Workroom Giving Brands Purpose

“You either make the dust or eat the dust.”

So said Paul Polman while CEO of Unilever. Paul believed that, in business, you need to take risks and be bold. He also advised that we should be human and humble enough to seek out partners and allies in our endeavours. And crucially, not waste time on things we don’t believe in.

We couldn’t put it better ourselves. We’ve spent nearly three and a half decades helping clients overcome business challenges with #strategiccreativity to shape, energise and embolden their brand with purpose and imagination.

Our highly-tailored, rigorous approach helps grow reputations and enhance relationships through insightful, actionable brand strategy. We bring brands to life through crafted experiences, identity, design and communications. This works not just for external audiences: since meaningful brands motivate and align internal teams too, driving confidence and positive impact. We’ve got the results to prove it!

Our work is grounded in values of courage, integrity, dedication and a ‘no smoke-and-mirrors’ approach! This has resulted in long-term, trusted relationships with a broad range of B2B and B2C clients from sectors spanning Beauty, Wellbeing, Healthcare and Pharma to Education, Not-for-profit, Public and regulatory bodies such as: Kao, Reckitt Benckiser, Coty, Humanists UK, National Bingo Association, Scouts, MRC, City of London, Adidas, Royal Mail, Quanta and many others.

Brands are built on the clarity and consistency of three ingredients:

Your Brand
Your Offer
Your Culture
How you Engage

that's why we work with clients to

Define

what makes them special and different

Design

distinctive brand identities and communications

Deliver

compelling, integrated experiences

Our Services

We provide branding, design and communication services. With seasoned expertise and global reach we develop meaningful & memorable brands from the inside, out. We support every aspect of brand development from consumer insight, brand strategy, positioning, identity and design to employee and customer experience. As a strategic creativity partner, we guide leaders and teams to initiate, inspire and manage transformative programmes.

 

Brand planning and research

Brand strategy and positioning

Brand architecture

Brand identity and design

Brand naming and verbal identity

Brand engagement and culture

Brand activation and experience

Brand management and guardianship

 

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Experience counts

Our core team expands quickly and easily when required, with long-standing expert associates and strategic partners. The team you work with will be made up of highly experienced and engaging brand strategy, design and marketing communication experts. They discuss, advise and help guide you on how to build a purposeful brand that inspires and engages its target audience.

  • Brigid McMullen, Founder & Creative Director

    Brigid McMullen

    Founder & Creative Director

    Brigid founded Workroom over 30 years ago to guide leaders to initiate, inspire & manage inclusive, purposeful branding programmes. Her use of #strategiccreativity gets results by putting the brand at the heart of the business.

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  • Zoe Hopper, Associate Director

    Zoe Hopper

    Associate Senior Account Director

    For over 18 years, Zoe has been managing major client branding, digital and marketing programmes. She also supports the senior team to ensure the smooth running of the agency, from resource planning to delivery.

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  • Joe Hedges

    Associate Creative Director

    Joe supports the creative team on a variety of Workroom projects to bring our trademark strategic creativity to life for clients.

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  • Colin Moore, Head of Design

    Colin Moore

    Head of Design

    Colin has over 13 years’ experience in visual identity, brand development and digital design, his clean, non-fussy approach originally developed at Dundee University.

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  • Catherine Mangan

    Strategy & Planning Consultant

    Catherine has over 25 years’ experience of creating and developing brands.

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    Marta Ryan

    Associate Senior Project Manager

    For over 25 years Marta has managed branding programmes across UK and Europe. She also brings sound strategic thinking and a depth of expertise which can be fundamental to a successful outcome.

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    Ellie Cockle

    Associate Design Director

    When Ellie originally joined us from Melbourne back in 2008, she'd travelled round the world, bringing valuable international design experience with her.

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  • David Haseler

    Strategy & Brand Marketing Consultant

    David’s 25+ year career has encompassed Advertising, Brand Consultancy and Design and he has worked with the world’s leading brands.

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