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Our 50th episode extravaganza! Graham Chisholm, this year’s Mick Griffin Best Editing Award Gold winner, gets candid about his career. From not knowing what he wanted to do, to working in Montreal to Toronto to LA, to launching a business, Graham talks about his career as an editor, the ups and downs, never giving up, and his process for great work. His incredible stories from the cutting room floor will leave you inspired and fired up.
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We The North - Toronto Raptors
Love is Messy - Kruger
Immortal - ROM
ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Graham Chisholm is a creative editor and co-founder of Nimiopere Film Editorial.Beginning his career in Montreal before honing his craft in Toronto and LA, Chisholm quickly established himself as an elevated storyteller, bringing an aesthete approach to his craft. Represented globally by Nimiopere and in the US by Cartel, he has spent the last decade editing award-winning spots for a global advertising agencies and brands.
He frequently collaborates with international commercial directors including Mark Zibert, Nick Ball, Michael Lawrence and Kacper Larski for brands ranging from Kruger, Stella Artois, and IKEA.
Chisholm’s ability to tell compelling and persuasive stories has resulted in his work being nationally and globally recognized by the ADCCs, CLIO, Ciclope, Cannes Lions, and The One Show.
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Derek unpacks the Missing Matoaka project, and the true story of Pocahontas. He very candidly speaks about his family and his connection to the work as an Indigenous Canadian.
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Missing Matoaka
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Derek Blais has been solving problems using creativity from a young age. Having attended a high school bearing Marshall McLuhan’s name, Derek became immersed in media theory, technology and all things Adobe. After starting his own company in high school and entering the ad world as a developer, Derek worked his way up, becoming the #1 Art Director in Canada along the way and regardless of having never attended university, gave a TEDx talk on creativity and collaboration at one.His human-centric approach to the work and creative leadership are lauded by both his colleagues and his clients, with his work and the work of his teams having been recognized at every major national and international award show. His most recent project ‘Missing Matoaka’ was the most awarded Canadian campaign in Cannes this year and the most awarded Canadian campaign ever at The One Show with 16 pencils and two Grand Prix – making Derek the #1 ECD at The One Show.
He shares the same Forbes 30 Under 30 list as fellow Torontonian Drake and as a proud member of Oneida Nation of the Thames, he’s been calling this land home since time immemorial. Outside of advertising, Derek’s photography has been featured at Art Basel, his music videos have been recognized in Cannes and his most recent creative project, a seasonal restaurant on Georgian Bay landed him on the cover of Cottage Life magazine.
He's currently Chief Creative Officer at Lifelong Crush – Broken Heart Love Affair’s sister agency.
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Caroline and Robbie talk about burning The Handmaid’s Tale (or rather, trying to burn it, with a flame thrower… and Margaret Atwood) as well as work for IKEA that got trolled.
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The Unburnable Book
IKEA - The TrollABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Caroline Friesen and Robbie Percy are Partners, Group Creative Directors at Rethink in Toronto. Their work has been nationally and globally recognized by Applied Arts, D&AD, Communication Arts, ADCC, Effies, Cannes Lions, and the One Show. Career highlights include having Margaret Atwood blast a flamethrower, turning a miniature pizza patio set into a viral meme, and Jimmy Fallon complaining on ‘The Tonight Show’ that the No Frills album sucked.ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Stephanie opens up about the power of design and its role in not only our industry but in making the world a better place. She also discusses how she used her design expertise to map her journey to motherhood (Project Junior) as well as work to combat unconscious bias with The Micropedia. It’s a personal, beautiful, incredibly inspiring interview.
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Project Junior - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
The MicropediaABOUT OUR GUEST:
Stephanie Yung is the Chief Design Officer at Zulu Alpha Kilo.Stephanie lives by the ethos of "never assume anything.” Her expertise in leveraging the power of design to solve for real human needs led to Fast Company’s 3-Part Series, Project Junior, where she re-envisioned the future of fertility.
Leveraging over 20 years of experience across disciplines and industries— from studios like Blok Design to agencies like TAXI to innovation consultancies like Smart Design in New York where she spent the last 10 years focusing on front-end innovation and the strategic translation of brands into new products and experiences. Stephanie’s award-winning portfolio includes Sephora, Under Armour, Amex, BMW, Harry Rosen and Bell. She is a sought-after speaker, who’s taken part in conferences at Yale, Adobe 99u and Microsoft covering topics like human-centred design, behaviour change and designing for women.
In 2021, Stephanie championed the development of the world’s first encyclopedia for Microaggressions: The Micropedia, which was awarded at Cannes. This judgement-free online tool provides easy-to-digest information where people can unlearn their unconscious bias and make immediate changes in their daily interactions. As one of the industry’s few BIPOC creative leaders and someone who had experienced microaggressions throughout her life, Stephanie approached this tool from a place of authenticity and personal experience. She assembled a coalition of organizations working on the frontlines of DEI.
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Have you ever wondered how to present ideas by carving a potato? Find out the answer with Diti and John! They are THE power couple of all things design, creative, and cool. Plus celeb gossip! Hear the inside scoop on working with Halsey, Lenny Kravitz, and The Fat Jewish.
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Diti Katona and John Pylypczak are co-founders of Concrete. Concrete is an independent creative studio. Their international reputation for producing compelling and targeted brand assets is built on strategic thinking, creative design and dedicated client service. In their practice, we deliver brand strategies, creative, and campaigns that encompass tactics such as visual identity, naming, advertising, package design, websites, environments, digital and print content, and many things in between.ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Amin teaches himself how to launch an agency at age 22, befriends the Raptors, starts a “Pimp My Ride” business, gets into the restaurant game, almost goes bankrupt multiple times, sells his ice cream franchise for like a bazillion dollars, is now into AI – oh, and still runs a successful agency. If you remember C-Lounge, this episode is for you.
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Amin is a multi-disciplinary designer, angel investor, and entrepreneur. In terms of design, Amin has created brands & experiences for companies such as The Toronto Raptors, Drake, Ebay, Microsoft, Nike, Scotiabank, and Kit Kat. As an angel investor, he has helped fund businesses like Ritual, #Paid, Tromba Tequila, plus a number of international restaurants & bars.And as an entrepreneur Amin’s home base is OneMethod, a highly awarded advertising & design agency he founded in 2001. But he is also a partner of Bensimon Byrne & Narrative, La Carnita, Dagger Beer, Faded Lifestyle (streetwear label), Model Citizen (hospitality design & consultancy), and most recently Chaos EC, an emerging esports franchise co-owned by Pusha-T, Logic, and Pharrell.
Across all of the above, what truly distinguishes everything Amin tackles is his unique understanding & intersecting of business & creative. Oh, and he is also a mentor & advisor, sort of a DJ, and kind of a chef… with heavy emphasis on the “sort of” and “kind of”.
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Let’s get paid to play video games! Erin teaches us how to hack the system and get a bazillionaire to help fund local communities. Plus, how to launch your own agency.
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Bill it to BezosABOUT OUR GUEST:
Erin Kawalecki is Partner & Chief Creative Officer at Angry Butterfly.
Erin was described by her first boss as ‘overly opinionated’. Since then, she has created work that’s been internationally awarded for both creativity and effectiveness – traits she firmly believes are not mutually exclusive (there goes another opinion).She started an agency with her two partners in the summer of 2020, and feels incredibly lucky to work alongside such talented, curious, and kind people. The last few years at Angry Butterfly have been the most fulfilling, challenging, and exciting time in her nearly 20-year career.
She has been recognized at Cannes, The One Show, Marketing, Communication Arts, The Effies, and by Ad Age for creating one of the top ‘viral’ campaigns in the world.
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Steven Hemal discusses their upcoming memoir “Bananas & Coffee: how to thrive as a creative.”
Plus, they unpack KFC "Fixed It" and Nescafe “Jars”.
Also… is this one person or two? Find out!
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Steve Ierullo and Hemal Dhanjee’s story started nine years ago at a Second Cup, where they turned a diet of coffees and bananas into a successful career in advertising. In that time, they’ve worked at some of the best agencies in Canada and picked up a lot of shiny trophies along the way. Their work has compared STIs to stocks, explored the endless possibilities of an empty Nescafe Jar, and most recently trolled McDonald’s on the launch of their Chicken Big Mac. They are currently Associate Creative Directors at Courage, an independent creative agency in Toronto.
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Xavier talks through the creative process for Heinz A.I. Ketchup and Decathlon Ability Signs.
Plus, he talks candidly about living, working, and creating in Montreal.
And reminds us not to trip on the flowers on the carpet.
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Heinz A.I. Ketchup
Decathlon Ability Signs
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Xavier Blais is Partner, Executive Creative Director at Rethink in Montreal. Over the past 13 years, Xavier was lucky enough to consistently create effective, smart-yet-dumb, attention-worthy work for brands like IKEA, Heinz Ketchup, Decathlon, Molson Coors and non-profits like Greenpeace, Fondation Émergence, the National Film Board of Canada. He was an ADC Young Guns finalist in 2019 and he has been ranked amongst Canada’s most awarded creatives for the past 6 years. His ideas were used as school material against discrimination, put on display in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and featured on his mom’s laptop desktop background.
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Denise shares new work for Kruger that shows how messy love can be.
And how messy working in advertising can be. But we love it anyway.
And how messy starting an ad agency can be. But she did it anyway.
And loves it.
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Love is MessyABOUT OUR GUEST:
Denise Rossetto is Partner & Chief Creative Officer at Broken Heart Love Affair. She has been recognized as one of Canada’s top Creative Directors and previously ranked in the top five in Strategy Magazine’s Creative Report Card. In 2023, The Message named Denise a Mighty Woman. Before becoming Chief Creative Officer, Denise was consistently ranked top writer in Canada. Her work has been recognized in every national and international award show.ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Director Mark Zibert, and EPs Simon Dragland & Rita Popielak reveal what happens on the production side of things on huge award-winning campaigns such as SickKids and ROM. Plus how a great agency / client / production partnership can bring beautiful ideas to life.
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Andrea Cook (CEO, Performance Art) as our first CEO guest! An economist who once set her sights on becoming the next Gordon Gekko, she rose through the ranks of advertising, leading the charge in the digital, data, and CRM space. Now the work she “moves boulders for” wins Lions and is the benchmark for world-class, data-rich thinking. Plus, find out why her old boss threw the entire contents of a wardrobe at her.
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Cynthia Heyd (Executive Producer, The Deli Agency) brings us through the evolution of the role of producer since the ‘90s. She talks candidly about the “mad men years”, sensational set stories, why she became an entrepreneur, and ageism in the industry.
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7-Up - Odd NumberADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Broken Heart Love Affair's Jay Chaney (Partner, CSO) & Kristy Pleckaitis (SVP, Strategy) talk about why great strategies allow creative minds to get crazy, the way they uncover human insights, and they unpack groundbreaking work for the Royal Ontario Museum. Plus, the story behind how BHLA was born. Which is basically a steamy romance novel.
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ROM IMMORTALADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Mikey Richardson (Co-Founder/Co-ECD, Jacknife) talks design language for YTV, and how they won the pitch with a garbage bag of ideas. Plus, how he and partner Mike Kelar launched a studio right out of OCAD and it’s still going strong 26 years later.
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Steve Miller (ECD, FUSE Create) talks about the Sleep-Eze campaign that had everyone in a dream state. Plus, how rock’n roll can help you break into advertising, and the story behind La Carnita + Sweet Jesus ice cream.
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Sleep-EzeADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Natalie Armata and Alanna Nathanson (Co-CEO & CCOs, Giants & Gentlemen) dig into Harvey's and reveal the drink of summer. Plus, how they launched their own agency with a ton of ambition (and zero clients) and have transformed it into the gentle giant it is today.
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Harvey's - Burger BossADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Barry Quinn (Founder/Chief Creative, Quake) talks Miller Lite, GoodFood, launching and growing Juniper Park, and his new adventure, Quake.
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Miller Lite - Minimalist Can
Miller Lite - Concert Posters
Miller Lite - Canimations
GoodFoodADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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Shasta Lutz, casting director and owner of Jigsaw Casting, talks about the talent that brings scripts to life. Hilarious, honest, and candid, Shasta takes us on her career journey, how the industry has evolved, and where we are going today.
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Kruger - Unapologetically Human
Pan Am Games - Invade (Athletes)
Pan Am Games - (Fans)ADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin-Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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The client side of the SickKids VS. story! Lori Davison (Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, ROM) shares what it takes to be a bold, hugely successful marketer and a true agency partner. Hear how, as a client, fostering creativity and trusting your gut leads to game-changing results.
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SickKids VS - UndeniableADCC Created is brought to you by The Advertising & Design Club of Canada, hosted by Lyranda Martin Evans (Fellow Human), with music and studio care of Grayson Music.
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