After five years helping drive commercial and digital transformation at ITV, Jay Rajdev has joined AI-powered media planning business TAU as MD London. Formerly Controller of Advanced Advertising at ITV, Rajdev played a central role in the broadcaster’s addressable advertising evolution and became one of the UK industry’s most recognised voices on media innovation.
For years, marketers have been trying to solve a problem that never fully goes away: how to balance speed with rigour.
On one side, deterministic identity approaches offer precision, accountability and measurement clarity, but struggle to keep up with the scale of fragmented, fast-moving audiences.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and now Paris-based, Julian Scott co-founded Shaw/Scott in 2007 after working at Responsys, helping grow the independent consultancy from an email marketing specialist into a global customer experience and lifecycle marketing business with teams across North America and Europe.
Speaking to New Digital Age for the latest in our Martech Focus series, Autio discusses the rise of AI decision engines, the growing importance of trust in personalisation, and why creativity is becoming more valuable again.
Industry leaders from across the MENA media and marketing ecosystem gathered for a New Digital Age virtual roundtable to discuss resilience, growth, talent and the evolving regulatory landscape across a region that is, by most measures, only just getting started.
In the latest episode of the NDA Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Justin Pearse and Retail Media Age Editor Rebecca Sentance are joined by Lydia Oakes, MD of Bluestripe Communications, for a wide-ranging discussion on how B2B PR is evolving in an era shaped by AI, fragmented media and growing pressure to prove performance.
Matt Pilgrim, EMEA Partner Development Lead, Adtech and Martech, Snowflake is a true industry veteran, with a career spanning over two decades.
Steve Rowbotham is CEO of Navigator, a travel audience platform that is repositioning itself as a global commerce media network for the travel sector. A former Team GB medallist turned entrepreneur, Rowbotham is leading the company’s expansion across the UK, North America and Singapore.
Matt Bush is the Chief Revenue Officer at Smartly, an AI-powered advertising platform that specialises in automating creative and media buying. Joining Smartly after 13 years at Google, latterly as MD, Agency, Partners, Tech, Creative, he has been instrumental in transforming Smartly into an enterprise-grade platform for the world’s largest brands.
New Digital Age speaks to Ulyana Guseva, Head of Sales and Partnerships at Citymapper Ads, about the growing role of mobility media, contextual advertising, and how brands can tap into real-world intent. With a background spanning Google and Waze, Guseva brings expertise in location-based platforms and their evolution.
Navbir Dhillon is Head of Advertising at Gumtree, where he oversees revenue across display, partnerships and emerging retail media. He sits at the intersection of classifieds, commerce and media, offering a distinctive view of a changing digital landscape.
Charlotte Robbins is the Commercial Director at Goalhanger, where she oversees the strategic growth and brand partnerships for some of the world’s most popular podcasts. Under her leadership, the network has successfully bridged the gap between intimate audio storytelling and large-scale commercial success.