MW Presents: Spontaneously Candid, a McCann Worldgroup Podcast - Getting “Spontaneously Candid” with Alex Lopez, President and Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup

Getting “Spontaneously Candid” with Alex Lopez, President and Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup

02/03/22 • 70 min

MW Presents: Spontaneously Candid, a McCann Worldgroup Podcast

In our next episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot is joined by our very own Alex Lopez, President and Chief Creative Officer, who recently joined McCann Worldgroup after a 20-year career at Nike, making a huge career shift from the client to agency business.

One of the most accomplished and awarded brand marketers and creative storytellers in the world of consumer marketing, Alex has a history of defining, differentiating and activating consumer engagement across Nike’s brand. During his career there, Alex was at the leading edge of evolving how the brand connects with consumers, spearheading some of its most influential efforts, including: Dream Crazy, Equality and You Can’t Stop us among many others.

Alex’s work has impressively won every important creative marketing award, including multiple Emmy nominations and wins, Cannes Grand Prix Lions, a D&AD Black Pencil and hundreds of others. He even has work featured in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

Tune into learn about Alex’s past, his tricks of the trade and what parts of his personal life have helped pave the way for him.

Tune into learn about Alex’s past, his tricks of the trade and what parts of his personal life have helped pave the way for him.

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Getting “Spontaneously Candid” with Amy Armstrong, Global CEO, Initiative

New year, new “Spontaneously Candid!” To kick off 2022, Harjot is joined joined by the unstoppable Amy Armstrong – Global CEO of Initiative, one of the top media agencies in the world and a sister IPG agency to McCann Worldgroup.

In this episode, we scratch the surface of everything Amy has accomplished. Perhaps even more importantly, Amy shares her complex and inspiring personal story.

Amy has held leadership positions at IPG for over 20 years, including serving as President of BPN Worldwide and of ID Media, which is even more impressive when you consider that she was at the helm when the ad world had few female leaders. Her strategic acumen, ability to identify and develop talent and continued focus on accountable and impactful D, E&I efforts have made her one of the agency world’s most effective and admired leaders.

While serving as Initiative’s U.S. CEO, Amy’s role at the agency before taking on the global leadership role, the agency won virtually every U.S.-based accolade there is, including being named U.S. Comeback Agency of the Year by Ad Age, U.S. Media Agency of the Year by Adweek, and a Best Place to Work by Ad Age.

Tune in to find out about Amy’s journey, how she got to where she is, what personal and professional barriers have stood on her way and how she conquered them.

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Getting “Spontaneously Candid” with Cindy Gallop, Founder and CEO, MakeLoveNotPorn

“The Golden Age of advertising has not even begun because we have not even begun to see what this industry can be with the creativity, the talent and the skills of women and people of color.”

In this month’s episode of “Spontaneously Candid,” Harjot is joined by the one, the only Cindy Gallop, ad industry stalwart and Founder and CEO of the transformative MakeLoveNotPorn, where they discuss everything from how Cindy’s passion for the industry fuelled her into the ad tech space, how she uses her “free time,” how anyone can “wear Cindy’s confidence,” and so much more.

A constant champion for women, women’s rights, gender equality and all things DE&I in the advertising industry, Cindy stops at nothing to empower women around her and set an example for rising talent.

After a trailblazing career in the advertising industry, including founding the BBH US in 1998 after several years of working for the European offices and being named Advertising Woman of the Year from Advertising Women of New York in 2003, Cindy ventured into the ad tech space to create solutions through her unique lens. Believing in taking action where possible, she founded both If We Ran the World – an action-based software – and MakeLoveNotPorn – a social sextech platform designed to promote positive sexual behavior and values – both of which we dive into throughout the conversation.

Tune in as we dive into Cindy’s journey, from getting her start at a small theatre to becoming a prominent Twitter influencer with a growing platform used for good.