013 | Launching and Leading After Leaving Big Agencies with Terri & Sandy

TUR013 - Launching and Leading After Leaving Big Agencies with Terri & Sandy

Terri Meyer and Sandy Greenberg are creative directors with two decades of experience working on Madison Ave. They are the co-founders of Terri & Sandy, which Ad Age named as the Small Agency of the Year in 2017.  Collectively, Terri & Sandy have contributed to the branding of several A-level companies such as Mars, Kraft, Gerber, Campbell’s, Disney, Nestlé, and Time. The company has won twelve Effie awards and, in 2019, the Effie Index ranked Terri & Sandy as the second-most effective independent agency in North America. 

Terri & Sandy join me today to share insight on their careers and their journey to founding and launching their agency.  They discuss the struggles they faced along their professional paths, the knowledge and perspective they have gained, and why relationships rule in the business world. They also highlight brands they are currently working with and what they are excited about as their agency moves forward. 

“If you don’t have a seat at the table, build your own table.” - Sandy Greenberg 

This week on The Unwritten Rules Podcast:

  • How Terri & Sandy met and their journey to launching their agency as two creatives

  • What prompted their decision to start their own business after working in a big agency

  • The impact of the recession on their careers and the politics within big agencies 

  • Whether Terri & Sandy believed themselves to be entrepreneurial before launching their business

  • What you should do if the people you work with diminish your self-esteem

  • Why you need to have people around you who celebrate and support you professionally

  • Struggles women face in asking for help, why it is essential, and how Terri & Sandy’s partnership has helped mitigate this challenge

  • How Terri & Sandy tangibly apply the guiding principles of their agency

  • The importance of building relationships

Our Favorite Quotes:

  • “The people that grow fast are the people that ask for help.”- Sandy Greenberg

  • “You can be whatever you want to be; you just have to… take it. Step up and take it.” - Terri Meyer

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Connect with Terri & Sandy

  • Terri & Sandy

  • Email: terri@terrisandy.com 

  • Email: sandy@terrisandy.com 

  • Phone: (917) 261-6792

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