EP21: The New Business Leader | Jemima Monies | adam&eveDDB

Earlier this summer, Jemima Monies, Head of New Business & PR at adam&eveDDB wrote an article in Campaign about why new business leaders need to fight harder to be heard.

She closed the piece with a rallying cry to the industry to "value new business people's opinions, invite them to speak out and elevate them within your agency management teams".

Reading this, I realised that so far in the Small Spark Theory series, whilst we've been speaking to a range of industry experts about elements of new business process and agency growth challenges, we have yet to give a voice to any new business practitioners.

So I'm delighted that Jemima could spare the time between pitches to come and chat. In this episode we discuss the importance of new business culture, what makes a great new business person, the power of momentum and ice cream.

With an enviable new business record, adam&eveDDB has now clocked up four years as Campaign Agency of the Year. Since recording this episode, I visited my local cinema and between trailers, the agency's John Lewis / Waitrose "Bohemian Rhapsody" ad finished to spontaneous applause from the audience. By my reckoning they'll be holding that top spot for a while yet.

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