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Let’s get paid to play video games! Erin teaches us how to hack the system and get a bazillionaire to help fund local communities. Plus, how to launch your own agency.

SEE THE WORK:
Bill it to Bezos

ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Erin Kawalecki is Partner & Chief Creative Officer at Angry Butterfly.
Erin was described by her first boss as ‘overly opinionated’. Since then, she has created work that’s been internationally awarded for both creativity and effectiveness – traits she firmly believes are not mutually exclusive (there goes another opinion).

She started an agency with her two partners in the summer of 2020, and feels incredibly lucky to work alongside such talented, curious, and kind people. The last few years at Angry Butterfly have been the most fulfilling, challenging, and exciting time in her nearly 20-year career.

She has been recognized at Cannes, The One Show, Marketing, Communication Arts, The Effies, and by Ad Age for creating one of the top ‘viral’ campaigns in the world.

ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.

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Creative Powerhouse Jordan Doucette talks about her tenure as CCO of Leo Burnett Chicago, and what it was like to move her whole family during a global pandemic to accept a partnership at her dream agency, No Fixed Address.

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Kraft Now Pay Later

Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC), hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans, music and studio care of Grayson Music.

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Check out our digital Archive - featuring award-winning Canadian creative dating back to 1949.

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Andrew Simon (CCO, Edelman Canada) and Matt Antonello (one of Canada's top freelance writers) talk about how to push the envelope with conservative clients to create memorable, damn sexy work that drives results.

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Sexy Subaru Car Wash
Sexy Subaru Print Ads: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC), hosted by Lyranda Martin-Evans, with music and studio care of Grayson Music.

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Check out our digital Archive - featuring award-winning Canadian creative dating back to 1949.
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Derek unpacks the Missing Matoaka project, and the true story of Pocahontas. He very candidly speaks about his family and his connection to the work as an Indigenous Canadian.

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Missing Matoaka
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Derek Blais has been solving problems using creativity from a young age. Having attended a high school bearing Marshall McLuhan’s name, Derek became immersed in media theory, technology and all things Adobe. After starting his own company in high school and entering the ad world as a developer, Derek worked his way up, becoming the #1 Art Director in Canada along the way and regardless of having never attended university, gave a TEDx talk on creativity and collaboration at one.

His human-centric approach to the work and creative leadership are lauded by both his colleagues and his clients, with his work and the work of his teams having been recognized at every major national and international award show. His most recent project ‘Missing Matoaka’ was the most awarded Canadian campaign in Cannes this year and the most awarded Canadian campaign ever at The One Show with 16 pencils and two Grand Prix – making Derek the #1 ECD at The One Show.

He shares the same Forbes 30 Under 30 list as fellow Torontonian Drake and as a proud member of Oneida Nation of the Thames, he’s been calling this land home since time immemorial. Outside of advertising, Derek’s photography has been featured at Art Basel, his music videos have been recognized in Cannes and his most recent creative project, a seasonal restaurant on Georgian Bay landed him on the cover of Cottage Life magazine.

He's currently Chief Creative Officer at Lifelong Crush – Broken Heart Love Affair’s sister agency.

ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.

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Amin teaches himself how to launch an agency at age 22, befriends the Raptors, starts a “Pimp My Ride” business, gets into the restaurant game, almost goes bankrupt multiple times, sells his ice cream franchise for like a bazillion dollars, is now into AI – oh, and still runs a successful agency. If you remember C-Lounge, this episode is for you.

ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Amin is a multi-disciplinary designer, angel investor, and entrepreneur. In terms of design, Amin has created brands & experiences for companies such as The Toronto Raptors, Drake, Ebay, Microsoft, Nike, Scotiabank, and Kit Kat. As an angel investor, he has helped fund businesses like Ritual, #Paid, Tromba Tequila, plus a number of international restaurants & bars.

And as an entrepreneur Amin’s home base is OneMethod, a highly awarded advertising & design agency he founded in 2001. But he is also a partner of Bensimon Byrne & Narrative, La Carnita, Dagger Beer, Faded Lifestyle (streetwear label), Model Citizen (hospitality design & consultancy), and most recently Chaos EC, an emerging esports franchise co-owned by Pusha-T, Logic, and Pharrell.

Across all of the above, what truly distinguishes everything Amin tackles is his unique understanding & intersecting of business & creative. Oh, and he is also a mentor & advisor, sort of a DJ, and kind of a chef... with heavy emphasis on the “sort of” and “kind of”.

ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.

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