The UK arm of Weber Shandwick, a global communications and PR agency working on reputation, marketing and public affairs.
Weber Shandwick is a global communications agency, and in the UK it works from London, Manchester and Scotland. Its website describes three practices. Advisory covers corporate strategy and reputation, leadership and organisational change, public affairs and sustainability, crisis and issues management and financial communications. Create covers marketing communications, earned media and influencer work. I/O covers digital strategy, performance marketing, measurement and AI. It is part of The Weber Shandwick Collective, a strategic communications and consulting group within Omnicom Public Relations.
We did not find a formal mission statement, but its homepage message is "Individual talent, collective purpose" and it says it is built to create change and drive impact through bold, action-oriented work. It lists four values in its own words: Curiosity (challenging convention and asking the right questions), Inclusion (building teams grounded in belonging and openness), Courage (standing up for beliefs) and Impact (making a meaningful difference for people, clients and the world).
A Creative Access profile gives the Collective's head office as 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AN. A 2022 trade report on Helen Bennett's promotion to UK chief executive says the UK network covers London, Manchester and Scotland, with affiliate offices in Dublin and Belfast, and names clients including HSBC, Unilever, Nike Foundation and Aldi. That report is now several years old, so check for newer leadership and office details.
The same 2022 report says Bennett emphasised collaboration and innovation, and that a senior people role was created to drive what it called a people-first culture and talent strategy. The Creative Access profile describes teams of strategists, creatives and technologists and says the agency was named to Ad Age's Agency A-List in 2020 and to Best Places to Work in 2019. These are third-party listings of past recognition rather than a current picture of day-to-day life.
The roles Weber Shandwick employs in the UK include account executives and senior account executives (a London listing for a PR Senior Account Executive sits on its UK site), public affairs and financial communications specialists, creatives, digital and data staff, and finance, people and operations teams. A useful way to prepare is to practise writing and presenting ideas, follow the news, and learn how different industries talk about themselves.
Website: webershandwick.co.uk
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