The Team appoints Clare Wilson as Creative Director
The Team is proud to announce Clare Wilson’s promotion to Creative Director. Clare, who has been a Creative Lead at The Team for 10 years, steps into the new role which will […]
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Your brand needs a purpose. Design a purpose for profit and people.
Purpose is not the sole pursuit of profits, but the animating force for achieving them. With many companies putting their purpose at the heart of their business, Liz Bryant, Cliff Ettridge and Sally Tarbit and look […]
Intern or employee?
Carol Wyllie, budding Designer, details her internship experience at The Team and tells us how it was an ‘internship’ where she didn’t feel like the ‘intern’. On hearing the word ‘intern’, people […]
How we developed and shot ‘Jack Corner’ for Gas Safe Register
We have brought to life our ‘Don’t Cut Corners with Gas’ campaign for Gas Safe Register – including TV for the first time. The 30-second TV advert tells the story of Jack, […]
A truly game-changing brand
As part of its successful launch, Scope’s new brand has been brought to life and rolled out across all areas of the organisation. Scope’s Brand and Creative Manager Hannah Redmond talks about […]
Raising standards with alternative formats
Good design and communication are about engaging as much of your audience as possible. Scope’s Designer David Hibberd shares some guidance on the alternative formats to consider so that all audiences are […]
Illustration that connects and reflects society
Illustration is a powerful tool for bringing different kinds of information to life. Scope’s Junior Designer Lizzie Morgan talks about the collaborative process of developing an illustration style which brings clarity and […]
Using photography to capture emotive stories
Photography is widely accessible and a powerful tool to challenge misconceptions and raise awareness. Photographer Kayte Brimacombe discusses how she goes about capturing storytellers’ images to connect with viewers, shift their perceptions […]
Typography in the mind
Bruno Maag from international typeface designers Dalton Maag discusses how understanding your target audience and applying skill, best practice, and sensitivity will ensure that accessible typography contributes to the success of a […]
Delivering Social Purpose – Part two
Here, at The Team, we believe Social Purpose is here to stay. In our two-part blog we look at the top tips on how to market brilliantly in a more Purposeful World. […]
Delivering Social Purpose – Part one
Here, at The Team, we believe Purpose is here to stay. Just look at the momentum behind the B Corp movement, supporting companies in making business a force for good, including big […]
Brand evoked movements
The Team is proud to support the University of East Anglia’s Masters in Brand Leadership. To celebrate this year’s Future Brand Leaders we’re publishing a series of guest blogs to showcase the […]
Stop saying that other word! It’s time for “brand humanness”
The Team is proud to support the University of East Anglia’s Masters in Brand Leadership. To celebrate this year’s Future Brand Leaders we’re publishing a series of guest blogs to showcase the […]
Photographer Joel James Devlin lights up the highways in the skies for NATS brand refresh
“I shuffled out of a little hatch, on my own, on to a control tower balcony. Then the door shut behind me. I have a healthy respect for heights; keeping my mind […]
Gender parity is something we need to make happen at work and at play- Team Talk Event
Most people agree that gender parity is a good idea, but there is still a long way to go. Why? What’s really stopping us? Process? Or are we all inherently sexist? Across the month of […]
Dan Dufour joins The Team as Strategic Brand Director
The Team is delighted to announce the appointment of Dan Dufour as Strategic Brand Director. Dan joins the Borough Market based brand communications agency from Good Agency where he worked as Associate […]
The Team at Christmas: Creativity and Charity
The Team annual Christmas card is always an interesting challenge: How do we create something unique and festive, something which will engage our team, contacts and clients alike, plus raise money for […]
Jan Enkelmann – Serious Conviction: Photographs from Speakers’ Corner
After three years photographing the orators and hecklers at London’s Speakers Corner, Jan Enkelmann’s work will now to be showcased in a two-day exhibition at the Embassy Tea Gallery, hosted by The […]
English Heritage awards its strategic brand contract to The Team
As English Heritage moves into its new phase as a charity, The Team have been selected as its strategic brand partner. Our remit will be to provide brand guardianship and direction for […]
Our Digital Future: Connect with it, wear it, beware of it.
The challenge for communicators is to be aware of how big data can affect the lives of customers and employees positively. The challenge is to think in a big data mindset. Think that way, and solutions […]
The Team develops RESILIA™ brand identity
Commercially sensitive data and information is fundamental to business innovation and a precious and prized off balance sheet asset to any organization. It is also valued by a range of adversaries, and […]
What’s the point of Internal Communications?
Internal communications goes by different names and is described in different ways. Employee communications, employee engagement, internal marketing, employee strategy, communications strategy…the list goes on. And what do we actually mean by […]
Stunning time-lapse footage
This is rather stunning time-lapse footage of Earth from the ISS. In 4K too, so should look amazing on larger 4K screens. Enjoy!
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic identity has been revealed
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic identity has been revealed, and it features a very bold T! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3s6fxIFTH0
News: Alzheimer’s Society Bolsters Agency Roster
Alzheimer’s Society has appointed The Team, to work with the Society on building a strong brand and communications platform to support ongoing strategic and appeals activity.
Thanks for making it real: Christmas 2014
The Team’s 2014 Christmas card campaign helps Southwark Foodbank purchase Christmas dinner hampers for families in need in the borough.
The Team at Christmas: ‘Let’s make it real’
The Team shares the idea behind this year’s Christmas card campaign, in aid of Southwark Foodbank.
23 top tips for better employee engagement
What it takes to make your employees feel valued. How do you energise your people, increase discretionary effort and maximise the resources dedicated to employee communications? Our 23 top tips on better […]
Royal Holloway University Rebrand : Discovering the beauty within
Nestled in the home counties, you may come across Royal Holloway. No, not the London suburb, or the infamous prison. Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, to give its full title, is a world-class university just outside Egham in Surrey. Opened in 1886 by self-made medicines millionaire philanthropist Thomas Holloway, the college was originally established as a learning institution for women at the suggestion of Holloway’s wife, Jane. The main Founder’s Building is impressive from the outset with its flamboyant pillars, turrets and towers inspired by Château Chambourd in the Loire valley.
Branding and marketing in foreign markets
When planning to expand your marketing activity to foreign markets, the more countries you target, the more complex things become. But that complexity is not equal across all marketing elements or locations. It’s important to know where things stay the same and where they can get more complicated.