Doug Zanger

Doug Zanger is a creative bohemian from Portland, Oregon — and a little North(west) of usual.

His most important job? Being a father to a boy and girl with copious amounts of energy — and husband to a woman who clearly is among the most patient on the planet.

During the day, Zanger is senior editor, creativity and agencies at Adweek.

A Minnesota native, Zanger has covered a wide range of brands, issues and personalities, including a recent cover story on the NFL's Super Bowl commercial. Zanger has also served as moderator at a number of marketing industry events and conferences.

Fiercely dedicated to diversity, equality and talent, he has interviewed several women in leadership roles through his Exceptional Women of the World podcast — and once had the rare opportunity to publicly ask Oprah Winfrey a question (that kind of stumped her).

Prior to Adweek, Zanger was Americas Editor for The Drum and had an 8-year run at Advertising Week — where he led year-round content and special partner projects with some of the world's largest and most well-known brands, agencies and technology companies. During that time, he interviewed a raft of leaders in advertising, marketing, brands and culture including Sir Richard Branson, Oliver Stone, Edward Burns and others. Prior to that, Zanger spent 9 years in radio, mostly as a creative director and almost 3 years at Nike.

Zanger still has his side hustle, including voiceover and voice acting, his biggest joy.