The CMO Podcast

On this special episode, Jim welcomes a senior marketer and a creative director to talk about their partnership and their relationship in what he is calling a "blueprint for brands and partnerships." His guests today are Jon Hall, Director of Market Strategy at Whirlpool Corporation, and Atit Shah, Chief Creative Officer at Digitas North America.

Jon and Atit worked together when Jon was the Head of Marketing for JennAir, which is Whirlpool's line of luxury appliances. Jon and Atit successfully rebranded JennAir into a hot brand and won a Gold Effie for their JennAir marketing campaign. This episode is a deep dive into the partnership between these two leaders, and a behind-the-scenes look at a successful relationship between a marketing team and an agency team.

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Elizabell Marquez is the CMO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. Dreyer's parent company, Froneri is the second-largest global producer of ice cream, behind Unilever. Elizabell oversees the marketing for beloved ice cream brands including Häagen-Dazs, Outshine, Drumstick, Dreyer's, Edy's and more!

In this conversation, Elizabell talks about her management style, and why being a leader means being honest with your team. She also talks to Jim about her highly anticipated new ad campaign, why customer interactions are so important and much more! 

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Suzi Watford is EVP & CMO at The Wall Street Journal, where she oversees global sales and marketing. The Wall Street Journal now has the largest membership in its history—and Suzi is responsible for the fast-growing Live Journalism conferences and events business, WSJ partnerships and the global loyalty proposition WSJ+.

In this conversation, Suzi and Jim discuss the new vision for WSJ and how they are effectively evolving the brand to digital. She also discusses how they are attracting new subscribers while continuing to delight those who have been reading the WSJ for many years.

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Rupen Desai is the Global Chief Marketing Officer for the Dole Sunshine Company. Dole is a world leader in growing, sourcing, distributing, and marketing a wide variety of fruit and healthy snacks.

In this conversation, Rupen shares his career philosophy and his unique way of measuring his career by moments of oxygen. Rupen and Jim also discuss the importance of trust currency and how short-term profits won't matter if your purpose is not aligned with long-term thinking.

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Telisa Yancy is the Chief Operating Officer of American Family Insurance (AmFam). In July, she will be overseeing their direct-to-consumer businesses. She has been with AmFam for 12 years and previously served as their CMO. American Family is a diversified casualty/property insurance company with 13,200 employees.

In this conversation, Telisa talks to Jim about what makes AmFam different than any other insurance company in their category. Telisa also shares her thoughts on why marketers succeed when they look outside their category and why the best marketers tend to be the most curious people in the organization. 

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Elizabeth Preis is the Chief Marketing Officer at Anthropologie, a furniture, beauty, and clothing retailer with approximately 200 stores across the U.S. and Canada. This past year has been especially tough for retailers, but Elizabeth and her team made strides to build up their online presence. But that's not all she changed during COVID-19, and in this episode, she shares everything else that has changed.

Elizabeth and Jim discuss how she is leading her team remotely, and creating a playbook to make sure her team does not burn out while working from home. She also discusses how her team's creativity is fueled by data, and why she loves being a marketer for Anthropologie

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Raja Rajamannar is the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President of Healthcare Business at Mastercard. Raja has previously been on the podcast to discuss his role as the CMO of Mastercard—and once more to talk about how his organization and team handled the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On today's episode, Raja talks about his new book, "Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow's Consumers," which takes a look into the future of marketing and what brands can do to meet consumers there. "Quantam Marketing" is available now where all good books are sold, including Amazon. 

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Kory Marchisotto is the Chief Marketing Officer for e.l.f. Beauty and President at Keys Soulcare. Founded in 2004, e.l.f. (short for EyesLipsFace) is a brand Gen Z loves—which is no accident. The company's annual revenue is roughly $300 million, and at the time of this recording, its stock price was at a 52-week high.

Before joining e.l.f. Beauty, Kory worked for skincare and beauty brands like bareMinerals and Shiseido. In this conversation, Kory talks about how e.l.f. is succeeding by rediscovering its founder's purpose, looking beyond its category for partnerships with companies that share their values, and above all—loving their brand and its consumers.

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Karen Walker is the SVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Intel Corporation maker of some of the world's most popular semiconductor chips. Intel chips can be found in some of the world's most popular computers including, Lenovo, HP, Dell, Apple, and many more.

This conversation was recorded the day after Intel launched their brand new advertising campaign with Justin Long who was known as the Mac guy in the very popular Mac Vs PC commercials from the early 2000s. Karen also talks about why she was excited to join Intel, and how her team is evolving the brand.  

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Andrea Zaretsky is the Chief Marketing Officer & Managing Director for E*TRADE, the popular website and app that allows people to trade financial assets including stock, futures, mutual funds and much more. Andrea was on the marketing teams of companies like American Express, Toys "R" Us and Sephora before joining E*TRADE. She joined E*Trade in September of 2019, and during her time there, she led her team through the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Later in 2020, E*TRADE was acquired by Morgan Stanley. 

In this conversation, Andrea talks about managing her team through all of these changes, and how brand purpose really sets E*TRADE apart from other trading apps.

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