Having a GAS with Greg
A podcast that interviews influential figures from the creative industries, exploring what makes music effective in different contexts such as film, TV, advertising, dancing, and cooking. Host Greg talks to guests about the craft and inspiration behind creating music for various media.
Episodes
Matilda Gracia: Longevity Over Virality
Matilda Gracia signed to an indie label straight out of uni and ended up paying for the privilege, then quietly pulling the EP off streaming years later. In this conversation she pulls the curtain back on what being an independent artist actually looks like right now: teaching herself production in her childhood bedroom during lockdown, learning to mix through a metaphor about a room full of instr
Yannis Konstantinidis: Visible Effort Is The Future
Yannis Konstantinidis just flew back from New York with a Grand Clio, but he isn't here for the victory lap. Twenty years into running an animation studio, he thinks roughly nine-tenths of the industry he grew up in is quietly disappearing, and that the part worth saving is the part you can see someone bled to make. We get into costly signalling, cathedrals, why AI output feels like an insult befo
Lucrecia: You Have To Be Cringe Until You’re Not
This week's guest is a director who paid for her own shoots on weekends while account-managing in advertising, got threatened with the sack the morning after directing one of her now-best-known music videos, and learned the hard way that one cruel comment from a boss can almost stop a creative life before it starts. We get into why the most specific story is the one that travels, why she's stopped
Murugiah: The Most Personal Is the Most Creative
Murugiah is the illustrator of the moment. He has a debut solo exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration and a client list that runs from Apple to Elton John. But the thing he's proudest of isn't a brand commission. It's a painting of a broken figure being told it's going to be okay — the most personal thing he's made, and the image he's chosen to lead the whole show with.
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Having a GAS with... Grant Kirkhope
Today I'm Having a GAS with Grant Kirkhope... Grant is an Ivor Novello and World Soundtrack Award winning Scottish composer who has created the soundtrack for video games that have sold in excess of 40 million copies. From “GoldenEye” to “Banjo-Kazooie”, “Viva Piñata” to “Donkey Kong”, “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” to “Civilization: Beyond Earth” and “Perfect Dark” to “Castle of Illusion starrin
Having a GAS with... Derrick McKenzie
Today I'm Having a GAS with Derrick McKenzie... Derrick may be best known for being the vibrant drummer of Jamiroquai, but he is also a well established DJ and Producer. Derrick's main styles are Disco, Nu Disco, Funk, Soulful House, Jackin House, Tech House, Old Skool, also 80's and 90's Soul with a focus on Disco Funk.
Find out more about Derrick McKenzie here: https://derrickmckenzie.com
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Rory Sutherland, the Psychology of Price and the Super Bowl
Today, advertising executive Rory Sutherland returns to the Having a GAS podcast!
Rory Sutherland is the Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy, author of Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense and the deliverer of TED Talks that have been viewed almost 7 million times. We are delighted to welcome Rory back onto the Having a GAS podcast.
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Andrew Scheps, The Oscars, The Rite of Spring...
Join Greg, Aaron, Nathan and Ruraidh for music related banter, quizzes and other items, preceding the main interview.
Today, Andrew Scheps returns to the Having a GAS podcast and is IRL and 'unplugged' for the first time!
We discuss his Grammy Nomination for mixing 'The Blue Hour', his mix bus processing, his collaboration with Waves on Scheps Omni Channel 2, distortion, reverb, parallel processin
Having a GAS with... Duncan Ward
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Duncan Ward, Chief Conductor of philharmonie zuidnederland (South Netherlands Philharmonic).
In this episode, host Greg Owens speaks to Duncan about his musical homecoming, making his debut at The Barbican with the esteemed LSO.
Duncan will take the baton at two concerts. The first, on November 16th, is a collaboration with cellist Abel Selaocoe at the EFG London Jazz
Having a GAS with... Jeff Ellis
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Jeff Ellis, a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and multiple time Grammy-nominated mix engineer. We speak in-depth about Frank Ocean and Jeff's more recent work with artists like Doja Cat and d4vd.
More on Jeff Ellis here: https://jeffellisworldwide.com
“I got my start at the famed EastWest Studios in Hollywood California, (formerly United/Western Recorders) whe
Having a GAS with... Chris Gehringer
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer known for having mastered recordings by artists including; Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Drake and plenty more!
We speak in-depth about Chris's mastering process, where mastering is in 2023 and why separation from the mix engineer is key, we also discuss the journey he took to reach the top of his profession...
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Having a GAS with... Brandon Campbell
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Brandon Campbell, composer of music for film, TV and video games.
After interning for Hans Zimmer at Remote Control Productions and assisting Ramin Jawadi, Brandon offers us a unique insight into the day to day experience of a composer working across the mediums of film, tv and video games in 2023...
More on Brandon Campbell here: http://www.brandon-campbell.com
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Having a GAS with... Rob Henderson
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Rob Henderson, talking all things Tony Soprano. The Sopranos is one of the most influential and impactful TV series of recent years.
Rob Henderson recently earned his PhD at Cambridge University specialising in human behaviour. If you're interested to hear more from Rob, follow him at https://substack.com/@robkhenderson
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Having a GAS with... Tony Hoffer
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Tony Hoffer, renowned producer and mix engineer!
Tony Hoffer has created some of the most impactful songs of the last 20 years from indie anthems like The Kooks 'Naive', to ethereal landscapes like M83's 'Midnight City'. He tells us what investment it takes to break an artist in 2023, using artists like The 1975 as an example.
More on Tony Hoffer: http://tonyhoffer.com
Having a GAS with... Nils Leonard
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Nils Leonard, CCO & founder of Uncommon, a creative studio building brands. More on Uncommon here: https://www.uncommon.london
Nils Leonard has spent over 18 years in the advertising and design industry working across a spread of the most recognised and influential agencies in London. In his most recent post as Chief Creative Officer of Grey LDN, Nils oversaw the most
Having a GAS with... Jason LaRocca
Rocker-turned-engineer, Jason LaRocca, is formerly known as the singer/guitarist of acclaimed punk band, The Briggs. By the age of eighteen, the Los Angeles native had also become a full-fledged producer and recording engineer.
Jason has recorded and mixed for such top recording artists as Jay-Z, CeeLo Green, Fiona Apple, Schoolboy Q and Serj Tankian of System of a Down.
In addition, Jason mixes t
Having a GAS with... Aiden Kenway
Based in Brisbane, Aiden Kenway is a professional music producer and successful YouTuber, with over 250k subscribers at time of recording.
Aiden describes his channel as "the ultimate hub for mastering music production and discovering creative inspiration!"
Aiden's most popular videos are full recreations of popular hip-hop tracks, including 'Industry Baby' (Lil Nas X), 'Sicko Mode' (Travis Scott)
Having a GAS with... Crispin Hands
Crispin Hands is a Canadian composer and sound designer. He is an award winning audio creator who has been involved with video games for over 17 years. He started working on games in May 1995 at Electronic Arts. In April 2000, he left and started work for Relic Entertainment as an audio director. He stayed there for 6 years and then moved on to Pandemic Studios in March 2007. At the beginning of 2
Having a GAS™ with... Tim Summers
Dr Tim Summers researches and teaches music in Western popular culture at Royal Holloway University of London, with a particular focus on music for film, television and video games. His books include Understanding Video Game Music, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – A Game Score Companion and The Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music. He edits the Journal of Sound and Music in Games for Univ
Having a GAS with...Rob Henderson - What Don Draper & Mad Men Teach Us About Masculinity
Today I'm Having a GAS™ with Rob Henderson, talking all things Don Draper, Mad Men and specifically what his character teaches us about masculinity throughout the twentieth century right up to 2023!
Rob Henderson recently earned his PhD at Cambridge University specialising in human behaviour.
If you're interested to hear more from Rob, follow him at https://robkhenderson.substack.com/
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Having a GAS™ with... Insolate
A veritable powerhouse of the Croatian techno scene Insolate has been establishing a global presence as a DJ and producer for over 20 years delivering as both a label boss at Out Of Place and the creative force behind their electrifying TRAUM events.
Hailing from Osijek, Croatia, on the wide Croatian East – a town that at first glance a heavy industrial atmosphere overshadows, she is making her fi
Having a GAS with... Anna Lapwood
Anna Lapwood is an organist, conductor and television and radio presenter, currently Director of Music at, and Fellow of, Pembroke College, Cambridge. On appointment she was the youngest person to hold the position of Director of Music at an Oxbridge college, taking up the position at the age of 21. As a broadcaster, Lapwood hosted a weekly classical music show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire from 201
Having a GAS with... Troy & Phil (Leith ECD)
Troy Farnworth is an Executive Creative Director at Leith with over 10 years of experience.
Phil Evans is also an Executive Creative Director at Leith. A copywriter and former agency owner, Phil has been recognised at countless award ceremonies.
On the back of successive record-breaking years, Leith is opening its second home on Richmond Street in Manchester, their first office outside of Scotlan
Having a GAS with... Alex Grieve & Helen Rhodes
Alex Grieve is the Global and London CCO of BBH. Helen Rhodes is Executive Creative Director.
They both join host Greg to discuss all things creative.
After 12 years Alex returned to his alma mater as Global & London Chief Creative Officer of BBH.
Prior to that Alex was Chief Creative Officer at AMV BBDO where for the last three years he's been ranked the No.1 CCO in the UK by WARC & The Drum.
He'
Having a GAS with... Danny Manu
Danny Manu is a British-Ghanaian engineer and tech entrepreneur who built the world's first auto-translator earbuds. Danny studied at Oxford Brookes University and describes his mission in life as striving to improve lives. He was recently recognised by Google for his contributions to science, arts and culture.
Danny describes himself as "a very ambitious, hard-working engineer who strives to deve
Having a GAS with... Sophie Lewis
Sophie Lewis is the Chief Strategy Officer at M&C Saatchi London, having recently joined from DentsuMB.
Lewis' previous work includes planning on Mother’s original “Here come the girls” work for Boots in 2007 and on Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO's “Live well for less” positioning for Sainsbury’s in the early 2010s. She was also CSO at VMLY&R and is a member of the APG committee.
Having a GAS with...Meanwhile (James Cross, Tim Jones, Al Marchant)
Today I'm Having a GAS with Meanwhile. Founded by James Cross, Tim Jones and Alastair Marchant, Meanwhile describe themselves as "a creative company for people who'd rather set agendas than follow them".
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Having a GAS with... Shaun McIlrath
Shaun McIlrath is Global Chief Creative Officer of Iris Worldwide. Shaun has been listed in The Top 10 Most Creative People In Advertising by Business Insider. He began his career as a script writer at the BBC before stints at impactFCA, HHCL, Heresy, VCCP and now Iris where he leads the agency’s creative output from London, winning over 200 industry awards for brands like MINI, Dominos, Adidas, P
Having a GAS with... Laura Jordan Bambach
Today, I'm having a GAS with Laura Jordan Bambach, President & Chief Creative Officer at Grey London.
Laura is also founder of SheSays & Oko, a speaker, author and artist. An award-winning creative with a long history of innovative commercial work, Laura is a firm believer in the power of creativity to make positive change.
In her role at Grey London, she leads one of WPP’s most creative agencie
Having a GAS with...Franki Goodwin
Today, I'm having a GAS with Franki Goodwin, Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi London and Executive Producer at Western Edge Pictures – her Feature Film Production Company.
After graduating from Glasgow School of Art, she started Franki&Jonny – a design and digital agency for entertainment brands. For ten years, they developed integrated, award-winning movie campaigns. Franki was recently cr
Having a GAS with...Shawn Everett
Today, I'm having a GAS with Shawn Everett, a six-time Grammy Award-winning producer and mix engineer.
I genuinely believe that Shawn is one of the architects of the sound of pop music between 2010 and 2020. Not that his career ends in 2020, just to say that the huge, deep, wide and saturated sound of that decade is certainly exemplified by his productions.
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Having a GAS with...John Paterno
Today I'm having a GAS with John Paterno, a Grammy-winning music producer, mixer, composer, engineer, mastering engineer, and musician.
Dubbed ‘Mr Meticulous’ by industry writer Mr. Bonzai, Paterno is known for his attention to detail while at the same time allowing artists to feel uninhibited in their creativity.
John moved to Los Angeles two weeks after graduation from the University of Miami M
Having a GAS with...Mark Elwood, Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett
Today, I'm having a GAS with Mark Elwood Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett London. Mark began his career as a typographer at Leo Burnett in 1998, before returning as ECD 22 years later.
Past roles include; head of design at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, partner and creative director at Fallon and founding partner and executive creative director at 101 London. 101 merged into MullenLowe in 20
Having another GAS with...Andrew Scheps
Today, I'm having another GAS with Andrew Scheps.
Andrew has worked with a number of incredibly successful artists on chart-topping albums such as By the Way by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, 21 by Adele and Beyoncé by Beyoncé.
These days Andrew resides in the UK, where he enjoys a peaceful life in the English countryside.
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Having a GAS with...Pedro Bromfman
Today, I'm having a GAS with Pedro Bromfman, a prolific music composer working in film, TV and video games. Pedro's most well-known work is arguably the score for the recent triple-A game 'Far Cry 6'. However you could be forgiven for only being aware of his score for the smash hit Netflix series 'Narcos'.
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Having a GAS with...Jason Spencer, Business Development Director at ITV
Today, I'm having a GAS with Jason Spencer, ITV's head of business development. In a nutshell, Jason is responsible for selling ITV's advertising space. There were two big areas I wanted to discuss with Jason:
1) The viability of TV advertising in an age where more and more users are switching to on-demand providers like Netflix, Disney+ and Prime;
2) How the sausage gets made on broadcast TV and
Having a GAS with...Rory Sutherland and Rob Henderson
Today I'm having a GAS with Rory Sutherland and Rob Henderson. Rory is the vice-chairman of Ogilvy UK and the author of 'Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense'. Rob is a PhD Candidate at Cambridge University specialising in human behaviour.
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Having a GAS with...Elliot Schiener
Today, I'm having a GAS with Elliot Scheiner, a prolific and much-loved studio engineer and producer. Elliot began his career working with the legendary producer Phil Ramone. Scheiner has since produced and engineered a range of artists, including Foo Fighters, Toto, Jimmy Buffett, Beck, Faith Hill, Steely Dan, Band of Horses, Ricky Martin, Sting, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Simon, B.B. King, George Benso
Having a GAS with...Reuben Cohen
Today, I'm having a GAS with Reuben Cohen, a mastering engineer at Lurssen Mastering.
Reuben has worked on a number of hit records, perhaps most notably the 2014 international sensation 'Happy' by Pharrell.
However, Reuben's prolific output is far too extensive to list here, which is an impressive thing to be able to say of someone who's only 35 years old.
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Having a GAS with...Laurel Stark Akman & Sheila Judkins at The Sims
Today, I'm having a GAS with Laurel Stark and Sheila Judkins, Creative Director and Director of Brand Management respectively at The Sims.
Laurel is a relatively recent appointment at The Sims, so I was keen to find out what it's like shouldering the weight of such a celebrated global brand.
Helpfully, she invited Sheila in so we could get multiple perspectives!
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Having a GAS with...Bill Schnee
Today, I'm having a GAS with Bill Schnee, one of the music industry's most beloved recording engineers, with more hit records under his belt than many could ever hope for.
He's just released his memoir: 'Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation', available here: https://amzn.to/3B3Rsyr
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Having a GAS with...Katy Sumption, Executive Creative Director at Atomic London
Today, I'm having a GAS with Katy Sumption, the newly established Executive Creative Director at Atomic London.
Katy, who previously worked agency side at Iris and as Creative Director at Exposure, was cofounder of The Elephant Room. She has also worked client side at Dyson.
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Having a GAS with...Yoad Nevo
Today, I'm having a GAS with Yoad Nevo.
Yoad is a prolific mix engineer, having worked with artists including Sia, Giggs, Pet Shop Boys, Goldfrapp, Moby, Air, Morcheeba, Girls Aloud, The Dandy Warhols, Bryan Adams, Duran Duran, Sugababes, Sophie Ellis Bextor, KT Tunstall among others. As an audio technologist, he's worked on over 100 product releases for Waves Audio.
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Having a GAS with...Rob Henderson
Today, I'm having a GAS with Rob Henderson, a promising young intellectual at the University of Cambridge.
Rob grew up in foster homes in California. After working as a busboy, a dishwasher, and supermarket bagger, he joined the Air Force at the age of 17. Most of his enlistment was spent abroad, stationed in Europe and deployed in the Middle East. After serving, he attended Yale on the GI Bill an
Having a GAS with...Kalle Hellzen, Chief Creative Officer at 180 Amsterdam
Today, I'm having a GAS with Kalle Hellzen, the Chief Creative Officer at 180 Amsterdam; one of Europe's most renowned creative shops.
Kalle joined 180 after an eight-year European hiatus. He served as executive creative director at R/GA and helped build the company from scratch to over 75 employees in just two years. Previously he established the creative arm of ACNE in the US as partner, creat
Having a GAS with...Andrew Scheps
Today, I'm having a GAS with Andrew Scheps, one of the most respected and well-reputed mix engineers in the music industry.
Andrew has worked with a number of incredibly successful artists on chart-topping albums such as By the Way by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, 21 by Adele and Beyoncé by Beyoncé.
These days Andrew resides in the UK, where he enjoys a peaceful life in the English countryside.
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Having a GAS with...Digby Lewis
Today, I'm having a GAS with Digby Lewis, a branded content creative director in London. Digby is a Swiss-army knife when it comes to the media.
He began his life as an accomplished musician studying at Eton College. He then embarked on a career as a producer / director for MTV and VH1, before movinig through a some of the coolest tech content businesses of the last decade like Dailymotion and Buz
Having a GAS with...Eric Valentine
Today, I'm having a GAS with Eric Valentine, a renowned record producer with a wealth of best-selling albums under his belt, perhaps most notably Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age.
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Having a GAS with...Hermeti Balarin, Creative Partner at Mother
Today, I'm having a GAS with Hermeti Balarin, the outgoing Creative Partner at Mother.
Hermeti is a superstar of the London ad industry who, along with his wife Ana, has been a key figure in shaping the culture at Mother. Under their leadership, Mother became one of the hottest creative agencies London has ever seen.
Since our conversation, it has been announced that Ana and Hermeti have made the
Having a GAS with...Karen James, Commercial Director at Chief
Today, I'm having a GAS with Karen James, the commercial director of Chief Productions, one of Manchester's most respected and prolific film-production companies.
In the advertising world, Karen has seen it all - with the possible exception of media planning. Before Chief, she worked as an account manager for Ogilvy Sydney and McCann Manchester before a stint as a brand manager for the Little Gree
Having a GAS with... Dan Watts, Executive Creative Director at Pablo
Today, I'm having a GAS with Dan Watts, the executive creative director at Pablo, one of the fastest rising independent agencies in London.
Dan's had a varied and successful career. He's worked on and around famous campaigns like Channel 4's relaunch of the Great British Bake-Off. So I was keen to get a handle on how he plans to distill the lessons learned over his career so far and use them to cr
Having a GAS with...Simon Lloyd, Chief Creative Officer at dentsumcgarrybowen
Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon Lloyd, the newly appointed Chief Creative Officer of dentsumcgarrybowen.
Over the past decade, Simon worked at Adam & Eve/DDB on global accounts such as Lipton, Aviva, Carte D'or and Sunsil. In 2019, he created the joint Christmas campaign for John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners “Excitable Edgar”.
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Having a GAS with...Simon Hewitt, Founder of Orange Panther Collective
Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon Hewitt, the MD and founder of Orange Panther Collective, an exciting new Adland startup comprised of big-hitters from Top 30 agencies.
I wanted to get Simon's take on what it's like jumping ship from a big Adland agency to setting up a startup from scratch. Hopefully, it'll make for good listening for all aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Having a GAS with...Andy Nairn, Founder of Lucky Generals
Today, I'm having a GAS with Andy Nairn, a founding partner at Lucky Generals.
Andy has written a new book called 'Go Luck Yourself: 40 ways to stack the odds in your brand's favour', which you can pre-order here.
In the book, one of the world’s leading brand strategists explains how a hunting trip led to the invention of VELCRO®. How a little mermaid inspired a famous campaign for Amazon. How a s
Having another GAS with...Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy
Today I'm having another GAS with Rory Sutherland, the charismatic and knowledgable vice-chairman of Ogilvy UK.
A friend once told me that Rory is someone to whom you can give any subject of conversation, and he'll instantly reel off memorable and insightful soundbites until you change the subject.
With this in mind, I wanted to catch up with Rory about the events of the past 12 months.
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Having a GAS with...Tim Cook, Creative Director at M&C Saatchi Berlin
Today, I'm having a GAS with Tim Cook, a Creative Director at M&C Saatchi in Berlin.
Tim seemed very familiar to me, as he hails from the North West of England, so his manner and dialect made me feel right at home!
He told me all about his life in Berlin, his time at Native Instruments, and his journey from the air force, to music, to advertising.
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Having Another GAS with...Paul Burke
Today, I'm having another GAS with Paul Burke, the outspoken writer who frequently risks his career by coming onto our podcast and saying whatevr happens to be on his mind. This time, it's a look back over his second job as a DJ in the 80s and 90s in Soho.
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Paul began his career as a van driver at AMV before becoming a copywriter at Y&R, JWT and BMP DDB. In that time, he has won practically ever
Having a GAS with...Rania & Trevor Robinson, Partners at Quiet Storm
Today, I'm having a GAS with Rania and Trevor Robinson, respectively the CEO and Founder / ECD of Quiet Storm.
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At the age of 11, Trevor Robinson’s school careers advisor told him that he’d have more chance of being a bus driver than working in advertising. Despite the early obstacles he faced getting into the industry, he has managed to forge a hugely successful career for himself over the last
Having a GAS with...Grant Hunter, Global Executive Creative Director at Iris Worldwide
Today, I'm having a GAS with Grant Hunter, the global ECD at Iris Worldwide.
Grant is a remarkably down-to-earth and humble individual, considering the scope of his responsibility to his agency. He manages creative teams in the UK, the USA, Europe, Asia and South America.
Iris made waves last year, with a few pieces of work led by brand-purpose, including work for Starbucks, The Purpose Disruptors
Having a GAS with...Simon & Rhiannon Lewis, Partners at The Gate Films
Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon and Rhiannon Lewis at The Gate Films.
Simon and Rhiannon faced an impressive coterie of problems last year, as they had toi figure out how to manage their business and their family all while working from home. A task I can't personally imagine, so I was keen to find out how they took on the challenge and prevailed in the most difficult of years!
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Having a GAS with...Jason Brownlee, Founder of Colourtext
Today, I'm having a GAS with Jason Brownlee. Jason is the Founder and CEO of Colourtext and has both a corporate and start-up business background.
His past roles include Head of Audience Insight at Emap (now Bauer Media), the establishment of research consultancy ‘Other lines of enquiry’ and Founder of Dollywagon Media Sciences.
Jason created Colourtext as a new spin-out from Dollywagon following
Having a GAS with...Paul Kinsella, CCO at Havas LYNX
Today, I'm having a GAS with Paul Kinsella, the Chief Creative Officer at Havas LYNX.
Kinsella joined Havas Lynx Group five years ago as the Creative Director of Havas Lynx London, to further embed consumer thinking into the health category. He was promoted to ECD 18 months ago and became part of the Havas Global Creative Council where he has helped to drive creative initiatives at the company’s m
Having a GAS with...Jules Chalkley, Chief Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy
Today, I’m having a GAS with Jules Chalkley, Ogilvy’s Chief Executive Creative Director.
As his title suggests, Jules has an immense amount of experience working on top brands such as Ikea, M&S, Land Rover and Virgin Atlantic.
He also oversaw creative for the BBC’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games which saw an audience of 200 million worldwide.
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Having a GAS with...Erminia Blackden, Strategy Director at ENGINE
Today, I'm having a GAS with Erminia Blackden, an integrated strategy director at ENGINE. She's experienced in research, CRM, media and advertising in a career that spans 20+ years.
Erminia is also author of 21st Century Woman and active writer, speaker and campaigner on why brands fail to recognise the power of women – the world’s largest emerging market.
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Having a GAS with...Grace Francis, Chief Experience Officer at Karmarama
Today, I’m having a gas with Grace Francis, a forward thinking tech impresario, whose enthusiasm and expertise in digital has caused her to ricochet through several major agencies, most recently being snatched up by Karmarama to serve as their Chief Experience Officer.
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Having a GAS with...Richard Huntington, Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi
Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Huntington, the Chairman of the board and Chief Strategy Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, arguably the most famous ad agency in the UK.
Richard - a self described 'high octane brand strategist' who '[hates] orthodoxy of any kind' - tells me all about his views on stakeholder capitalism, the utility of the industry, and the necessary unpredictability of creativity.
Having a GAS with...Nicky Unsworth, CEO of BJL
Today, I'm having a GAS with Nicky Unsworth, who's been CEO of Manchester agency BJL for the last 24 years.
Nicky gives us an overview of the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the C-Suite, and how she sees the industry responding in the future.
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Having a GAS with...Steve Harrison
Today, I'm having a GAS with Steve Harrison, a British copywriter, creative director and author who is regarded by Campaign Magazine as the greatest Direct Marketing Creative of his generation.
He has won more Cannes Lions awards than any other Creative Director in the World.
His latest book, Can't Sell Won't Sell: Advertising, politics and culture wars, asks the question: why has adland has stopp
Having a GAS with...Sue Higgs, Creative Director
Today I'm having a GAS with Sue Higgs, a creative director in London with a wealth of experience working for major agencies, including M&C Saatchi, Ogilvy, Publicis, Havas and Grey.
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Having a GAS with...James Brook-Partridge, Head of Film at Ogilvy
Today, I'm having a GAS with James Brook-Partridge, Ogilvy's head of moving image.
James spent the last decade in senior production roles at Ogilvy and Hogarth in Asia-Pacific. He was regional head of broadcast production in Hong Kong and then Singapore from 2009, and in 2015 became regional head of production at Hogarth & Ogilvy – a position that involved establishing the partnership between the
Having a GAS with...Matt Gooden, Founder of WhoWotWhy
Today, I'm having a GAS with Matt Gooden, one of WhoWotWhy's three co-founders.
Matt developed a reputation as a creative whilst working at Wieden + Kennedy, and after being 'fired', along with his creative partner Ben Walker, joined forces with Sean Thompson to create one of the most exciting and quickly rising creative agencies in London.
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Having a GAS with...Andy Bunday, Creative Director at The&Partnership
Today, I'm having a GAS with Andy Bunday, the creative director at Manchester's branch of The&Partnership.
Like many top creatives, Andy cut his teeth at BBH in the 90s.
As a result, he gives some great insight on the culture, the creative and the transformations he's seen in the industry, over the last thirty years.
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Having a GAS with...Richard Denney, Executive Creative Director at St. Luke’s
Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Denney, the ECD at St. Luke's.
Richard's success began early when he became the youngest ever board member of RKCR/Y&R in 1998.
He then made his reputation as a bankable creative director, cruising through the biggest name agencies in the industry - including Saatchi & Saatchi's, DDB and MullenLowe before settling in at St. Luke's.
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Having a GAS with...Michaela Longden
Today, I'm having a GAS with Michaela Longden.
Michaela has worked in many major playhouse venues, had roles in a variety of daytime and prime-time TV and has appeared in several award winning short films and feature films.
Most recently, she was written, produced and starred in Asphyxiate, a shockingly honest short film about her experience in an abusive relationship.
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Having a GAS with...Ben Kay
Today, I'm having a GAS with Ben Kay.
Ben has spent over twenty years making creative work for big brands (including The Economist, Guinness, Volvo & BT), Non-profit ventures (The RSPCA, Samaritans and Reprieve, to name a few), leading creative departments (a highlight being 6 years as Group Creative Director on Apple), running his own agency, writing novels and blogs and producing podcasts.
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Having a GAS with...Dave Dye
Today, I'm having a GAS with Dave Dye, adland's answer to Joe Rogan.
Dave is an esteemed art director with several creative shops under his belt.
Dave has also been developing a reputation as the custodian of advertising culture with his blog, Stuff from the Loft.
He also runs a couple of podcasts, both of which can be found here:
Wave + Dave - https://apple.co/329I4sK
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Having a GAS with...HMD
Today, I'm having a GAS with HMD, an up and coming artist in Manchester.
HMD has been self-producing records since his teens, but broke out with his debut EP - W16nter - in 2016.
He subsequently garnered the attention of Black Butter Records, who signed him up and released his first major-label release - Deen - in 2019.
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Having a GAS with...Simon Long, Executive Creative Director of Intermarketing
Today, I'm having a GAS with Simon Long, the executive creative director of Intermarketing.
Simon has been on the creative scene for two decades. During this time he has worked for some of London's best agencies, from international to independent, creating campaigns for several of the World's most respected brands such as Porsche, Chanel, Jack Daniel’s, Samsung and NatWest to name a few.
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Having a GAS with...Ben Sainsbury, CEO of Marion Surgical
Today, I'm having a GAS with Ben Sainsbury, founder and CEO of Marion Surgical, a VR surgical training company.
Ben has experienced enormous variety in his career, which has seen him modelling in a Levi's commercial; working in psychological operations in the U.S. Army, and spending time in Hollywood attempting to break into the film industry. His first film, Jailbait, starred Peter Dinklage, wh
Having a GAS with...Jeremy Hagry
Today, I'm having a gas with Jeremy Hagry, a mix engineer in London.
Jeremy set up his own studio at the age of 20, having worked briefly for the renowned plugin developer Waves.
You can see Jeremy's work here: https://www.duneaudioproductions.com
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