The podcast for people who want to start their year one in marketing

Large/Global Business Episodes

Nov. 23, 2023

Advertising Account Executive @ FCB with Daniella Okezie

Daniella and Blair discuss how the devil is in managing the details in client service at an advertising agency, why “doing the dirty work” is essential to learning; and, a productivity pro tip to help you organize your day and week.

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June 29, 2023

SEM Manager @ Saatchi & Saatchi with Alex Carter

Alex and Blair discuss the progression of his four roles and what changed with each one, which brand stands out as the “king of content” by being memorable; and, why you need to spend the entire advertising budget you’re given.

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May 25, 2023

Assistant Brand Manager @ General Mills with Zack Bloch

Zack and Blair discuss three different ways to deliver value to a customer, which player on the football field a brand manager would be; and, why Zack realizes how stupid he is every three months!

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March 23, 2023

Programmatic Associate @ Initiative with Kunal Makhija

Kunal and Blair discuss the steps in the paid advertising campaign lifecycle in a full-service agency, why it’s important find your voice in your year one; and, how creating vision boards help Kunal make his goals a reality–including his vision board for the job search.

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Feb. 2, 2023

Account Manager @ Pinterest with Rachel Cooper

Rachel and Blair discuss why it feels good to use and work at Pinterest (which you can’t say about many mainstream search engines and social networks), how to write a bulletproof resume; and the need to “balance being realistic with optimistic” to not oversell your skills.

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Dec. 22, 2022

Account Manager @ OLIVER Agency with Alia Khadem

Alia and Blair discuss how client service is essential “connective tissue” in an advertising agency, the fun of crafting a good creative brief; and, the important questions to answer to better position yourself in the job search.

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Nov. 10, 2022

Account Coordinator, Brand & Social @ FHR with Aadhar Mehta

Aadhar and Blair discuss if personality is more important than knowledge, how he loves his all-encompassing social marketing role at FHR; and, why he doesn’t care about a job description.

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Oct. 27, 2022

Marketing Automation Specialist @ Questrade Financial with Meet Desai

Meet and Blair discuss the strategic marketing mindset needed to work in marketing automation, how he used a B2B marketing funnel strategy to get hired; and, why he chose marketing over engineering as a career.

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Oct. 13, 2022

Paid Social Analyst @ dentsu X with Sophia Ershova

Sophia and Blair discuss the work she’s doing in paid social advertising; how not networking can still get you a job; and, making the big decision to move to Canada as an international student.

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Sept. 1, 2022

Assistant Media Planner @ Wavemaker with Stephanie Lee

Stephanie and Blair discuss getting three different jobs in three very different ways in her year one, how being genuine is the best form of networking; and, what it’s like working in BIG media where your company is involved in 1 of every 3 ads being delivered at any time around the world.

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Aug. 18, 2022

Programmatic Account Specialist @ Publicis Media with Lekh Puthran

Lekh and Blair discuss the "101's" of programmatic advertising, how to get started in programmatic advertising (hint: free certifications help); and, approaching the job search like a B2B marketing funnel.

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May 26, 2022

Marketing Associate @ M2T Collective with AK Seifeddine

AK and Blair discuss having four different "month one's" at Starbucks, EQ Works, Publicis Media and LinkedIn in his rotational role at M2T Collective, the reality of working in an advertising agency; and how being relatable is essential when trying to meet new people (call it “networking” if you mu…

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