The Creative Floor Awards

Ever received feedback so savage it made you consider a career in alpaca farming? 🦙
☕ This week’s panel dives into the most ego-shattering, soul-crushing and (eventually) character-building conflicts they’ve survived, plus their best tips on how to dish it out and take it like a pro.

We’re talking:
 🔪 Having book crits while being locked in actual cupboards (because why destroy someone’s confidence in a well-lit room?)
 ⬛ Clients asking for 100% black to be… er blacker (Physicists, help?) 

🔥 Interview meltdowns so bad they should come with a bullet-proof vest
😂 Lessons that, somehow, turned out to be pure gold

Today's survivors:
🥊 Phil Blackmore, Create Health

🥊 Khalid Latif, VML

🥊 Brett O’Connor, VCCP Health

🎧 Listen now before you get your next "quick bit of feedback"
#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual #BretterThanYou 

🚨 Important Deadlines & Links (Yes, this might actually be useful. We’re just as surprised as you are.)

🏆 2025 Awards FINAL DEADLINE - FRIDAY 11th APRIL (If you’re a last-minute legend, this is your cue to panic efficiently.) 👉 Full details:https://thecreativefloor.com/awards

 📚 Masterclass: Want to make world-class work? We’ve basically got the cheat codes. No Konami code required. 👉https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass
💥💥 BOOM CGI: Because even your weirdest, wildest ideas deserve to look expensive 👉 https://boomcgi.com/ 

Ever had a genius idea to start your own advertising agency but got stuck somewhere between “This could work” and “How do I even start?” 🤯 Well, good news, you don’t have to sell a kidney or start calling yourself a visionary disruptor on LinkedIn (yet).

Serial entrepreneur David Hunt and his Chief Creative Officer Emily Knight-Kristoffersen (KK) at The Considered, spill the beans on how to actually start an agency without going broke or burning out. Expect no-BS advice and industry secrets no one tells you before you dive in. If you’ve ever thought, “Maybe I should start my own thing?” this episode will either be your blueprint for success or a cautionary tale (either way, entertaining).

🎧 Listen now before someone else launches your idea and makes trillions.
If you want to continue the conversation with David or KK connect with them below:

[email protected]

[email protected]

🚨 Important Deadlines & Links (Yes, this stuff might actually help you. Shocking, we know):

🏆 2025 Awards are OPEN! Third Deadline: 4th April (Procrastinators, this is your sign). Full details: https://thecreativefloor.com/awards

 📚 Masterclass: Want to boost your odds of making world-class work? We’ve got the cheat codes: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass

💥 BOOM CGI: Because even your wildest ideas deserve to look expensive: https://boomcgi.com/ 

🎤 Need to plug a job or service? Drop us a line at [email protected]. We promise to read it (probably) 🔥

🚀 NEW BONUS EPISODE. Because giving back feels good (shocking, we know).

A special thank you from this year’s Talent Fund Winners:
 🎨 School of Communication Arts
 💪 Key4Life
 🎓 Brixton Finishing School
 💡 The Ideas Foundation

To all our judges and everyone who enters The Creative Floor Awards, you’re basically superheroes (minus the capes, but we’ll work on that). 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ Your creativity is literally changing lives ❤️

Check out this year’s winners👇
 🔗 https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/talentfund

#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual

Ever wondered what it takes to go from the admin department to running the world’s largest health and wellness creative agency? Spoiler: It’s not good PowerPoint skills and pretending to look interested.

🔥 We sit down with one of the most successful Chief Creative Officers on the planet, Kathleen Nanda, CCO of FCB Health New York, who went from humble beginnings to growing a team of over 450 creatives at the top of the industry.

She gives us the blue-print on:
 💬  How to sell work when you hate presenting
 💰  How to win pitches (she's done over 1000)
 🛠️  The skills needed to thrive in todays creative agencies
 💡 Why leading as a woman means breaking the rules, not just the glass ceiling

If you're a creative and dream of becoming a CCO or just want the inside scoop on what they actually do all day, this episode is packed with gold and is unmissable.

🎧 Listen now, you'll thank us for it when you become CCO. 

#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual
Important Deadlines & Links (shockingly, this stuff might actually help you):
 🏆 2025 Awards are open. Third Deadline is 4th April. Full details: https://thecreativefloor.com/awards
 📚 Masterclass to help you up the odds on making world-class work : https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass
💥 BOOM CGI: https://boomcgi.com/ 
Need to plug an open role or service? Drop us a line at [email protected] 🎤🔥

Ever had a work dilemma so awkward you’d rather fake a panic attack than ask your boss? Well, we’ve got you covered. This week, our expert agony aunts tackle your toughest questions, including:

💰 How do you ask for more money without triggering your agency going bankrupt?
 🔄 How do you switch departments without looking like you're running from a crime scene?
 🏢 What to do when your agency drags you back to the office… but your wallet is still working remotely.

🔥 Your agency just set fire to its ED&I initiatives, do you: A) Call it out, B) Update your LinkedIn to “Open to Work,” or C) Grab marshmallows and watch the chaos unfold?
 🥪 And, perhaps most importantly… who keeps stealing your food from the agency kitchen?

Our wise (and slightly judgmental) panel:
 ⚡ Alex Okada, Havas Lynx
 ⚡ Tash Beecher, Syneos Health
 ⚡ John McPartland, Ogilvy Health

🎧 Listen now before HR gets Elon to take it down
 #NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual #EDI #OfficePolitics #PayMeMore #WhoStoleMySandwich

🔗 Important Deadlines & Links (Yes, some of this is actually useful):
 🏆 2025 Award Entry Deadlines: Second Deadline is this Friday 21 March: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/
 📚 Masterclass: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass
 💥 Mind-Blowing CGI: boomcgi.com
 Need to plug an open role or service? Drop us a line at [email protected] 🎤🔥

AI had its turn. Now, it’s time for the humans to fight back 🤖 vs. 🧠
Last episode, we handed over the podcast to AI and let’s just say, it was… an experience. This week, we’re taking control to discuss the real impact of AI on advertising, from ethics to automation, threats to opportunities and whether we should all start retraining as baristas.

Joining us for this definitely not AI-generated discussion:
🧠 Joe Graiff & Patrick Mullady: FCB Health New York
 💡 Faisal Ahmed: Digitally Sick

We’re diving into:
 ⚖️ Ethics, Legislation & Conspiracy theories - Who’s keeping AI in check?
 💼 The Future of Jobs - Will AI take your job or just make it unbearable?
 🕵️ AI Agents & Creativity - Can AI be truly creative, or is it just a glorified autocomplete?
🚀 Opportunities & Innovation  - Where humans still have the edge (for now).
Will AI be the greatest creative revolution or the industry’s biggest existential crisis?
Listen now and decide who’s really in charge.
#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual #AI #RiseOfTheRobots #FutureOfAdvertising
🔗 Important Deadlines & Links (Yes, some of this is actually useful):
🏆 2025 Award Entry Deadlines: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/
📚 Masterclass: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass
💥 BOOM CGI: https://boomcgi.com/
Need to plug an open role or service? Drop us a line at [email protected] 🎤🔥

🚨 BREAKING: AI Has Taken Over The Creative Floor Awards Podcast! 🤖🎙️
This week, we decided to talk about AI. But then AI decided to talk about us. And now we’re in some kind of weird, tech-driven, podcast-ception.
We sat down with some very clever tech bros:
🧠 Joe Graiff & Patrick Mullady: FCB Health New York
💡 Faisal Ahmed: Digitally Sick

But then Faisal, in a truly mad scientist moment, fed our recording into a couple of AI platforms… and BOOM! AI created its own version of our podcast. AI reviewing us, talking about AI? We’ve officially lost control.
So, this episode has been 100% written, voiced, edited and reviewed by AI. No humans were harmed (or paid) in the making of this episode.
Will it be a masterpiece? A disaster? A passive-aggressive job application from ChatGPT? 🤷‍♂️ Listen and decide for yourself.

And don’t worry, the human version drops next, featuring actual flesh-and-blood experts (for now).
#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual #SkynetApproved

🔗 Important Deadlines & Links (Yes, some of this is actually useful):
🏆 2025 Award Entry Deadlines: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/
📚 Masterclass: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass
💥 BOOM CGI: https://boomcgi.com/
Need to plug an open role or service? Drop us a line at [email protected] 🎤🔥

Brace yourself, Robert Campbell is back for one last (probably) round of industry wisdom, outrageous stories and brutally honest predictions. If you haven’t taken notes yet, now’s your chance before your boss pretends they invented everything he says. 
This time, we dive into getting sued by Sir Martin Sorrell, ageism, Hammer Horror, Nils Leonard and... The Wombles? (Yes, really.)

🔥 Important Stuff That Might Actually Impact Your Career:
📅 First Entry Deadline: 07 March (Get those award-winning ideas in!) https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/
📚 Masterclass: "Where Did Your Advertising Go Wrong?" (Spoiler: everywhere, but we can fix it) https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/podcast
💥 Mind-Blowing CGI https://boomcgi.com/
🎤 Need to plug an open role or service? Hit us up at [email protected]

#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual #Advertising #Marketing #Podcast #Development #Training 

Robert Campbell is back, dropping more wisdom, war stories and advertising gold you won’t find anywhere else.
🔥 This episode is so packed with legends, we’re legally obligated to warn you about potential mind-blown side effects:
 🎤 Dustin Hoffman (yes, really, this is not a typo)
🕶️ James Gandolfini (because advertising is just The Sopranos with better lighting)
💃 Eva Longoria (we’re still not sure how, but she’s in it)
🧠 Dave Trott (delivering truth bombs with military precision)
🎧 Listen now before your boss tries to pass off Robert’s wisdom as their own:
🌍 Web: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/podcast
🍎 Apple: https://lnkd.in/g6-aVsQ
🎵 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eekr9-9g

🔥 Important Stuff You Should Probably Know:
📅 Our awards First Entry Deadline 07 March... All deadlines are here: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/
📚 Masterclass: "Where Did Your Advertising Go Wrong?" Get schooled here: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/masterclass
💥 Mind-Blowing CGI Prepare to be amazed: https://boomcgi.com/
🎤 Need to plug an open role or service? Hit us up at [email protected]

#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual #Advertising #Marketing #Podcast

The legend returns! Adland’s original rock ‘n’ roller Robert Campbell is back for another round of epic stories, outrageous lessons and jedi-wisdom you won’t find anywhere else.

🔥 This episode is so stacked with legends, we’re surprised it doesn’t have its own Hollywood biopic. Featuring:
 🎤 Peter Souter, Paul Brazier, Tom Carty, Walter Campbell,
🌍 Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson and President Carter. Yes. PRESIDENT CARTER.

🎧 Listen now before your Account Executive pretends they heard it first. 

🔥 Important stuff:
📅 First Entry Deadline – 07 March (All deadlines here: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/)
📚 "Where Did Your Advertising Go Wrong?" Masterclass: https://awards.thecreativefloor.com/podcast
💥 Mind-Blowing CGI: https://boomcgi.com/
🎤 Need to plug an open role or service? Drop us a line at [email protected]

#NotAllAwardsAreCreatedEqual