Posts by The Advertising Club of New York

Tell us how your mentor has supported and elevated your career. This is tricky for me to answer. As a first-generation college graduate, I was unaware of what a mentor or sponsor was/could do for my career development. I’ve always been an observational learner, so early in my career I pieced together “mentorship” by watching…

Tell us how your mentor has supported and elevated your career. Mentors that stand out are the ones who are brutally honest and have learned how to convey “tough love” messages on my terms. In looking back over the years, my greatest mentors were those that took care to provide coaching before career challenges became…

By: Kris Magel, President, DAN Media Clients True mentorship is rare. In an entire career, most professionals are lucky if they encounter a single individual who takes a genuine interest in them, their professional development, their life in general. I’ve learned this over two and a half decades of working in the media industry – from…

By: Ron Stitt, Strategic Advisor, Clinch I’ve often wondered about the discrepancy between high-level marketing and advertising discussions and the way digital media is actually transacted. Recently, I attended a very thought-provoking Ad Club of NY #theverticals panel discussion on “How to Market for Transformed Viewing Experiences”, featuring leaders from Anheuser-Busch, Roku, NatGeo, Verizon /…

If you had to choose one specific creative piece (can be a song, photo, artwork, movie, play, etc.) that best reflects your professional journey, what would that be and why? The movie Crazy People, because I surround myself with crazy people. What was the turning point, or most important moment, in your career? How has…

Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Co-Founder, Executive Producer, Park Pictures 1. If you had to choose one specific creative piece (can be a song, photo, artwork, movie, play, etc.) that best reflects your professional journey, what would that be and why? One song lyric that really reflects my journey as a creative is, “Is a dream a…

  If you had to choose one specific creative piece (can be a song, photo, artwork, movie, play, etc.) that best reflects your professional journey, what would that be and why? Maya Angelou’s poem, “Still I Rise” is representative of both my personal and professional journey. In her poem, Maya Angelou relates to the fierceness…

If you had to choose one specific creative piece (this can be a song, photo, artwork, movie, play, etc.) that best reflects your professional journey, what would that be and why? Waking Life. The movie is somewhat a metaphor for my career: a beautiful lucid dream where the journey is the destination . . .…