Mordecai

A revered global innovation leader, high-growth executive and award-winning marketeer, Mordecai is on a mission to broaden horizons, grow businesses and innovate industry. Providing strategic insight, building lasting organisational change and breaking conceptual ground, Mordecai has forged a successful career working with the likes of PepsiCo and INNOCEAN Worldwide. Now the Founder of Day After and Director of Gartner, Mordecai is the perfect speaker when looking to integrate technology and culture into communication practices and create roadmaps for innovation.

Back in 1999, Mordecai began her career working as a Writer for MTV Networks, where she worked for almost nine years. Moving on to become a Creator, Writer and Co-Producer for Endemol Digital Studios, Mordecai worked on a new teen drama titled Andee & Cooper. In 2010, Mordecai moved on to become a Development Executive and Producer for Spirit Digital Media and in 2011 she became the Head of Digital for Pulse Films. Having built a reputation for her creative talent, Mordecai then went on to become the Creative Strategy Director of PepsiCo, a role in which she was responsible for the digital and social creative direction of the PepsiCo International Football Campaign in 2014. Amongst such work, Mordecai was also the Principal of Mordecai Inc – a C-Suite innovation consultancy focused on sustainable growth.

Mordecai has also worked as the Head of Innovation & Partnerships for INNOCEAN Worldwide, fostering revenue and growth opportunities for Hyundai Motor Group. Whilst working with Hyundai, Mordecai helped to launch Future of Mobility efforts with Hyundai's Robo-Taxi and Mocean Labs Car Sharing venture, and she also helped to transform the brand's digital experience via ground-breaking suites of AR-driven tech in partnership with Live Nation. She has also committed her time to working as an Advisor for Journey Into, a D&AD New Blood Shift Mentor, a Startup Mentor for Plug and Play Tech Center, an Advisory Board Member of Deilight Consulting, an Advisor and Chair of ESG Advisory for IV. AI and a Founding Fellow of On Deck Corporate Innovation. In 2022, Mordecai became the Founder of Day After, a C-suite consultancy dedicated to providing functional and forward thinking that supports organisations to prioritise innovation that has seen her work with companies including Pepsi, Bentley, ASOS, MTV, Soho House, Reddit and the British Fashion Council.

In recognition of her achievements, Mordecai has been awarded the Canopus Award and the Centauri Award at the 2019 Vega Digital Awards, the Changing the Game Award from She Runs It, the Summit International Award from the Emerging Media Awards and the Summit International Award at the Marketing Effectiveness Awards. She has also been honoured as The Internationalist Agency Innovator of the Year and a VentureFuel Visionary.

Engaged by FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, Mordecai is a revered global innovation leader who is looking to bridge innovation across disciplines and consumer-marketed brands. Mordecai’s roadmaps for innovation encompass day-to-day organisational practices, such as creative and strategic disciplines to revenue-based business development. Now hired as a speaker, Mordecai focuses on topics such as growth via innovation, creating inclusive work, diversity in our technology, activism, web3 mindsets and hope via disruption. Frequently sought after as a speaker, Mordecai has previously spoken for Madfest, DMEXCO, Advertising Week, CES, The Drum, The Female Quotient Lounge and Brand Innovators events. If you are looking for a speaker who will aid you with global innovation, high growth and marketing, look no further than Mordecai.