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In this session, we hear from four Black ad professionals who started in different decades about what advertising life was like when they were starting out and how the industry has – or hasn’t – changed in the years since. Valerie Graves, the former chief creative officer of Leo Burnett’s Vigilante, the UniWorld Group and Motown Records, takes us back to the 80s. Derek Walker, today the founder of Brown and Browner Advertising, puts us in his shoes as a copywriter in the 1990s. Shameka M Brown, co-founder and executive coach at The Only One There, walks us through her formative years at FCB in the 2000s. And our moderator, ace copywriter and 600 & Rising founder Bennett D Bennett, brings us into the 2010s. Together they contrast their lived experiences and explore the outlook for Black advertising professionals in the 2020s.
Acclaimed designer and founder of Red or Dead and Hemingway Design will talk to The Drum about his career, his creative process and inspirations and how he sees the modern creative... read more
Sign up for The Drum Awards for Agency Business Virtual Ceremony.
Due to the current situation, we can’t host our usual awards night, so instead, you are invited to join...
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With the world in flux, agencies are trying to figure out what the clients of the future will look like and where work will come from. During this session, The Economist’s head... read more
With agencies being all about their people - how are their cultures being affected in lockdown and how are agency leaders working hard to retain what makes them unique through remote... read more
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In this talk, creative entrepreneur Will Travis shares some of the principles of his Elevation Barn business, focused on finding clarity, as well as sharing his thoughts on how this... read more
In this session, we will explore how businesses can further ramp up their creative offering through new ideas, innovation and talent recruitment.
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Procurement teams can be difficult for many agencies to navigate, which is why this is a not-to-miss session. Hear from experts about how agencies have much to gain by working with... read more
Businessman and farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones talks to The Drum about how brands and marketers can do a better job of engaging a more diverse consumer-base and of how he is building... read more
