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South West performance marketing agency, Launch, has been named the best paid media agency in the UK at the national Agency Awards.

Launch was recognised as the Best PPC Agency and won Best Campaign for its work to drive global revenue for an ISO provider based in the UK.

In the last year, Launch has grown dramatically, with thirteen new recruits to the team and over fifteen industry awards achieved for its work driving online revenue for its clients. Its own revenue this year has grown by over 50%, a new office in Exeter has been opened and the Bristol office expanded to accommodate its burgeoning team.

The judges praised Launch for its focus on their people. “Launch is clearly a happy agency with great team morale. It is an agency that cares about the human element first and has big ambitions which they are delivering on in return on investment for their clients.”

Jaye Cowle, Founder of Launch was delighted with the awards; “Our mission is to be the happiest performance agency. I believe that happy people do great work, and by empowering our team to do their best, we can get great results for our clients. So, I am absolutely thrilled that as we enter the final quarter of the year the whole team is recognised for their hard work.”

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6 Oct 2022

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L-R, Host Tori Campbell, Jaye and sales director, Steph Iles, accept the Best PPC Agency in the UK Award.
The Launch team.

About Launch

Launch is the paid media agency for ambitious businesses. We provide online advertising, data insight and conversion optimisation services to clients, helping them take their digital marketing to the next level with fresh thinking and a transparent, strategic approach.

Bristol based agency, Flourish Direct Marketing, have been recognised as the ‘Best Email Marketing Agency’ in the South West of England in the Acquisition International Research & Development Awards.

Acquisition International launched the Research & Development Awards to acknowledge the work that goes into an often-overlooked industry. Indeed, many of the extraordinary advancements the public sees are due to the incredible efforts of the teams that worked tirelessly to bring a vision to reality. Awards Coordinator Holly Blackwood commented on the eve of the announcement: “It has been an absolute pleasure to speak to you all and find out how you continue to innovate and create in your respective industries. I wish you a fantastic rest of the year ahead.”

Flourish was first established in 2004 and has since built a team of around 50 specialists to deliver innovative customer journeys to their wide range of business clients. The news of their industry recognition comes alongside their recent announcement about joining independent agency collective, Harbour, as the dedicated CRM agency.

Paul Hammersley, Managing Partner, Harbour, said: “The understanding and management of customer journeys and experience are key parts of today’s marketing plans, so it’s essential that we have this capability at the heart of our offering. Flourish are one of the best independent agencies in this space, with an impressive leadership team, a strong client base and an excellent skillset across strategy, creative and media, making them the ideal CRM partner for Harbour Collective.”

Ian Reeves, Managing Director, Flourish, added: “We’re genuinely delighted to have received recognition for our contributions to improving best practice in the email community. We aim to help improve and implement a universal approach to email marketing that will not only benefit our clients, but all user experiences too. A huge thanks goes to our team for all their hard work.”

By all regards, the businesses featured in the 2022 edition of the Research & Development Awards showcase the importance of innovation, creativity, and future-thinking to the greater business landscape.

Acquisition International prides itself on its awards and winners. The awards are given solely on merit and are awarded to commend those most deserving for their ingenuity and hard work. To learn more about our award winners and to gain insight into the working practices of the “best of the best”, please visit the Acquisition International website http://www.acquisition-international.com) where you can access the winners supplement.

Flourish is a specialist CRM Agency, focused on the development and delivery of data-driven and creative communications and content in the B2C, B2B, B2G and NFP sectors. Based in Bristol, UK, the business opened its doors in March 2004. Since then, Flourish has extended its footprint with teams in both London and Dubai to support regional economic growth and a Global client portfolio.

With a heritage in Direct Marketing, Flourish has sector-leading CRM expertise, focusing on driving action at every stage in the Customer Journey, whilst acknowledging individual customers’ needs and circumstances. Flourish has helped brands like Samsung, Twitch, Coca-Cola, Nissan and Crisis revolutionise their approach to customer communications and, in-turn, maximise lifetime value through a blend of data, technical and activation solutions across a range of audiences, channels and touchpoints.

If you’d like to discuss how Flourish could help your business maximise the value of your customer audience then reach out to Ian Reeves via email on [email protected]

Harbour is an independent brand communication consultancy that sits at the heart of a collective of specialist agencies. It was launched in 2017 by Paul Hammersley (Managing Partner) who was joined by Mick Mahoney (Creative Partner) and Kev Chesters (Strategy Partner) in 2019. Its unique structure and client offering are designed as a contemporary alternative to the large legacy agency groups. Clients include McCarthy Stone, Tilney Smith & Williamson, The Athletic, BT, Match.com, Fitbit and John Lewis.

You’ve got the degree in the bag, a cracking portfolio filled with beautiful, thoughtful design, a creative CV and brilliant references. You arrive at the interview ready to dazzle, only to find that they expect 2+ years industry experience and a catalogue of household names under your belt.

It’s no secret that the creative industry is hugely competitive. Sometimes getting a foot in the door can be the most challenging part. And how many times have we all heard the phrase: it’s not what you know, it’s who you know? How many of us have been asked to work for ‘exposure’ or offered unpaid work experience?

We know it’s hard out there and we know that’s the industry’s responsibility, not yours. So while you continue to make out-of-this-world work, we’ll keep creating opportunities to get it seen.

The South West Design + Digital Student Awards were launched as an initiative to tackle how institutions approach design education. To get them thinking less about individual projects and more about the creative careers beyond.

The awards give third-year university students an opportunity to submit their innovative designs, win cash prizes (and who doesn’t need cash?), network with potential employers, get a portfolio review and win a paid placement at Proctor + Stevenson.

If you haven’t checked out the website yet, the design categories up for grabs are:

And if you want to test out some cool AR right now, scan the barcode, download the app and hover the camera over the images above.

As well as having their designs shared with industry experts, all finalists are in with the chance to win a paid placement at Proctor + Stevenson, with the opportunity to extend. Runners up will receive £1k cash each, and the Ultimate Creative Champion will receive a whopping £4k cash.

Once you’ve entered your designs (see entry guidelines), your submission is now in the hands of the gods (judges), who will be announcing the 10 finalists on 16 June 2022.

The finalists will be required to attend Proctors HQ in Bristol on 23 June 2022 for a day of interviews for the placement prize, followed by an awards ceremony and, from 6pm, a party with food, drinks, and dancing.

Some of our biggest clients will be there as judges and esteemed guests, along with the Proctors team, for your opportunity to network and celebrate your work.

Emily Hawkins was last year’s winner. She studied at Portsmouth University and entered the awards with her innovative design titled Nature’s Aeroplanes.

We sat down with Emily to discuss her project, her experience at the Design Awards, her placement at P+S and what she’s up to now. Watch the video below to find out more.

2021 South West Design + Digital Student Awards winner Emily Hawkins video here.

Last week, AgencyUK attended MAD//fest, the UK’s boldest and most distinctive marketing event in the heart of London’s tech and culture scene. The space where top brands, agencies and publishers come to connect, form new relationships, fix industry issues, pitch visionary ideas and celebrate all things Marketing, Advertising and disruption!

We #gotourwings2022 and won two fantastic awards at The Independent Agency Awards 2022, including ‘Best Use of Social Media for Chewits’ and ‘Best FMCG / Retail Campaign for Chewits’!

Rebecca FitzHenry, AgencyUK Senior Account Manager says: “We’re so excited to have won two awards for our work with Chewits. It’s been so great working with Cloetta to reawaken the Chewits brand (and it’s cheeky dino friend Chewie!) This integrated campaign has been a real AgencyUK team effort, from strategy and creative through to continuous learning and optimisations with the social and digital teams. With some amazing results to date, we can’t wait to see what’s next for the brand.”

Huge congratulations to all members of the Social, Digital, Creative, Strategy and Client Services teams for all of your hard work- it has definitely paid off! And that’s not all… AgencyUK were also Highly Commended for the Agency Purpose Awards and shortlisted for Independent Agency of the year!

Sammy Mansourpour, Managing Director says: “In 2019 the AgencyUK management team embarked on an ambitious programme of self improvement for staff, community and environment. Recognition and a Commendation for our efforts by the Independent Agency Purpose Award judges is invaluable and motivating for our team and peers. We cannot wait to continue this journey and share our experiences with the judges again in next year’s entry”.

We are so proud of our achievements as an agency and look forward to creating more great content this year and beyond. See you next year MAD//fest!

Beth and Ian have been selected to judge the National Startup Awards and the British Business Awards 2022 respectively.

The National Startup Awards have received over 2,500 applications in response to the first-ever call for entries and over 800 startups from the nine nations and regions of the UK have been shortlisted. Beth has been asked to be part of the team reviewing, deliberating and awarding the finest entries from the South West. This not only taps into her knowledge of this sector and the challenges and opportunities that come with it but also our desire to champion everything that’s great about the region we’ve made our home.

Ian will be part of a British Business Awards panel judging SMEs across 10 categories. Now in their fifth year, these prestigious awards recognise and celebrate the innovative and outstanding achievements of small and medium-size British businesses across all industries. This lifeblood of our economy is also a hotbed of real innovation as previous winners have demonstrated. Our work in helping to ignite brands at this stage of growth puts us in good shape to be part of this event.

Wednesday 29 June saw us attend the UK Digital Growth Awards in Marble Arch, London and return to the South West triumphant, with three trophies in hand!

Launch was awarded Best Use of Data for ISO consultancy client IMSM and B2B PPC Campaign of the Year for office property client Argyll, before going on to scoop PPC Agency of the Year as the evening drew to a close.

Judges’ feedback noted how ‘everything Launch brought forward as an agency was interesting’ and recognised how ‘impactful’ and ‘well planned and executed’ the campaigns were. They also highlighted our people-centric focus and positive employee experience, where we’ve placed an increasing emphasis on our staff’s wellbeing and happiness, having tripled in team size since the beginning of 2021.

Jaye Cowle, Managing Director at Launch, says: “It’s absolutely brilliant to be able to add these Growth awards to our awards shelf – particularly following such a tricky time in the industry. We’re delighted that the judges have recognised our dedication to our staff and their happiness. It’s an ongoing mission of ours and this just proves we’re on the right path.”

Bristol production agency Skylark Media has scooped three awards at this year’s The Drum Roses Awards. The agency is among three Bristol-based businesses that won GOLD. Aardman Animations and The Collaborators for Butternut of London (Bristol), also received top honours.

The Drum Roses, which celebrates the UK’s most talented creatives outside of London, has been running for over 35 years. Skylark won GOLD in the Animation/Illustration category for its work with Viva!’s This Is Fine animation. The animation also picked up BRONZE in the Viral Video category. Viva!’s TV ad, ‘Takeaway The Meat’, placed SILVER in the esteemed TV/Cinema Campaign category.

MD Jo Haywood says, ‘We’re absolutely ecstatic to win at this year’s The Drum Roses Awards. To be recognised by industry peers for our creativity is a real stamp of approval. We were up against some big brands and excellent campaigns including our friends at Aardman Animations. We are proud of our team’s creative work in building some successful campaigns for our client, Viva!’.

For more information, visit https://www.skylarkmedia.co.uk/blog/skylark-wins-gold-for-animation-at-the-drum-roses-awards/

Launch has been named the best small digital advertising agency in Europe at an award ceremony in Barcelona last night, May 26.

The paid media agency was recognised as the Best Small PPC Agency (under 25 employees) in Europe, and also won Best Use of Search in the B2B category for its work to drive global revenue for an ISO provider based in the UK.

The announcement was made at the European Search Awards, an annual event which rewards and celebrates the very best companies and people working in digital marketing across the continent.

The judges praised Launch for its ‘team-centric’ approach to its work, ensuring that the workload of their employees was carefully managed while also guaranteeing that their ambitious objectives were delivered for its clients.

Jaye Cowle, Founder of Launch was delighted with the awards; “Our mission is to be the happiest agency in the UK. I believe that happy people do great work, regardless of where you work or what you do. So, I am absolutely thrilled that the judges recognised this and saw how it is possible to deliver on challenging goals and have a happy work-life balance.”

Launch has offices in Bristol and Exeter and is currently recruiting.

Integrated marketing communications agency, McCann Bristol – part of McCann Central – has been awarded CPD Gold by the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) for its outstanding professional development opportunities over the last 12 months.

The IPA CPD Gold scheme recognises and rewards agencies who demonstrate a genuine culture of learning, bettering the professionalism, development and reputation of the industry enhancing clients’ brands and agencies’ worth as a result.

Dean Lovett, CEO at McCann Central said: “This is a huge accolade for us. Building a strong learning culture that supports real business objectives, as well as supporting the professional and personal development of our employees is a priority for us.

“Thanks to our people, we have overcome the challenges of the last two years and the business is in a very strong position. Through this continued focus on our people, and their place within our business, we’ve been able to further improve the CPD opportunities available to them – such as our annual Day for Meaning where employees come together to create plans to improve conscious inclusion across our offices and enhance company culture.”

McCann Central is one of just 35 agencies UK-wide to receive the CPD Gold accreditation. Those applying for the award must demonstrate that CPD lies at the heart of their business, building a strong learning culture, in support of real business objectives and the development of employees professionally and personally.

Dean added: “This is also an award for all employees. Their commitment to learning as well as personal and professional development through a very challenging period, is really impressive.”

McCann Bristol provides integrated communications and award-winning creative across a range of best-in-class services including: strategy, research and planning, design and creative, broadcast, digital, PR and social, internal comms and employee engagement, activation and media buying.

We were over the moon to pick up five awards at this month’s national Data and Marketing Association (DMA) Awards. We took the top spot in the ‘Travel and Leisure’ category for Cunard: Navigating the Route to Recovery campaign, and secured further wins in Marketing Automation, Data Storytelling, Customer Journey and Integrated Campaign categories with McDonald’s campaigns.

At the core of the GOLD-winning Cunard campaign was giving Cunard customers ‘permission to daydream’. Delivered through their letterbox was an ‘Invitation to Exploration’. Gilt-edged, on heavy stock, and worthy of a place at the Captain’s Table – this beautiful piece inspired guests to look ahead with positivity. It reminded them of the reasons they loved to travel with Cunard and encouraged them to start dreaming about their next voyage. Over £2m incremental revenue was attributed to the campaign, resulting in a 25:1 ROI.

The SILVER winner in Best Customer Journey and SILVER winner in Best Use of Marketing Automation was our Feel-Good Customer Journeys campaign. We were briefed to establish the My McDonald’s app as the customer’s channel of choice. To inspire and incentivise people to come back to the My McDonald’s app again and again, we used early behaviour data signals to determine customer propensity to use the app. Then, we worked to overcome inertia and reinforce frequent use with an automated nudge programme running on Adobe Campaign, which adapted in real time to customer response. ROI stands at 50:1 and growing.

BRONZE in Best Data Storytelling was our App Anniversary Programme for McDonald’s. It was developed to celebrate customers’ first year of being part of the My McDonald’s app family and show an engaged audience what they already mean to the brand, while encouraging them to try more of the menu. We celebrated each customer’s individual relationship with McDonald’s. Playful storytelling turned data into a picture of their own unique McDonald’s story and encouraged exploration of how that compares to other customers. Designed to recognise and reward, this bright, graphic thank-you note stands out in a busy inbox and generated a 14% increase in order frequency, amongst other results.

And BRONZE in Best Integrated Campaign was I’m Lovin’ It Live. Customers flocked back to McDonald’s when restaurants reopened after lockdown one. But with digital targets under pressure and another lockdown looming, we needed an activation strategy to boost adoption and retention on the My McDonald’s app and give customers a lift. As part of an all-agency team effort, including Leo Burnett, Red Consultancy and OMD, we launched I’m Lovin’ It Live – a once-in-a-decade live music event hosted via the My McDonald’s app and supported by a series of generous digital offers and moments to motivate downloads and ordering. All while bringing back the feel-good factor in the safety of customers’ homes. In response, we saw a 304% increase in app acquisition, 178% increase in app orders, and ROI of 44:1.

The five awards mark the most received in one night over our 29-year history. The DMA Awards is the annual best in class awards covering all areas of direct marketing across the UK.

James Ray, our CEO, summed up what this meant to us all: “What a fantastic result for our brilliant Armadillo team and our clients, Cunard and McDonald’s. It’s so incredibly well deserved and I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved together.”