The Seat is an unscripted podcast exploring the real career journeys of today’s media, marketing, and advertising revenue leaders.
Hosted by longtime ad sales industry executive Ray Erickson, each conversation goes beyond titles and resumes to reveal the early days, pivotal moments, mentors, setbacks, and mindset shifts that shaped these operators into the leaders they are today.
From VPs to CROs, Founders and CEOs, guests share honest lessons from their wins, losses, challenges, and career-defining breakthroughs.
Whether you're an aspiring sales leader, a current executive, or simply curious how people rise to the top, The Seat delivers practical insights, inspiration, and leadership tactics you can put to work right away.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Seat is an unscripted podcast exploring the real career journeys of today’s media, marketing, and advertising revenue leaders.
Hosted by longtime ad sales industry executive Ray Erickson, each conversation goes beyond titles and resumes to reveal the early days, pivotal moments, mentors, setbacks, and mindset shifts that shaped these operators into the leaders they are today.
From VPs to CROs, Founders and CEOs, guests share honest lessons from their wins, losses, challenges, and career-defining breakthroughs.
Whether you're an aspiring sales leader, a current executive, or simply curious how people rise to the top, The Seat delivers practical insights, inspiration, and leadership tactics you can put to work right away.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of The Seat, Ray Erickson sits down with Ryan Spicer, Chief Revenue Officer at Atmosphere TV, to unpack how a former teacher and soccer coach broke into media, took smart risks, and built a leadership style grounded in self-awareness and accountability.
Ryan shares how he literally begged for his first media job at VH1, why he made a controversial lateral move from digital back to linear TV at Turner, and how that decision later put him in the perfect position to lead integrated sales teams.
They dive into the shift from individual contributor to manager, what a CRO actually does at a high-growth company, and why every rising seller needs both mentors and advocates in their corner. If you’re a 30-something seller eyeing the CRO seat one day, this one’s a blueprint.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.