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Own It

We’re buying out of the ad industry boys’ club. Hosted by Cornett owner Christy Hiler, Own It lifts up the stories of women and nonbinary ad agency owners: their challenges, their successes, and their goals for the industry. We’re aiming to start a movement—because you don’t have the power until you own it.

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35:44

How Erin Creaney and Tammy Brody of Good Day...

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2024/06/03

On this week's episode of Own It, we’re talking to Erin Creaney and Tammy Brody of Good Day Collective. They describe the agency as the non-agency agency. That means clients get talent customized for their unique challenges without the overhead of a holding company or big agency. We talked about their model, their journey to ownership and, of course, the challenge we face in putting more women in the role of agency ownership in the advertising business. It’s always a joy to learn from smart,

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48:24

How Julia Beardwood and Sarah Williams of Beardwood &...

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2024/05/28

On this week's episode of Own It, we’re talking to Julia Beardwood and Sarah Williams from Beardwood & Co. Julia started the agency almost 20 years ago after time at P&G both on the brand side, and serving them at an agency. And Sarah, though she was one of the first employees, just took over ownership from Julia. The firm was born from a dissatisfaction with existing agency models. The agency aimed to accelerate growth for existing brands and create mighty new ones. And have they! We talked about

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37:01

How Kelly Bayett of Love Song & Barking Owl, Owns It!

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2024/05/20

On this week's episode of Own It, we’re talking to Kelly Bayett from Love Song and Barking Owl. She owns not one, but two audio production companies. Her work has touched many aspects of the advertising and agency world, so she not only has the ownership experience to share, but a unique perspective on the greater advertising world.We talked about her inspirations and challenges along the way to own two companies, her perspective on the advertising business and how the music business compares, and,

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42:08

How Alison Monk of Eden Collective, Owns It

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2024/05/13

On this week's episode of Own It, we’re talking to Alison Monk from Eden Collective. Her resume is a Who’s Who of the advertising and media business. Edelman, Mercury, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Grey, Conde Naste, Merkle. That’s one of the main reasons I wanted to get her on the show … she has such a deep and wide set of experiences to share with us. Alison and I talked about her journey to ownership, her vast experiences and influencers and, of course, what she thinks needs to happen to get more

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33:16

How Christine Olivas of No Single Individual, Owns It

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2024/05/09

To kick off 2024 on OWN IT, we’re talking to Christine Olivas of No Single Individual. Her firm bolts on strategy to other agencies, but she has a wealth of experience across nearly every vertical you can think of. She’s also a 2023 Stevie Award winner which is an award for women in business. We talked about her journey, her experiences working at and with agencies, and of course, we heard her perspective on closing the gender gap in agency ownership in our industry. I so enjoy hearing the

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29:45

How Tevis Houston of Friends Everywhere, Owns It

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2024/05/06

On this episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Tevis Houston of Friends Everywhere. Her creative studio is a little over a year old and helps brands connect with their communities through what she calls transformative visual storytelling and seasonal campaigns. She has a lot of experience and work in the fashion and youth culture spaces and has driven award-winning work for brands like Levi’s, Vans, Spanx and Roxy. We talked about her journey, how she’s built a strong professional network, her

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41:20

How Holland Martini and Maria Vorovich from GOODQUES,...

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2024/04/29

On this episode of Own It, we’re talking to Holland Martini and Maria Vorovich from GOODQUES. Their firm is what they call the “anti-research” research company that is changing consumer insights practices. Their approach is to tackle research in a creative way. They founded the company in 2019 after years working in the larger agency world. They were named a top global research company to watch in 2020 and 2021 by the StartupPill. Our conversation focused on their path to ownership, their

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31:20

Episode 100: Christy Hiler and Jeanne Freeman Look...

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2024/04/22

Today, we are celebrating a milestone. This is the 100th episode of Own It! And what a journey it has been. Today we welcome back the co-founder of the Own It effort and our first guest way back in episode one, Jean Freeman from Zambezi. We wanted to look back on the last two years of conversations and progress, recap the amazing Own It Summit we just finished in New York, and talk about what’s next for our efforts to close the gender gap in advertising agency ownership. We focus on the individual

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31:27

How Lee Deas from Obviouslee, Owns It

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2024/04/01

On this episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Lee Deas from Obviouslee. She started her agency when she was 25 with no money or capital investment. She actually taught salsa dancing to make ends meet while she built it. Almost 20 years later, she’s built an amazing agency that does awesome work. Lee is a force. And you’ll get that in the conversation today. We talked about her lessons learned throughout her two decades of building her agency, her influences along the way, and, of course, what she

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35:09

How Julie Sheldon and Lindsay Waugh of Tough Love,...

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2024/03/25

This week on OWN IT, we’re talking to Julie Sheldon and Lindsay Waugh of Tough Love. They say very clearly they are not an agency. They are strategy partners for all things brand, communication and social. Both come from backgrounds in strategy and planning for a variety of brands and agencies of all sizes. They came together to start Tough Love just one year ago. We talked about their inspirations, their journeys and, of course, the challenges of bringing more women to the forefront of ownership

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32:51

How Jolene Delisle of The Working Assembly, Owns It

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2024/03/11

This week on OWN IT, we’re talking to Jolene Delisle of The Working Assembly. She started out wanting to be in journalism, but came into advertising during an internship. She wound up leading creative for a lot of big-hitting advertising and branding shops along the way. She launched The Working Assembly seven years ago and has flourished as an agency owner. But she also owns an ice cream shop, so we talked about the challenge of owning multiple businesses as well. Jolene is amazing. We left this

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28:35

How Alisha Goldstein of The Jane Smith Agency, Owns It

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2024/03/04

On this week's episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Alisha Goldstein of the Jane Smith Agency. Alisha’s focus is on offering a speciality in what she calls the most powerful consumer in the world - The Discerning Female Consumer. We talked about the unique focus of her agency, her path to ownership and, of course, her thoughts on why there are so few female agency owners in advertising today. We also talked about her love of riding horses, which is near and dear to us here in Kentucky! Thanks for

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29:23

How Brittany Woitas of Kōvly Studio, Owns It

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2024/02/26

On the latest episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Brittany Woitas of Kōvly Studio. She might have the most interesting career journeys I’ve ever seen. She has been a financial advisor, a family farmer, a teacher and an agency owner. Her parent’s family farm gave her that entrepreneurial spirit. We walked through her journey and her take on the gender gap in agency ownership. She is just brilliant and this was such a fun conversation. We know you’ll enjoy it as much as we did. Thanks for listening

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26:25

How Holly Fraser of Shelance, Owns It

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2024/02/19

This week on OWN IT, we’re talking to Hollie Fraser of Shelance. It is a community of freelance female creatives that serves to help that talent get found and seen. As you might imagine, Hollie spent time as a freelance creative, but comes from a long history of working at some of the biggest agencies in the world. Leo Burnett, Grey, MMC and others. She started Shelance in 2023 after frustration with hearing the complaint that it’s hard to find great female creatives. Hollie didn’t agree but saw

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50:55

How Faith Hurley and Stacy Callighan of PinPoint...

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2024/02/12

On this week's episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Faith Hurley and Stacy Callighan from PinPoint Collective. In many ways these two power women are the Odd Couple, from their interests … food versus working out … to their backgrounds … Faith was an actor in a previous professional life. Stacy was an architect. They met at a human-centered research and design firm. Faith gathered insights and Stacy designed a future not yet imagined with them. They launched PinPoint Collective in 2018 as a research

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44:04

How Suzanne Barbosa of Atlantic New York, Owns It

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2024/02/05

This week on OWN IT, we’re talking to Suzanne Barbosa of Atlantic New York. Her firm is the reigning AdAge Small Agency of the Year! Her experience prior to ownership included stops at MullenLowe, BBDO, Grey, Victors & Spoils and more. So, she brings the perspective of the big and the small to the conversation. Suzanne loved being in the middle of everything through her career, so she came up in the account role in the business. She joined Atlantic NYC in the summer of 2022 in the middle of a

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28:10

How Katie Irving of The Moonshot Agency, Owns It

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2024/01/29

This week on OWN IT, we’re talking to Katie Irving of The Moonshot Agency. She works mainly in the fashion industry and started her career as a textile designer. That happens to be one of my favorite things, so we could have spent the whole episode talking about that … but we didn’t! Katie and Christy Hiler explored her journey to ownership, the women who inspired her along the way and the challenges we face in closing that gender gap in agency ownership. This was such a great conversation and the

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44:36

How Leeann Leahy of The VIA Agency, Owns It

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2024/01/22

On this week's episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Leeann Leahy of The VIA Agency. She hails from Portland, Maine where VIA does outstanding work and is an outstanding place to work. They were Ad Age’s Best Agency Culture winner in 2022. Leeann’s history of work is impressive. She’s been with big and small agencies through the years. She admits she had to learn how to play politics at the big agencies but enjoyed carving her own way at smaller shops. She actually started in Advertising at six

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35:20

How Victoria Roedel of Ice Cream Social, Owns It

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2024/01/16

On this episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Victoria Roedel of Ice Cream Social. Her experience includes time at both big agencies and big brands. She co-founded Ice Cream Social, which is a digital media and content firm, in 2020. They have PepsiCo, among other brands, on their client list. And yes … they actually have three ice cream trucks which are incorporated into their business. Victoria is also a foodie and rides a Vespa, which as you’ll hear sparked a bit of a coincidence with me! So much

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41:21

How Natalie Graeme and Lucy Jameson of Uncommon...

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2023/12/18

On this week's episode of OWN IT, we’re talking to Natalie Graeme and Lucy Jameson of Uncommon London. Both spent a number of years at a handful of incredible agencies before joining forces on the management team at Grey. From there they envisioned starting their own shop and in 2017 they did. They’ve always been known for great work, but 2023 turned out to be “The” year for Uncommon. The agency won work from Nike Jordan, Pinterest and Beats and in March was named A-List International Agency of the

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