Speaking Engagements and Media.

Podcasts, Guest Lectures, and Articles

Event:

Adobe Create Now event in Los Angeles promoting Brand and Sand community

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July 2025

Live ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) session for Adobe Creative Careers series

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May 2025

Mentor for the Adobe Creative Apprenticeship program

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April 2025

Guest lecturer, Creative Brief writing class at LMU’s M-School of Advertising

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2024 & 2025

Mentor for 2024 & 2025 Effie Collegiate Challenge for students at LMU M-School

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March 2025

Podcast episode with Valerie Carlson for Spikes' Excitement Talk series

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March 2025

Guest lecturer, Brand Storytelling class at Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business

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Feb 2025

The Fireside PM podcast episode with Tom Leung

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Aug 2024

Judge at Adobe Creative Jam

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Aug 2024

Presenter at Happily Fest in Los Angeles

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Insights everywhere podcast

“Bringing Out the Best in Your Brand” podcast with Jason Berg, June 2024

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Jan 2024

Podcast episode for Spikes Excitement Talk series

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Nov 2023

Mentor for The 30 Minute University program

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May 2022

LMU M-School - Guest Lecturer, Brand Planning & Strategy Course

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May 2021 & 2022

Mentor for 2021 & 2022 Effie Collegiate Challenge for students at LMU M-School Creative Brand Management Course - Professor Matt Stefl

March 2022

Building Modern, Community - led Brands Presentation at Columbia Business School,  Executive MBA Program for Professor Bernd Schmitt, Center on Global Brand Leadership

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March 2021

Sweathead Strategy Podcast with Mark Pollard - Creativity in Marketing with Karl Isaac Fractional Chief Brand and marketing Officer

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March 2021

Zight - Talking with Karl Isaac, Former Head of Brand at Adobe and eBay. Karl Isaac talks brand building and customer support

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October 2020

Adobe MAX 2020 -Career Bootcamp Panelist

September 2020

Podcast with Marguerite Vimbert - People, Culture, Art, History on Instagram

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October 2019

Judge at Product School PitchFest

October 2019

EXP - Presentation on Authenticity

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October 2018

Judge at Product School Online Hackathon

October 2017

Interbrand - Best Global Brands 2017 Interview with Karl Isaac

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September 2017

AdExchange - Inside eBay's Repositioning As A Modern Ecommerce Platform

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March 2016

Inc - 7 Tips for Logo Design in the Modern Mobile Era

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October 2016

Wall Street Journal -eBay Makes Bid for Younger Shoppers With Revamped Image

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October 2013

YouTheDesigner - Interview with Karl Isaac, Adobe’s Head of brand Strategy

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and More

October 2017 - brandchannel.com
Best Global Brands 2017 Interview with Karl Isaac


October 2017 - Retail Ascendant Conference Speaker
Building a 21st Century Retail Brand


September 2017 - Interbrand Best Global Brands Conference Speaker
From Disruption to Growth


July 2017 - brandchannel.com Interview
eBay’s Colorful Pitch to Mobile, Modern Shoppers'


November 2016 - Adobe MAX
Portfolio Reviews


September 2016 - Interbrand
Best Global Brand Ranking 2016


November 2015 - AdWeek

7 Keys to Creating a Brand Logo That Works Absolutely Everywhere

September 2015 - DMEXCO Conference Main Stage Speaker
What a Brand Wants


October 2015 - AdWeek

Adobe Wants Creatives to Mess With Its Logo and Its Actually Using Their Ideas'

June 2015 - CMO.com
In A Digital World, Marketing Innovation Means Leading The Possible

May 2015 - Silicon Valley Brand Forum
From Brand Content to User Experience


March 2015 - SXSW 2015 Panel
Inside Out, Where Corporations and Innovation Meet


June 2014 - AdAge
Successful Brand-Building Requires An Army of Advocates


October 2013 - Interbrand Best Global Brand Rankings 2013 Adobe Matching a Bold Vision with Tangible Results

October 2013 - YouTheDesigner
Interview with Karl Isaac, Adobe’s Head of Brand Strategy


Jun 27, 2013 - Digiday Innovation Bootcamp
Judge and presenter

June 9, 2013 - Digiday
How Adobe Mixes Fast and Slow-Twitch Banding

May 2013 - SxSW Presentation
Marketing is Bullshit

January 7, 2013 - Silicon Valley Brand Forum
Brand Building In Social Media

November 4, 2011 - Columbia Business School Center on Global Brand Leadership
Brand Building with a new TLD