Marketing Vanguard

Doug Martin has long outlived the average “CMO tenure” now as Chief Brand and Disruptive Growth Officer at General Mills. After starting as an intern in 2005, he has managed to gain immense credibility at the iconic CPG company by keeping consumer value at the core of everything they do.Listen to the episode to hear more about how General Mills is staying grounded to build the brand and how they’re staying relevant in such a dynamic landscape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode of Marketing Vanguard, Pernod Ricard Chairman and North America CEO Ann Mukherjee and CMO Pamela Forbus highlight the uniqueness and importance of their relationship in the C-suite to drive growth for the spirits company. Mukherjee, herself a decorated former CMO who held that role at Frito-Lay and SC Johnson, brings knowledge of the marketing practice to bear in her role as CEO, knowledge that she and Forbus can center on. It’s an uncommon cornerstone of experience that can arguably strengthen the marketing priorities of a brand and business—with intentional collaboration. The pair explain their relationship as CEO and CMO while having very different personalities. They’ve even sought out coaching to help understand the other’s working dynamics. “I'm always being pushed to go faster than I want to, but I'm also holding Ann back. Our personality tests and the assessments we took, are sort of our motivations and it helped explain some things,” explains Forbus. Listen to this special episode to hear the pair talk about more about the importance of creativity being woven into all sides of a business, the role of vulnerability in leadership, and some of the mistakes they’re not afraid to admit they’ve made along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her first podcast since starting at Impossible, Sims is infusing the company’s marketing with attention-grabbing creativity to change people’s minds about meat alternatives. In their latest campaign, the brand partnered with Deliotte Digital to create buzz around capturing your carbon footprint. Listen to this episode to hear more about Impossible’s latest campaign, Leslie’s new role, and why creativity is the business strategy to drive results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a longtime New Yorker, Maryam Banikarim has gravitated to her natural born role as a community builder.Most recently, after co-founding NYCNext during the pandemic, and following a long career as CMO of some iconic and emerging brands such as Hyatt, Gannett and Nextdoor, Banikarim’s efforts to re-imagine the iconic We<3NYC logo, part of a launch of a campaign to encourage New Yorkers to take action to better the city, didn’t go unnoticed, to say the least.Tune into this episode of Marketing Vanguard to learn more about more of her lessons from the We<3NYC campaign launch, what’s next, and the college course that changed Maryam’s life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a Boston alum who majored in economics and political science, Jennifer Halloran has always been passionate about what influences different communities.As the CMO of MassMutual and a self-described all-around people person herself, Jennifer explains just how important as a leader it is to manage those communities and relationships.Listen to this episode of Marketing Vanguard to learn more about where she’s finding inspiration, balancing creative connections, and even what scares her as a leader. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everette Taylor has already lived many lives, and his experiences have defined him. Previously the highly successful CMO of Artsy, he also served as CMO of Skurt, CMO of Sticker Mule and had several other marketing roles before that. Now at Kickstarter, he’s on a mission to redefine crowdfunding and what it can be and do, as well as be a model for the next generation of Black leaders, and his own visibility is core to that.Listen here to learn more about Taylor’s goals, how he’s connecting the dots between his visibility and driving the Kickstarter business forward, and even an early job experience he's never shared in any interview before.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Adweek Podcast Network is excited to announce the next evolution of CMO Moves called Marketing Vanguard. This new podcast will bring insightful content from the marketing community together to tell a new narrative about the power of brand leadership in driving business growth.We are thrilled to be kicking off Marketing Vanguard with Marc Speichert, the first Chief Commercial Officer at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. With a career path that has included roles at L’Oreal, Google and most recently GSK Consumer Healthcare, where he served as Global Chief Digital Officer, Speichert shares his perspective on the necessity of empathy, his enthusiasm for diving into and often creating new roles, and how delivering unscripted and unexpected acts of value creates “electric” experiences for Four Seasons’ guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last five years and 200+ episodes, CMO Moves has shared the human side of game-changing CMOs and the personal success stories behind these incredible leaders.The Adweek Podcast Network is excited to announce the next evolution of CMO Moves called Marketing Vanguard. This new podcast will bring insightful content from the marketing community together to tell a new narrative about the power of brand leadership in driving business growth.Marketing Vanguard will spotlight the people who are driving the industry forward. These will be CMOs, certainly, but also Chief Growth Officers, Chief Commercial Officers, Chief Digital Officers—anyone who sits at the highest level within organizations overseeing marketing strategy. Sometimes we will invite CMOs to join with a fellow C-suite peer. And often we will welcome that unique cohort of CEOs who have come up through the CMO role.If you're a follower of CMO Moves, you'll be up to date on the latest episodes of Marketing Vanguard with new episodes dropping weekly every Thursday. If not, make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and join me to listen to all of the great content coming your way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of CMO Moves, three sustainability trailblazers discuss sustainability efforts with Adweek CXO Jenny Rooney in an effort to bring awareness to the Mainstream Green Action Plan.CMO Sustainability Accelerator (CSA) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) created this report to highlight the work CMOs must do to drive sustainable practices in their businesses. CSA is a new industry-wide collaboration led by Adweek, ANA and Sustainable Brands, and powered by BCG in which CMOs and sustainability leaders come together to advance the growth agenda inside their organizations, supply chains and beyond. Check out their bios below to learn more about them, and tune in to learn about key sustainability practices and best practices for leaders behind these initiatives.More about our guests:  Lauren Taylor is a lead member of BCG’s Marketing, Sales & Pricing and Consumer practices, and has led efforts on growth strategy as well as organization and turnaround. She is currently the global leader for customer-centric sustainability at BCG and is passionate about helping companies better understand market demand and the most important aspects of sustainability, the innovation needed to remove barriers, and how to influence customer behavior to drive sustainability while generating business value. Brad Jakeman is a currently Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s leading Management Consultancies. At BCG he advises clients on all aspects of marketing, business restructuring, digital transformation and sustainability. In addition to his role at BCG, Brad is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Rethink Food, which identifies, invests in, and helps scale businesses that are digitally disrupting the legacy food system to make it more equitable and sustainable. Prior to Co-Founding Rethink Food, Jakeman spent almost ten years as President of PepsiCo’s Global Beverage Group.  Jose “Pepe” Gorbea is the Global Head of Brands, Agencies and Sustainability Innovation, HP. Pepe grew up in the suburbs of Mexico City, led the marketing agenda of multiple brands at Bimbo, Kraft Foods, Nestle and Mondelez across the globe and is a former alumnus of Google’s Marketing Academy. For him, bringing to life the voice of the consumer and their communities through the power of co-creation has helped him enable his clients to produce ‘Better Marketing’ from the likes of Hershey’s #HerShe and Nescafe’s ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ to Dettol’s ‘Covid Warriors’ and Smirnoff’s ‘Love Wins’ just to name a few.Achieving ‘Mainstream Green’ is key to a more sustainable economy. Read the new report on the CMO Sustainability Accelerator hub to learn more and take action.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To wrap up 2022, we’ve compiled some of the best advice from marketers who are excelling in the industry. Listen to our last episode of the year to hear from top CMOs such as Katie Welch, Denny Tu, and more. We’re so grateful for this community and are excited for you to see what we have in store for 2023! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.