What does a chief science officer do at a creative agency?

About this episode

Tom Knapman discusses his role as a chief science officer at a creative agency and the future of science communication.

Tom Knapman is a PhD-qualified biochemist. Last year, he was working for Sciex, whose campaign on proteomics (don't worry, we'll explain that in the episode) was a perhaps unlikely winner of a Grand Prix gong at The Drum Awards last year. This year he's jumped ship into a perhaps almost-unique role: chief science officer at a creative agency. He tells The Drum why he thinks boom times are coming for science comms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Drum

Guest: Tom Knapman

Topics covered

• chief science officer
• creative agency
• science communication
• biochemistry
• marketing

Keywords

• chief science officer
• creative agency
• biochemist
• science communication
• The Drum Awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sciex, The Drum

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