What is the most relevant business and/or creative lesson you learned in 2022 and how will you apply it to 2023?
A commitment to simplicity has served us well, as well as following our instincts. Focused, simple ideas that juxtapose something interesting about our brands with something happening in culture. A lot of agencies, and a lot of brands overcomplicate things. We got the world talking about our partners' brands by keeping things simple, following our process, and trusting that if something got us all laughing or energized, it would do the same for our audiences.
What are your goals or New Year’s resolution, creatively speaking or from a business standpoint, for your agency, company or department in 2023?
It sounds obvious, but our goal is simply to stay hot as a creative department and as an agency. Just keep winning and having fun doing it. For us, it’s about delivering a steady stream of ideas that our partners didn’t necessarily ask for, but can’t say no to…while never losing sight of our partners' business and creative strategy, driving big business wins through smart, strategic campaigns. Beyond that, continuing to build a creative culture where every single person feels empowered to do their absolute best work, and can live their best life outside of work. It’s about time we made that more of the norm in our industry.