney Opera House, and before then at DDB New Zealand, where he took home the coveted title of Campaign Asia Magazine’s Creative of the Year. Toby is currently the No.2 ECD in the world on the global bestadsontv Creative Rankings over the last 18 years. As CCO of DDB Sydney, Toby led a complete cr...2021-12-1922 min
The ImposterousEpisode 15: Paul CatmurPaul has spent many years working in advertising in the UK, Australia and New Zealand including ECD roles at some of these country’s largest advertising networks. Paul co-founded his own agency, Barnes, Catmur & Friends Dentsu and while working he often writes articles for the business press as well as car and fishing magazines. Paul now lives on the beach outside Auckland where he concentrates on writing a column in the NZ Herald along with a couple of books. A prolific writer with many years experience, Paul is the host of New Zealand’s best podcast (IOHO) Truth and Soul...2021-12-1921 min
The ImposterousEpisode 13: Vicki MaguireA promising career in fashion design was cut short when Vicki discovered she couldn’t draw. Encouraged by her mentor Paul Smith to write her ideas down instead, Vicki soon found her way into the world of advertising. Vicki joined Grey London in 2009, creating campaigns for clients including British Heart Foundation, Lucozade and Marks & Spencer. She is now Chief Creative Officer at Havas London. Vicki is also a vocal champion of diversity and helped establish the Creative Circle Foundation, supporting people from diverse backgrounds wanting to get into advertising. The IPA has named Vicki one of advertising’s Women of T...2021-12-1424 min
The ImposterousEpisode 14: Josy PaulIn 2008 Josy Paul started BBDO India from the backseat of his car. In 2016, he was named Creative Agency Head of The Year by the Indian Advertising Association. Josy is among the most influential people in Indian advertising - according to The Economic Times. Campaign Magazine awarded him Creative Person of the Year for India and South Asia multiple times. Josy and his team won the inaugural Glass Lion Grand Prix at Cannes in 2015 for Whisper’s ‘Touch The Pickle’. They also won the Cannes Lion Gold in 2015, 2016 and 2017 for Ariel ‘Share The Load’ - ranked as the world’s most effecti...2021-12-1427 min
The ImposterousEpisode 11: Shannon CroweEpisode 11 -Shannon Crowe exited from full time agency life on 4th January 2016. Not so coincidentally, her son was born the very next morning. It was a unique set of circumstances that saw Shannon take a step back and in doing so her perspective has widened. Her days are now spent amongst the people we try so hard to reach. So after years of overtime, Shannon’s work-life balance was skewed very much in the opposite direction. Shannon believes this made her ideas stronger. In fact, 2016 saw Shannon named one of the world’s 50 most awarded copywriters, and in 2017 that rank...2021-12-0721 min
The ImposterousEpisode 12: Daniel LobatónDaniel Lobatón helped create the highly-awarded “It’s a Tide Ad” campaign, currently ranked #1 on WARC’s Effective 100. Now we could stop there with his introduction but that would seem a bit sucky, so...Daniel became CCO at Saatchi & Saatchi in March of 2020 after three years as Executive Creative Director at the agency, overseeing work on Tide. Since joining the agency in 2017, Daniel has been part of developing breakthrough work for brands like Tide, Goldfish, TikTok, Olay, the National Down Syndrome Society, Women In Film, among others. Prior to his time at Saatchi, Daniel held copywriting and creative director...2021-12-0725 min
The ImposterousEpisode 10: Merlee JaymeMerlee Jayme, Chief Creative Officer at dentsu international APAC may have been silent in the past but it’s her beliefs and achievements that now demand to be heard. Known for work that pushes Insights and innovation, Merlee has won major awards that include a Cannes Lion Grand Prix for Mobile, Gold and Silver lions for outdoor, Grand CLIO, LIAA, The One Show, D&AD pencils and Campaign's Creative of the Year. Merlee is Cannes Lions Radio & Audio Jury President 2021, ADC 100th Annual Awards Jury President for Interactive, ADSTARS Executive Judge for Brand Experience, The One Show Asia jury me...2021-11-3024 min
The ImposterousEpisode 9: Jo Sellars and Grant RutherfordJo Sellars + Grant Rutherford are our imposter syndrome tag team smackdown champions. Jo talks about her favourite piece of work being Grant’s Barry Dawson campaign for Cougar Bourbon and Grant sums up his respect for Jo by saying ‘Even her shit ideas are better than my good ones.’ But platitudes aside, let’s get into their insecurities and fears. Jo Sellars started her career in Mojo Brisbane working with advertising heroes Mo and Jo. Over the years she has worked on Australia’s biggest brands, shooting commercials all over the world and leading Creative departments with care. Leading by example...2021-11-3024 min
The ImposterousEpisode 8: Jab BorgstromEpisode 8 - Joakim Borgstrom (Jab) has a secret weapon that helps him see the world differently. Jab is the Worldwide Chief Creative officer of the black sheep at BBH. Prior to this, Jab held a number of leadership roles, including Creative Director/Director of Innovation at Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam, Creative Director and Partner at DoubleYou, Barcelona. Jab is a rare mix of Swedish and Argentinean, speaks five languages and has worked in five countries and might not stop there. He has worked on brands as diverse as Nike, Audi, Electronic Arts...2021-11-2126 min
The ImposterousEpisode 7: Fran LuckinFran Luckin is by far the smartest and funniest person we know. Her poetry is quite shyte though. Fran is the Chief Creative Officer of Grey Africa.Fran has been named one of the Top 10 most influential people in South African advertising and has judged international and local creative awards shows (including D&AD, the Clio Awards, The One Show, and three tours of duty judging the Cannes Lions.) Her work has been recognized repeatedly at all these award shows. In 2017 she served as Jury President of the Print and Publishing Jury at the Cannes Lions – the fi...2021-11-1424 min
The ImposterousEpisode 6: Sarah BarclaySarah Barclay makes the work most of us dream of and won’t rest until there’s equality in Creative Department leadership. After winning AWARD School Sarah was discovered by The Campaign Palace Melbourne, and among her many highlights there, she created Sic ’em Rex for Holeproof. After several years, Sarah joined Clemenger Melbourne where her work included Not Happy Jan for Yellow Pages and The Milk campaign, featuring the legendary Retired Milkman, Roger Daly. Sarah then moved to BBDO New York briefly before being snapped up by the worldwide creative chief of Saatchi Bob Isherwood as a Regional ECD on...2021-11-1425 min
The ImposterousEpisode 5: Kitty LunKitty Lun has successfully navigated the double whammy of being both female and Asian on her way to the very top of the game. Born in Hong Kong and studied advertising at Baptist University, Kitty rose quickly and jumped the sacred fence from Creative into management. As Chairman/CEO at Lowe China, Kitty achieved tremendous business growth and led the agency to become the most awarded agency in China in 2014 and 2015. Kitty was named top 10 Creative Directors of the Year and top 10 Distinguished Advertising Women of the Year. In 2011, Kitty was the organizer and host of the Cannes Lions for...2021-11-0717 min
The ImposterousEpisode 4: Rob CampbellRob Campbell is determined to create an environment where his team feels safe to be dangerous. Now Head of Planning at Colenso and used to be a session guitarist for some of the World’s most well-known, terrible pop stars. He’s lived and worked all over the world and led strategy across America, Europe, Asia and Australasia respectively. He’s made famous work for NIKE, Spotify, IKEA, P&G, Converse, Chrysler & the rock band Metallica, won awards for everything from global Olympic ad campaigns to airport lounges and has an alumni of planners who now hold senior positions at Appl...2021-10-3119 min
The ImposterousEpisode 3: Laura PetrucelliLaura Petrucelli managed to convince Post Malone to get a Dorrito face tattoo and taught Morgan Freeman how to Snapchat. Currently Executive Creative Director at Goodby Silverstein and Partners San Fransisco + New York. Laura has been included in Adweek’s Most Creative People in Advertising and both the 3% Conference and the One Show have named her as one of the top 10 Next Creative Leaders. Laura has helmed many a holy grail of Superbowl ads and worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Morgan Freeman, Peter Dinklage, Matthew McConaughey, Little Nas X and Post Malone. Laura is a st...2021-10-2719 min
The ImposterousEpisode 2: Nils LeonardNils Leonard is a creative champion with a long list of MotherF&ckers to prove wrong. An agitator for change and diversity in the industry, Nils is a regular speaker and judge at industry events, is on the board of trustees of D&AD and is listed as the Sunday Times 500 most influential people in the UK. More recently Nils has founded the Uncommon Creative Studio alongside Lucy Jameson and Natalie Graeme and is on a mission to build brands the world is happy exists. On their 4th birthday, they are doing that in ways that’s influencing the entir...2021-10-2720 min
The ImposterousEpisode 1: Michael Knox and Graham DrewThe awkwardness is palpable. If it wasn’t for Graham’s mobile buzzing and chiming with urgent messages this conversation would have gone in all directions and taken a lot longer. Enjoy this pilot episode knowing that the only way from here is up.2021-10-2508 min
The ImposterousTrailer: The Imposterous voicesTrailer: Imposter syndrome and how it affects the world's best Creatives. Hosted by Michael Knox and Graham Drew. For more information visit theimposterous.com 2021-10-2400 min