Virgin Media’s Kerris Bright on how being a scientist has influenced her career
The brand’s top marketer, and former neuroscientist, champions the benefits of being both analytical and creative.
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Marketer of the year Tanya Joseph on the future of ‘This Girl Can’ and Sport England’s strategy for 2016
Mindi ChahalThe UK’s marketing success story of 2015 was Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ campaign, which aims to make women of all ages and abilities more active. It won numerous awards at Cannes Lions 2015, including the much-trumpeted inaugural Glass Lion, celebrating advertising that promotes gender equality. The campaign, created with agency FCB Inferno, persuaded 1.6 […]
EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall on how marketers can soar
Leonie RoderickWhen it comes to climbing the career ladder and gaining a coveted place at the boardroom table, easyJet’s CEO Carolyn McCall believes marketers are “fantastically” placed to do so. But to become a senior leader, confidence is key.
Unconventional routes to marketing: How marketers at Virgin Media, Instagram and Mini made the transition
Mindi ChahalLooking at the career path that some of the UK’s top marketers have taken into the profession illustrates the true diversity in skills that are required in businesses today.
Celebrate how you support mental health, but always commit to doing more
Tanya JosephIn Mental Health Week, it’s a good time to highlight your brand’s efforts to protect staff wellbeing, but you need to spend the rest of the year putting them into practice.
Oystercatchers hires Posterscope’s Gill Huber as managing partner
Michaela JeffersonThe former agency boss replaces Jude Bridge at the helm of the marketing consultancy.
Currys rebrand: Four brands become one as it ‘invests hard’ in simplified proposition
Michaela JeffersonCurrys is by far the superior brand of the four merging businesses, but a number of challenges lie ahead for the electrical goods retailer.
NatWest’s CMO slams lack of ‘pointed’ efforts to ramp up diversity
Manny PhamFive years ago, NatWest CMO Margaret Jobling thought the marketing industry would naturally become more diverse, but she realises now more action must be taken.