#AdForumSummit2020: No more mergers, nor office as usual — WPP

by Johanna McDowell. Ninety-seven pitch consultants from all over the world attended the first online session with WPP on Monday, 29 June 2020, which was structured as an open conversation in five parts.

#AdForumSummit London: “Media is an art, not an algorithm” — Hegarty

by Johanna McDowell. Meetings and speed-dates with a total of 17 agencies including group and independents —a very big Day 2!

#AdForumSummit London: Clients taking back control of data, processes

by Johanna McDowell. LONDON: Day 1 continued with one of the highlights: meeting with Sir Martin Sorrell.

#AdForumSummit LA: Film, branded content growth now exponential

by Johanna McDowell. We pitch consultants met with Spark44, 180 LA and Deutsch on Day 5 of the AdForum Worldwide Summit Los Angeles, Friday, 12 April 2019.

#AdForumSummit LA: Insight into WPP’s restructuring

by Johanna McDowell. On our first day in LA, we met with MeringCarson, WPP, Fred & Farid (with AAR Group), Circus, and The Many.

#AdForumSummit: Reinvigoration through PR, gender balance & trends

by Johanna McDowell. On Day 2 we visited MullenLowe, Project Worldwide, Oath, Kiip, WPP (Mark Read), TBWA and CP+B.

AdForum Worldwide Summit: The agency of the future

by Johanna McDowell. By Day 2, interesting trends began emerging already at the 2015 AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC.

Interview: A quick guide to successful pitching

by Herman Manson (@marklives) Johanna McDowell, the MD of the Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS), has a storied career in South African advertising. We caught up with her to ask about the secrets to successful pitching, managing client chemistry sessions, how important awards are to winning business and why using pitch consultancies doesn’t mean marketers are abdicating their responsibilities.

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