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AfterNoon Agency is a pop-up advertising agency created by 13 young diverse marketing and media professionals. Our mission is to curate authentic stories that reflect intersectionality and push the culture forward by focusing on real people.
Sponsored by the Marcus Graham Project, our weekly podcast, AfterNoon's With is published on Spotify and Apple.
Carron Brown is the SVP and Group Director of Client Services at Fullscreen, a WarnerMedia company. She joins us with years of entertainment industry knowledge and expertise having worked with some of the worlds biggest brands. She is now the creator and lead career strategist at her organization, the MintHer Network which seeks to help women maximize their career satisfaction and trajectory. She truly wants all women to wake up happy!
From N.W.A.’s “Fuck tha Police” to the hyphy music of the early 2000’s, rap has consistently been the soundtrack to political uprising regarding race. For our second season premiere, our hosts have a very timely conversation with Dr. Lavar Pope, Professor at the Arrupe College at Loyola University Chicago on the intersection of Rap and Politics.
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Dealing with imposter syndrome as minorities in marketing and advertising is no easy feat. Thoughts of doubt and inadequacy can take a toll on our mental and the lack of diversity and representation in the industry doesn’t help at all. This week, we’re chatting with Anthony Williams, MGP alumni, Brand Executive at Wieden + Kennedy, and 2020 Adcolor Future. He’s sharing his experience and dropping gems along the way.
This one is a biggie. It’s job search podcast day! We're with the team today to talk it through because we are all going through it currently. This weeks episode focuses on us as young marketing aspirants. It can be a little scary for us to step into a world of chaos while trying to make a mark. We're unpacking entering the industry during a pandemic.
This episode of AfterNoon's With is entitled "Creative to Creative". Our guest is Jay Blacks, an alumni of the Marcus Graham Project & Sr. Brand Designer at The Honey Pot Company. We're discussing all things creative, from process, to working from home, to finding inspiration during a pandemic. It's a conversation from one creative to another!
We live in a world that thrives on racism, sexism, and other forms of hatred. So imagine being a black girl in this world.
We have the ladies of Afternoon Agency present with gems - reflecting on our childhood and how the lack of representation in the media and in instructional materials has impacted our self esteem and the people we are today.
Today, it's about our journeys, our goals, our misrepresentation, and our education... Or should I say, Miseducation?
The month of July is dedicated to Minority Mental Health Awareness: this month highlights the existence of mental health conditions within marginalized communities and the importance of recognizing them. Today's dedicated podcast highlights the stories of the members in our agency as they share their respective journeys in understanding and resolving their mental health challenges.
The more you know, the more you grow! In honor of the richness that is our music, on this episode, we sat down with the one and only Marcus Collins, who once ran digital strategy for Queen Bey. In addition to his culture-moving work with Beyonce, Marcus studies the effects of cultural contagion on consumer behavior as a marketing professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He translates these cultural learnings for “blue-chip” brands that wish to create contagious marketing campaigns that extend across both the online and offline worlds of “social.” Throughout his career, he’s been acknowledged for his strategic and creative contributions (Advertising Age's 40 Under 40 recipient, Clio award winner) and launched campaigns like “Cliff Paul” for State Farm, the Made In America Music Festival for Budweiser, ”Hello Brooklyn” for the Brooklyn Nets, and the Eggo + Netflix’s Stranger Things conquest. Hosted by our Copywriter, Makisha Noël, dig into this session for all the gems!
In today's episode, we observe the conclusion of Black Music Month with none other than the music industry titan and advertising legend, Steve Stoute. The topic of discussion: hip-hop’s influence on advertising. Steve is the founder and CEO of the marketing agency, Translation Enterprises, and more recently, the music distribution company United Masters which gives independent artists the control and ownership they deserve. Steve is also the author of “The Tanning of America: How the Culture of Hip-Hop Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy” and wrote the playbook on authentically incorporating hip-hop into marketing. In 2013, he was named Ad Age Executive of the Year and is the mastermind behind some of your favorite commercials featuring hip hop artists and star athletes. Hosted by our Strategist, Ryon Cairo, ladies and gentlemen, hear from the legendary Steve Stoute.
This episode of AfterNoon’s With is entitled "We Buying Coffee or Nah". We're with the team talking about all things intersectionality, Starbucks, and cancel culture. Stay tuned after the show to hear our first minority-owned business spotlight!
This episode of AfterNoon’s With is entitled Juneteenth and Blackness in Media with Detavio Samuels. Detavio Samuels is the COO of Revolt Media and TV and provides his perspective on the way black people are and should be portrayed in the media along with his meaning of liberation.