Welcome to the Ad Undergrad Podcast! A show where Katie Moy and Julian Lewis sit down with marketing practitioners to share their experiences, insights and tips from the industry. The Ad Undergrad Podcast was created to give students, recent grads and those switching industries the opportunity to learn about advertising outside the classroom and provide career advice through the paths of practitioners.

In today’s episode, Katie and Julian are joined by Ian Ernzer, Global Brand Director at Butchershop and Co-founder of the World's Greatest Internship. They talk about how Ian was a design practitioner before he stepped into an office, the importance of taking time to self-reflect and understand the why, and how to start thinking about the bigger picture. This episode is packed with valuable advice that you don’t want to miss.

Jump straight into:

(01:10) - The self-taught way & the eternal practitioner life - “I just continued doing side projects for people and continued to build my craft.”

(06:31) - The importance of a strong and nurtured network - “It's more about quality, not quantity, and building really deep, meaningful connections, because those are the people that you're going to grow with throughout your career.”

(08:08) - Ian’s advice for students as they enter the professional field - “The hard skills? Yeah, they're important. Those are the things that get you noticed, but it's your attitude that gets you hired.”

(13:41) - How clarity is key to dodge failure - “It's hard, but once you're able to gain that clarity, it's beautiful. It's so easy to move forward and move fast.”

(16:08) - On World’s Greatest Internship and the Frequencies podcast - “I hope that people can ask themselves: How can I continue to build trust and add value wherever I go?”

Resources

Connect with Ian through LinkedIn

Butchershop

World’s Greatest Internship

Never Not Creative: Creative Clarity with Founder of Butchershop, Trevor Hubbard

Frequencies by WGI: Superhuman by Design with Donald Burlock

Ad Undergrad is a podcast hosted by Katie Moy and Julian Lewis. To learn more, visit adundergrad.com and follow on social channels @theadundergrad. You can reach Katie and Julian directly via email hello@adundergrad.com. 

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