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PR Week

Feb 7, 2025

Major League Soccer Names Civic PR AOR

The league is gearing up to celebrate its 30th season.

Ad Age

Feb 6, 2025

Why Return-to-Office Mandates Might be a Losing Strategy

4 ways for companies to embrace remote work and bet on their people, not places

Adweek

Jan 2, 2025

5 AI Trends That Will Dominate 2025, From Apple to Agents and Beyond

Tech firms like Apple and Anthropic are poised to become key players in 2025

Campaign

Dec 26, 2024

The new era of advertising: AI, creativity and consumer trust

Imagine a future where we do not compromise creativity for process.

Event Marketer

Dec 12, 2024

Audible's James Finn Reflects on the Impact of Experiential, Authenticity and Fandom

Civic helps Audible unlock the imagination of audiences

Event Marketer

Nov 14, 2024

Rebranded Network ION Champions Women's Sports with a Grand Central Pop-Up

Civic helped ION pop up in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall in New York City on Oct. 24 with a Fan ConnectION activation made up of four different vignettes.

Ad Exchanger

Oct 28, 2024

Smartly And Flashtalking Lead The Pack In Forrester’s 2024 Creative Ad Tech Wave

Where creative ad tech is concerned, Forrester is ranking vendors for the breadth of their capabilities over those with point solutions

Ad Age

Sep 30, 2024

General Mills Adds Three Agencies to It's Creative Roster

The food giant wraps its six-month review, hiring holding company agencies and an independent shop

Ad Age

Sep 30, 2024

General Mills adds three agencies to its creative roster

The food giant wraps its six-month review, hiring holding company agencies and an independent shop

Business Insider

Sep 19, 2024

The Barbie playbook: How Mattel's CEO is transforming the toy maker into an entertainment company

Mattel is planning dozens of movies around its brands as it navigates media industry disruption.

Azure Road

Sep 11, 2024

These Colorful Rain Jackets, Bags, and Backpacks Have a Secret Meaning

Don’t call Cotopaxi the new Patagonia. They’ve got a purpose all their own.

Azure Road

Sep 11, 2024

These Colorful Rain Jackets, Bags, and Backpacks Have a Secret Meaning

Don’t call Cotopaxi the new Patagonia. They’ve got a purpose all their own.

School for Startups Radio

Aug 21, 2024

Josy Amann - School for Startups Radio

Rockin' the Kremlin David Junk and Fastest Growing Media Buyer

Ad Age

Jul 24, 2024

Civic Makes Storytelling Part of Brand Activations

Civic Entertainment Group is Small Agency of the Year, Experiential, Gold

Digiday

Jul 23, 2024

New entrants make media mix modeling faster and more accessible

Advances in cloud computing and machine learning have helped to democratize marketers’ abilities to use MMM.

Bloomberg Media

Jul 3, 2024

“Good Business” at Cannes 2024

This year Bloomberg Media showed up under the banner of “Good Business” at BOBO Bistro

Digiday

Jul 1, 2024

Media Buying Briefing: How agencies balance media and creative as AI projects ramp up

This Media Buying Briefing covers the latest in agency news and media buying for Digiday

Deloitte / WSJ CMO

Jun 25, 2024

Video: Doug Martin, General Mills

Navigating the MarTech Tide

Business Insider

Jun 25, 2024

Video Interview: Doug Martin, General Mills

CMOs need to lead strong cross-functional partnerships in order to thrive says Doug Martin of General Mills

Earth 911

Jun 24, 2024

Sustainability In Your Ear. A Conversation with Annie Angle

Earth911's Mitch Ratcliffe interviews activists, authors, entrepreneurs and changemakers working to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, post-carbon society.

Business Insider

Jun 24, 2024

The 34 most innovative CMOs of 2024 (Brad Hiranaga, Cotopaxi)

CMOs are under increased pressure to grow their brands while reaching new audiences

Authority Magazine

Jun 20, 2024

Neurodiversity in the Workforce: Sara Owens On Why It’s Important To Include Neurodiverse Employees

Establish and normalize flexible work arrangements. Allow employees to work from home when possible and on adjusted time schedules when needed. Offer this to all employees so that the workplace is equitable and inclusive, and neurodiverse employees don’t feel singled out.

Midland

Jun 19, 2024

Brands Are Urged To Embrace AI Technology During Bloomberg Session At Cannes

Bloomberg Media provided robust sessions during Day 2 of its “Good Business” programming at BOBO Bistro in Cannes.

Adweek

Jun 18, 2024

Retail Media Challenges Hinder Growth, Marketers Say in Cannes

How Clorox, General Mills, Sanofi and Stackline are building for the future

Ad Age

Jun 18, 2024

Kaylee Pohlmeyer Hendricks on fostering a culture of LGBTQ+ belonging in corporate America

The General Mills senior brand experience manager writes about three ways you can make a difference inside and outside your company

Mediapost

Jun 18, 2024

Brands are Urged to Embrace AI Technology During Bloomberg Session At Cannes

Bloomberg Media provided robust sessions during Day 2 of its “Good Business” programming at BOBO Bistro in Cannes.

Ad Age

Jun 14, 2024

Civic Entertainment Group Launches Accessibility Practice

Co-CEO David Cohn shares how his personal and professional worlds intertwined, pushing him to start the practice

Campaign US

Jun 14, 2024

Ford puts its signature on Detroit renaissance with Michigan Central Station reopening

Michigan Central Innovation District is home to 100 startups and counting. Its centerpiece railroad station was celebrated in a free concert starring Eminem last week.

Forbes

Jun 3, 2024

The Secrets To Launching A Start-Up From Five Founders Who’ve Scaled

Last year, Cotopaxi assisted (directly and indirectly) over 477,000 people living in poverty around the world.

Deloitte

May 29, 2024

Brad Hiranaga talks calendars, connections, and creativity as CBO of Cotopaxi

Deloitte’s “Out of Office with Stacy Kemp” video series dives deeper than surface-level conversation, providing you with a more authentic and relatable look into the CMO role.

The CMO Podcast

May 15, 2024

Cotopaxi, Genentech, and Toyota Motor North America | CMO Panel at Deloitte University Next Generation CMO Academy

How do you prepare to join the C-Suite after years of working as a marketing leader? Jim wraps up the final episode from the 2023 Deloitte University Next Generation CMO Academy with a roundtable panel discussion featuring Brad Hiranaga (Chief Brand Officer of Cotopaxi), Erica Taylor (Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Genentech), and Lisa Materazzo (Group Vice President of Marketing at Toyota Motor North America).

Muse by Clio

May 9, 2024

5-Minutes With Chantal Smith, Civic

On creating art, not just marketing

Exhibit City News

May 3, 2024

EMS 2024 Continues to Evolve

The Experiential Marketing Summit has evolved into the industry’s premier show for brand marketers, tradeshow organizers, meeting and event planners, and booth display designers.

The CMO Podcast

Apr 24, 2024

Brad Hiranaga (Cotopaxi) | Celebrate Earth Week Through Community, Colors and Purpose

This is not your typical marketing podcast, this is a unique look at the thought process and motivation of the CMO

Ex Awards

Apr 24, 2024

Ex Awards: Verizon: Winner

“Verizon is not just a mobile phone company” was the message behind 5G Innovation Sessions, a multicity mini-conference event series that introduced Verizon’s foundational role in digital transformation.

Forbes

Apr 15, 2024

The 2024 Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50 (Doug Martin, General Mills)

The entrepreneurial approach to driving business growth and strategic advantage that these marketing leaders take is beholden to neither the status quo nor disrupting it for disruption’s sake.

Forbes

Apr 15, 2024

The 2024 Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50 (Brad Hiranaga, Cotopaxi)

The entrepreneurial approach to driving business growth and strategic advantage that these marketing leaders take is beholden to neither the status quo nor disrupting it for disruption’s sake.

Center for Social Capital

Apr 11, 2024

Companies Created to Save the World – for Real

The hot new business model that proves caring capitalism really works

Youtube

Apr 10, 2024

How Gemini supports disability accessibility and neuroinclusion at work

While businesses strive for accessible and inclusive workplaces, scale can be a challenge as the needs of each employee are unique.

AdAge

Apr 10, 2024

Why General Mills and Ghost Teamed Up on High-Protein Cereal

The food maker is partnering with supplement brand Ghost to get in on a growing market

Campaign US

Apr 1, 2024

Campaign US reveals 2024 class of Inspiring Women (Julie Safer, Civic)

These women are setting the bar for leadership, innovation, inclusion and more in advertising, communications and marketing.

Fast Company

Feb 26, 2024

What does brand purpose really mean in 2024? 20 of the world’s top CMOs on how they answer that question

Leading marketers from McDonald’s Mastercard, Duolingo, Pinterest, Molson Coors, and more define brand purpose, and explain how they approach and measure their brand’s cultural relevance.

Love Hate Create Podcast

Feb 20, 2024

A Conversation with Brad Hiranaga, Chief Brand Officer, Cotopaxi

A podcast about the world of modern advertising and the talent defining it.

Beet.TV

Feb 12, 2024

Cookieless Web Demands Robust First-Party Consumer Data: General Mills’ Jay Picconatto

Alphabet’s Google for years has worked to give advertisers notice that it would end support for tracking cookies in its popular Chrome browser amid increasing concerns about user privacy and data protection.

Medium

Feb 11, 2024

Meet The Disruptors: Stuart Ruderfer Of Civic Entertainment Group On The Five Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry

Listen more, talk less. Advocate for a communication style that values active listening over constant self-promotion

The Current

Feb 7, 2024

The industry isn’t ready yet’: A new report highlights flaws in Google’s Privacy Sandbox

A new report from IAB Tech Lab highlights the shortcomings of Privacy Sandbox, an initiative led by Google following its decision to deprecate third-party cookies from its Chrome browser.

Digiday

Feb 5, 2024

Though cookie alternatives are out there, agencies have their issues with them all

As agencies get more serious about finding the right third-party cookie alternatives, they are running into challenges, both old and new.

Business Insider

Jan 30, 2024

Meet 14 rising stars of brand marketing revolutionizing advertising (Glory Alcántara, General Mills)

Here are Insider's 2023 rising stars of brand marketing.

AdWeek

Jan 26, 2024

Q&A: Cotopaxi CBO Brad Hiranaga Details Why It Sponsored Sundance's Iconic Director's Jackets

The brand replaced Canada Goose as the official outdoor partner of the Sundance Film Festival

Work Life

Jan 16, 2024

Hootsuite, Audible, Sharethrough, Whalar and Vox Media are among this year’s WorkLife Awards finalists

The WorkLife Awards recognize the top employers and the values that make them unique. Over the years, we’ve honored top employers, including Pinterest, Dagne Dover, Banfield Pet Hospital, Audible and many more.

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