IDEA KILLERS

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an in-depth creative conversation among agency lifers and director, matt pittroff, addressing the ever-elusive answer to, “how do you keep a good idea alive?” produced with the hope of promoting an escape from the screenspace, some mentorship to rising ad creatives and/or a friendly reminder to seasoned vets why they love the business.

Episodios

  1. 06/08/2024

    IDEA KILLERS - Season 2, Episode 6: A Mutt & Misfit Made Industry feat. Norm Shearer, CCO of Cactus

    As not-so-noob creators and collaborators, our Host + Comedy Director, Matt Pittroff, swaps strategies with Chief Creative Officer of Cactus + fellow mentor, Norm Shearer, for ways in which they tap into the flow state required to stoke creative fires, and blaze past any idea killers along the way.

  2. 05/10/2023

    IDEA KILLERS - Season 2, Episode 5: Taking Time with Capella Fahoome to Hear Why Creativity Takes Time (and Diversity)

    While the world’s seen our fair share of Nature forcing itself into our lives lately, at Idea Killers, WE WANT MORE (and different)! A true force of nature, entertainment industry producer, and a long-time collaborator of Host/Comedy Director Matt Pittroff, Capella Fahoome, joins us for S2 E05. This second brightest star in the sky shines a spotlight on the relational energy while we give away our first-ever award, equate diversity to the biggest idea killer of them all, and get candid about how persistence, resilience, and positivity are the ways to circumvent creativity’s roadblocks and carve a path to success. We gain insights into Capella compelling story, including a pivotal moment in her early career that solidified her passion for producing.  If you’re like our host, and crave comprehension of the Hows and Whys of our industry, stop reading and start listening!

  3. 28/03/2023

    IDEA KILLERS - Season 2, Episode 4: Directors Ramona Diaz & Matt Pittroff uncut creative conversation about the very real world of non-fiction

    Renowned, applauded and awarded Filipino-American Documentarian Ramona Diaz reconnects with fellow Baltimorean & Host Matt Pittroff; the directing duo have an uncut, unadulterated, unbiased, creative conversation exploring Ramona's unique perspective on the birth and death of ideation in her non-fiction storytelling world.

  4. 21/10/2022

    IDEA KILLERS - Season 2, Episode 3: Directors Nick Spooner & Matt Pittroff, comedy heavyweights, go toe to toe against advertising pitfalls

    Trick or Treat? How bout both. S2 E03 features Comedy Directors Nick Spooner and Matt Pittroff. These guys are a treat, burying any competitive hatchets to talk tricks of the trade and prove that humor in advertising is undead, despite all the idea killers out there.

  5. 27/05/2022

    IDEA KILLERS - Season 2, Episode 2: Believing in them, believing in me, in turn believing in myself; feat. actor Allegra Edwards

    Our latest guest on Idea Killers is a long-time partner of Host/Comedy Director Matt Pittroff; but in ways that no guests have been before. S2 E02 features on-screen talent, Allegra Edward of Amazon Prime's Upload. While we're exploring another angle of the film world, the conversation remains focused on fear. This time, we explore the stakes within the creative process, getting vulnerable with our need for validation and the ever-present desire to not disappoint writers, creators, or crew. We're uncovering how to channel that darker part of ourselves, using it as a source of information and inspiration.

  6. 11/02/2022

    IDEA KILLERS - Season 2, Episode 1: Operational Hoops, Round Holes, Red Tape feat. Erik Verleger, Global CD & Alissa Liebert, Head of Production

    S2 E01 is the first to have been recorded in-person, an embraced change of pace. Host/Comedy Director Pittroff sits down with Erik Verleger, Creative Director, and Alissa Liebert, Head of Production, to dispel some stigmas of working in-house at a global corporation. Hear how the duo unconventionally defines creativity and their tactics to find fulfillment amid operational hoops, round holes, and red tape.

  7. 26/11/2021

    IDEA KILLERS - Episode 6: No Prizes for Arsonists Who Put Out Fires feat. EVP, Delivery, Jill Lyons

    As 2021 comes to a close, so does Season 1 of Idea Killers. Our last guest, a stranger before the start of our conversation but a fast friend thereafter, Jill Lyons EVP, Delivery at Hawkeye Agency joins us to discuss who’s responsible for a project’s, and in turn, the ad industry’s, success. It was a pleasure to consider her take on the critical role of collaboration to the future of advertising and to host all of our guests this year. Thank you ALL for joining as guests or listeners, until next year.

  8. 15/06/2021

    IDEA KILLERS - Episode 4: Advice Dish Up from Joe Bishop, Creative Director, Cannonball

    Our host, Workingstiff Films Director, Matt Pittroff, talks shop with Joe Bishop, Cannonball Agency Creative Director and uncovers how the son of a mortician, working at a midsized agency, in a midsized market, in the middle of the midwest, stays relevant to marquee clients amidst the ever-present threat of idea killers.

  9. 09/04/2021

    IDEA KILLERS - Episode 3: How to Ad by Chuck Husak, the H of AL&H

    Founder of AL&H, Creative Director for major national and regional agencies, consumer-first strategic thinker, winner of advertising's highest awards and all around hilarious human, Chuck Husak joins Idea Killers Host/Workingstiff Films Director, Matt Pittroff, to discuss what it takes to conquer fears when searching for good ideas.

  10. 19/02/2021

    IDEA KILLERS - Episode 2: A Fancy Conversation feat. Co-CCOs Katie Keating & Erica Fite

    A second take at, "how do you keep good ideas alive?" plus even more insights from the founders and creative forces of Fancy, an advertising agency dedicated to elevating what’s important to women.

  11. 07/01/2021

    IDEA KILLERS - Episode 1: Creative Conversation feat. Jeff Collins and Fear, a WORKINGSTIFF Production

    “How do you keep a good idea alive?” is an ever-incessant ad industry inquiry and the subject of Idea Killers's inaugural in-depth conversation featuring our first agency expert: Jeff Collins. In the pilot episode, director and host, Matt Pittroff, explores the creative process from start to finish; beginning with the briefing process, addressing roadblocks and offering sage advice for how to get out of your own way. Special thanks to: Listeners like you! Matt Pittroff - Director and Host Jeff Collins -  Creative Director, Copywriter Andy Stack - Custom Music Arrangement Jessica Johnson - Graphics / Animation Alex Righter - Audio Engineer Steve Blair - Executive Producer Brenna Mathers - Producer

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an in-depth creative conversation among agency lifers and director, matt pittroff, addressing the ever-elusive answer to, “how do you keep a good idea alive?” produced with the hope of promoting an escape from the screenspace, some mentorship to rising ad creatives and/or a friendly reminder to seasoned vets why they love the business.

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  • Creador
    workingstiff films
  • Años de actividad
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodios
    11
  • Clasificación
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