Does the world need another marketing podcast? It’s a resounding no from Visha Kudhail, the host and creator of the Behind the Face of Success podcast.

The acclaimed series, which is back for a second season, features none of the marketing jargon and introspection which so often accompanies marketing podcasts. 

Instead, Kudhail is focused on real unfiltered truths. She is looking to burst the marketing bubble with a focus on honest stories of cultural change-makers from marketing and the wider industry who found their own success. 

Kudhail has a deep understanding of the challenges facing modern marketing leaders. An understanding built over many years working at some of the industry’s most innovative brands including Pinterest, Google and Thinkbox. 

The podcast will launch at Advertising Week Europe. Kudhail will interview Irene Agbontaen, Senior Director of Artist Brand Strategy and Music Brand Partnerships at UTA and Founder of fashion brand TTYA.

The intimate discussion will take place at the Culture Unleashed Lounge at Advertising Week Europe. It will focus on Irene's career journey and how she’s shattering barriers as a visionary fashion entrepreneur, cultural icon and relentless advocate for inclusivity within the industry. Kudhail will dive into what drives business growth and how to keep creativity flourishing. All the while eschewing marketing jargon to focus on uncovering the unfiltered truths behind her successful and multifaceted career. 

Driving creativity through curiosity 

Kudhail explained: "Across the industry, I’m hearing the same challenges. Marketing leaders are struggling to inspire their teams and to ensure they stay connected with culture. This is why Behind the Face of Success is focusing on the messy truths and real life stories, told through the lens of people from different parts of the creative industries.”

She continued: “We learn more when we listen to people outside of our office buildings or watching our social feeds. By hearing from people is how we tap into culture and learn the all important lessons for today’s business leadership and better creativity."

Guests will include BBC Eastenders Actress Harriet Thorpe, Fashion Brand Owner Irene Agbontaen, CMO’s Pete Markey from Boots and Chair of the DMA Tony Miller, Cricketer, Podcaster and Author Azeem Rafiq and many more. 

The second series of the podcast will be supported by production partner, The River Group and media partner, Creativebrief.

The series is built on the insight that marketing leaders are tired of the glossy, linear versions of successful careers. Instead, the podcast aims to inspire by using unfiltered truth as a way not simply to inspire, but to inform leaders as they navigate the emotional and economic uncertainty of 2024.

Nicki Murphy, CEO of the River Group, explained: “There has never been a better time to bust the myth of a perfect, frictionless career. As the production partner of Behind the Face of Success we are proud to platform honest, real stories which we hope will inspire listeners to run their own race.”

Charlie Carpenter, CEO at Creativebrief added: “We are big believers in the need for the modern-marketer to get more curious, be more outwardly aware and recognise the learnings to be taken from staying more deeply connected to wider culture. This is arguably a more urgent requirement in marketers’ roles than perhaps it has ever been, so we’re delighted to be partnering with Behind The Face Of Success for a second series that will help leaders to inspire their teams to do just that in an honest, no-nonsense way.” 

The new series will launch this month.