Jo welcomes Thas Naseemuddeen, CEO of Omelet, an independent creative agency in LA. Thas took a non-linear path in her impressive journey to the top; a career-trained strategist, she’s strategically built and championed work with brands such as Target, Google, and Pepsi at agencies that include BBH, Deutsch and TBWA Chiat/Day. Now as CEO, Thas continues to push the boundaries (and definitions) of our industry. Notably, she’s on a personal mission to democratize business for creative peo...

Jo welcomes the creative leader and AI artist, Sherina Florence, onto the podcast. Sherina is an ECD and, now, a Chief Creative Architecht and co-founder with the firm belief that if you change thinking, you change behaviour. And if you change behaviour, you change the world. Over the course of her career, she’s led creative work for agencies including 72 and Sunny, Ogilvy, and Dentsu Global – delivering pitch-winning and award-winning work for brands such as Reebok, Sonos, Smirnoff, Unilever...

Jo welcomes the UK Editor of Campaign, Maisie McCabe, onto the podcast. Masie is a journalist who’s spent her career reporting and commenting on TV, advertising, technology and the marketing industry. She’s written for a vast array of news platforms, including The Independent, The Sunday Times and Dazed - but for many years, she’s been a consistent voice at Haymarket Media Group, both for Campaign and Media week – rising to be the UK editor of Campaign in 2020. In this episode we discus...

Jo welcomes Creative Director, Rebecca Rowntree, onto the podcast. Rebecca is passionate about creating ideas that move people. Full of curiosity, she likes to push boundaries wherever possible – believing that there’s a better advertising world out there. To honor that belief she created a platform called ‘Get Sh*t Done’. In its event-form, large audiences collectively brainstorm to help tackle various issues. All part of Rebecca’s goal to help create positive change. So, if you want to ‘Get...

Jo welcomes the Chief Creative Officer of Amazon, Jo Shoesmith onto the podcast. Jo is a multi, award-winning creative leader. Born in rural Australia, she began her career at BBDO Melbourne before moving to Leo Burnett. Jo then moved to the US where she worked on a variety of brands ranging from Allstate Insurance to Kelloggs. Jo’s next move saw her take a role as a Chief Creative Officer at IPG’s Cambell Ewald, where she led creative, strategy, and production across three offices in New Yor...

Jo welcomes the brilliant Tiffanie Lee to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Tiffanie was once a project manager in the fashion world by day, and a music and arts journalist by night. She’s Taiwan made, Rural Midwest born, Los Angeles raised, and New York based. A creative unicorn, Tiffanie is adept at delivering intrepid copy, concepts and campaigns for a variety of brands from ADT to Walmart. She's worked ­at a variety of agencies from BBDO to McCann Worldwide and is currently a Crea...

Jo welcomes the legendary Rebecca Sowden to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Rebecca previously played professional football for the New Zealand national women's football team. Today she combines her sporting expertise with her marketing passion in the shape of Team Heroine, an organisation built to help sponsors, sport organisations & media UNLEASH the value of women’s sport.. In 2023 she was recognised as one of the top eleven people in the world to progress women’s football, partly...

Jo welcomes the renowned Laura Jordan Bambach to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Laura has led some of the biggest and most creative agencies in London, and is a founder and Chief Creative Officer at the UK’s first fully female founded agency, Uncharted. Some of her entrepreneurial activities outside the day job include co-founding SheSays: a global network, working to get more women into creative industries, and Oko, an app-based business growth and career development programme. Al...

Jo welcomes the exceptional Lori Meakin to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Lori is a multi-award-winning strategist and entrepreneur with decades of experience working with some of the world's biggest and most successful brands. Lori has long been driven to help build a more gender-equal world. Now, she uses the expertise in changing attitudes and behaviour that she's developed over decades in branding, advertising and the media to address the issue: why aren't more men getting invo...

Jo welcomes the brilliant Beth Collier to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Beth Collier is passionate about helping people improve their communication, creativity, and leadership skills. She began her career in film and television production in Los Angeles, and has held diverse communication and leadership roles on three continents, including a decade in financial services in London. Beth now runs a communication and leadership consultancy and helps people become more capable and con...

Jo welcomes the incredible Natalie Graeme to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Natalie is a founder of Uncommon Creative Studio, alongside Nils Leonard &, Lucy Jameson. A creative studio building brands that people in the real world actually wish existed; either by working with clients or by creating brands themselves. Natalie has 20+ years experience working at the most successful and creative agencies on the planet. Between London & Amsterdam she has run business...

Jo welcomes the fantastic Jessica Tamsedge to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jessica swiftly rose through the ranks of the advertising industry. She has established herself as a leader who genuinely cares about championing her team and taking everyone on the journey to success. Having worked at various advertising agencies, including Grey and McCann, Jessica is currently the UK CEO for Dentsu Creative. Topics covered: - How stumbling as a concert pianist was a valuable life lesson - Liv...

Jo welcomes the brilliant Deborah B Williams to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Deborah is someone who creates awareness around the big problems we face in society. But she doesn’t just talk about them, she doesn’t even just create awareness around them; she creates ACTION. Action which took her on a journey to become the founder and CEO of The Women’s Association. Topics covered: - Growing up in a bubble of happiness that partially helped deflect racism - The importance of someone helpi...

Jo welcomes the fantastic, Laurel Stark Akman, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. By her own admission, Laurel's career only really took off when she lived her values loudly in the form of some incredible passion projects. For example, she is an original member of the ‘3% Movement’ team – (an initiative with a mission to increase the number of female creative directors in marketing because, staggeringly, they only represented 3 percent at the time.) Having showcased what she was capable of...

Jo welcomes the brilliant, Nishma Patel Robb, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Nishma Patel Robb is proof that you can stay relevant and successfully surf the wave of change. Her career has evolved in-step with the digital evolution: from Teletext; the advent of digital interaction - to Google. She’s a passionate and tireless activist for equality. So much so that she was recently passed the baton to become the current President of WACL - for its 100th year. Nishma is now also pursuing h...

Jo welcomes the Queen of Copy, Vikki Ross, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Vikki Ross is a Brand, TOV and Copy Consultant and has been writing copy for major global brands for 26 years. She specialises in branding and tone of voice, and travels the world telling businesses how to talk. Recent clients include IMAX, ITV, Comcast, Twitter, Sony Music and Spotify. She is a D&AD Masterclass Trainer, judges at international industry award competitions, and mentors young creatives. I...

Jo welcomes the incredible artist, Sara Pope, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communicati...

Jo welcomes the brilliant journalist and author, Jessica Pan, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jessica Pan is a freelance journalist who lives in London. After graduating from Brown University, she lived and worked in Beijing for 2.5 years as an editor of an English expat magazine. She then completed her Master’s degree in journalism at RMIT in Melbourne, before spending a year as a TV reporter in Beijing. A self-confessed introvert, Jessica’s second book Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t W...

Jo welcomes award-winning director and screenwriter, Meena Ayittey, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Meena graduated with a fine art degree from Central Saint Martins and has been working in the film, television and advertising industries ever since. Having worked her way up from a runner she established herself as a 3D VFX artist and Motion Graphic Designer, working for some of the best agencies; including Grey London, Droga5, Saatchi & Saatchi, Adam & Eve DDB, and R...

Jo welcomes the accidental but highly effective activist, Jamie Klingler, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast. Jamie Klingler is a leading speaker, writer (Vogue, Grazia, The Guardian etc) & consultant who helps organisations find their purpose. Jamie combines her experience of becoming an accidental activist with her twenty years’ experience working with the world’s leading brands. Named the 9th Top Communicator in the UK 2021 in PR Week, she’s known for her punchy and...