In this episode of Coordinates Unknown, we sit down with Alison Conway, Chief Client Officer at RedTag, to discuss why the best account managers refuse to be order-takers and what it actually takes to build a client-agency relationship on trust. Alison's own path here was anything but planned—she set out to become an Art Director, took a Cincinnati agency's account services job as a foot in the door, and never left the client side once she got a taste of it.
In this episode of Coordinates Unknown, we sit down with Heather Stewart, Executive Director of Kentucky Harvest, to discuss the staggering reality of food insecurity and the "logistics of hope" required to solve it. Heather’s own path was redefined overnight when she discovered she had been laid off from her dream social work job by reading her name in the newspaper—a moment that eventually led her to the world of non-profit leadership and food rescue.
In this episode of Coordinates Unknown, we explore the remarkable evolution of Charlie Ostertag, COO of RedTag. Charlie’s journey is anything but linear—starting as a 16-year-old tattoo apprentice, he transitioned through manual labor at UPS and a printing press before teaching himself design on "YouTube University" and eventually rising to lead one of the region's top agencies.
In this episode of Coordinates Unknown, we sit down with Cynthia Knapek, President and CEO of the Leadership Louisville Center, to deconstruct what it actually means to "lead better" in a post-COVID landscape. Cynthia challenges the traditional positional view of leadership, arguing that anyone can lead "up, down, or across" if they are equipped with the right skills and the courage to serve their community.
Amanda Turner, President of RedTag, discusses the 'wild' transition of scaling a digital agency from a small team of three to over 50 employees, and why letting go is the hardest part of leadership.
What happens when a Doctor of Pharmacy decides the 'safe' path is actually the riskiest one? Chad Coulter maps out the career pivot from clinical pharmacy to launching the award-winning Biscuit Belly empire.
What does it take to walk away from a stable career with the federal government to gamble on a medium that didn't even have an ad platform yet? Russ Renbarger maps out his journey from architecture to building RedTag from the ground up.
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