JEAN BATTHANY

Former CCO Walmart, Former VP, Global Creative at Walt Disney Parks Experiences and Consumer Products

JEAN CAN ADVISE ON

• Capabilities + Culture

• The Art of the Pause + Regenerative Creativity

• Storytelling

• Shining a light on the unseen, the underrepresented, the underdog through brave storytelling

• Partnering with purpose driven leaders to launch, grow, pivot, evolve their brands

• Brand Building

• Creative Vision & Brand Expression

• Brand Audits

• Building In-house Creative

• Making an impact through the business of creativity

• The intersection of purpose and profit

• Winning hearts, minds, spirits and wallets.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Quick tactical advice

• Strategic pain point analysis

• A fresh objective perspective

• Hypothesis ideation

• Guidance on next steps

Jean is a visionary creative leader focused on purpose and the power of creativity to make the world a better place. She has 30+ years of experience building and growing brands, award winning creative platforms and diverse creative teams, both agency and brand side. Most recently Chief Creative Officer at Walmart, Jean led the creative vision and brand expression for all consumer centric communications across all channels. Managing an internal creative team of 300+, growing talent, capabilities and culture. Leaning into authentic storytelling to win hearts, minds, spirits and wallets. Collaborating to evolve Walmart from a transactional company to an emotional brand. Leading the charge to elevate Walmart “Style” across Fashion, Beauty and Home. Building and evolving owned, private label and partner brands, growing reputation and revenue.

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Prior to Walmart, Jean was VP, Global Creative at Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products where she led creative, design, digital integration and innovation. Partnering with Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar and Disney Imagineers to bring world famous IP to life. Evolving the in-house creative team into a full service, award winning creative agency, focused on diverse talent, inspiration and education. Before leading creative brand side, Jean spent 25 years on the agency side winning top industry recognition and awards from the Addys to Effies to Cannes. She has been honored as one of Business Insider’s 30 Most Creative Women in Advertising, Advertising Working Mother of the Year and is a proud recipient of the 3% Movement’s 3 Cheers Award for her commitment to making the industry a more equitable place. The proud mother of two adult daughters, Jean sits on the non-profit Board of Directors for Girls Inc of LA, helping fuel the dreams of underserved girls in her community and the Marcus Graham Project, committed to growing diverse talent and changing the face of the marketing industry. In 2023 Jean took time to rest, renew and reset and The Art of The Pause was born. An integrated wellness platform designed to help busy and burnt out casualties of our toxic culture of productivity create more time and space to be more creative. Crucial to drive innovation and create impact.

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