Amar Chohan- Department of Creative Affairs
About this episode
Amar Chohan discusses his journey from law to founding the Department of Creative Affairs and his insights on the independent creative agency sector.
Amar Chohan is the founder of Department of Creative Affairs (DCA), a venture built to map and champion the independent creative agency sector. A near-accidental entrant to the industry, he trained as a lawyer before walking away from it, then spent almost 12 years at Contagious across two stints, rising to global commercial director. In this conversation, he reflects on that formative period, the thinking behind DCA, and why he believes the independent sector is the real future of crea...
People in this episode
Host: Ed Cotton
Guest: Amar Chohan
Topics covered
- independent creative agencies
- marketing
- entrepreneurship
- career transitions
- creative industry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Department of Creative Affairs, Contagious
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