Tech as a Tool, Culture as a Compass
Micro‑scenes, meme logic, and IRL moments shape youth marketing. Tech and AI aren’t the headline for these audiences, it's just a tool. Usefulness and participation, those are the areas to win. Louise Millar of Seed champions collaborative, human‑led designed experiences with results that travel.
Pinterest’s Louder, Bolder Bet: Culture-Led Marketing and Real-World Creation
After two decades of growth, Pinterest is stepping into the cultural spotlight – doubling down on experiential activations, product differentiation, and moments where the platform has a legitimate role to play, on and offline.
Hannah Bowler
Hold Your Nerve: Why CMOs Win by Doing Less, Better
In an era of fragmented media, brands are tempted to be everywhere at once. Pandora's marketing director Stephanie Legg argues for doing fewer things better. Here she discusses Schuh’s fight to regain cultural relevance to why CMOs must own the full funnel.
Hannah Bowler
Brandmakers with James Rothwell, Senior Vice President Marketing at Zalando
Zalando’s James Rothwell on how a retailer learns to think like a publisher, why content and entertainment sit at the centre of its next chapter, and what it takes to turn a fashion platform into a broader lifestyle brand.
Hannah Bowler
Take the Future Seriously: Why AI Needs More than Legacy Thinking from Leaders
A wave of AI-led change is colliding with old corporate models. In a recent talk, Dex Hunter‑Torricke argues that marketing leaders need to stop “winging it” on AI and start redesigning their roles, teams and systems for the future they actually want while change is still possible.
Hannah Bowler