Derek Walker
Derek Walker is the founder and "chief instigator" of brown & browner advertising, a small agency in Columbia, South Carolina, and a veteran ad-industry copywriter and commentator on diversity in advertising.
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Nov 3, 2026
Philip OakleyHOST
I asked Derek a question from our friend John Lyons about what marketers and creatives take for granted, and he came back with this.
Derek WalkerGUEST
Coaches are watching the game, responding to the score and what's going on and everything.
Derek WalkerGUEST
Cheerleaders, have you ever noticed cheerleaders have their backs to the game, most of the game? They're looking at the crowd.
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Derek WalkerGUEST
And I was at home and I was looking at it and you know, we're a young married couple and my wife walked by and she looked at him and she goes, your work is better than his.
Derek WalkerGUEST
So when are you going to the portfolio center? And the very next day, because I don't know what happened, that window opened and went, okay.
Derek WalkerGUEST
I graduated from the Portfolio Center in a year and a half when it was a two-year program.
Derek WalkerGUEST
But I also worked 40 to 65 hours a week at Pizza Hut and got my first job at Kramer Crassel.
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