CMO Spotlight | Leana Less - Aveda (an Estée Lauder Company)

Setup COO Amanda Thompson sat down with former Coca-Cola colleague Leana Less, who is currently the VP of Global Consumer Marketing at Estee Lauder. The full conversation covers how her South African upbringing led to challenges in the business world, and how, as a leader, she is constantly innovating and optimizing her team to meet their full potential.

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CMO Spotlight | Michael Minter - DC Marketing for Boardriders

Setup CEO Joe Koufman virtually sat down with Michael Minter, the Global Head of Marketing at DC Marketing for Boardriders. The full conversation includes how his upbringing overseas led to him being an objective “anthropologist” for brands, his love for disrupting the ad industry, and view on mentoring his team to focus on strengths as opposed to weaknesses.

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6 Questions for Inspirational Women in Marketing Series | Part 5

The marketing industry is increasingly influenced and led by prominent women marketing professionals. In an effort to call attention to these powerful voices, we are releasing a regular series of blog posts highlighting the inspirational stories from women marketing leaders.

The stories, advice, and lessons featured today are from marketing leaders at Eaton, Little League International, and LIONSGATE.

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Construction Industry Developments in 2021+

From CPG to Restaurants to the Entertainment industry, Setup has kept an eye on the ever-changing marketing landscape in a multitude of industries. Since the pandemic led to an increase in activities including home improvement efforts, we wanted to check in on the Construction industry to see if they’re building anything noteworthy in the next year.

We spoke with marketing leaders from Formica, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Halco Lighting, Wilsonart, and more about what they’ve experienced in the last year and their predictions for the upcoming year.

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6 Questions for Inspirational Women in Marketing Series | Part 4

At Setup we believe in the power of uplifting others and sharing their stories. Our women in marketing series highlights stories from impressive leaders in different industries who have overcome challenges in their field and continue to innovate and inspire others. This segment features leaders from The Bonadio Group, Bacardi, and Nuna.

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#MarketingMixer | The Marketing Multiverse

The Marketing Multiverse: Marketing in Small, Medium + Large Companies featured a panel of marketers with similar job roles from different sized beverage companies sharing their unique perspectives and experiences. The CEO of Arden's Garden Leslie Zinn represented the small company, the CMO of SweetWater Brewing Company Brian Miesieski represented the mid-sized company, and the Group Marketing Director of Coca-Cola Freestyle at The Coca-Cola Company Eric Lewis represented the larger company.

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6 Questions for Inspirational Women in Marketing Series | Part 3

More than half of Forbes’ Most Influential CMOs of 2020 were women. The marketing industry is increasingly influenced and led by prominent women marketing professionals. In an effort to call attention to these powerful voices, we are releasing a regular series of blog posts highlighting the inspirational stories from women marketing leaders.

The stories, advice, and lessons featured today are from marketing leaders at BIOMIN America Inc, Distant Lands Coffee, and Cats Footwear.

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CMO Spotlight | Joanna Irwin - Randstad

Setup CEO Joe Koufman virtually sat down with Joanna Irwin, the Global CMO at Randstad. The full conversation covers her career path from agency-side to brand-side marketing, the challenges and learnings that come with being in a global role, how she gets buy-in across the company and with the C-suite, the value of collaboration and community within an organization, and more.

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