Moment Maker: Gina Grillo's Journey from MTV Junior to Ad Club Community Builder 🛠️
Gina Grillo journeyed from MTV to Y&R to the Ad Club, building NYC's advertising community while balancing AI innovation with creativity-first values. She believes the industry has a short memory about people and finds her best relaxation at beach parties.
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🚀 The Agency Evolution Tracker: From MTV Networks to the agency world at Young & Rubicam, before finding her entrepreneurial home at the Ad Club.
🤝 The Community Builder Extraordinaire: Creates entrepreneurial experiences working WITH the best in business (not for them) while building NYC's advertising and marketing community.
🤖 The AI Training Pioneer: Leading thought leadership conversations and offering AI certificates through Creative AI Academy, but keeps creativity at the center of everything.
💛 The People-First Memory Keeper: Believes the industry has a "short memory" about what matters most—the people and talent—and wishes we'd pay attention to caring for colleagues longer term.
🏖️ The Beach Party Relaxation Expert: Her ideal gathering? Everyone goes to the beach—the only place she truly relaxes and where she's made her best life memories.
MasterCard's Raja Rajamannar went from accidental marketer to revolutionary CMO, shifting from storytelling to "story making," where consumers experience the story themselves. He creates passion-point experiences money can't buy.
ATM guests share their surprising dream masterclasses beyond their careers: vintage shopping for authentic style, obsessive self-taught architecture, poetry appreciation despite terrible writing skills, sheep-to-sweater crafting, and teaching new parents about being present.
Michael Nyman transitioned from Mad Men dreams to founding ACC, a communications company that bridges brands and entertainment. He splits his time into thirds: future-gazing with thought leaders, perfecting current agencies, and evangelizing his nimble "doing company" vision for rapid change.
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