Life in Digital

Company culture has been impacted significantly over the past 12 months. The best businesses have put their people at the heart of their strategies and have worked hard to maintain a great culture and high levels of engagement.

On this week’s episode of the Life in Digital Podcast, Amy’s joined by Matthew Goldhill, Founder and CEO of Picnic, a social display ad marketplace which enables better, more engaging advertising campaigns for brands.

We dive into the unique challenges and opportunities that remote working has presented Picnic, when it comes to maintaining a great company culture, and what lies ahead when it comes to creating an engaging work environment that works for everyone.

Matthew Goldhill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewgoldhill/

With new technologies, platforms and opportunities to reach consumers emerging at almost breakneck speeds, has the focus on the importance of delivering engaging creative been forgotten along the way?

Welcome to the 3rd episode of this year’s Life in Digital Podcast series hosted by Ed Steer. Today we’re joined by Simon Kvist Gaulshøj, CEO of Adnami to talk about the Importance of the Creative in Ad Campaigns.

For more information on Adnami and how they’re delivering high impact campaigns for brands, visit their website: www.adnami.io/

Subscribe to the Life in Digital Podcast and watch exclusive videos via our website today: www.spheredigitalrecruitment.com/life-in-digital-podcast

For most businesses, remote onboarding and managing a more remote workforce has become a priority since March 2019.

Attracting, training and retaining the very best talent, that powers your business, has never been more important.

Ed caught up with Daniel to share his findings. 

You can download the full report via our website: https://www.spheredigitalrecruitment.com/blogs-and-insights/virtual-onboarding-webinar

IR35 legislation is changing on 6th April 2021. Listen to our live webinar, recorded on the 17th of February, where Sphere were joined by the experts at Kingsbridge on how to remove the risk of IR35 from your business. 

We will be hosting live industry events throughout the year and will share these recordings via our Life in Digital podcast. 

If you have any questions, please reach out to our contract team directly. Details can be found via our website: https://www.spheredigitalrecruitment.com/consultants?position=contract

“I’m a big believer in a more diverse internet, and I think that’s part of what partnerships do. They create more and more relationships rather than everyone stuck having to work with Facebook and Google."

This week we’re joined by Owen Hancock, Marketing Director, EMEA at Impact – a partnership automation platform that enables better, more effective partnerships across the marketing lifecycle at scale.

In this episode of the Life in Digital Podcast, we look at how Owen, and the team at Impact, are helping businesses identify partnership opportunities and leverage their value as the world around us continues to change and evolve.

Owen and Ed touch on the change in trends over the last 12 months, brought on in part due to COVID-19, but also a change in the ways in which brands want to reach their target audiences.

Finally, Owen shares some great insights into how, as a global business, Impact brilliantly dealt with the challenges of 2020, the effects that change and uncertainty had on its team, and how they are kicking on this year and continuing to go from strength to strength.

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Check out Impact and the work they’re doing with brands to deliver true value from their partnership opportunities: https://impact.com/

Owen Hancock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owen-hancock-10449a23/

In the final episode of this season’s Parenting is a Juggling Act, I’m humbled to be joined by Niki Stoker, mother of Fred and Chief Operating Officer at A Million Ads.

Niki endured a rollercoaster of a journey into motherhood, including an ectopic pregnancy that left her feeling that she and her husband would never conceive.

Her story is one of hardship, endurance and in the end, hopefulness.

If you are struggling with any of the topics mentioned, please reach out to myself (Amy) or Niki (our details are below)

Links: 

Niki Stoker: www.linkedin.com/in/niki-stoker-9120205/

Amy Wright: [email protected]

A Million Ads: www.amillionads.com/

Pregnancy Support Hotlines: www.supportline.org.uk/problems/pregnancy-and-infertility-support/

I’m proud to be joined by Claire Leon, mother of 3 and co-founder of Acorn Intelligence – a technology-enabled Amazon sales agency.

Claire’s youngest was just 2 years old when she launched the business and since then they have seen huge growth.

Claire shared her experience raising a small family whilst at Amazon, her difficulties in pregnancy and childbirth, launching a start-up, juggling a career with a husband in a global role, and the importance of delegating.

Links: 

Claire Leon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claireleon/

Acorni-i: https://acorn-i.com/

Ross Caveille: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosscaveille/

Watch Tiffany Dufu 'Drop the Ball Instead of Trying to Do It All': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiS11hJKVu8&t=294s

Read  Tiffany Dufu 'Drop the Ball': http://tiffanydufu.com/drop-the-ball

Listen and watch more of the Life in Digital podcast series via our website: https://www.spheredigitalrecruitment.com/life-in-digital-podcast/life-in-digital-season-2

In our 2nd episode of Parenting is a Juggling Act, we're joined by Marie Wright (Executive Coach, Life Coach, and all-around brilliant human!). 

She shares not only her experience of raising a family but how she has helped 100’s of other men and women on their journey back into work and regaining their confidence.

Marie Wright: https://www.boldbeancoaching.com/

Blog and Sign Up to Newsletter: https://www.boldbeancoaching.com/blog

“We need to see people as business-critical”, Ete Davies, CEO of Engine, shares how we can learn from parents who maintain high performing roles. As someone who has been a single parent whilst managing his career into MD and CEO positions, Ete understands how important it is to listen and accommodate the lives of the people you employ.

Building high performing, resilient teams? It starts with trust.

Ete Davies: https://www.linkedin.com/in/etedavies/

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“A time to rebuild businesses” is the theme of our final episode of Season 1's Life in Digital podcast and is a quote from our guest, Simone Harvey, Director of The Unmistakables. 

The Unmistakables are a diversity and culture agency and Simone was the perfect guest to round off what’s been an incredible couple of months speaking to leaders and shapers of the digital sector.

We started this podcast in response to the accelerated changes happening in the digital sector in light of the pandemic and the snowball effect that the Black lives matter movement has had on how we think and talk about diversity in businesses.

I hope you will join me in listening to our final episode where we discuss the importance of diversity and building an inclusive team, and how data is vital in holding us accountable to the promises made in 2020.

Simone has over 10 years comms experience. She’s worked on campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands and organisations, including The Coca-Cola Company, Diageo and Pladis and has held positions at leading agencies including Hill & Knowlton and Teneo, as well as boutique specialists. Simone’s experience spans corporate, B2B and consumer comms, people development, and culture change.

Alongside a career in comms, she’s also a visual artist and member of two arts collectives (for women of colour and artists of African descent). She has hosted and participated in solo and group shows across London and has experience facilitating panels, focus groups and workshops.

Simone joined The Unmistakables with a desire to integrate her mix of passions, experience and identity – to embrace and celebrate difference and expand the ‘norm’ within the marcomms industry, organisations and society as a whole. Bringing her whole self to work, creatively, culturally and personally, she delivers a wealth of lived and professional experience to The Unmistakables.

Simone Harvey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-harvey-53641534/

The Unmistakables: https://www.theunmistakables.com/

Asad Dhunna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asaddhunna

Benjamin Brooks-Dutton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benbrooksdutton/

Being Black in business in the midst of BLM (blog post from Simone Harvey): https://www.theunmistakables.com/blog/2020/6/23/being-black-in-business-in-the-midst-of-blm

Sheldon Mills: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheldon-mills-3664562/

The Speakeasier with Sheldon Mills: Where are all the Black leaders? (podcast episode): https://www.theunmistakables.com/blog/2020/7/22/the-speakeasier-with-sheldon-mills-where-are-all-the-black-leaders

Subscribe to the Speakeasier: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IRYkx2Eb7mj4d00AVtNQ1?si=FybW4egPSXGAHGQrn0OTvw

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A huge thank you to everyone who was involved in our first season of Life in Digital. 

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