Imagination.
Meet possibility.
A career across innovation, data, and digital marketing.
Developing products, platforms, and partnerships that connect AI, technology, and human creativity.
As Chief Innovation Officer, Carol led global advisory on AI, data, and innovation for The Coca-Cola Company.
Built an in-house programmatic team and helped turn ad operations into a global media technology practice.
Carol brings more than two decades of digital marketing and ad tech experience to innovation leadership.
Global Chief Innovation Officer
Chief Innovation Officer · The Coca-Cola Company
Data strategy and media technology leadership
Career details: Ogilvy’s appointment announcement.
Interviews, ideas, and recent coverage. April–October 2026.
Oct 09, 2026 · Company editorial / event recap
“Approval is paramount.”
— Carol Reed
A recap of Advertising Week New York on consent, digital likenesses, and responsible AI, featuring Carol alongside Laurent Ezekiel, Terry Crews, Alexandra Shannon, and Chris Paul.
Oct 05, 2026 · Original video interview
“Creativity is innately human”
— Carol Reed
Carol discusses AI-assisted creative craft and the continuing importance of human intuition, empathy, taste, and judgment.
Sep 23, 2026 · Original event reporting
“You can't compromise the craft and you can't compromise the quality”
— Carol Reed
Coverage of Carol’s Future of Digital summit remarks on using AI at specific stages of creative work while preserving human judgment and craft.
Jul 20, 2026 · Original editorial / multi-person contribution
“How do we lean into AI without losing ourselves?”
— Carol Reed
Carol connects emerging AI capabilities with a renewed appetite for tangible craft, drawing inspiration from woodworker George Nakashima.
May 19, 2026 · Original interview
“Let’s blow minds”
— Carol Reed
A Q&A about Carol’s innovation remit, technology partnerships, and protecting human craft as AI changes creative workflows.
April 2026; exact publication day unverified · Original appointment reporting
Appointment coverage outlining Carol’s remit across technology, product innovation, partnerships, and agency capabilities.
Subscription-only; public excerpt available.
April 7, 2026 (page); release dateline April 8 · Official appointment press release
“Carol Reed is the ideal person to lead this effort.”
— Laurent Ezekiel, Global CEO, The Ogilvy Group
Ogilvy announces Carol’s newly created global innovation role, covering products, platforms, partnerships, AI capabilities, and growth.
A curated public-web collection, checked October 21, 2026. Related reports are grouped with the original story.