ThinkLA Podcast

ThinkLA

ThinkLA is the premier trade association for the advertising, marketing, and media community in Los Angeles. Our mission is to connect, educate, and inspire while serving member companies and the industry at large. Learn more at https://www.thinkla.org

  1. 05/17/2023

    Wellness Wednesday with Andrea Green Ft. James Kinney

    This month, Andrea Green is interviewing James Kinney, the Founder of the Advertising Alliance for Mental Health. It could not be more fitting for the Wellness Wednesday hosts to be aligned with the messages and goals of our guest during May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month. Come join us for a discussion on this month's topic: Breaking the Stigma: Navigating Mental Health in the Advertising Industry. --------- Advertising Alliance for Mental Health (AMH) is a community of ambitious individuals eager to improve ourselves and our environments by investing in mental health education and care. We are professionals navigating the complicated balance between work and life. As a community, we value compassion towards ourselves and others, empathy, and resilience. https://www.advertisingmentalhealth.com/ James' Social: IG: jamesnicholaskinney Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameskinney/ AMH's Social: IG: amhworldwide Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amhw... ThinkLA is a Media, Marketing, and Advertising Collective with a mission to connect, inspire and educate the LA marketing community. We are a non-profit 501(c)(6) association founded in 2006 to promote Los Angeles as a network of creativity and innovation in media, marketing, and advertising. Celebrating our 14th year of service, we connect LA’s creative community; grow ideas, business and talent; and inspire through education along with social and philanthropic events. www.thinkla.org. Our Socials: @Thinkla

    36 min
  2. 06/03/2021

    Purpose-Led Marketing: Brands, Structure, and Authenticity

    How does a brand find a way to promote a cause and maintain authenticity without falling into the same pitfalls as other brands? We talk with Mark Egan, Managing Director, West Coast, and Latha Sundaram, Group Business Leader, Executive Director, of corporate members Mediacom to learn more about finding meaning in marketing and creating a structure of consistency and authenticity when it comes to purpose-driven marketing. Learn more at https://www.mediacom.com. More about our guests: Latha Sundaram is a social impact driver, passionate about the role companies can –and should -play to drive positive social change. She is committed to helping brands use their scale to create meaningful collaborations. She has spent the past 25 years in global media, helping multinationals develop valuable partnerships and expand their global footprint. Latha joined MediaCom U.S. in 2020, heading up a team of 200 as the agency's global business lead on Uber. Latha is a champion in MediaCom's diversity, equity, and inclusion mission and serves as a committee lead for Women in Power, one of the agency's employee resource groups. Mark Egan helps his teams drive service and product excellence across their various assignments collaborating with other agencies and clients to constantly break new ground. As part of the MediaCom executive team, Mark draws on our award-winning resources around the globe to power solutions locally. This past year Mark was named “Agency Executive of the Year” by ThinkLA. Previously, within GroupM, Mark served as Chief Client Officer at Maxus for the Americas. In that role, he helped their client service teams consistently achieve service scores among the highest in the industry.

    28 min

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ThinkLA is the premier trade association for the advertising, marketing, and media community in Los Angeles. Our mission is to connect, educate, and inspire while serving member companies and the industry at large. Learn more at https://www.thinkla.org