Building the Brand Experience Inside and Out at Salesforce

Published: May 16, 2016, 10 a.m.

\u201cYou have to build marketing inside out today. It has to come from inside the company.\u201d It\u2019s this kind of hard work that drives John Zissimos, Chief Creative Officer for software giant Salesforce. His work includes growing a coherent brand and bringing a promise to life across a variety of channels online and off. We discussed all of this and more on this week\u2019s episode of the On Brand podcast.\n\nAbout John Zissimos\nJohn Zissimos is the Chief Creative Officer at Salesforce. As CCO, John is responsible for building the Salesforce brand and crafting the company\u2019s story around the world. He leads the creative organization across digital, strategy, interactive design, films, events, customer stories, and UX. Over the past 6 years, John has inspired a design-led culture and built a full-service, creative agency within Salesforce to inspire, innovate, and tell the story of the fastest-growing software company in the world.\nPrior to joining Salesforce in 2010, John spent over two decades as an advertising creative executive, film director, and photographer. John began his career in marketing at Chiat/Day and has held top creative leadership positions at McCann Erickson and J. Walter Thompson.\nJohn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television, and Film from Temple University. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Pam, and daughters Alexandra, Ellie, and Katie.\nDid you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you\u2019d like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show.\n\n\nSubscribe to the podcast \u2013 You can subscribe to the show via iTunes, Stitcher, and RSS.\n\n\nRate and review the show \u2013 If you like what you\u2019re hearing, head over to iTunes and click that 5-star button to rate the show. And if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review. This helps others find the podcast.\n\n\nOK. How do you rate and review a podcast? Need a quick tutorial on leaving a rating/review in iTunes? Check this out.\n\n\nRemember \u2013 On Brand is brought to you by my new book \u2014 Get Scrappy: Smarter Digital Marketing for Businesses Big and Small. Pre-Order now for the best price and digital extras at GetScrappyBook.com.\n\n\n\nAnd finally a reminder that On Brand is brought to you by the Social Brand Forum. This premier digital marketing experience takes place September 22-23 in beautiful Iowa City, Iowa. Learn from experts like Jay Baer, Joe Pulizzi, and Gini Dietrtich in the heart of the heartland. Listeners of the show get the best rate when they register using promo code ONBRAND\xa0at socialbrandforum.com.\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices