From signing record deals to heading up marketing at global brands like Coke, Nike and Patagonia, Joy Howard has traded in the corporate world for her own company and the life of a CEO.
Very few leaders can claim that prior to building a 20-year marketing career, spanning the likes of Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Nike, they were a rockstar in a dream pop band.
Urging marketers to be “catalysts for change” in the climate crisis, Patagonia is using its ecommerce site to connect their “hard to reach” skills with non-profit organisations in need of support.
In the latest episode of Marketing Week’s podcast series, Patagonia marketing director for Europe, Alex Weller, discusses how businesses can live up to their purpose and what a Joe Biden administration means for the global climate crisis.
From starting out at the dawn of digital, to learning about Latin America’s emotional business culture, Stephan Croix, who has worked at O2, Sony, Pizza Hut and Starwood, believes a constant search for innovation has led to the perfect role at electric scooter brand Dott.
The retailer has sold its high street branches, but retains its WHSmith travel retail proposition, which now makes up 75% of its revenue.
David Hills will remain at Asda until later this year with the supermarket yet to announce his replacement.
Why are so many companies ditching the CMO? It’s happened before but this time around it feels like a seismic shift in how businesses view marketing leadership.
Sales, closely followed by the CEO, may be the most important relationships for marketers to nurture, but do they feel the same way?
