IPA Podcast
The IPA is the professional body for advertising, media and marketing communications agencies in the UK. We represent over 300 agencies, which are responsible for 85% of UK advertising and communication spend.
Our shows, AdTalk with Paul Bainsfair, The Effectiveness Files with Laurence Green, Making Sense, New Business Diaries, and IPA On... Talent Matters break down the big issues facing the advertising and communications business.
Episodes
110 episodes
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Vicky Fox
Vicky Fox, Chief Planning Officer at Omnicom Media, joins the IPA Making Sense Podcast to share her advice for anyone starting their career now, how the pivot from searching to prompting is driving zero-click behaviour and what this means for t...
IPA On... Dating trends
Carlos Andres Rodriguez, Global Creative Director at Omnicom and IPA Insight Manager, Eric Kreis, join the IPA On... Podcast to explore Gen Z and modern dating trends.
The Effectiveness Files: HIVED
Murvah Iqbal, CEO & Co-founder of all-electric delivery company HIVED, joins the IPA Effectiveness Files to talk about the journey HIVED has been on so far, the origins of the business and the core principles behind the brand.
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Mike Follett
Mike Follett, CEO of Lumen Research, joins the IPA Making Sense Podcast to explore the power of attention as a metric, how it varies across media and what this means in practice for planners and strategists.
IPA On... The value of creativity
Award-winning strategy and transformation leader and author Sue Unerman joins the IPA On... podcast to discuss her book 'A Year of Creativity', and lessons from a storied career in advertising on belonging, wellbeing and success strategies for ...
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Rich Kirk
Rich Kirk, Chief Strategy Officer at EssenceMediacom, joins the IPA Making Sense Podcast to explore how to think about the physics of formats, what signal strength means for modern media planning, and how AI is revolutionising the search landsc...
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Caroline Manning
Initiative's Caroline Manning joins the IPA Making Sense podcast to explore how to find coherence in a fragmented media world, how planners can balance data, culture, and creativity, and how emerging tools like AI can be used to supercharge, ra...
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Zehra Chatoo
Zehra Chatoo, the founder of AI consultancy Code for Good Now, joins the IPA Making Sense podcast to discuss how AI can transform marketing without losing the human touch, what true inclusivity looks like in brand storytelling, the role that cr...
The Effectiveness Files: Little Moons
Joanna Allen, CEO of Little Moons, joins the IPA Effectiveness Files to explore her career working across category-defining brands, Little Moons' growth as a brand and why TikTok is such an important communication channel for them.
New Business Diaries: Resilient pitching with Oli Richards, Louise Lang and James Appleby
Saatchi & Saatchi's Oli Richards, Forsman & Bodenfors' Louise Lang and Conquis' James Appleby join the IPA New Business Diaries to explore resilient pitching. They cover the impact of pitching on mental health, why it is so important to...
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Ellie Nicolaou
True’s Ellie Nicolaou joins the IPA Making Sense podcast to explore what the media landscape looks like from a Gen Z perspective, the benefits of non-traditional routes into the industry and what agencies can do to best nurture young talent.
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Sarah Gale
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The Effectiveness Files: Alistair Macrow
Alistair Macrow, former CEO of McDonald's UK & Ireland, joins the IPA Effectiveness Files podcast to discuss his journey from CMO to CEO, the value that marketing brings to a business, his advice for agencies and much more.
The IPA Making Sense Podcast: Rory Sutherland
In the first episode of our Making Sense Podcast, IPA Head of Marketing and Data Innovation Simon Frazier sits down with the inimitable Rory Sutherland. Their discussion spans TK Maxx, geriatric aids, the value of sometimes ‘being more puppy’, ...
New Business Diaries: Pedro Martins and Tobi Asare
Author, Founder of My Bump Pay and former Head of Growth at OMD UK, Tobi Asare joins the IPA New Business Diaries podcast to talk to Mediaplus UK's Pedro Martins about key lessons she's learnt from her career so far. They explore the benefits o...
IPA On... Drinking Culture
Alcohol Mindset Coach, author and podcaster Anna Donaghey joins the IPA On... podcast with Antonia Stearn to explore the advertising industry's relationship with alcohol. Together they discuss addiction, agency culture, peer pressure and the impa...
IPA On... Drinking Culture
Alcohol Mindset Coach, author and host of 'The Big Drink Rethink' podcast, Anna Donaghey joins the IPA On podcast with Antonia Stearn to explore the advertising industry's relationship with alcohol. Together they explore addiction, mental healt...
The Effectiveness Files: Depop
Peter Semple, CEO of Depop, joins the IPA Effectiveness Files Podcast to talk about his journey from CMO to CEO, the challenge of growing a circular fashion marketplace and their ambition to change consumption behaviour at scale.
New Business Diaries: Ellie Olliff and Sophie Devonshire
Sophie Devonshire, Chief Executive of The Marketing Society, joins the IPA New Business Diaries podcast to talk to BBH London's Ellie Olliff about what clients really want from their agencies and how purpose and culture can make the difference ...
IPA On... Mentorship matters
For this episode of IPA On… Antonia Stearn is joined by Mercy Abel, a multi-award-winning marketer, speaker, and co-founder of Futures UNLOCKED, which provides paid internships and free workshops for emerging creatives across Scotland. They exp...
IPA On... Side Hustles
With 63% of UK adults pursuing, or interested in pursuing, secondary sources of income, Designate Founder Adam Hill joins the IPA On... podcast to discuss how his various side hustles have shaped his life and career, why he encourages agency em...
AdTalk with Paul Bainsfair: IPA President Karen Martin
IPA President, BBH's Karen Martin, joins the AdTalk podcast to talk about her agenda to reaffirm and celebrate the power and value of creativity in the UK advertising industry. They also explore Karen's journey, from Ireland and via Australia, ...
New Business Diaries: Ellie Olliff, Oli Richards and Tom Trevelyan
Neverland Creative's Tom Trevelyan joins the IPA New Business Diaries podcast to talk to BBH London's Ellie Olliff and The Beyond Collective's Oli Richards about the importance of an agency brand in driving growth.
The Money and the Magic: Brian Banks
Hosted by IPA Commercial Leadership Group Chair Jason Cobbold, The Money and the Magic is the newest IPA’s Podcast series and will explore the intersection of creativity and commerce, and how businesses can turn ideas into profit. In the first ep...
New Business Diaries: Gareth Evans and Becky McKinlay
In the latest episode of the IPA New Business Diaries podcast, Cogent Managing Director Gareth Evans is joined by Becky McKinlay, MD at Oystercatchers. Together they explore all things new business, agency search and selection and how brands op...