Let's Bring It In: Discussions with In-House Creative Leaders

Conversations with brand leaders who are doing great creative in-house.A production of Barnes Creative Bank.barnescreativebank.com

Let's Bring It In: Discussions with In-House Creative Leaders is a business podcast hosted by Greg Christensen, with 45 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Greg Christensen hosts Let's Bring It In: Discussions with In-House Creative Leaders, a business show with 45 episodes published.

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  Episode #44

  Inside The New York Times’ T Brand Studio | Vida Cornelious on Creativity, Culture & AI

  Aug 7, 202651 min

  Vida Cornelious, Senior Vice President of Creative and Strategy at The New York Times, joins Greg Christensen to talk about leading T Brand Studio, building a multidisciplinary creative team, and creating work that connects brands to culture. Vida shares lessons from a career spanning DDB, Global Hue, Disney, and The New York Times, including her work on Jeep, Chrysler, HBO’s The Penguin , and Google Pixel. She also talks about creative leadership, what she learned at Cannes Lions, the growing role of creators, and why human insight still matters in an AI-enabled world. Plus, her career mantra: “Ideas don’t move unless you do.”

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  Episode #43

  Starbucks Creative Director Luis Marques on Why Clever Ideas Aren’t Enough

  May 25, 20261h 9mS0

  <p>Luis Marques has worked at some of the most creatively ambitious places in advertising, from Hyper Island to Crispin Porter + Bogusky, BBDO, and Starbucks.</p><p>But one of the biggest creative lessons of his career came from a simple banner ad.</p><p>At realtor.com, Luis helped rewrite a basic app download CTA around a real human truth: people are curious about what their neighbors’ homes are worth. The result? Cost per install dropped from $29 to $5. Same design. Same product shot. One sharper insight.</p><p>In this episode of Let’s Bring It In, Luis talks abou...

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  Episode #42

  Is the Creative Career Path Broken? Jim Bosiljevac and Will Chau on What Comes Next

  May 18, 202655 minS0

  <p>What does the future of a creative career actually look like?</p><p>In this special panel episode of Let’s Bring It In, Greg Christensen sits down with two former guests: Jim Bosiljevac, former Executive Creative Director at Yahoo and now professor at Texas Creative at UT Austin, and Will Chau, Executive Creative Director at Whole Foods Market.</p><p>Together, they talk about how the creative industry has changed, why more agency talent is moving in-house, and what young creatives should be thinking about as they build portfolios and careers. The conversation moves from teaching and creative di...

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  Episode #41

  Cameron Day on AI, Advertising, and Building an Evil Creative Twin

  Apr 25, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>Cameron Day is a writer, creative director, author, mentor, and self-described AI Anarchist. He grew up around Chiat/Day, built a career across major brands and small agencies, and has never stopped caring about the work.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about his book CHAIOS, his AI alter ego Chet G. Petite, and what he learned from using AI on real creative assignments.</p><p>This is not a conversation about asking AI to “write an ad.” It’s about bringing an idea to AI, pushing it, directing it, rejecting most of it, and knowing when it gives...

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  Episode #40

  Aaron Wiggan (Seattle Kraken): Building an NHL Brand from Scratch

  Apr 18, 20261h 6mS0

  <p>Aaron Wiggan, Vice President of Brand Creative for the Seattle Kraken, joins Let’s Bring It In to talk about building an NHL brand from scratch, moving from agency life to in-house leadership, and creating work that fans genuinely connect with.</p><p>Before helping shape the Seattle Kraken, Aaron worked at REI and top agencies including Droga5, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, and Barton F. Graf 9000. In this conversation, he shares what it takes to build a distinctive brand inside a professional sports organization, how creative leadership changes in-house, and why curiosity, taste, and trust matter so much when leading te...

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