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Forbes

Sep 1, 2020

How General Mills Is Trying To Be A Force For Good In The World

An Interview With Chief Brand Officer Brad Hiranaga

The Drum

Aug 17, 2020

General Mills brand chief on pivoting harder into solving problems, delivering joy

The pandemic has allowed General Mills to fully activate its internal mantra of being a force for good. Brand chief Brad Hiranaga details how this US food giant is altering its marketing plans to take action based on the needs of the moment.

Adweek

Jul 8, 2020

BBC Global News Inks Native Ads Partnership With TripleLift

Media firm has already seen a boost in viewability with new programmatic solution

MediaPost

Jul 6, 2020

GroupM Launches Multicultural Marketplace

WPP media investment group GroupM has announced the launch of The GroupM Multicultural Marketplace in the U.S.

iHeart Math & Magic Podcast

Jul 2, 2020

"Ive been in love with brands since I was 5 years old" (Brad Hiranaga, General Mills)

How do the smartest marketers and business entrepreneurs cut through the noise? And how do they manage to do it again and again? It's a combination of math—the strategy and analytics—and magic, the creative spark.

Adweek

Jul 1, 2020

Demand for Packaged Food Continues as Pandemic Concerns Loom

General Mills and Conagra Brands confirm sales are spiking

Adweek

Jun 24, 2020

CPG Has Shifted From Want to Need, Says General Mills’ Brad Hiranaga

The company also plans to make ecommerce a top priority

AdExchanger

Jun 2, 2020

TripleLift’s ‘Help Journalism’ Program Incents Brands To Advertise Against Hard News

Those buying within the Help Journalism PMP also won’t have to pay TripleLift’s ad tech fee for the rest of Q2.

Exchange Wire

May 27, 2020

Understanding Identity and Targeting in a post cookie world IAB UK

When Google announced earlier this year that it would be phasing out the use of third-party cookies in Chrome within two years - following similar moves by Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari - it heralded in a new era of digital advertising.

Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

May 15, 2020

Podcast: Progress through Creativity with Brad Hiranaga, General MIlls

Across the world governments, businesses and individuals are dealing with extraordinary circumstances that are forcing all of us to challenge the status quo as we step into a new normal.

Adweek

Apr 24, 2020

Tips from 4 Chief Marketers on Leading Through a Crisis and Beyond

From managing expectations to planning for post-pandemic

Cheif Marketer Magazine

Apr 17, 2020

Marketers on Fire: General Mills' Brad Hiranaga, Chief Brand Officer

Our monthly profile of an outstanding marketer whose leadership and campaigns are moving the needle for their brand.

Chief Marketer Magazine

Apr 17, 2020

Marketers on Fire in 2020

General Mills’ Brad Hiranaga, Chief Brand Officer, North America

The Looking Glass

Feb 17, 2020

The Fear Seaker - Brad Hiranaga, General Mills

Stories and insights from the world's most creative, innovative, and human leaders.

Campaign Magazine

Jan 10, 2020

How these CMOs are perfecting personalisation

The good, the bad, and the possible - top marketers from McDonald's, Marriott, GSK, General Mills and Snap talk personalisation at CES 2020

Campaign

Jan 8, 2020

Marketers on the best and worst parts of CES

Find out what these brand execs like the most and least about the tech conference.

Campaign

Dec 30, 2019

Campaign US picks favorite One-Word Answers of 2019

Choosing a single word for these questions isn't as easy as it seems.

Adweek

Dec 4, 2019

General Mills’ 150-Year-Old Brand Is Tackling a ‘Billion Acts of Good’

Chief brand officer of North America Brad Hiranaga talked about what's top of mind for the brand

Campaign

Oct 18, 2019

One-word answers with General Mill's Brad Hiranaga

See what the chief brand officer has to say about the CPG industry today and in the future.

Adweek

Oct 4, 2019

Adweek Launches New Executive Mentor Program to Empower the Next Generation of Diverse Leaders, Paving an Inclusive Future for the Industry

More than one hundred of the world’s top marketing leaders have joined forces to support the career development of mid- to senior-level marketers via the Adweek Executive Mentor Program

WARC

Sep 7, 2019

Internal Disruption Works for General Mills

General Mills on transformation, disruption and ‘the squeezed middle

Adweek

Sep 5, 2019

Adweek Unveils Its New Diversity and Inclusion Council, Bringing Together C-Suite Champions to Focus on Advancing the Marketing Industry with Scale and Impact

The council will feature executives from American Express, Anheuser-Busch InBev, General Mills, NFL, The Ad Council, ADCOLOR, The Female Quotient, Verizon, and more

CMO Q&A with Brad Hiranaga, General Mills

Aug 9, 2019

Inside General Mills’ Plan to Make Lucky Charms Seem Hip

To rejuvenate old brands, executive Brad Hiranaga is tapping social-media influencers and Hollywood; Count Chocula at Hotel Marmont

Wall Street Journal

Aug 9, 2019

Inside General Mills’ Plan to Make Lucky Charms Seem Hip

To rejuvenate old brands, executive Brad Hiranaga is tapping social-media influencers and Hollywood; Count Chocula at Hotel Marmont

Business Insider

Aug 9, 2019

Brands can no longer stay away from social and political issues. We asked some of the biggest names in the industry how to do it right.

Doug Martin, CMO, General Mills

Business Insider

Jul 25, 2019

The top CMOs in the world share the campaigns they wish they had thought of

Doug Martin, CMO, General Mills

Adweek

Jul 23, 2019

General Mills CBO Brad Hiranaga on a Billion Acts of Good

What better role than Chief Brand Officer for someone who’s “in love with brands?”

Variety

Jul 12, 2019

General Mills' Brad Hiranaga Talks Managing Brand Portfolios

Brad Hiranaga, chief marketing officer of General Mills, discussed managing the company’s many brands with Variety‘s Ramin Setoodeh at the Variety Studio

WARC

Jul 9, 2019

General Mills on transformation, disruption and ‘the squeezed middle’

General Mills has embarked on a project of marketing transformation as its re-tools its iconic brands to compete in the fast-changing grocery aisle.

Campaign Magazine

Jun 21, 2019

Five-ish questions in Cannes: General Mills Chief Brand Officer Brad Hiranaga

Join Weather Edwards and Campaign US for spicy daily encounters with festival-goers.

Campaign Magazine

Jun 20, 2019

How to unleash the power of influencers

Influencer marketing is arguably still the Wild West of the marcomms world, but that is not stopping savvy advertisers from unleashing the power of influencers to great effect.

Ad Age

Jun 17, 2019

WPP AND IHEARTMEDIA JOIN FORCES TO LURE MORE AUDIO BRANDING BUSINESS

‘Project Listen’ includes creative and media planning services

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