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How many times have you seen a commercial, billboard, unique piece of packaging, or a surprising brand name and wondered something like: “How did they come up with that?” “How did that get approved?” “Who had the idea to do that?” Join Camden Bernatz and a rotating list of guest hosts from EKR as we pull back the curtain on real-world marketing moves to be entertained and inspired by the stories, people and processes behind the work. Powered by EKR — a strategy-first agency To learn more about EKR, please visit https://ekragency.com/ (https://thedmpn.com/) . If you have an idea for a creative campaign that we should cover or would like to be a guest on the podcast, please email brandspodcast@ekragency.com (mailto:adam@relicagency.com) .
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Andrya Blanco, one EKR's designers, joins Camden to discuss their thoughts about the Hidden Sailors campaign and how multi-agency partnerships can be beneficial for brands. They also dive into their thoughts in Jaguar's
This week on Brands and Campaigns, Camden sat down with CMO Garth Knutson of Aflac and Ryan Blum, Chief Creative Officer at VML to discuss their partnership on a campaign to recruit US Navy Special Forces with Water Polo
This week, Camden sits down with Art Director Madeline Trenkle to discuss San Juan County's clever use—or lack of use—of AI in a recent campaign. Madeline also shares insights into her creative process and sources of ins
Jared Price, EKR's Team Director and Director of Business Development, joins Camden on today’s episode to reflect on our conversation with Maggie Winters and Zach Goodwin about Agencyland. They touch on how Maggie and Za
“Agencyland” is a board game based on running an advertising agency, full of industry in-jokes, creative copy and fun gameplay. Two of the main people behind this game, Maggie Winters and Zach Goodwin from This January,
Adam Castar, the producer of Brands & Campaigns and our agency’s resident fantasy football enthusiast, joins Camden to talk about ESPN’s “Only in Fantasy” campaign. Adam talks about his love of fantasy football, how this
The NFL season is right around the corner, which also means that fantasy football leagues are starting up again too. Since 2019, Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners (BSSP) has created different iterations of its “Only in F
Corey Ostler, EKR’s Art Director, joins Camden on today’s episode of Brands & Campaigns to discuss A&W’s campaign that offered free root beer to centenarians for life and reflect on the insights Jonathon Spalding from Co
Known for its root beer, A&W Restaurants is one of the oldest fast-food franchises in the United States and celebrated its 105th anniversary this year. To go along with this milestone, they’re offering free root beer flo
Adam Castar, a Podcast Producer for EKR and one of the producers of Brands and Campaigns, joins Camden on today’s episode to discuss KFC Canada’s campaign for the Edmonton Oilers. Adam and Camden talk about the campaign
During this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, Edmonton Oilers captain and superstar Connor McDavid superstitiously wore the same pregame suit for multiple games in a row. Jesse Wilks and Gerardo Agbuya, creative directors at
On today’s episode, Shelby Traveller, an intern on EKR’s creative team, joins Camden to discuss Tinder’s “It Starts With a Swipe” campaign in depth. They talk about where the campaign succeeded in leaning into Tinder’s e
To many people, Tinder has gained a reputation as the app for hookups and shallow connections. In their recent campaign, they aimed to embrace ALL of the potential connections that “Start With a Swipe”. Kevin Mulroy, par
Tony Bowe, a creative intern at EKR, joins Camden on today’s episode of Brands and Campaigns to talk about KitKat’s “Have AI Break” advertisement. Tony talks about what he enjoyed about the ad and the importance of not t
Inspired by a Google Deepmind study claiming AI performs better when you ask it to take a breather, Matt Miller and Tommy Yong of Courage Advertising pitched a campaign to KitKat combining this fact and their famous “hav
Camden Bernatz and Madeline Trenkle (Art Director) reflect on the story behind Starburst's "Berries and Cream" commercial, the importance of genuine humor in ads, and how shock value can sometimes be enough, depending on
Starburst’s Berries and Cream commercial, also known as “Bus Station”, featuring a catchy song and dance, went viral and is memorable to this day. Winslow Dennis, a senior producer involved in the creation of this spot,
Adam Stoker, the CEO of EKR, returns to the show to discuss what can be learned about AI and risk-taking in destination marketing from Visit Myrtle Beach's "Mitarry Best". Adam comments on how the relationship between ag
In this special bonus episode of Brands & Campaigns, Camden dives into some of the ads featured in the 2024 Super Bowl. Listen to hear why the Doordash ad could have been better and how Kia captured the hearts of viewers
Today’s episode of Brands and Campaigns is all about an AI-inspired, outside-the-box Reddit push from “Mitarry Best," better known as Visit Myrtle Beach. Stuart Butler, the CMO of Visit Myrtle Beach, sits down with Camde
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