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The WARC PodcastHighlights from the WARC Awards 2025Which work made the podium in this year's regional WARC Awards? WARC's John Bizzell and Anna Hamill dig into the highlights. See all the winners across regions on our awards page.2025-05-0120 minThe WARC PodcastHow advertising ended up with a news problemThe relationship between brands and news media has deteriorated in recent years. WARC's Alex Brownsell is joined by Omar Oakes, founder at OOmph and Jamie Credland, CEO of World Media Group, to discuss why and how the relationship can bounce back.To learn more, read the latest Global Ad Trends, part of WARC Media, a quarterly report which draws on WARC’s dataset of advertising and media intelligence to give a holistic view on the industry.WARC Media subscribers can read the report in full.If you’re yet to join, you can find a...2025-04-2931 minThe WARC PodcastBehind the winning work: WARC Rankings Effective 100Congrats to 'ADLaM: An alphabet to preserve a culture' by Microsoft and McCann NYC, winners of the Effective 100. McCann's Socrates Papazoglou joins WARC's Anna Hamill to share the inside story behind the winning work.Find the full WARC Effective 100 Rankings here. 2025-04-0121 minThe WARC PodcastBehind the winning work: WARC Rankings Media 100Congrats to Nosotras Women Connecting and PHD Costa Rica, winners of the 2025 Media 100. Marysela Zomora and PHD's Alan Vainrub join WARC's Anna Hamill to discuss their against-the-odds campaign to ensure free menstrual products in Costa Rica's schools, passing essential legislation.Find the full WARC Media 100 Rankings here. 2025-03-1831 minThe WARC PodcastBehind the winning work: WARC Rankings Creative 100Congrats to WoMen's Football by Orange, #1 in the WARC Rankings Creative 100! Gaëtan du Peloux and Youri Guerassimov, co-CCO/CEOs at Marcel Paris, join WARC's Anna Hamill to discuss Orange's ground-breaking campaign supporting the French women's football team.The WARC Creative 100 Ranking can be viewed in full here. It includes the world’s top 100 awarded campaigns for creativity, top 50 creative agencies, agency networks, brands, advertisers, countries and top holding companies.2025-03-1131 minThe WARC PodcastInsights from the WARC Awards - Finding new routes to drive growthThe third episode in a special three-part series that looks at the winners of the WARC Awards, highlighting work that worked and asking what you can learn from it, particularly from a creative effectiveness point of view. Discussing Lay’s democratising technology to help farmers fight climate change, Vanish’s Me, My Autism & I, and how Sage took business software from B2B to human-to-human.Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2024-09-2424 minThe WARC PodcastInsights from the WARC Awards - Local insights boost brandThe second episode in a special three-part series that looks at the winners of the WARC Awards, highlighting work that worked and asking what you can learn from it, particularly from a creative effectiveness point of view. Discussing McDonald's Big enough to make a difference, Ujjivan’s An envelope that sealed the fate of women, and Nescafé’s Brewing coffee culture in tea-drinking India.Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2024-09-1722 minThe WARC PodcastInsights from the WARC Awards - bold moves in mediaThe first episode in a special three-part series that looks at the winners of the WARC Awards, highlighting work that worked and asking what you can learn from it, particularly from a creative effectiveness point of view. Discussing Heinz and Absolut’s Absolutely Heinz, Lacoste’ Unexpected encounters, and Mercado Libre’s Handshake Hunt.Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2024-09-1023 minThe WARC PodcastInside the WARC Grand Prix jury roomWARC’s Awards lead John Bizzell talks to Susan Irving, CMO at Kruger Products and Gugu Mthembu, CMO at Telkom South Africa about judging for the WARC Awards 2024. Discussing all the Grand Prix winning campaigns, the judging experience and highlights from Cannes Lions.Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2024-07-1822 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Marketing's irrelevancy risk, making 'em laugh & Creative Impact wrap-upOn the final day of Cannes Lions, WARC's Ann Marie Kerwin discusses marketing's relevancy problem with Najoh Tita-Reid and Leonid Sudakov from Mars Petcare. McCann's Grand Effie winner, Jamie Peate shares insights on why humour is back. Finally, WARC's David Tiltman share his highlights from the Creative Impact track.2024-06-2138 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Instacart's marketing glow-up, inside India & creative effectivenessOn day four of Cannes Lions, WARC's Rica Facundo talks to Instacart's Laura Jones and Karen Crum from EY-Parthenon about redefining the value of brand. ANA's Latha Sarathy and WARC's Adi Kishore talk about new creative effectiveness research, and Gurdeep Puri (The Effectiveness Partnership) and Kawal Shoor shares insights into the factors driving India's marketing success.2024-06-2039 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Behind Guinness's transformation, the power of progressive ads & talking strategyOn day three of Cannes Lions, WARC's Anna Hamill talks to Diageo's Grainne Wafer and Callum McCahon from Born Social about Guinness's brand transformation. WARC's Lena Roland and Mark Pollard from Sweathead discuss the future of strategy, and Oxford University's Andrew Stephen and the Unsterotype Alliance's Sara Denby share new research proving the power of progressive advertising.2024-06-1941 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Why brand isn't dead, battling the beige & new ritualsOn day two of Cannes Lions, WARC's Alex Brownsell speaks with e.l.f Beauty CMO Kory Marchisotto and Dr Marcus Collins about why brand isn't dead, Adam Morgan from eatbigfish makes the case against dull and beige ads, and MSQ's Justin Cox shares new research on the power of rituals.2024-06-1840 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: The truth behind that viral Snoop ad, tackling climate change & B2B researchOn day one of WARC's daily episodes from Cannes Lions 2024, WARC editors speak with Luana Bumachar and Elizabeth Paul about the viral ad for Solo Stoves with Snoop Dogg, Duncan Meisel from Clean Creatives shares how climate change is impacting creativity, followed by LinkedIn's Mimi Turner and Bain's Jamie Cleghorn on exciting new B2B research.2024-06-1739 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Creative Impact in 2024WARC's SVP of content David Tiltman speakd to LIONS' chief content officer Paul Kemp-Robertson about the Creative Impact content programme, which will be taking place across the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Later they speak to Devika Bulchandani, Global CEO at Ogilvy about her take on creative effectiveness and what she’s hoping to see at the Festival.
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Discussing McDonald’s Big Enough to make a Difference campaign, Doordash's Kid Currency campaign, and Telkom’s Stand Tall campaign. Find out about all the 2024 regional winners and shortlists here.
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This week, WARC’s Amy Rodgers and John Bizzell discuss brave brands – those that have taken a risk, stepped outside of their category norms and comfort zones, and thought outside the box when it comes to their creative ideas. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2023-11-0732 minThe WARC PodcastInsights from the WARC Awards – using data to spark creativityThe second episode in a special three-part series that looks at creative effectiveness through the lens of the winners of 2023 WARC Awards.
This week, WARC’s Amy Rodgers and John Bizzell discuss the brands that have used data to spark creativity, which has subsequently generated results for their business.Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2023-10-3130 minThe WARC PodcastInsights from the WARC Awards – product solutions to marketing challengesThe first episode in a special three-part series that looks at creative effectiveness through the lens of the winners of 2023 WARC Awards.
This week, WARC’s Amy Rodgers and John Bizzell discuss brands that have used real-world solutions or products to communicate marketing messages and meet their objectives.Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter.2023-10-2427 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x IPA EffWorks: Why relevance rules and the case for marketing as an investmentThe final episode of the WARC Podcast from EffWorks 2023. Lena Roland, Head of Content for WARC Strategy, is joined by EssenceMediacomX’s Chief Transformation Officer Sue Unerman and Jake Webster, Senior Associate Strategy Director, to discuss new research on the new communications economy.
Ian Whittaker, Managing Director and owner of Liberty Sky Advisors shares research that makes the case for marketing as a long-term investment; James Hurman, founder of Previously Unavailable, and WARC’s Amin Mrini advise marketers on how to scale-up profitably on digital marketplaces.
The final guest, Hannah Gillett, Senior Communications Strategist at LEGO...2023-10-1242 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x IPA EffWorks: 10 years of Long & Short, plus Unilever on retail mediaThe second of three daily episodes of the WARC Podcast from EffWorks 2023. Anna Hamill, WARC’s senior editor for brands, is joined by marketing effectiveness legends Les Binet and Peter Field to discuss the state of the industry 10 years on from their groundbreaking research study, ‘The Long and the Short of it’.
Fiona Blades, President and Chief Experience Officer at MESH Experience explains the importance of owned media channels in the marketing mix.
Finally, Pawan Marella, Strategy Director at Unilever and Nilam Atodaria, Global Product Director at The GOAT Agency, talk about all things retail media...2023-10-1134 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x IPA EffWorks: Brands & pricing power, plus digital creative excellenceThe first of three daily episodes of the WARC Podcast from EffWorks 2023.
Catherine Driscoll, WARC's Commissioning Editor EMEA, is joined by Laurence Green, Director of Effectiveness at the IPA to introduce the day alongside three effectiveness experts.
Dr Grace Kite from Magic Numbers shares what brands need to know managing price rises and planning for inflationary times, and Tom Roach, VP Brand Strategy at Jellyfish, shares insights from his masterclass on excellence in digital creative. The final guest, Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer at System 1, looks back to enduring creative principles and discusses what they m...2023-10-1035 minThe WARC PodcastWARC Talks: Redefining ESGThis week WARC talks ESG with Cathy Taylor, commissioning editor at WARC and Whitney Dailey, EVP of purpose at Allison. How is ESG being perceived and how are these perceptions changing?
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WARC’s Asia Editor Rica Facundo is joined by Manasa Harikar, E-Commerce Strategy Director for Unilever, Mindshare, Amandeep Singh, VP of Commerce & Customer Experience at VMLY&R, and Fionn Hyndman, Founder at Stickler.
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They discuss the upcoming opportunities in this space that brands need to know.
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2023-06-1932 minThe WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Creative Impact previewThis week, SVP Content David Tiltman talks creative effectiveness with Jenni Middleton, SVP Content and Editor-in-chief at LIONS, and Jamie Peate of McCann Worldgroup. David, Jenni and Jamie, as well as three of WARC’s editors, then offer a preview of WARC and LIONS’ Creative Impact content programme, which will be taking place across the 2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
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The WARC PodcastWARC Talks: How measuring effectiveness combats ad fraudThis week WARC talks ad fraud with US Commissioning Editor Cathy Taylor and David Beaton, of Navigation ME and Crater Lake & Company. How measuring and optimizing against real-world effectiveness outcomes can help to make bots irrelevant.
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A complimentary copy of the report is available to read for a limited time here.2023-03-0225 minThe WARC PodcastWARC Talks: Driving growth through new usage occasionsThis week WARC talks driving growth through new usage occasions with Jennifer English, Global Brand Director at Bailey's and Carlos Grande, Effectiveness Editor at the IPA. How do you maintain existing customers and consumption moments while also attracting new customers?
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The WARC PodcastWARC Talks Inflation and Economic SlowdownThis week WARC talks inflation and economic slowdown with J. Walker Smith and Karine Trinquetel - insights experts at market research company Kantar. Discusses new consumer sentiment data and how brands can focus on resilience and serving consumer needs.
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The WARC PodcastWARC Talks US automotive marketingThis week WARC talks American automotive marketing with Scotty Reiss, founder of A Girls Guide to Cars. Discusses the increased popularity of the electric vehicle in the US, and what problems that may arise for marketers in the face of inflation.
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The WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Effective creativity and the WARC Awards for EffectivenessWrapping up WARC’s coverage of the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Host Lena Roland, Head of Content for WARC Strategy, is joined by WARC editors David Tiltman, Chiara Manco and Anna Hamill. They reveal the winners of this year’s WARC Awards for Effectiveness, share insights from the previous day’s Brands in Culture sessions featuring McDonald’s and Nestle, and outline James Hurman (Previously Unavailable) and Tom Morton’s (R/GA) session on whether we need new rules for a new generation of brands. Plus David Tiltman, WARC’s SVP Content, reflects on the key highligh...2022-06-2422 min
The WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: The Future of Strategy and Ehrenberg-Bass researchAll the latest from day four of Cannes Lions 2022.
Host Alex Brownsell, Head of Content for WARC Media, is joined in the Palais des Festivals by WARC editors Lena Roland and Anna Hamill to talk about this morning’s Future of Strategy sessions, and recap yesterday’s presentation from Jenni Romaniuk, Research Professor at Ehrenberg-Bass Institute.2022-06-2324 min
The WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Brand-building in an e-commerce world and B2B best practiceNews and insights from day three at Cannes Lions 2022.
Host David Tiltman, WARC’s SVP Content, is joined by WARC editors Alex Brownsell and Sam Pena-Taylor. They discuss James Hurman’s latest presentation on the WARC stage, and reveal Benedict Evans’s long-range view on the future of e-commerce and media.2022-06-2229 min
The WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Digital commerce and when targeting doesn't workAll the latest from day two of Cannes Lions 2022.
Host Alex Brownsell, Head of Content for WARC Media, is joined by David Tiltman and Imaad Ahmed to talk about the collision of marketing and digital commerce - a hot topic at this year’s festival - and reveal fresh research from Creative X and Analytic Partners. Plus Anna Hamill provides insights into the key priorities among CMOs in Cannes.2022-06-2131 min
The WARC PodcastWARC x Cannes Lions: Attention jeopardy and the Anatomy of EffectivenessThe first of five daily episodes of The WARC Podcast from Cannes Lions 2022.
Host David Tiltman, WARC’s SVP Content, is joined in the Palais des Festivals by WARC editors Alex Brownsell, Lena Roland and Chiara Manco. They discuss new attention research from Peter Field, Professor Karen Nelson-Field and Orlando Wood, WARC’s updated Anatomy of Effectiveness whitepaper, and preview the upcoming Effectiveness Show.2022-06-2025 min
The WARC PodcastWARC Talks the Crypto Winter - Implications for MarketersThis week WARC talks the crypto winter and the implications for marketers with Cary Tilds, co-founder of Web3 Marketing Association, and CSO at Frameplay, and David Wallace, co-founder of Web3 Marketing Association, and founder at NMD+. Looking at the current situation in the crypto-currency world and what this means for marketers.
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The WARC PodcastWARC Talks FragmentationThis week WARC talks fragmentation with Oliver Feldwick, head of innovation at The&Partnership and Ana Andjelic, a global C-level executive. Discussing the challenges and opportunities around fragmentation.
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The WARC PodcastWARC Talks 2022 Media TrendsWelcome back! This week WARC talks 2022 media trends with Dan Calladine, Head of Media Futures at Carat Global, and author of Dentsu’s ‘Reimagining Next’ media trends report.
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We have always championed evidence-based decisions and there’ll be something here for anyone who wants to make marketing choices that work.So stay tuned and join us on this journey. And if you have feedback or have a particul...2021-04-2201 min