Buyer Interviews

Juliette Wolf-Robin speaks with Justine Shockett, Art Producer at CUTWATER, a full-service San Francisco-based agency founded in 2007 by advertising superstar Chuck McBride and backed by the Omnicom Group. CUTWATER clients include Ray-Ban, Persol, LensCrafters, FOX Sports Net, adidas and Ubisoft.

Juliette Wolf-Robin meets Heather Morton a Toronto-based freelance art buyer and photography consultant. Heather started as a photo producer and for 10 years has worked with photography in advertising for some of Canada’s largest ad agencies. Her blog, http://www.heathermorton.ca/blog/, features the popular “Ask an Art Buyer” Wednesdays. Listen in as Heather and Juliette discuss how the role of the art buyer in Canada differs from the U.S.

Juliette Wolf-Robin speaks with Sara Schneider, Publishing Design Director with Chronicle Books, San Francisco. Chronicle publishes a wide range of material covering everything from cooking, entertainment, sports and humor to architecture and design, travel, art, relationships and children’s publishing.

Dave Lewis is the Managing Art Buyer at Fallon in Minneapolis. Dave started as a buyer in 2002 at Martin Williams Advertising after working at a photo production studio. Fallon works on accounts like Purina, Travelers, and General Mills. Gain insight on Dave’s talent search process, the importance of bids, and the types of promotions that resonate with him.

Juliette Wolf-Robin speaks with Executive Art Producer, Sandy Boss Febbo. Currently at Carmichael Lynch for the past thirteen years, Sandy works on accounts like Subaru and Harley Davidson. Find out her process for searching for talent, the importance of web design, and more.

In part two of this episode of the Art Buyers’ Lounge, Juliette speaks to Kat Dalager, an experienced art buyer with 35 years experience. Currently at Campbell Mithun, Kat works on accounts like Burger King, H&R Block and General Mills. Continuing on from part one, get the benefits of Kat’s experience and enthusiasm for photography and get her perspective on artist marketing.

In part one of this episode of the Art Buyers’ Lounge, Juliette speaks to Kat Dalager, an art buyer with 35 years experience. Currently at Campbell Mithun, Kat works on accounts like Burger King, H&R Block and General Mills. Get the benefits of Kat’s experience and enthusiasm for photography along with her perspective on artist marketing.

Kim is an art buyer with Barrie D’Rozario Murphy, a full-service agency in Minneapolis whose clients include United Airlines. This interview covers both illustration and photography issues and will give you great insight into the whole process of BDM’s hiring process.

Scott Dadich is the award-winning creative director at Wired Magazine. Find out what it takes to work with Wired, how to get Scott’s attention with your marketing, the importance of web design and more.

Darren Cox is the Director of Creative Services at Broadway and entertainment agency SpotCo. Hear his views on the unique Broadway and theatre industry.

Aric Rist is the Global Brand Photography Manager at Nike. Hear his views on artist promotions, managing their massive photo library and more.

Marni Beardsley is the head art buyer at Wieden+Kennedy. Hear her views on artist promotions, what to include in your online portfolio and more.

Michelle Jackson is a freelance art buyer and founder of Snap Indigo. Hear how she finds talent, how agencies choose artists, how often you should be marketing, whether physical portfolios matter and more.

Marlene Saunders is a freelance art buyer. Hear her insight into fashion art buying, unique perspective on how to approach these buyers and what they are looking for.

Lori Walker is an art buyer at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, but she used to be a rep. Listen to her describe a typical day, talk about what she likes in mailers, discuss the importance of sending professional marketing and more.

Dan Southwick is a buyer at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. In this podcast, Dan talks about what he wants to see in email promotions, what makes him click-through, the number of images you should include, and much more.

Melinda Estey is a buyer and Y&R in San Francisco. In this interview, Melinda gives her opinions on HTML emails vs. plain-text, what types of promos catch her eye, what the best time of the day to send is...and so much more.

Heather Hall, Sonia Zobel and Wini Barron are art buyers at McCann Worldwide. If you've ever wanted to work for McCann, get the insider info on how they hire freelancers, how their buyers look for talent, what type of promos get noticed and all sorts of other insight.

Lisa Oropallo is an art buyer at Digitas in New York. Listen as she talks about current trends in imagery, new opportunities for artists and how to land that all-important meeting with an agency buyer.

Lisa Oropallo is an art buyer at Digitas in New York. Listen as she talks about current trends in imagery, new opportunities for artists and how to land that all-important meeting with an agency buyer.