Anselmo Ramos, Founder & Creative Chairman, GUT

In One Sentence…

How do you define effective marketing?
Effective marketing grabs your attention. Makes you feel something. Inspires you to act. In this order.

How does creativity drive effectiveness?
Creativity drives effectiveness because it makes more noise with less money.

What aspects of effective marketing do you believe remain constant, even in the face of change? 
Everything around us will forever change except for one thing: human nature. Understand how to get to the human heart by using both your brain and your gut. Everything else is a consequence.

What marketing trend(s) are you excited about right now? 
We’re never excited about marketing trends per se. We’re excited about great ideas for our client’s brands. And sometimes those ideas can be about a trend. But it all starts with a powerful idea.

What do you hope marketing looks like in the next five years?
In 5 years I hope marketing can be less brainy and more intuitive.

Anselmo was a Final Round judge in the 2022 Effie US Competition. Click here to see the list of 2022 Effie US winners.