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The Marketing Week Podcast

The Marketing Week Podcast

Marketing Week 172 episodes Nov 11, 2026

Marketing Week is one of the UK’s most respected business titles and a trusted and authoritative voice on the marketing industry. Listen to our award-winning editorial team discuss key topics with leading industry voices. From exploring what's next in career development and leadership, to the future of B2B, Marketing Week takes listeners behind the scenes of the world's most effective marketing.

Episodes

How the creator economy is professionalising, with Feryal Clark MP and creator Jade Beason
How the creator economy is professionalising, with Feryal Clark MP and creator Jade Beason Nov 11, 2026 57:48 This episode of The Marketing Week Podcast is sponsored by Kantar. Its LINK AI creator content insights turn influencer ads into predictive insight you can act on. Discover how you can invest with confidence, not guesswork with LINK AI by Kantar.With creator revenue expected to exceed £1bn in the UK for the first time in 2026, according to the IAB, and growing attention being paid by both the mark
Inside Marketing Week's Career & Salary Survey 2027
Inside Marketing Week's Career & Salary Survey 2027 Nov 5, 2026 15:32 Click here to take part in Marketing Week's 2027 Career & Salary Survey. In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, work and careers editor & podcast lead Molly Innes is joined by deputy editor Charlotte Rogers to unpack the challenges and opportunities facing the industry ahead of next year.For almost three decades, the Career & Salary Survey has held up a mirror to the indust
Implementing AI effectively with Rightmove CMO Matt Bushby
Implementing AI effectively with Rightmove CMO Matt Bushby Nov 3, 2026 27:09 Most, if not all, marketers are being asked to use AI effectively and efficiently, but what does that look like in practice? In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, recorded live at Festival of Marketing, Matt Bushby, CMO at Rightmove, joins host Molly Innes, work and careers editor and podcast lead, to share why the property platform is investing £60m in AI and innovation to propel it forw
Motorway CMO Naomi Walkland on leaning into change
Motorway CMO Naomi Walkland on leaning into change Oct 26, 2026 23:59 The business landscape is ever changing, and "marketing has a really unique advantage to be at the heart of it," says Naomi Walkland, CMO at Motorway.In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, recorded at Marketing Week’s Festival of Marketing, Walkland shares her approach to being a CMO during times of evolution, and how change is "exciting" rather than something to be fea
Lauren Spearman on rebooting your career and navigating marketing’s career crisis 
Lauren Spearman on rebooting your career and navigating marketing’s career crisis  Sep 30, 2026 31:43 Are you feeling stuck in your career? With 69% of marketers reporting a lack of career progression in the last year, according to Marketing Week’s 2026 Career & Salary Survey, many are feeling stagnated, stuck and searching for something new. Lauren Spearman is the co-founder of Careering, a careers platform “for people who feel like their careers have gone a little bit adrift” and was named a
How to grow a viral brand with Stanley 1913's chief brand officer
How to grow a viral brand with Stanley 1913's chief brand officer Sep 9, 2026 31:02 Stanley 1913 is a brand with more than 100 years of heritage, but it's the last few years which has seen the drinkware business achieve mammoth growth.In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, work and careers editor & podcast lead Molly Innes is joined by Stanley's chief brand officer Kate Ridley to find out how the business is driving growth after achieving mega viral success online.She
Carwow CMO Ben Carter on tackling marketing's 'confidence crisis'
Carwow CMO Ben Carter on tackling marketing's 'confidence crisis' Sep 1, 2026 44:10 Carwow's chief marketing officer Ben Carter is a marketer on a mission to help put marketing back at the centre of brands' growth efforts.In the latest episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, host and editor-in-chief Russell Parsons, digs into why Carter believes marketing is in a "confidence crisis" and how the profession can re-route itself to be seen "not as a cost centre" but as a growth engine
Seedlip founder Ben Branson on overcoming adversity, innovation and neurodivergence
Seedlip founder Ben Branson on overcoming adversity, innovation and neurodivergence Aug 17, 2026 50:53 What drives founders forward? For Ben Branson, who launched Seedlip in 2015, it is twofold: a “fear of failure” and “being dissatisfied about something" and wanting to change it. In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, Branson, who sold Seedlip to Diageo in 2019 before launching Pollen Projects - a venture studio dedicated to building non-alcoholic spirit brands - is joined by host edi
Are marketers stuck in an effectiveness ‘echo chamber’?
Are marketers stuck in an effectiveness ‘echo chamber’? Aug 10, 2026 36:11 Have marketers invented a language to describe performance no one else in the business understands?The latest Language of Effectiveness data reveals over 70% of respondents see a disconnect between the way marketing interprets effectiveness and the rest of the business. In fact, 11% of marketers don’t discuss effectiveness with the wider business at all. Are they missing a trick?To unpick the data
How Unilever is transforming brand building with creators, social media and AI
How Unilever is transforming brand building with creators, social media and AI Aug 3, 2026 34:42 In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, news editor Niamh Carroll is joined by Unilever's beauty and wellbeing division global vice president of digital, social and AI transformation Selina Sykes.She explains how Unilever's approach to brand building has changed - and what's remained - as well as how to effectively manage a team through constant transformation in a world where how people sh
Special episode: From chaos to clarity – the new science of creator effectiveness
Special episode: From chaos to clarity – the new science of creator effectiveness Jul 27, 2026 26:09 Creator marketing is everywhere. But for many CMOs it still feels messy, inconsistent and driven by instinct. Is it just advertising with a friendlier face, or a fundamentally different channel? And can it genuinely build brands while still delivering performance?In the latest episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, sponsored by Kantar, global creative thought leadership director Vera Šídlová joins
How can advertising fix its trust problem?
How can advertising fix its trust problem? Jul 20, 2026 36:04 How can the marketing industry build trust in advertising? It’s a perennial issue, but the next phase of the Advertising Association's action plan wants to tackle it head on. In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, editor-in-chief Russell Parsons is joined by Stephen Woodford, CEO of the Advertising Association, and Andria Vidler, CEO of National Lottery operator Allwyn and outgoing Ad

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