What's On Strategists' Minds? - James Lees & Arthur Perez

Group Think is a London-based strategy community that gets people together to think, drink, and discuss. They have 500+ members. Here's an interview with James Lees (strategist at Sword and Stone) and Arthur Perez (Head of marketing and brand strategy at Depop) from Group Think in which I share 9 or 10 generalizations of things I've been hearing to see how London feels about planning. Points I ask them to consider include: 1. Not many agencies are clear on why they exist 2. "Advertising" has become a dirty word 3. "Going upstream" - is it really a thing? 4. The strategy career is amazing but many agencies don't know how to make it work 5. The confusion of the job title sprawl For the video, visit http://www.sweathead.co Group Think: http://www.group-think.co.uk/ James: http://twitter.com/jameslees101 Arthur: http://twitter.com/arezpe You can find Mark at http://www.twitter.com/markpollard