Ad Age Marketer's Brief

Stephanie Csaszar, Kind’s manager of nutrition strategy and insights, discusses its new marketing against synthetic dyes and the snack maker’s broader communications plan around health and wellness.

Online glasses retailer Zenni recently teamed up with the San Francisco 49ers to promote its eyewear. Sean Pate, Zenni’s brand communications officer, discusses why teaming up with the sports industry makes sense for the brand and the other areas where it plays to get its low-priced eyewear in people’s minds.

Scott Tannen, founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer bedding brand Boll & Branch, talks about the company’s plan to accelerate growth through a recent private equity investment, how sustainability factors into the brand’s marketing message, and why selling on Amazon matters.

Ad lawyer Jeff Greenbaum on why regulators could soon be tightening rules on “Made in the USA” marketing claims, plus what consumer protection authorities are monitoring during the deal-ridden back to school shopping season. 

Buffalo Wild Wings Chief Marketing Officer Seth Freeman dishes on marketing such as tv spots and a football prenup, updated food and why he says watching games at the chain beats sitting in his man cave. 

Although DraftKings offers its users the option to bet on soccer, basketball and NHL games, the NFL season is by far its biggest moneymaker. “This is our Black Friday,” Tom Goedde, CMO at DraftKings says, adding that the company brought creative in house “to keep up with the speed of our sports content – whether that’s the latest trade, injury or odds line changing.” 

Chief Marketing Officer Jay Livingston dishes on how Shake Shack reaches customers with little paid marketing, its plans for a new veggie product and its delivery partnership with Grubhub.

Vinoo Vijay, CMO of the tax prep giant, on what he is doing to get ready for tax season, why the brand is sitting out the Super Bowl and how it is leaning into personalized marketing.

Partners & Napier quizzed more than 1,100 U.S. adults about their eating habits. CJ Gaffney, the ad agency’s director of planning, joins Marketer’s Brief with a first discussion of some of the findings. 

Adrian Parker, VP Marketing for Patron and Grey Goose, on the vodka’s new marketing approach and why Patron is the Lady Gaga of tequila.

Victor Lee joins Marketer's Brief to discuss the evolution of its no B.S. message and taking the brand further beyond the bars that put it on the map.

Dan Sanborn spent 16 years at Diageo overseeing its entertainment marketing. Now he’s at Wheelhouse Labs, whose holdings include Kimmelot, a content and development company launched last fall by Jimmy Kimmel. Dan talks about his new gig and gives his take on ways to get brands plugged into pop culture.

Pizza Hut Chief Brand Officer Marianne Radley dishes on the new use of the old red roof logo with a bit of a modern touch and other ways the 61-year-old chain is trying to reconnect with past diners and entice new ones.

Ad Age reporters detail what brands are making waves in 2019, from a tiny collectible toy maker to a cannabis purveyor.

Active players can now appear in beer ads during games. Nick Kelly, head of sports marketing for Anheuser-Busch, talks about what this means for Bud Light, while dishing on the brewer's overall sports marketing strategy.

This episode of Marketer’s Brief features a roundtable of Ad Age marketing journalists breaking down what brands should know heading into this year’s festival.

Charlie Chappell, Hershey Co.’s head of media, chats about the company’s decision to boost its marketing with Twitch, as well as the overall appeal of digital platforms that are becoming more popular, especially with younger consumers.

Tony Palmer joins us at the unofficial start of the summer and shares why he left the Fortune 500 executive life to pursue a passion project: making a sunscreen that’s safe for reefs and people that doesn’t show up on skin like the mineral ones he used growing up in Australia. 

Greg Guidotti, general manager of Ferrara Candy Co.’s non-chocolate business, discusses new products including Wonder Woman ropes and the tailwinds he sees in the candy industry even as people say they want to eat healthier.

As the chief marketing and communications officer at Feeding America, Catherine Davis is using knowledge from her prior roles at agencies and brands to help the organization modernize its outreach. She joins Marketer’s Brief to discuss the differences of working at a non-profit, misconceptions about hunger in America and where organizations can innovate to grow their reach beyond traditional media.