We’re turbo-charging our Client Service team
8th March 2021We’re turbo-charging our Client Service team . Lizzie (left) and Ella are already making a tremendous difference in our mission to fuel growth for our clients.
New year, new faces
12th February 2021Welcome to the Team, Adi Kujal Walia. As Junior Strategist, Adi “loves stepping into people’s shoes and gaining a fresh perspective on their views and opinions.”
Best use of PR winners
6th November 2020Proud to announce that we won the Best use of PR at the FMC Dental Industry Awards for our work with Align Technology and Positive Communications – a collaboration across PR, social media and our Invisalign #smilesquad influencers.
Going on a Birss-a-thon
30th October 2020A mixture of inspiration and personal business therapy that could be summed up by re-booting the way you think by unlearning the way you currently think.
The C-word
30th October 2020Tash Laming, Strategist, has a confession to make – she can’t stop saying the C-word. Know the word we mean? Yep, that’s the one. She can’t stop using the word ‘consumer’.
Gin and football – a tale of two brand experiences
2nd September 2020When real recognises real. Nicholas Gill, Strategy Partner, reflects on the importance of authenticity to take people on a positive, emotional transition to invest in a person or company – be it gin or football.
The importance of mugs and other remote on-boarding lessons
15th July 2020It’s not easy and we’re always trying to make it better. Here’s our experiences and what we’re looking to improve.
Social and yoga – say hi to Jenny
7th July 2020Our people are at the heart of what we do. That’s why we take the time to find those who are passionate about what they do, just like Jenny.
Welcome to our new Creative Lead
22nd June 2020We’re always on the lookout for people who are experts in their fields, people who can help us fuel our client’s business growth. Lucy McIvor joins us as Creative Lead.
“Pass the mic instead of attempting to be an expert”
12th June 2020Evva Semenowicz, strategist at Team Eleven, talks to Modupe Ogunniyi about brand and influencer responses to Black Lives Matter.
Helping the Frontline with beer
27th May 2020Our work for clients spans the globe. Sometimes it’s also just up the road. We’ve been working with Kettlesmith, a craft micro-brewery and during lockdown we came up with an idea to support the frontline workers.
Build for the future
22nd May 2020Don’t stand still. Welcome to the Team – Helena Moorhouse, Client Associate.
We are part of We Are
19th May 2020Team Eleven co-launches “We Are”, a new international network for independent agencies with a radically different approach. We Are offers the network benefit without a network mark up. Members get access to knowledge, talent and client connections but it doesn’t come with a big bill or the dreaded quarterly Excel hell. How is that possible?
Planning for recovery
7th May 2020As we head into the UK Bank Holiday weekend, when the Prime Minister will unveil his roadmap, it feels like we have reached a point where we can move on from the immediate emotional support phase. Thoughts on how we start planning for recovery from Strategist, Evva Semenewicz.
It’s a good time for a moment of personal reflection
27th April 2020Thoughts on the importance of gratitude, the human condition and how we could all come out of this better by Sam Herbert, Strategy Director.
Welcome to the team
23rd April 2020Sam Herbert has joined Team Eleven as our first Strategy Director
Comms for successful remote working
31st March 2020Although we are well versed in working with remote teams and clients in different countries, the past few weeks has seen a dramatic uptick in comms across all channels. So we created this to help our teams and thought it may help others.
Brand Strategy award finalists
27th March 2020Nice end of week news to receive – we’re finalists for Brand Strategy in the 2020 The Drum Recommends Awards.
Reflections on first week WFH
20th March 2020So, our first week of working from home is complete and what a week it’s been. Reflections on a strange old time…
New client news
13th March 2020New client news – we have been appointed by Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Specialist Care on a strategic brand project
We are curious
10th March 2020One of our core values as an agency is curiosity. We’re privileged to work in an exciting, fast-paced industry where nothing ever stands still. We’re strong believers that you never discover anything new sat at your desk.
Curious reads
6th March 2020Curiosity is one of the behaviours that drives our business. It helps us ask new questions, experience new ideas and lift our heads up from the task immediately ahead of us.
The world from the West Country
21st February 2020Our base might be in the West Country, but our home is the world.
This is who we are and this is what we do
20th February 2020Whether it’s reversing sales declines, continuing 40+% YoY growth, maintaining market share in declining markets, re-defining or creating brands or developing social and influencer programmes that deliver impact – we fuel business growth for our clients.
Workshops and horns
11th February 2020If you’re in the room, be in the room… the etiquette of putting phones away and using horns in workshops.
Say hello to our newest team members
3rd February 2020We’re delighted to announce the appointments of Amy Harding as Social Associate and Shelbie Holmes as Client Associate, strengthening and expanding our social and client service teams.
Good times
17th January 2020Check out our new press activation in The Times for the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, as it wins yet another prestigious award from What Car? magazine.
Social Media award
11th November 2019The Invisalign #SmileSquad programme received the “Highly commended” Best Social Media use distinction at the FMC Dentistry’s Information Centre // FMC Dental Industry Awards 2019!
Our little book of culture
29th October 2019Culture is easy when there’s a few of you in a start-up, two-person office. Culture is less easy when you start to grow. The Little Yellow Book pins down what makes us unique and what values will carry us through to Team Eleven’s next chapter.
Capability | Transcreation
17th September 2019Stories of localisation gone wrong have become cautionary tales in our industry. Transcreation is part science, part art. Discover our experience and approach.
Broken: taking stock and realising what’s important
29th August 2019Our co-founder Nicholas Gill spoke with the Executive Juice podcast about some of the principles behind founding Team Eleven, how his work and people experiences – good and bad, including being broken – have defined who he is.
Capability | Brand definition and delivery
12th August 2019We have extensive experience in defining and developing clear, strong and compelling brand propositions and delivering them successfully into the world.
Capability | Social and influencer
6th August 2019Social media is changing the way people connect with each other and with brands. Influencers are more trusted than brands but come with their own health warnings in an ever-changing landscape. Our Social team navigate this constantly changing world to ensure brands use it to their strategic advantage.
Capability | Strategy
6th August 2019We find and refine the catalytic idea to fuel business growth for our clients. How? Rapidly. The pace of business today doesn’t wait for months of ideation in an ivory tower. Once the problem is clearly defined, we delve into the ‘mud’ of the marketplace to find the solution.
Remote lessons
2nd May 2019If your message is unclear and has no strength, it’s just noise. How do you make sure you navigate the mud of multiple comms while you, your team and your clients are quite often remote and get the actions you want? Reflections on remote working from some recent business travel.
Waitrose ‘racist’ ducks: from media click-bait to colourism and representation
15th April 2019Strategist Evva Semenowicz looks into the Waitrose ‘racist duck’ controversy and the responsibility brands hold.
Autologia
22nd March 2019It’s not everyday you get asked to appear on an Italian automotive blog…
Women: you don’t have to justify yourselves
8th March 2019This International Women’s Day we spoke to our Client Partner, and one of our founders, Sophie Gibson about how her experiences have helped her develop her approach to life.
February media journal
28th February 2019My February in media: identity politics, porn tech take-over, ISIS and turning 30, from strategist Evva Semenowicz.
Talk it out
4th February 2019Clear your head in just 60 minutes? For free? Absolutely. Find out more about why we participated in this experiment.
Making peace with social media (and January media journal)
6th January 2019How to use social media to your benefit, plus a list of what to read, watch and listen to in January, from strategist Evva Semenowicz.
News at Eleven
15th August 2018Check out what we’ve been getting up to for our clients in the very first edition of News at Eleven.
It’s OK not to have the answer straight away
30th July 2018Strategist Evva Semenowicz shares the most important career advice she’s ever received, and how it’s shaped her approach to her work.
Team Eleven strengthens strategy capabilities
24th May 2018Strategists Natasha Laming and Evva Semenowicz join Team Eleven to help take business to the next level.
Creating good mood food for Wiltshire Farm Foods
5th March 2018New campaign work for Wiltshire Farm Foods. Work and clients we’re extremely proud of. Read more about the pitch process and the work from Client Partner, Sophie Gibson.
Popularity… but at a price
24th January 2018Companies to rely even more on influencers argues Account Manager, Jennifer Wood.
Introducing Zuck – Facebook’s new Chief Creative Officer
18th January 2018News feed changes oblige us to bring back creativity to the platform argues Strategy Partner, Nicholas Gill.
Postcards from the beach
12th December 2017Thoughts from the Silicon Beach thought leadership event by Nicholas Gill, Strategy Partner.
Be nice
27th November 2017Nicholas Gill, Strategy Partner, reveals that you only ever need to do one thing: be nice.
Automation will give human insight a boost, not the boot
26th July 2017Thoughts from Strategy Partner, Nicholas Gill, on automation in marketing in latest CMO article.
You need to stop wasting time and collaborate efficiently
21st July 2017Remote working has been subject to much scrutiny. Nicholas Gill, Strategy Partner, explains more in Virgin Entrepreneur.
Today’s CMO has a much broader business remit
14th June 2017How the role of the CMO must be more than just marketing to build a strong consumer-facing brand. Strategy Partner, Nicholas Gill comments.
Team Eleven squad player Tom Brown on words
25th May 2017One of our favourite writers and frequent collaborator Tom Brown on how he became a copywriter and finding inspiration at the keyboard.
Food for thought: dinner party ice cream
27th April 2017The Grocer asked us to come up with a premium, social ice cream concept. We created ‘Occasions’, a premium ice cream that any self-respecting foodie would be proud to serve at their dinner party. See what you think…
Pepsi: what went wrong?
6th April 2017Featured in Shots magazine, Strategy Partner, Nicholas Gill, thinks that the Pepsi issue highlights why the distance of an agency from the inner-workings of a client business allows for objectivity and critical analysis that many not always be possible with in-house creative teams.
Team Eleven an RAR Rated Agency
31st March 2017The RAR has rated Team Eleven in five categories: Brand Advertising Creative, B2C – Brand Strategy, Digital Strategy, Integrated and Print Design. Nik Margolis, Managing Partner says “We’re delighted with our ratings, and even more with the lovely things our Clients have said about working with us!”.
Nik Margolis comments on loyalty
29th March 2017Managing Partner Nik Margolis talks about the difference in loyalty across the generations in a special Times Supplement by Raconteur.
Sophie Gibson talks about Women in the Workplace
8th March 2017Client Partner Sophie Gibson is featured on the Standard Life blog’s series of success stories by women in the workplace, talking about entrepreneurship.
Value everyone for their contribution, not because of their gender
3rd March 2017Client Partner Sophie Gibson comments in the Telegraph on her own experience of gender equality in the business place.
What does the future hold for Fintech?
1st March 2017Strategy Partner Nicholas Gill shares his thoughts in the latest Finance Monthly.
Nik Margolis appointed as Managing Partner
1st March 2017Working alongside co-founders Sophie Gibson and Nicholas Gill, Managing Partner Nik Margolis will be a key player in evolving Team Eleven’s unique model and will help build the agency’s network of partners to ensure clients such as Invisalign and Wiltshire Farm Foods continue to benefit.
A brand guide to Houseparty, the teen app du jour
7th February 2017Strategy Partner Nicholas Gill comments in Digiday on how brands could use Houseparty as a live research environment.
Should social media be allowed at work?
31st January 2017Strategy Partner Nicholas Gill comments, “We do social media for clients, so we need to spend time being involved with it. But we do ask that phones are not on the table in meetings. Notification bombardment is overwhelmingly distracting. We need to be attentive to ensure meetings are effective.”
Trying to see the upside in Brexit
31st January 2017Strategy Partner Nicholas Gill comments, “The short-term effect is that UK-based businesses just became a lot more attractive to clients and potential suitors headquartered in Europe or beyond. The lower value of the pound does literally mean they get more bang for their buck if their budgets are euro or dollar based.”
More honesty required from media agencies
23rd January 2017Commenting in Campaign this week on the question: should more media owners disclose agency rebates? Sophie Gibson, Client Partner, says ‘Yes… if the aim is to do things in the best interests of clients then full disclosure will aid this and take away any mistrust formed by recent events.
Digital vs traditional: what works best for you?
9th January 2017Latest thought leadership piece in Marketing Business Forum by Strategy Partner, Nicholas Gill.
Brands should take a moral stand
28th November 2016Commenting in Campaign this week on whether brands should pull ads because of editorial coverage, Sophie Gibson, Client Partner, says ‘Yes. Never has it been more important for brands to take a moral stand…”
Stand up to the gender pay gap at work
10th November 2016How can you stand up to the gender pay gap at work? Sophie Gibson, Client Partner, comments in today’s Telegraph. She advises: “Asking to leave early can sometimes be difficult. But, given that awareness of the pay gap is growing, seize the opportunity to bring it your employers attention.