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Mar 7, 2023 • 50min

21: Becoming CCO at Amplify! Stop worrying about losing TALENT! Do brands use culture for CLOUT!?

Amplify CCO Jeavon Smith is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Jeavon earned his stripes at Jack Morton where he started as a Senior Experience Designer. Described as a creative visionary, Jeavon started at Amplify as a ECD and is now Chief Creative Officer (CCO). We discuss Jeavon's journey, what makes Amplify special, why we need to stop worrying about talent leaving, how obsessing over audience is the most important thing, why brands need to be careful when taking from culture, how to treat talent in the modern age and why wearing a backpack on the tube is a big no-no. Jeavon Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeavon-smith-21215614/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Feb 28, 2023 • 58min

20: KOTO & Wolff Olins chat FEMALE Leadership! The truth behind Maternity LEAVE! Is there a SALARY Gap!?

KOTO COO & Founder Caroline Matthews and Wolff Olins Global ECD Emma Barratt are the latest guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Both Caroline & Emma are highly successful in the industry. They share the good, the bad and the ugly experiences encountered on the way of their success. We tackle taboos around Female leadership, how we can overcome the obstacles, the important conversation around maternity leave in this subject, how agency culture has been toxic, how to pave the way for more Female leaders, earning way less than male counterparts and how there's nothing wrong with sympathetic leaders. Caroline Matthews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-matthews-ba2b0aa/ Emma Barratt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-barratt-2038708/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Feb 21, 2023 • 40min

19: How to enter the PRODUCT DESIGN industry! Is a design degree a HINDRANCE?! What's happening with WEB3?!

It's a first for the podcast this week. Two of our own are the guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Sean and Joe look after our product design team here at UNKNOWN, and in this podcast they give you an insight into all things design. We discuss how to enter the industry as a junior, if Sean and Joe believe their University degrees hindered their progress as designers, will AI take design jobs?, what the latest is with WEB3, having a golf lesson with AI Tiger Woods and how to stand out from the crowd. Sean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-weareunknown/ Joe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-standing/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Feb 14, 2023 • 52min

18: How to have DIFFICULT conversations! Does the industry have a DIVERSITY problem!? The truth about VALUES!

Executive Coach and Leadership Expert Hasan Khair is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Has gives us a masterclass on leadership. We discuss how to have the difficult but necessary conversations in business,  what great leadership looks like, how to become a better leader, whether the industry has a diversity problem and if any action has been taken, the difference between teaching and telling, whether or not values are BS and how to ensure the advertising industry remains desirable in the future. Hasan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasankhair/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Feb 7, 2023 • 39min

17: Female leader & FUTURE Female leader! Males have NO Females to look up to! IMPOSTER syndrome is a problem!

Gensler Creative Director Louise Jorden and Freelance Designer Titi Finlay are the latest guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... this is a special conversation birthed on the back of Woody's LinkedIn post about the lack of female leaders in the design industry. We take both perspectives on the female leadership epidemic from a senior and a junior and discuss if anyone can be a leader, do Female's suffer more from imposter syndrome, how there are no Female leaders to aspire to in the sneaker industry, why social media trolls are stupid, and how young creatives can break into the industry. Louise Jorden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-jorden-277a9b6/ Titi Finlay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/titi-finlay-3b86b66a/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Jan 31, 2023 • 52min

16: We need more Female LEADERS! Advice for young CREATIVES! How can agency culture CHANGE?

Accept & Proceed MD Sally Oldfield is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Sally is an industry legend and shares her experience of becoming a Female leader in an industry where the odds are tragically stacked against you. We chat about the Female Leadership epidemic, why talent is leaving the industry, why agency culture has to change, what young creatives can do to stand out and why it's important to have Female and Male leaders. Sally Oldfield: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-oldfield-b5b49063/  🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Jan 10, 2023 • 1h 5min

15: How to INSTANTLY tell better stories! Learning from David DROGA! How are brands STEALING from culture!?!

Writer and Creative Director Ray Smiling is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Ray is a storytelling legend and shares his experiences from writing ads for the worlds biggest brands. If you've ever wanted to know how to tell brilliant stories, write better ads, why brands stealing culture is wrong, the difference between storytelling in ads and film, what young creatives should do to find their fire, why Ray wants to transition into being a Film Director. Ray Smiling: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raysmiling/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Dec 20, 2022 • 51min

14: Joining COLLINS at 18! Starting a WEB 3 Business! Keeping GEN Z Talent!

Diego Segura is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN… Diego shares how industry legend Brian Collins gave him a design internship at Collins at just 18 years old, why he is now betting on Web 3 with his start-up NATION, how to keep Gen Z talent motivated, what inspired him to become a designer and how Web 3 will positively change the world. Nation: https://nation.io/ Diego Segura: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegodoes/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Dec 6, 2022 • 55min

13: Creating ODDIGY! How TOKENISM exists in the industry! Do Qatar REGRET the World Cup!?

Agency Co-Founders Andrew Khatouli and Matt Miller are the latest guests on untalented by UNKNOWN ... Andrew and Matt share how their experiences shaped the need to create their own culture-aware creative studio. How they created their own path into the industry, why brands need to bring more perspectives and voices into the room, how tokenism exists, the importance of cultural insights for global creative, does Qatar regret hosting the World Cup? the danger that comes with labelling entire nations and what on earth is balloon fashion!? Oddigy: https://www.oddigy.studio/ Ander Khatouli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewkhatouli/ Matt Miller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-miller-a8424922/  🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown 👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod 👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown
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Nov 29, 2022 • 46min

12: How to NURTURE talent! Why creatives STRUGGLE client-side! Talent have so much CHOICE!

SVP, Executive Director of Creative Talent at MullenLowe U.S. Frannie Rhodes is the latest guest on untalented by UNKNOWN ...  Frannie is an industry legend and has 20+ years experience of multi-disciplinary experiences in the creative industry. She is famed for building creative departments and connecting creative leaders across the globe. We dig deep to find out how agencies can still attract and retain talent, why the creative industry is desirable and the reason why creatives struggle when they work client-side. Frannie Rhodes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frannierhodes/ 🎧Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/untalentedbyunknown  👉 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@untalentedpod  👉 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__weareunknown

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