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  • Advertising/Creative
  • Customer experience
  • Digital

About

VML is a creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience and commerce, to build connected brands that drive growth and solve business problems of every kind.

Our unique ability to integrate these practices, ultimately combining real customer benefits with a deep brand bond, enables us to consistently push to exceed customer expectations, creating unique experiences that deliver.

Our goal is to make our partners the best storytellers on every platform. It's not just the mission we're on, it's the value we deliver by bringing together a combination of diverse talent that can work together to meet the requirements of every brief.

The outcome being innovative, effective (and award winning) work in partnership with our clients. We’d love to find out more about your challenges and how we can help.



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BITE Articles

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Thought Leadership

Stress, simplicity and setting the pace

BITE’s top long reads of 2024 underline the human challenges that lies at the centre of marketing.

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Gerety Talks: Where intention meets attention

Members of the Gerety Awards Jury lifted the lid on how brands can better connect with consumers in an era of partial attention.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Social Wreaths campaign from VML saves lives

The hard hitting campaign from VML Health and VML Chile for the Chilean Ministry of Transport has reduced road deaths.

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Trend

Top 10 Marketing Moments of the year: Thankyou for the Christmas ads

From Disney’s loveable Octopus, to Boots’ majestic Mrs Claus, 2024 was a festive ad season to remember for all the right reasons.

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Thought Leadership

All I want for Christmas is more ads

The BITE festive ad round up shows the enduring power of emotional storytelling in advertising.

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Mrs Claus brings the beauty to Boots in festive spot

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh steps into the starring role of Mrs Claus in Boots Christmas Werkshop.

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Interviews

Setting the pace

Anna Vogt, VML’s Chief Strategy Officer, on the importance of clarity, perspective and learning to listen to yourself

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Trend

‘AI disrupts, but humanity, heart and humour shine through’

Marie Stafford shares VML Intelligence insights from Cannes Lions 2024

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Thought Leadership

Creativity can inspire bigger and bolder work

The Gerety Awards UK Jury panel underlined the importance of versatility in creativity.

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Thought Leadership

Adam&EveDDB scoop UK Agency of the year in the Gerety Awards

Biscuit Filmworks was awarded UK Production Company of the year.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Baileys’s audio innovation helps consumers make the most of their bottle

The Sound Scales tool detects how much of the drink is left and suggests various ways to use it

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Trend

Canon brings accessibility to photography with World Unseen

The groundbreaking exhibition and film series in partnership with the RNIB was created by VML UK

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Voices

WACL Talent Award 2024 winners announced

Celebrate the 21 trailblazers who have been awarded WACL Talent Awards in recognition of their commitment and creativity.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Department for Transport targets young men with audio push

The campaign, created by VML, features Hugo Chegwin and Kareem Ramsay

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Voices

McCann London’s Regan Warner becomes Jury president for Gerety Awards

Warner brings together an all star female cast to judge creative work through the female lens in advertising

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Trend

VML and Europa Donna break barriers with The Cancer Currency campaign

The powerful campaign has helped ensure funding and recognition for metastatic cancer

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Thought Leadership

BITE’s Top Ten Long Reads of 2023

Human insight, AI, breakthrough work and Barbie dominated the top reads of 2023

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Thought Leadership

Advertisers to spend £9.5bn in festive ad bonanza

The UK advertising market’s annual Super Bowl moment is budget busting according to the Advertising Association and WARC

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Boots delivers the feel good factor in festive spot

The ‘Thankyou Santa’ spot, created by WPP’s The Pharm, celebrates the uncomplicated joy of giving

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Thought Leadership

How to talk to midlife women

Anniki Sommerville lifted the lid on how brands can better understand midlife women in a lively panel discussion.

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Thought Leadership

BITE’s most-loved inclusive campaigns

To celebrate National Inclusion Week industry experts share their favourite inclusive work

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Thought Leadership

Women’s World Cup underlines it’s all to play for

A flurry of brand activations demonstrates the cultural firepower of women’s sport.

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Thought Leadership

DDB and Omnicom Take Top Honors at the 2023 Gerety Awards

DDB Worldwide has been awarded Global Network of the Year, DDB Chicago won Global Agency of the Year and Omnicom has won Holding Company of the Year

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Interviews

‘It is all about placing a premium on breakthrough thinking’

Michelle Whelan, Co-CEO of VMLY&R and CEO of VMLY&R Commerce UK on the future of social commerce, AI and leading through change

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Thought Leadership

McDonald’s scoops most awarded brand in the world at Gerety Awards

The fast food giant has utilised the power of creativity to cement its place in popular culture

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Hot Pick

CALM highlights the unseen signals of suicide with Lioness Fran Kirby

The campaign aims to help tackle the rising rates of suicide in young women under 25

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Trend

VMLY&R shows the power of purpose with Dogs without Borders

The groundbreaking campaign supports abandoned dogs to become medical detection dogs

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Voices

Outvertising tells brands to stand their ground in Pride 

The UK’s  advocacy group for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in marketing and advertising is backed by 64 of the industry’s most progressive and powerful organisations. 

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Hot Pick

VMLY&R and Tommy’s win the Marketing FA Cup Final

While Chelsea triumphed on the pitch, VMLY&R and Tommy’s showed the power of marketing with purpose

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Fuel Your Imagination

VMLY&R turns to books to promote carbon neutral toilet roll

For International Day of Forests, VMLY&R and Serious Tissues create a seriously silly loo-side book for the UK’s first carbon neutral toilet roll company.

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Hot Pick

VMLY&R tells the full story of menopause for Boots

The empathy fuelled print campaign underlines the power of creativity in the margins.

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Voices

A period stopping is only part of the story

Impactful new print campaign from Boots highlights the real story for women going through the menopause.

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Thought Leadership

Go Hug Yourself: Part One

The roll back in gender equality means that International Women’s day demands so much more than performative feminism.

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Hot Pick

Difflam and VMLY&R show the power of craft

The beautifully executed campaign is a compelling reminder of the power of creativity to puncture category norms.

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Voices

How VMLY&R Health and Gilead use AI to highlight breast cancer

Ahead of World Cancer Day we lift the lid on how the ‘Paintings of Hope’ campaign used AI to change drug approval laws.

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Voices

Gerety Awards 2023 underlines ‘diversity is more than words’

The 5th edition of the awards that judge advertising through the female lens calls for entries and announces locations and ambassadors for 2023

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Thought Leadership

Lessons from 2022: Your best work is still ahead of you

The most read long-reads of 2022 underline the importance of creative leadership and creating a future of work which works for everyone.

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Thought Leadership

All I want for Christmas is ads

The BITE Big Christmas ad round-up is a testament to the enduring power of creativity.

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Hot Pick

VMLY&R Commerce changes the narrative around Down Syndrome

The You-Can’t-Put-Me-Down Syndrome campaign is successfully driving a cultural movement to break down the stereotypes and ignorance around Down Syndrome.

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Voices

‘40 is only the beginning’

The 2022 winners of the 40 Over Forty awards underlines the importance of age inclusivity in the creative industries.

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Thought Leadership

Leaders from Pinterest and Dentsu Creative scoop Global Women in Marketing Awards

The Global Women in Marketing Awards recognised the women evolving the industry through game-changing and inspirational work.

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Voices

‘The Future Looks Good’ wins Snap’s 2021 UK Creative Council programme

The interactive Snap campaign from Cathryn Carey and Phoebe Chetwynd-Talbot shows how AR can be used to provide creative solutions to societal issues

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Trend

Tesco and BBH launch ‘The Christmas Party’

Reflecting consumers’ desire to escape the tough current climate, the supermarket giant is highlighting the joy of Christmas.

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Thought Leadership

Boots and VMLY&R deliver a masterclass in cost of living creativity

The ‘Joy For All’ campaign shows that creativity can thrive in an era of constraint and cutting back.

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Boots and VMLY&R deliver Christmas ‘Joy For All’

The Santa Glasses campaign delivers a rose-tinted view of Christmas, while recognising the cost of living crisis.

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Hot Pick

VMLY&R shows the power of authentic portrayal with Stamma campaign

New campaign underlines the power of creativity to change the narrative.

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Thought Leadership

‘Don’t assume you know what women think.’

The Gerety Awards Jury lift the lid on the award-winning work and consider how to create an environment where genre-defining work can thrive

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Thought Leadership

The Great August Reset Roundup

Steal some of the habits, inspiration and creative methods of the industry's finest

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Trend

Bodyform’s Painstories and Channel 4’s Super. Human. scoop Gerety Awards

The 2022 winners highlighted the power of empathy, humanity and craft in advertising.

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Thought Leadership

A taste of our own medicine

How VMLY&R are embracing change to improve the workplace

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Voices

Walking the walk and making the work work

Brands without purpose will fail to grow both their revenues and their people

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Fuel Your Imagination

Boots' new campaign is an ode to Summer ready Brits

The new campaign from The Pharm/VMLY&R flips the script on ‘get summer ready’

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Hot Pick

Ford’s “make it visible” campaign raises awareness of suicide prevention

The campaign from VMLY&R has been created in partnership with The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and Balfour Beatty and aims to prevent suicide in the construction industry

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Thought Leadership

What one thing would you like to see the industry do differently in 2022 when it comes to building a truly inclusive and diverse workforce?

An inclusive, diverse workforce is crucial to the happiness, creativity and success of the industry

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Voices

Last chance to apply for #CreativeComeback

The flagship scheme for returners, supported by Diageo, is back with a UK-wide scheme offering free support for returners.

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Voices

Gerety Awards extends deadline till May 13th

The shortlist will be announced mid June followed by jury insights panel

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Thought Leadership

How can the advertising industry play a bigger role in providing solutions to the climate crisis?

Brands have both an opportunity and a responsibility to promote sustainable living

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Thought Leadership

How do you plan to elevate women in 2022?

In the wake of the ‘Shecession’ we asked male leaders from across the industry how they plan to elevate women, not just on International Women’s Day, but every day.

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Thought Leadership

Leaders from The Brooklyn Brothers and ASOS scoop Global Women in Marketing Awards

The Global Women in Marketing Awards 2021 recognised the women making a difference and building back better in the marketing industries across the world.

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Voices

Motor Neurone Disease Association launches voice preservation campaign

VMLY&R teams up with Dell Technologies, Intel, Rolls-Royce to launch “I Will Always Be Me” campaign for the Motor Neurone Disease Association

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Trend

Choosing Change: The future is bright with creative commerce

VMLY&R Commerce’s Tom Moore considers the opportunities for creativity, innovation and growth the commerce space holds

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Hot Pick

THINK! celebrates life long friendships to discourage drink-driving

The campaign from VMLY&R aims to tackle the issue ahead of the holiday season.

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Why agency leaders have gone back to the drawing board

VMLY&R London’s Justin Pahl asks if agency leadership reflects society evolving needs.

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Coco de Mer and VMLY&R COMMERCE UK celebrate the power of female pleasure and sensual self-expression

The #RevealYourPleasure campaign aims to tackle censorship and eliminate taboos around women’s sexual wellness and pleasure

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The BITE Christmas ad roundup

In 2021 consumers needed festive joy and togetherness more than ever, and advertisers didn’t disappoint.

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Thought Leadership

Should brands be doing more to market sustainability in a more accessible way to consumers?

As consumers strive toward making more sustainable choices, the onus is now on brands and marketers to help facilitate this

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Trend

Lessons from Cannes Lions on the future of e-commerce

World-class creative ecommerce goes beyond transaction, writes Gabriela Lungu Global Creative Director at VMLY&R Commerce and jury member for the Creative ecommerce category.

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Brands must make a virtue out of authentic messaging

Sometimes marketers feel they can’t do right for doing wrong when communicating their sustainable credentials. The alternative is not an option, argues Christina Miller, Connections Director at VMLY&R.

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Hot Pick

Alpro reminds us that there is more than one way to save the planet

Multiple studies have demonstrated that plant-based eating is one of the simplest and most impactful things we can do as individuals to help tackle climate change.

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Hot Pick

Stamma partners with Wikipedia to tackle harmful language around stammering

Campaigns like this are essential tools when it comes to education and ultimately, shifting the narrative, helping to shine a spotlight on harmful language used and dismantle it in the process.

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Thought Leadership

Are marketing careers becoming more Squiggly and what should the industry do to adapt to the end of linear careers paths?

In an era in which creative people have the tools and the inclinations to create their own paths to success and happiness, business as usual is no longer an option.

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Interviews

Karan Tattersfield, Head of HR, VMLY&R

Businesses that want to succeed and retain the best talent should heed Karan Tattersfield’s advice that sometimes, a cup of tea and a bit of humanity will succeed where structured policies might not.

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The Digital Touch

Technology gets personal