Creativity, Leadership 20 May 2026 The Brief Didn’t Say OOH… So Why Did It End Up There? A number of years ago, I attended a sprawling, caffeine-fuelled all-agency-all-morning briefing session. The client’s marketing team outlined their ambitious… mymatedan
AI, Awards, Creativity, Leadership 05 May 2026 How OOH Trailblazers are Redefining Creativity In the run up to Cannes 2026 and having had the year of having some headspace to reflect on our… mymatedan
Creativity, Leadership, Production, Technology 03 Mar 2025 Embracing the Experience Economy Phone eats first”—this is what someone shouted at me as I was about to tuck into a beautiful plate of… mymatedan
Awards, Creativity, Leadership, Technology 25 Jul 2024 The Future of Out-of-Home Advertising with Technology and Creativity “We’re really lucky to work with this canvas because it’s highly public, it’s visible and it’s newsworthy” Dan Dawson joined… mymatedan
Creativity, Leadership 12 Jun 2024 Cannes 2024 – Contenders Ready…. Dan Dawson and his Behind the Billboard co-host Hugh Todd discuss the best OOH work over the last year and… mymatedan
Leadership 22 Nov 2022 Bossing It! – With Dan Dawson This piece first appeared on LBB LBB> What was your first experience of leadership? Dan> One of my earliest professional… mymatedan
Awards, Leadership 25 Jun 2019 The Cannes Lions Outdoor Jury 2019 It was a great privilege to be the UK creative industry representative on this year’s Outdoor Lions jury. To work alongside fellow… mymatedan
Leadership, Technology 12 Nov 2018 Blockchain – An OOH opportunity? This first appeared in ExchangeWire on 30th October 2018 Dan Dawson, Chief Creative Officer at Grand Visual, explains how blockchain technology could… mymatedan
Awards, Leadership 12 Feb 2018 Cannes Lions – Outdoor Overhaul… By Dan Dawson, first published on ExchangeWire on 27th Feb 2018 Some great news to report following my annual rant about the… mymatedan
