Building Better CMOs
Building Better CMOs

Jonnie Cahill, CMO of Heineken USA: Buy the Idea

Jonnie Cahill has served as CMO of Heineken USA since 2018, overseeing the marketing for some of the world’s biggest beer brands, including Heineken, Dos Equis and Tecate. He also worked on their alcohol-free beer, Heineken Zero, including a Super Bowl TV spot starring Paul Rudd as Ant-Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

On this episode of Building Better CMOs, Cahill tells MMA Global CEO Greg Stuart why live experiences are an underrated form of marketing; makes the case for marketers to be both "disciplined and driven," all the time; and issues what should be the First Commandment of marketing: Buy the idea, not the execution.