Being open at work. What does this mean to you? Join members of our London teams, present, and past, as they openly share their personal stories on bringing their authentic selves to work. VMLY&R Proudly Said is a podcast series designed to give listeners a deeper insight into the LGBTQ+ community - free of judgment and full of pride.

Our latest Proudly Said podcast honors Transgender Day of Remembrance and Trans Awareness week. April Marshall from our Kansas City office and Dalia Petronilha from our Brazil office discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the Trans community. Join April and Dalia’s for an open conversation on their personal experiences of coming out as Trans women, how we can better support the trans community and their hopes for the future. The conversation shared on this episode sheds light into two individuals experiences navigating their own gender and sexuality and is not meant to represent the entire community or all transgender people. VMLY&R Proudly Said is a podcast series designed to give listeners a deeper insight into the LGBTQ+ community – free of judgment and full of pride.

On the inaugural episode of VMLY&R’s Human Centered Design podcast, host Nick Brunker visits with VMLY&R Global CEO Jon Cook and Global Chief Experience Officer Jeff Geheb. The group chats about the evolution of CX, navigating change during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance of building a human-centered culture to drive success.

National Coming Out Day is on October 11 and marks the anniversary of the 1979 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In this episode, you’ll hear from Jef Martins, Marissa Jones, Alan Schieber and Gretchen Menter. These VMLY&R employees from across the rainbow spectrum share their coming out story and experiences.

For this very important episode, Beth sat with five wonderful women from our New York office: Amber Chenevert, director of strategy and insights, Belle Frank, chief strategy officer of our global health practice, Clara Luo, VP, Director of Strategic Growth of our BAV Group, Jennifer Kohl, SVP, Executive Director Integrated Media and Lanier Gilbert, senior strategist.

This amazing group of women are all from different teams, they have different backgrounds, different paths and different experiences. They are mothers, daughters, wives, grandmothers. They are different ages and races. Yet they come together regularly to chat and most importantly listen to other perspectives. They have a goal of using their intersection identities to impact and become more of an ally for each other.

Please take the time to listen to this very important and relevant discussion. It’s a fantastic resource on how to develop a better relationship other and of course, yourself.

For this episode of Women Around the World, Beth sat down to chat with Sarah Bailey, managing partner of VMLY&R Melbourne. Our Melbourne office has received incredible accolades in the past 12 months including being awarded #6 Regional Agency of the Decade in the Pacific region by Cannes Lions for 2020.

Sarah and Beth chatted about the structure, culture and the success of the office, particularly how they are rallying in our new virtual world.

As well as Managing Partner, Sarah is also a mother of two young boys and a very successful published author of three crime novels. We spoke about the importance of mentorship and entrepreneurial skills and why it’s so important to follow your passion.

VMLY&R Proudly Said is a podcast series designed to give listeners a deeper insight into the LGBTQ+ community – free of judgment and full of pride.

In our latest Proudly Said podcast, Aubrey Carr and Colt McArthur discuss the adoption challenges and opportunities facing the LGBTQ+ community. Join Aubrey as she chats with Colt on how he is raising two daughters of color, adopted nationally and internationally, at home in Kansas City.

Beth Wade, global chief marketing officer sat with to chat with Community Outreach Manager and VMLY&R Foundation Lead, Lauren Ziegler.

The VMLY&R Foundation has been the backbone to all of VMLY&R charitable efforts and most recently, raised almost $50,000 to support COVID-related relief efforts and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Lauren has been a part of VMLY&R Foundation from its very early days and chatted to me about its incredible evolution, her favourite memories with the Foundation and how she and the entire advisory committee are continuing to find unique ways to give back even in our remote working world.

Lauren talks about one of her favourite other podcasts during this episode, which is available here: https://spoti.fi/30KpJSz

Thank you for tuning in for this very important episode of Women Around the World.

For part two of this very important episode Beth Wade, global chief marketing officer, sat back down with four wonderful women from our Black community: Amber Chenevert, director of strategy and insights, Destiny Chambers, marketing and events manager, Sarah Hodge, associate director of commerce and Tosha Turner, senior director of client finance.

The women chatted to about their personal feelings and experiences as Black women in the ad industry, both throughout their careers and during this pivotal moment in history.

For this very important episode Beth Wade, global chief marketing officer, sat with four wonderful women from our Black community: Amber Chenevert, director of strategy and insights, Destiny Chambers, marketing and events manager, Sarah Hodge, associate director of commerce and Tosha Turner, senior director of client finance.

The women discussed VMLY&R closing their doors for Juneteenth and how the women choose to spend the day as well as ways they have previously commemorate June 19th with their families, friends and communities.

Thank you for tuning in for this very important episode of Women Around the World. As this was such an important discussion this episode will be released in two parts so stay tuned for next week’s episode.