On this episode Zack chats with comedy advertising legend Eric Kallman. Eric is founder of Erich & Kallman and has created countless spots that will make you cry - laughing. Topics covered include: - Campaigns for Reese's, Little Caesars and Disney - The comedy advertising landscape in 2024 - How the volume of commercial production has changed - Cr…

This is officially the unofficial first episode of Season 2 of Don't Skip. Today Zack welcomes agency founder, decorated creative and all around great guy Paul Caiozzo to the podcast. Topics we cover include: - How AI is impacting advertising - Building an agency built on an AI platform - Starting an ad agency - Becoming profitable as a new ad agen…

On today’s episode I chat with legendary creative Craig Allen. Craig spent nearly a decade at Wieden + Kennedy where he won armloads of awards including 2 Grand Prix Lions at Cannes, Best in Show at The One Show and a Grand Effie. His Old Spice campaign “Smell Like A Man, Man” has been lauded as one of the top ad campaigns of the 21st century. Crai…

**We are taking January off. Lookout for new episodes in February 2022** On today’s episode I chat with Brett Beaty who is Associate Creative Director at Goodby Silverstein. Brett is an Emmy winner, a Cannes Grand Prix holder and a creator behind Super Bowl spots for Bubly, Cheetos, Sam Adams and Pepsi. In this episode we talk about lots of fun and…

On today’s episode I chat with Ryan Kutscher. Ryan is co-founder of Circus Maximus. The full service agency has won Ad Age Small Agency of the Year three times since it’s founding in 2013. They’ve had clients including Gilette, Roman, Shake Shack and Smart Water. Before founding his own agency Ryan was a creative director at Crispin Porter Bogusky …

Our guest today is Barry Katz. Barry is an Emmy winning creative director who’s been featured in AdAge’s 40 Under 40 and AdWeek’s Creative 100. In the past year Barry worked on two big campaigns for State Farm that I’m sure you’ve seen. The New Chris Paul series with Jake from State Farm and The Last Dance which won a ton of awards from all the maj…

Matt Sorrell is a Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Portland. Matt’s won tons of awards including gold lions, gold pencils, and a grand Clio. He's created outstanding work for HBO, Foot Locker and Old Spice. And just this year Matt helped create some extraordinarily unusual spots for a company named Meow Wolf. Think parody of a local supermarket …

Laura Wimer is Executive Creative Director at FCB New York. She’s been involved in the viral launch of Dollar Shave Club, she’s been in the Adweek Creative 100 and just this year she helped create an advertising first, a spot that featured moms breastfeeding on broadcast television. That campaign for the brand Frida Mom earned widespread praise for…

Dan Oliva is a Senior Creative Director at BBDO New York where he works on the Snickers account. Dan’s won dozens of awards from Can, Clio, AICP, the One Show, Webbys, D&AD and the list goes on. His most recent award was a Super Clio for his 2020 Super Bowl spot for Snickers. Dan and I had a conversation that is loaded with insider knowledge and ad…

If you work in advertising or you want to, you’ve probably fawned over Super Bowl spots and Cannes winning campaigns. Have you ever wanted to meet the people that create this work? To hear their stories and learn from their experiences? Welcome to Don’t Skip. I’m Zack Seckler a comedy director and photographer. And I’ve been working in advertising …