Jo welcomes the unimitable Chaka Sobhani to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast.
*Some swearing ensues. By her own admission, Chaka has a ‘sailor’s mouth’.
Chaka Sobhani is Global Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide and Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett UK and Fallon.
Before joining the ad industry, Chaka spent over a decade as an award winning film-maker and working in television. She set up ITV’s first in-house creative agency, during which time the network regained the no.1 position in the UK, created its most successful global formats and content with shows like the X Factor and Downton Abbey, winning the prestigious Channel of the Year award for the first time.
Chaka has also won numerous BAFTA’s, Golden Globes and the prestigious Rose D’Or, alongside a plethora of advertising awards.
Topics:
- Being Queer, female and the only brown kid at school
- Advertising’s gain was the tennis world’s loss
- Career plans and why you don’t need one
- Rooting for the underdog
- The power of empathy
- An incredible career in 5 minutes
- Awards? Does anyone give a s%!t?
- Why we should talk about difficult life experiences
- Diversity and inclusion
- Why meaningful change is taking so long
- Following your gut – and your heart
- Walking for healing
- Realising you’re Team Dessert not Team Savoury
- Chaka’s Doggy Bag of advice
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