Episode 11 - Polly Beale | Creative Equity

You want candid honesty about the advertising industry? Meet Polly Beale, founder of A Very Good Agency and industry veteran. I enjoyed this conversation with Polly so much because her career is fascinating, but she also cares deeply about her work as a marketer and has spent a good portion of her career helping women and people of color with equity. 

In this episode: 

• Polly’s fascinating career journey from a London art school to becoming a creative director in Moscow, and then on to founding her own firm
• How marketers can serve through representation 
• Tips for people who find themselves working for someone who has less experience than them
• Why focus groups don’t work
• The ways that marketers contribute to oppression and repression 
• Being responsible for emotional labor in the workplace