Campaign podcast

Campaign's editorial team takes you behind the week's biggest headlines, with the views from our news desks. Hosted by tech editor Lucy Shelley, media editor Beau Jackson and reporter Charlotte Rawlings discuss all things media and creativity.

We delve into the breaking news of Natalie Cummins leaving Zenith UK and the speculation surrounding the rival agency she'll go to next. Plus, Jackson explains the leadership shuffle that ...

Ahead of this year’s Cannes Lions festival of creativity, media editor Beau Jackson and senior media reporter Shauna Lewis are joined by Michelle Sarpong of the7stars and Charlene Williams from Pearl & Dean.

Speaking of attending the festival in 2022 and 2023, Sarpong and Williams discuss personal experiences of prejudice, exploring the challenge of inclusivity at the festival and in advertising as a whole. 

Themes o...

For Campaigns 21st Media 360 event, adland descended on Brighton's waterfront at The Grand Hotel for two days to learn how to take risks and reap the rewards in media and advertising.

Fresh Air, the production partner on stage at Media 360, has asked speakers and members of the audience for their hot takes and top tips from event.

This episode is hosted by Michaela Hallam and produced by Clara Kavanagh and Neil Cowling of&nbs...

In this special episode, recorded live at Campaign’s Media360 event in Brighton, the Media Week gang discuss all the highlights from this year’s show, as well as Netflix’s adtech play, Samsung’s creativity clap-back, devious deepfake scams, ROI research and social addiction. 

Hosted by Bukky from Wavemaker, Charlie from ShowHeroes and Jack from Craft Media.

Figures quoted in the MediaWeek podcast were accurate at the tim...

Yesterday (22 May), Rishi Sunak announced that the UK general election will take place in six weeks, on 4 July.

Marking the upcoming elections on both sides of the Atlantic, Campaign's annual Media 360 event hosted a political debate on 21 May featuring Allison Phillips, former editor-in-chief of The Mirror, who moderated Camilla Tominey, associate editor, politics and royals at The Daily Telegraph, and Pippa Crerar, political e...

Campaign's editorial team take you through some of the biggest stories of the week with the views from their news desks.

The team discusses Asda's brand refresh and the use of humour in the supermarket category, how Shell and Havas were targeted by Brandalism in an out-of-home protest and adland's answers to Campaign's question of the week where we asked how big of a problem is brands pitching for free ideas.

Taking you throu...

Presented by Campaign UK’s editor-in-chief, Gideon Spanier, this sponsored podcast episode, produced in partnership with Pinterest, delves into:

• How to avoid appearing tokenistic

• How brands can get more involved in inclusivity

• How AI can be leveraged for good

• Examples of inclusivity in action

• Actionable strategies for brands and agencies

Featuring: Andréa Mallard, global chief marketing & communications officer...

E45 and T&Pm have today (17 May) released their winning campaign for Channel 4's Diversity in Advertising Award. “This is me, this is my space” is a playful but meaningful film created by T&Pm that depicts the intimate and private story of trans women and the struggles with skin from transitioning.

The team won the award last year and as a prize, have been awarded £1m advertising airtime across Channel 4's network.

To...

It's been all about creativity the last week, with some ads that crushed it and some ads that got crashed...

In this news episode, Campaign's tech editor Lucy Shelley and reporter Charlotte Rawlings talk through some of the top stories of the last week with the view from our news desks. We discussed Apple's "Crush" ad and the controversy that surrounded it and PG Tips brand refresh with its first new work in eight years from new...

In this special Campaign and Media Week podcast, sponsored by Pinterest, we talk about:

• How shopping behaviour changes at Christmas

• Why brands can avoid falling for fads

• What tools are available to predict the coming crazes

Featuring: Matt Whitehead, global media partnerships, Pinterest; Jazz Mondae, head of demand generation, Performics at Starcom; Deolu King, social practice partner, Kinesso

This ...

Campaign UK editor Maisie McCabe is joined by Franki Goodwin, chief creative officer at Saatchi & Saatchi London, Ant Nelson, executive creative director at Adam & Eve/DDB, and Jem Lloyd-Williams, chief executive of Mindshare UK, to talk all things Cannes Lions.

Topics include what to expect from the judging process, the perennial 'role of purpose' discussion point, campaigns to watch and how UK work might stack up again...

There’s no new episode this week, as the Media Week Podcast gang are hard at work preparing for Campaign’s Media360 conference later this month - but don’t despair, as we’ve picked a few of our favourite discussions from previous episodes all around the theme of creativity in media and advertising. You can hear even more about these topics at Media360, from 21-22 May. 

Tickets on sale here: https://media360.campaignlive.co....

In this news episode, the Campaign editorial team take you through some of the biggest stories making headlines in the last week.

Tech editor Lucy Shelley and media editor Beau Jackson discuss Levi’s picking UM for their global media account, research revealing adland's hybrid working disconnect and the release of Campaign's market report, The Big Divide, which delves deeper into the "big six" holding companies.

Also in this ...

Campaign and Media Week have partnered with Pinterest to glean expert insights from industry leaders, as we explore how brands and media buyers can find shoppers where they want to be found. In this special podcast, we chat about: 

• How shopping behaviour has changed since the pandemic
• Where and when consumers are in a shopping mindset
• Purchasing behaviours among different demographics 
• The importance of every touchpoi...

Campaign's deputy editor Gemma Charles chats to editor Maisie McCabe and premium content editor Nicola Merrifield to find out what's new in this year's School Reports.

They discuss the agencies that received the highest scores, why Campaign is highlighting the shops that are Living Wage Foundation accredited and those that are All In Champions, plus why some agencies only received a provisional...

Covering the news this week, the Campaign editorial team discusses adland's biggest issues across media, creativity and tech.

The team, hosted by media editor Beau Jackson, discusses the Sky media shortlist and why agency pitches are moving to a holding group solution their biggest clients. Tech editor Lucy Shelley delves deeper into Brave Bison's full-year results and how the agency made the Social Chain acquisition pay off. De...

Mail Metro Media, PHD and Zenith were among the big winners at this year’s sellout Campaign Media Awards.

Joining Campaign media editor Beau Jackson, they each discuss their competition; give behind-the-scenes insight into their award winning work; talk about where media makes a difference to a strong creative campaign and give a sneak-peak of what’s coming up this year.

She is joined by:

• Lauren Dick, executive director ...

‘Lunch and learn’ sessions are a historic part of the relationship between agencies and media owners - but how should they work, and are they still necessary? In this week’s episode, the Media Week Podcast team cook up their recipes for the ideal lunch and learn, as well as discussing the etiquette of CTV ads, AI news recommendations, and Disney’s efforts to lead the way in programmatic streaming ads.

Hosted by Bukky from Wavema...

Campaign UK's editorial team discusses the news of the week, including WPP's rise internal in internal whistleblower reports and Publicis shaking up its board.

Creativity and media reporters, Charlotte Rawlings and Shauna Lewis, discuss some of the biggest news of the week with tech editor Lucy Shelley, from Campaign's research into agencies' gender pay gaps to the UK figures in the Cannes Lions Jury and...