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127: The current state of creativity in advertising with Alex Jenkins, Contagious
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This week, we went meep meep past Contagious HQ to catch an ACME wielding Alex Jenkins.
As Managing Partner at Contagious, Alex’s industry knowledge encompasses a treasure trove of past campaigns, current narratives, and future predictions. Part editorial, part consultancy, part research, Contagious believes in the best version of our industry, one where creativity wins.
After trying to crush us with a Greco-Roman catapult, Alex talks to us on his wonderfully wiggly career path, having his marketing budget poached by Girls Aloud, feeling like Wile E. Coyote after education, Contagious as a triaging function, walking around a problem, the current state of creativity, anti-creative forces, Most Contagious 2023, David Lynch, and French supermarkets.
That’s not all folks, he also explains what we've always known deep down...that Les Binet and Peter Field are one of your 5-a-day.
Follow Alex on LinkedIn and Twitter
Here’s Contagious
Get your tickets to Most Contagious (use promo code "GASPMOCO" for 30% off the full price of a ticket)
Go gorge on our episodes with Bob Hoffman and Richard Huntington
Here’s the ad by Ruavieja
And a clip of Angelo Badalamenti explaining how he wrote the Twin Peaks soundtrack
Timestamps
(01:44) - Quick fire questions
(03:04) - His first jobs, music, creativity, and feeling like Wile E. Coyote after
(09:25) - Having his marketing budget stolen by Girls Aloud
(10:45) - His role at Contagious, triaging, and how they stay objective
(16:49) - The state of creativity in advertising, anti creative forces, and why Les Binet might be one of your five a day
(30:40) - Most Contagious 2023
(38:40) - Listener questions
(46:46) - 4 pertinent posers
As Managing Partner at Contagious, Alex’s industry knowledge encompasses a treasure trove of past campaigns, current narratives, and future predictions. Part editorial, part consultancy, part research, Contagious believes in the best version of our industry, one where creativity wins.
After trying to crush us with a Greco-Roman catapult, Alex talks to us on his wonderfully wiggly career path, having his marketing budget poached by Girls Aloud, feeling like Wile E. Coyote after education, Contagious as a triaging function, walking around a problem, the current state of creativity, anti-creative forces, Most Contagious 2023, David Lynch, and French supermarkets.
That’s not all folks, he also explains what we've always known deep down...that Les Binet and Peter Field are one of your 5-a-day.
Follow Alex on LinkedIn and Twitter
Here’s Contagious
Get your tickets to Most Contagious (use promo code "GASPMOCO" for 30% off the full price of a ticket)
Go gorge on our episodes with Bob Hoffman and Richard Huntington
Here’s the ad by Ruavieja
And a clip of Angelo Badalamenti explaining how he wrote the Twin Peaks soundtrack
Timestamps
(01:44) - Quick fire questions
(03:04) - His first jobs, music, creativity, and feeling like Wile E. Coyote after
(09:25) - Having his marketing budget stolen by Girls Aloud
(10:45) - His role at Contagious, triaging, and how they stay objective
(16:49) - The state of creativity in advertising, anti creative forces, and why Les Binet might be one of your five a day
(30:40) - Most Contagious 2023
(38:40) - Listener questions
(46:46) - 4 pertinent posers
Alex’s book recommendations are:
R.U.R. by Karel Capek
The Human Use Of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener
Essays by George Orwell
Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald
Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch
Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
R.U.R. by Karel Capek
The Human Use Of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener
Essays by George Orwell
Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald
Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch
Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
149 episodes
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 384244114 series 2518995
Content provided by Call To Action and Giles Edwards. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Call To Action and Giles Edwards or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
This week, we went meep meep past Contagious HQ to catch an ACME wielding Alex Jenkins.
As Managing Partner at Contagious, Alex’s industry knowledge encompasses a treasure trove of past campaigns, current narratives, and future predictions. Part editorial, part consultancy, part research, Contagious believes in the best version of our industry, one where creativity wins.
After trying to crush us with a Greco-Roman catapult, Alex talks to us on his wonderfully wiggly career path, having his marketing budget poached by Girls Aloud, feeling like Wile E. Coyote after education, Contagious as a triaging function, walking around a problem, the current state of creativity, anti-creative forces, Most Contagious 2023, David Lynch, and French supermarkets.
That’s not all folks, he also explains what we've always known deep down...that Les Binet and Peter Field are one of your 5-a-day.
Follow Alex on LinkedIn and Twitter
Here’s Contagious
Get your tickets to Most Contagious (use promo code "GASPMOCO" for 30% off the full price of a ticket)
Go gorge on our episodes with Bob Hoffman and Richard Huntington
Here’s the ad by Ruavieja
And a clip of Angelo Badalamenti explaining how he wrote the Twin Peaks soundtrack
Timestamps
(01:44) - Quick fire questions
(03:04) - His first jobs, music, creativity, and feeling like Wile E. Coyote after
(09:25) - Having his marketing budget stolen by Girls Aloud
(10:45) - His role at Contagious, triaging, and how they stay objective
(16:49) - The state of creativity in advertising, anti creative forces, and why Les Binet might be one of your five a day
(30:40) - Most Contagious 2023
(38:40) - Listener questions
(46:46) - 4 pertinent posers
As Managing Partner at Contagious, Alex’s industry knowledge encompasses a treasure trove of past campaigns, current narratives, and future predictions. Part editorial, part consultancy, part research, Contagious believes in the best version of our industry, one where creativity wins.
After trying to crush us with a Greco-Roman catapult, Alex talks to us on his wonderfully wiggly career path, having his marketing budget poached by Girls Aloud, feeling like Wile E. Coyote after education, Contagious as a triaging function, walking around a problem, the current state of creativity, anti-creative forces, Most Contagious 2023, David Lynch, and French supermarkets.
That’s not all folks, he also explains what we've always known deep down...that Les Binet and Peter Field are one of your 5-a-day.
Follow Alex on LinkedIn and Twitter
Here’s Contagious
Get your tickets to Most Contagious (use promo code "GASPMOCO" for 30% off the full price of a ticket)
Go gorge on our episodes with Bob Hoffman and Richard Huntington
Here’s the ad by Ruavieja
And a clip of Angelo Badalamenti explaining how he wrote the Twin Peaks soundtrack
Timestamps
(01:44) - Quick fire questions
(03:04) - His first jobs, music, creativity, and feeling like Wile E. Coyote after
(09:25) - Having his marketing budget stolen by Girls Aloud
(10:45) - His role at Contagious, triaging, and how they stay objective
(16:49) - The state of creativity in advertising, anti creative forces, and why Les Binet might be one of your five a day
(30:40) - Most Contagious 2023
(38:40) - Listener questions
(46:46) - 4 pertinent posers
Alex’s book recommendations are:
R.U.R. by Karel Capek
The Human Use Of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener
Essays by George Orwell
Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald
Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch
Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
R.U.R. by Karel Capek
The Human Use Of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener
Essays by George Orwell
Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald
Lynch on Lynch by David Lynch
Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
149 episodes
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