Episode Details

Instacart's Laura Jones returns to share practical lessons from Instacart's brand transformation, including prioritising effectiveness, brand-first marketing strategy, partnerships, Instacart's chase to win a Cannes Lion and much more.

Guests:
Laura Jones, Chief Marketing Officer, Instacart
Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor, WARC

Chapters:
[00:00] Introduction: Instacart’s marketing transformation project
[01:36] Building the Instacart brand: From performance-pnly to full-funnel marketing
[03:47] Balancing functional messaging and emotional storytelling
[05:24] Redefining marketing measurement: From last-touch ROAS to portfolio impact
[08:02] Explaining marketing effectiveness to the C-suite
[09:25] Scaling an in-house creative agency
[12:31] Instacart's 2026 Super Bowl campaign
[16:41] Brand-building partnerships: WNBA and Feeding America
[19:27] Brand stewardship: A new view on marketing effectiveness
[21:22] Embedding brand across product, CX and culture
[21:33] Learning from Cannes Lions and Raising the Creative Bar

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