Youth Trends

Our guest this week is Asifa Lahore, who joins us to speak about her experience of coming out as transgender in the British Asian community and what she's learned over the 10 years since she became the UK's first Muslim Drag Queen. She gives her advice on what brands can do to support young LGBTQ+ people and shouts out the ones who are getting it right. You can also catch Asifa on our panel 'Marketing Beyond the Rainbow' at YMS21 LDN, coming up this September at London's Old Truman Brewery. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

This week we're speaking to Mark Melling, Head of RYOT International at Verizon Media, ahead of his keynote at our upcoming event, YMS21 LDN. Our conversation covers everything from the metaverse to virtual reality, and how these new tech innovations relate to every brand category from fashion and gaming to sports and music. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

Ahead of YMS:ONLINE USA, we're chatting to Ryan Murphy from Student Beans, who'll be speaking at next week's virtual event. He shares his learnings from a year of marketing to Gen Z during a pandemic, and how the student discount platform is growing its user base among the influential college student demographic. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

In this episode, we hear from YMS:ONLINE partners YouGov about their exciting new research into the behaviours and needs of young consumers, As Told By Teens. You'll get a preview of some of the standout findings and learn how the project came together, courtesy of YouGov's Ella Pardoe and Lance Fraenkel. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

This week we welcome back a YMS regular to the podcast: founder of Archrival agency, Clint! Runge. In this episode, he explains the misconceptions many people have about Gen Z, and why in-person social contact is still important to these digital natives. He also shares his experiences of working with top brands during the pandemic, and the learnings that have come from the past year. Hear more from Clint! at YMS:ONLINE USA this month. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

Joining us this week is Anne Marie Gianutsos, CMO at The Drone Racing League. Drone racing is an innovative, fast-growing new sport that's winning a legion of young, tech-savvy fans - a cohort The DRL describes as "tech-setters." In this episode, you'll learn all about this group and how brands can engage them with exciting content and events, just like The DRL has. If you're an educator looking to partner with The DRL, email them at [email protected]. This episode is sponsored by Radix, providers of the .online domain name. Find out more at get.online. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

This week, we're chatting to Jacee Scoular, Senior Director of Brand Marketing Strategy at Hollister. She shares insights and learnings from their collaboration with Charli and Dixie D'Amelio, their youth mental health campaign The Confidence Project, and much more. This episode is sponsored by ad-lib.io, experts in advertising to Gen Z. Find out more and get in touch at ad-lib.io/yms, or meet them at YMS:ONLINE USA this July. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

This week we're chatting to Alexa Kamm, Brand Manager for Gen Z haircare at Procter & Gamble. She shares her learnings from their latest campaigns, how the haircare industry was impacted by COVID-19, and the trends they're tracking in 2021. This episode is sponsored by ad-lib.io, experts in advertising to Gen Z. Find out more and get in touch at ad-lib.io/yms, or meet them at YMS:ONLINE USA this July. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

In the first episode of season five, Voxburner's General Manager Richard Jackson chats to Steve Keith, a frequent speaker at our YMS events. Steve runs the consultancy The Branding Man and this year is launching The Queer Student Awards, a celebration of the UK's most inspiring LGBTQ+ students, teachers and more. During the episode, he discusses why now is the time to launch this important initiative, and how brands and universities can ensure they are truly inclusive in their Gen Z marketing. The deadline for entries to The Queer Student Awards is 19th May - get your submissions in here! For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner.

In our final episode of 2020, we chat to Nicola Simmons, PR & Influencer Manager at Ben & Jerry's. She shares how Ben & Jerry's retains its place as one of Gen Z's favourite brands in the FMCG space, and how PR and influencers fit into their youth marketing strategy. For more info on Voxburner and YMS, check out www.voxburner.com and follow us on socials @voxburner. This episode is sponsored by Dig-In. Read about their latest student research at www.voxburner.com/blog-source/2020/11/27/best-time-to-market-to-students