'What They Said' at the ANA In-House Agency Conference
ANA just concluded our 2022 In-House Conference. The following provides great quotes and insights from some of the conference speakers (in order of appearance).
- Jessica Cipolla-Tario, Sony Interactive Entertainment: "Success in the in-house industry is about living in the gray areas and being comfortable with the uncomfortable."
- Carlos Ricardo, HP: "There is the absolute need to be flexible in everything we do – resourcing, staffing, technology, and more."
- Mandy Janicki and Tracy Miller, UL: "In-housing is about establishing and empowering trust."
- Mike Siegel, St. Jude: "Content is the root for storytelling. Storytelling provides the power to connect more emotionally and deeper with audiences."
- Helen Lin, Wizards of the Coast: "In-house data driven media like programmatic buying; have external agencies handle awareness-driven media."
- Andrew Graff, Allen & Gerritsen: "It's not in-house 'versus' external; it's not in-house 'or' external; it's the in-house agency '&' the external agency."
- Lori Hobson and Jamie Lewis, The Wonderful Company: "Have an entrepreneurial spirit. Evaluate your in-house plan over a three-year period as often one year alone won't pay off."
- Michelle Clark, E&J Gallo Winery: "Consider these gifts to give to your creative team – an intimate understanding of the project and how to make the client happy; reasonable timelines and prioritization; an understanding of the big picture that inspires creativity and focus."
- Kevin Keith, Orangetheory Fitness: "It's about experiences, not marketing."
- Jeremy Swiller, Lenovo: "Empathy is the heart of good creative. If a global tech company can focus on humans and empathy, so can you."
- Heidi Cooley, Crocs: "Imaginative agility is the competitive advantage of the Crocs in-house team."
- David Jones, The Brandtech Group and Kristi VandenBosch, OLIVER Agency: "The metaverse will turbocharge in-housing."
- Laura Satterly and Peter Viento, Citi: "It's important to create allies and to be authentic."
Plus, there was a very interesting poll at the beginning of the conference that asked, "What is the biggest challenge your in-house agency faces this year?" The top responses were all related – capacity, resources, work.
Thanks to Greg Wright, VP on my team at the ANA, for his superb job in hosting the event.
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