DOES FUFFA 
STILL WORK? 
COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA: 
NEW JOBS AND NEW VALUES
MATTEO ROVERSI
MATTEO ROVERSI 
@matteoroversi
FROM
TO
Branding Strategies & New Media Design 
TO
BRANDING/ADVERTISING
BRANDING/ADVERTISING 
DIGITAL MARKETING
MEDIA PLANNER
COPYWRITER 
MEDIA PLANNER
ART DIRECTOR 
COPYWRITER 
MEDIA PLANNER
MEDIA PLANNER 
ACCOUNT 
ART DIRECTOR 
COPYWRITER
+DEVELOPER
NEW 
MEDIUM 
OLD 
ATTRIBUTES
BIG 
WE INSIST ON 
IDEAS
DOES IT WORK 
TO USE 
THE SAME 
OLD MODEL?
CROSS FERTILIZATION
DIGITAL NATIVE 
PROFESSIONALS 
TRADITIONAL 
AD AGENCY
SOMETHING NEW 
Traditional Digital Native
“IMITATE, ASSIMILATE, INNOVATE” 
- Clark Terry
1. 
THE DIGITAL 
STRATEGIC PLANNER* 
*See Roberto Venturini’s work Digital Planner Manifesto
MARKET & BUSINESS
MARKET & BUSINESS 
STRATEGY
MARKET & BUSINESS 
STRATEGY 
IDEAS
MARKET & BUSINESS 
STRATEGY 
IDEAS 
TRAINING
MARKET & BUSINESS 
STRATEGY 
IDEAS 
METRICS 
TRAINING
2. 
THE EMERGING 
MEDIA DESIGNER
TREND HUNTING
TREND HUNTING 
STRATEGY
TREND HUNTING 
STRATEGY 
EXPERIENCE
TREND HUNTING 
STRATEGY 
EXPERIENCE 
TECH
TREND HUNTING 
STRATEGY 
EXPERIENCE 
AESTHETICS 
TECH
3. 
THE CREATIVE 
TECHNOLOGIST* 
*See Richard Schatzberger work The Creative Technologist
STRATEGY
STRATEGY 
IDEAS
STRATEGY 
IDEAS 
TECH
STRATEGY 
IDEAS 
TECH 
CODE
THE PERFECT TRIO 
PLAN CREATE DEVELOP 
Digital 
Emerging 
Creative 
Strategic 
Media 
Technologist 
Planner 
Designer
MEDIA CHANGE
MEDIA CHANGE 
JOBS CHANGE
MEDIA CHANGE 
JOBS CHANGE 
PEOPLE CHANGE
IMILLE 2010 NON-CAMPAIGN 
95% OF PEOPLE DON’T TRUST IN ADVERTISING.* 
WE NEITHER. 
*Your Brand: At Risk or Ready for Growth? - Alterian 2010
DOES FUFFA 
STILL WORK?
THE ROLE OF THE AGENCY 
MEDIA 
BEHAVIOR 
OF PEOPLE
WITH GREAT POWER 
COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!
GOOD TO GREAT 
James C. Collins, 2001
GREAT TO GOOD 
Umair Haque, 2010
FIRST WHO, THEN WHAT
FIRST WHO, THEN WHAT 
FIRST HOW, THEN WHO 
Do our people have the capacity 
to judge right and wrong?
TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATORS
TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATORS 
ETHICAL ACCELERATORS 
Build transparency and openness
CULTURE OF DISCIPLINE
CULTURE OF DISCIPLINE 
CULTURE OF MEANING 
Provide durable, tangible benefits 
to people, communities, and society
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Does Fuffa Still Work? Communication in the Digital Era: New Jobs and New Values