Having a GAS with Greg

Today, I'm having a GAS with Jason Brownlee. Jason is the Founder and CEO of Colourtext and has both a corporate and start-up business background.

His past roles include Head of Audience Insight at Emap (now Bauer Media), the establishment of research consultancy ‘Other lines of enquiry’ and Founder of Dollywagon Media Sciences.

Jason created Colourtext as a new spin-out from Dollywagon following an intensive 12 month R&D effort.

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Paul Kinsella, the Chief Creative Officer at Havas LYNX.

Kinsella joined Havas Lynx Group five years ago as the Creative Director of Havas Lynx London, to further embed consumer thinking into the health category. He was promoted to ECD 18 months ago and became part of the Havas Global Creative Council where he has helped to drive creative initiatives at the company’s most senior level. Before joining the world of health and wellness, he had been successfully working at well-renowned consumer agencies, spending 10 years at Cheetham Bell JWT and three years at BJL. Kinsella boasts an array of award wins and was pivotal to the agency’s AOY success at Cannes Lions back in 2018.

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Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UMgwXgTls-M

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Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

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GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio.

We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

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© GAS™ Music 2021

Today, I’m having a GAS with Jules Chalkley, Ogilvy’s Chief Executive Creative Director.

As his title suggests, Jules has an immense amount of experience working on top brands such as Ikea, M&S, Land Rover and Virgin Atlantic.

He also oversaw creative for the BBC’s coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games which saw an audience of 200 million worldwide.

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Having a GAS...is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film; for TV; for commercials; for dancing to; for cooking to; f*cking to, and more.

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GAS™ Music is a musical creative agency in Manchester, UK.

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www.gasismusic.co.uk

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© GAS™ Music 2020

Today, I'm having a GAS with Erminia Blackden, an integrated strategy director at ENGINE. She's experienced in research, CRM, media and advertising in a career that spans 20+ years.

Erminia is also author of 21st Century Woman and active writer, speaker and campaigner on why brands fail to recognise the power of women – the world’s largest emerging market.

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Having a GAS...is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film; for TV; for commercials; for dancing to; for cooking to; f*cking to, and more.

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GAS™ Music is a musical creative agency in Manchester, UK.

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www.gasismusic.co.uk

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© GAS™ Music 2020

Today, I’m having a gas with Grace Francis, a forward thinking tech impresario, whose enthusiasm and expertise in digital has caused her to ricochet through several major agencies, most recently being snatched up by Karmarama to serve as their Chief Experience Officer.

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www.gasismusic.co.uk

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© GAS™ Music 2020

Today, I'm having a GAS with Richard Huntington, the Chairman of the board and Chief Strategy Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, arguably the most famous ad agency in the UK.

Richard - a self described 'high octane brand strategist' who '[hates] orthodoxy of any kind' - tells me all about his views on stakeholder capitalism, the utility of the industry, and the necessary unpredictability of creativity.

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http://gasismusic.co.uk

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Nicky Unsworth, who's been CEO of Manchester agency BJL for the last 24 years.

Nicky gives us an overview of the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the C-Suite, and how she sees the industry responding in the future.

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http://www.gasismusic.co.uk

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Today, I'm having a GAS with Steve Harrison, a British copywriter, creative director and author who is regarded by Campaign Magazine as the greatest Direct Marketing Creative of his generation.

He has won more Cannes Lions awards than any other Creative Director in the World.

His latest book, Can't Sell Won't Sell: Advertising, politics and culture wars, asks the question: why has adland has stopped selling and started saving the world.

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www.gasismusic.co.uk

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Today I'm having a GAS with Sue Higgs, a creative director in London with a wealth of experience working for major agencies, including M&C Saatchi, Ogilvy, Publicis, Havas and Grey.

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www.gasismusic.co.uk

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