Fresh Meet

In our latest episode of Fresh Meet, our Founder and CEO Alex Myers sat down with entrepreneur, AI specialist and co-founder of Multiply, Rasmus Adler Wahlberg to chat about the highs, the lows and everything in between when it comes to artificial intelligence.

Ever wondered where all the women go in the PR, comms and creative industries? 

In this episode of Fresh Meet we combine forces with PR Mums to have a conversation with the Rt Hon. Harriet Harman, politics’ most notable champion of women’s rights, hosted by Ali Maynard James of Manifest and Founding Mother of PR Mums. 

In our latest episode marking UK Black History Month, our Chief of Staff, Kellie Smith sat down with Claire Quansah, CEO of Quansah Consulting to discuss how the comms industry can attract and keep Black female talent

In our latest episode, our host Isabel Thomson-Officer discusses the rising phenomenon of greenwashing with a guest panel including Angie Farrugia, Director of Comms from B Lab AUNZ, Jahdon Quinlan, Sustainability Leader at Stone & Wood Brewing Co and Josh Kirkman, CEO of Surfers For Climate We talk about what it is, how and why brands fall foul to it, how you can spot it, and why brands need to ensure their efforts are authentic and genuine.

In this episode recorded in Melbourne, Australia we discuss how we can unlock the power of the beauty industry to challenge conventions and ensure minorities are seen, heard and represented.

Our hosts are Jessie Bowers (Creative Director) of the Melbourne studio) and Kim Lewis (Senior Account Manager of the Melbourne studio) are joined by Chelsea Bonner, CEO of Bella Management and James Parr, model, disability advocate, and writer. This chapter of Fresh Meet goes into a lively discussion about how we should challenge traditional standards of beauty to be more inclusive.

In this episode, marking B-Corp month, we’ll discuss how and why purpose-led businesses emerge and thrive during economic downturns and recession. We’ll chat through the complexities of purpose-based marketing or brand activism in the face of a cost-of-living crisis and what a sustainable model for sustainability looks like. 

Hosted by Manifest CEO and founder Alex Myers, with guests including Emily Laws (Head of Brand, Lucky Saint), Ian Hambleton (Co-founder, Ecologi) and Sinead Gray (Joint MD, Kindred).

In this episode we are joined by Rodrigo Gravitz, CEO and founder of the market research SaaS solution, My Telescope. We talk about everything share of search — from the importance of measuring market trends, campaign effectiveness and brand recognition, to being constantly monitored, the shift in personal boundaries and finding a balance between using share of search for good vs bad.

In this episode, our host Rosanna Bhanji, associate creative director in Stockholm is joined by both MD and partner of the Stockholm Studio Anna Karlsson and Johanna Hoof, co-founder of voice streaming platform Logcast. Together they help us understand the power of a voice and why it’s important to make our voices heard. They cover everything from the story of Logcast and why the platform exist to the importance of democratising people’s voices and the future of advertising and comms within the sound space.

Ahead of the World Cup kicking off, in this month's episode Julian and Daisy talk all things football with the founder of Goal Click, Matthew Barrett. Goal Click is a global storytelling platform helping people understand one another through the universal language of football. We cover everything from big money in sport, the controversy surrounding the Qatar World Cup and the responsibility of brands to make football a more inclusive and progressive game.

On this episode Manifest founder and CEO Alex Myers and Senior Account Manager Kim Lewis speaks to Bec Park of Jonny Condoms about safe sex and risky business. 

Locked in and love locked up - vegan and PEFC-certified Aussie condom brand, Jonny, excelled during the pandemic and is now moving onto bigger markets, having its sights set on the world. Not only does the brand promote safe sex, for everyone, but is a leading advocate in consent, as well as sustainability - every Jonny condom is paired with a biodegradable bag to promote mess-free, conscious disposal. Listen to how this intimacy-focused brand thrived in a world of distance and isolation. Go Jonny, Go Go.

From the recession to the metaverse, the Manifest global team discuss the trends, issues, and topics that are likely to shape the global communications industry in the coming decade. Hosted by Julian Obubo (Brand Strategy Director/Manifest UK), featuring Alex Myers (CEO & Founder/Manifest Group), Josefine Hedlund (Creative Production Director/Manifest Stockholm), Isabel Thomson-Officer (Managing Partner/Manifest Melbourne), Jessie Bowers Jr (Creative Director (Manifest Melbourne).

Our host Rosanna Bhanji,  Associate Creative Director in our Stockholm studio, is joined by Martin Sandin, Creative Content Producer and Screen Writer to discuss the importance of storytelling.  The pair cover what storytelling means in 2022, the frameworks around it, and how brands need to adopt effective storytelling to connect with and engage their communities.

And we're back! In the first episode of Season 2 of Fresh Meet, Jessie Bowers, our Manifest Melbourne studio Creative Director is in conversation with Sarah McGregor, the Executive Creative Director at Dentsu and Ed Bechervaise, Creative Director at Friction Creative.

This episode will explore how current and past creative trends can help shape how we develop ideas to produce groundbreaking work.