Dana Marineau is the Chief Marketing Officer of Rakuten, the leading shopping platform that gives Cash Back and offers deals and rewards in-store and online. Rakuten has 3,500 retailers on the platform, 17 million members, and saw 10% member growth in 2022. Last year Rakuten aired their first-ever Super Bowl ad with Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham; they are back for Super Bowl 2023 with a new concept. Dana has been CMO at Rakuten for 2.5 years. She was previously the VP of Brand, Creative, and Communications at Credit Karma, before it was acquired by Intuit. She spent the majority of her professional life – 15 years – at Electronic Arts, the video game creator with popular games such as Madden23, Fifa23, The Sims4, and Dead Space.In this episode, Dana and Jim talk about creating Super Bowl ads with an in-house team without an agency. She also explains why she left EA Sports to build her performance marketing skills and how she keeps her team inspired and engaged. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.