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59: Yan Elliott - from hire number 12 at Mother, to becoming a CCO.

Aug 22, 2024
58:59
Welcome back to another episode of the Untalented podcast. In today's episode, Sam is joined by CCO of Weber Shandwick, Yan Elliott.

A fantastic episode, full of wisdom, laughs and tears. 

They cover a bunch of topics:

- What Mother was like at 12 people. 
- Yan's favourite work. 
- Secrets to a happy creative partnership.
- Why it's hard to sell, and what made Robert Saville so good. 
- What it's like stepping up from CD to ECD.
- How to create an environment where creatives can thrive.
- How they made the first-ever blind pregnancy test.  
- Life at Weber Shandwick and the importance of an aligned leadership team.
- Advice for younger creatives, and what he looks for in junior creative portfolios

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