Work Club Explained

Industry:Marketing
Hq Location City:London, England
Hq Location Country:United Kingdom

Work Club is a full-service [1] Digital and Social Marketing Agency based near Borough Market in London SE1. The agency has a broad range of clients, including Adidas, Asda, Coca-Cola, Heineken International, Pernod Ricard, McLaren, General Mills, PZ Cussons, and Sony.

History

Work Club was founded in August 2007 by Martin Brooks (CEO), Paddy Griffith (Strategy Partner), Andy Sandoz (Creative Partner), and Jon Claydon (Chairman)[2] Two additional partners joined in December 2007: Ben Mooge (Creative Partner) and Lisa de Bonis (Strategy Partner). Jane McNeill (COO) joined in February 2013.

On April 1, 2013, Work Cub acquired the clients and assets of Pirata London Ltd, a digital design and production studio led by Eduardo de Felipe and Stuart Peddie. Brooks, Griffith, Sandoz, Claydon, and McNeill had previously worked together at Agency Republic, and had won Digital Agency of the Year accolades for “Campaign and Marketing” four times. Mooge and de Bonis had previously worked together at Mother Advertising.

Clients

Work Club's disclosed clients are:

Original Source, Carex, Sanctuary and Cussons Baby

Old El Paso

F1 Racing

Nokia Connectors[3]

Ballantine's, Royal Salute

Notable campaigns

Work Club's most notable campaigns are:

Carte Noire Readers

The Carte Noire Readers were created to appeal to Carte Noire's predominantly female audience. These coffee-break-length, Jackanory-style book readings featured desirable male actors Dominic West, Greg Wise, Dan Stevens and Joseph Fiennes.[4]

McLaren 'The Race'

To accompany and augment live TV broadcasts Work Club designed The Race 1.0b. A software app unique to McLaren, live only when the car is on the track, delivering real-time updates and raw data from the car, the drivers and the pit. This project won the ‘best website' award at the One Show awards, NYC 2010.[5]

Sharp FanLabs

To promote Sharp's sponsorship of the UEFA Euro 2012, Work Club built laboratories filled with Sharp technology to monitor fans' behaviour – not just what they were saying, but also what they were thinking while watching matches. The FanLabs laboratory is also accompanied by an online survey to further monitor fans.[6] [7]

Ballantine's Human API

Work Club created an app called "Human API" to illustrate Ballantine's strap line "leave an impression". The app accessed via Ballantine's Facebook page allowed users to comment and advise artists live as they worked on a series of projects.[8] [9] This project won the IAB creative showcase award 2011.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Campaign. Staff. School reports 2012. Haymarket. 16 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Warren. Matthew. Jon Claydon joins Work Club. Campaign Magazine. Haymarket. 21 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Martin . Dave . Nokia Connectors — dave martin .
  4. News: Orr. Gillian. Observations: Joseph Fiennes is the new face of Carte Noire Readers. Independent. 16 April 2012. London. 19 March 2010.
  5. Web site: one show . The One show. 21 March 2012.
  6. Fawbert. Dave. Culture FanLabs crunches data to find out how much of a fan you are. Wired. CondeNast. 21 March 2012.
  7. News: Inside the mind of a fan. 21 March 2012. Metro. February 21, 2012.
  8. Web site: Ballantine's Human API. creativity online. 16 June 2011 . creativity online. 21 March 2012.
  9. Web site: Ballantine's 'human api'. Campaign Magazine. Haymarket publishing. 21 March 2012.