The Digital Distillery Podcast Network
The Digital Distillery Podcast Network brings all of our shows covering Digital Marketing, Digital Sustainability, CTV, and Digital Publishing under one roof.
Host Phil McDowell brings you to the exclusive invite only Digital Distillery events from across the globe with one-on-one interviews with some of the most influential speakers on The Digital Distillery Podcast.
Digital Sustainability is the topic of the day in the Green About Media podcast where Phil sits down with digital professionals who have made sustainability part of their job. We discuss the issues, the solutions, and how they got into the industry.
ChatCTV: Conectando Realidades is our Spanish-language podcast featuring discussions from both demand and supply sides of the CTV landscape with Hector Rodriguez and Victor Soldevilla.
Her Digital Story: Publisher Truths, hosted by Amelia Parsons, is dedicated to authentic conversations about the trends, challenges, and future of digital publishing and the supply side of adtech. Through insightful discussions, Amelia explores what it takes to lead, innovate, and build lasting impact with inspiring women at the forefront of the digital publishing industry.
In Women Lead, hosted by Nadia Koski, we hear from professional women from around the globe and learn about their career journeys, growth, challenges, and successes.
Now all under one feed, this is the Digital Distillery Podcast Network.
The Digital Distillery Podcast Network
Live from Cannes with Microsoft: How AI, Creativity & Co-Creation Are Shaping the Future of Advertising
Recorded on the Microsoft Beach in Cannes, this special episode of The Digital Distillery Podcast brings you into the heart of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity with two of Microsoft’s insightful voices. Host Nadia Koski sits down with Jonathan Stringfield, VP, Global Business Strategy, Analytics & Trust, and Jesus Serrano, Principal Product Manager, to explore how AI is moving beyond optimization and targeting to transform creativity, brand storytelling, and user experience.
This episode captures the energy of Cannes while unpacking some of the most pressing conversations in media and advertising today. Jonathan shares his perspective on how gaming is shaping emotional brand engagement and what the advertising industry can learn from this immersive world. Jesus dives deep into GenAI innovation, revealing how brands and fans are beginning to co-create in real time, and how emerging tools are reshaping the future of audience interaction.
Listeners will come away with a fresh understanding of how AI is evolving from a behind-the-scenes optimizer to a front-line creative partner. The conversation also highlights the ethical and strategic responsibilities marketers must embrace as intelligent systems become central to the advertising experience.
Whether you’re a marketer, a creative, or an AI enthusiast, this episode is filled with forward-looking insights and firsthand reflections from two of Microsoft’s future-facing leaders. Tune in to hear how strategy meets imagination, live from the Croisette.
LINKS:
Connect on LinkedIn with Jesus Serrano
Connect on LinkedIn with Jonathan Stringfield
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Written, Produced & Engineered by Phil McDowell
Executive Producer: Nadia Koski
Project Lead: Dennis Kirschner
