Vann Graves's guest appearances

Vann Graves

The We Are Next Podcast

Left Unsaid Podcast

Bennett Bennett

Jezz Chung

Carl Desir

Hunter Kelly

Mara Lecocq

Angela Brown

Eli Altman

Annie Liu

Patrick Buchanan

Kevin Green

Anthony Williams

Max Slonim

Mary Ergul

Rachel Mercer

Ellen Wong

OwlTail

Vann Graves (1994) takes us on his journey from advertising, to the army, back to advertising before landing in higher education. He and host, Carl Desir, reflect on how the culmination of his experiences prepared him for his role ushering in the future of creative industries as the Executive Director of the Brandcenter. Guests: Vann Graves '94 Host: Carl Desir Producers: Kemy Acacia ‘09, Carl Desir, Reema Elghossain, Ifetayo Jabari-Kitwala '20 Editor: Tai Koga ‘15 Creative Lead: Andrea Naranjo '20 VO: Moises Escobar ‘17 Music: Alex Santiago ‘10

Vann Graves (1994) takes us on his journey from advertising, to the army, back to advertising before landing in higher education. He and host, Carl Desir, reflect on how the culmination of his experiences prepared him for his role ushering in the future of creative industries as the Executive Director of the Brandcenter. Guests: Vann Graves '94 Host: Carl Desir Producers: Kemy Acacia ‘09, Carl Desir, Reema Elghossain, Ifetayo Jabari-Kitwala '20 Editor: Tai Koga ‘15 Creative Lead: Andrea Naranjo '20 VO: Moises Escobar ‘17 Music: Alex Santiago ‘10

Positive Blunders with Vann Graves (1994)

Vann Graves, Executive Director of the VCU Brandcenter, brings stories, learnings, and vision from his highly-awarded career working with some of the world's biggest brands. Hear about how being asked to create a Christmas card for (then CCO and Chairman of BBDO) Phil Dusenberry's dog taught him a lesson about being a great creative, his enormous goal for making Brandcenter more accessible to students and diversifying the pipeline to the industry, what the industry should know about the next generation of advertising, and why you shouldn't "fake it 'til you make it". Subscribe &amp; leave us a review on iTunes to help others discover the podcast! For more guidance from the industry, subscribe to our Weekly email—it's a small dose of advice, delivered Mondays. Or search for a specific topic in our ever-growing Stash of Advice.

Vann Graves, Executive Director of the VCU Brandcenter, brings stories, learnings, and vision from his highly-awarded career working with some of the world's biggest brands. Hear about how being asked to create a Christmas card for (then CCO and Chairman of BBDO) Phil Dusenberry's dog taught him a lesson about being a great creative, his enormous goal for making Brandcenter more accessible to students and diversifying the pipeline to the industry, what the industry should know about the next generation of advertising, and why you shouldn't "fake it 'til you make it". Subscribe &amp; leave us a review on iTunes to help others discover the podcast! For more guidance from the industry, subscribe to our <a href="https://we-are-next.com/weekly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weekly email</a>—it's a small dose of advice, delivered Mondays. Or search for a specific topic in our ever-growing <a href="https://we-are-next.com/advice/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stash of Advice</a>.

Ep 66: Vann Graves, Executive Director of the VCU Brandcenter