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In a world defined by experiences, it’s not enough for brands to simply stand for something – they must stand up for it. We are a brand communications agency built for this new purpose-driven era. Hello.
We are the world’s first global small agency. We love big strategy, big ideas, big data and big hearts. We are powered by creativity and pride ourselves on finding real solutions to real problems. We have offices in London, Manchester, New York, Los Angeles, Stockholm & Melbourne and we complain about the weather in all of them. We love our work, we’re never boring and we always buy our round. Above all, we work hard and we’re nice to people.
It is our unwavering belief that brands and organisations have a capacity to change the world for the better. To elicit a positive impact on the lives of their audiences. And for their marketing campaigns to not only raise awareness of these impacts, but to amplify them.
We manifest this potential as a commercial advantage — driving both the success and the significance of the brands we build — establishing a collective legacy for the work we do together. We provide a catalyst for a different approach to business; whereby growth is not measured solely in financial terms, but through positive impacts on people and the planet they live on.
In order to deliver this change authentically through our work, we must adopt this approach in our own organisation. Not content with building brands that improve the lives of individuals and communities, without being one ourselves.
We achieve this by forging new ways of working that improve not only our creative horizons but the fulfilment and balance of our teams. By being global citizens, working with open minds and open hearts. Acting always with compassion and without judgement. Inspired and
motivated by the cultures and communities we find ourselves in.
We strive to build a diverse, equal and inclusive working culture that not only tackles the inadequacies, inequalities and biases of the creative industries, but amplifies our ability to achieve what we are here to do: build brands that change the world.
This is our mission. A shared ambition. A fight; a cause; a movement.
We call it The Progress Economy.
Manifest is an agency that understands both the creation of ‘the big idea’ and how to deliver it. For too long creativity has been chopped up into siloed channels, so we’ve built a model that goes beyond integration – we call it unified communications. Our agency is born from the belief that great marketing is no longer just about selling products; it’s about starting movements. So that’s what we do.
We have redesigned the customer experience for clients.
Here are just some of the ways we connect and collaborate with them:
Our thought leadership platform helps our clients stay ahead of the curve.
A monthly ray of sunshine landing in your inbox with a healthy dose of news, views and creative inspiration.
Manifest’s unique ‘notworking’ event brings together brands, journalists and agencies.
We are the first agency to have our very own (fancy pants) client service app. It’s a game changer.
Would we even be a marketing agency without a podcast? But this one is good. Like, really good.
Our regular knowledge webinar series from the INCITE team.
A weekly link drop that started as something to keep us sane during lockdown that eventually just became a thing
Alex Myers
Founder + Group CEO
Founder and Group CEO, Alex has been the creative strategy lead at the agency since its inception in 2009.
Founder + Group CEO
Ali Maynard
Managing Partner, UK & Ireland
Ali is our longest standing member of the team. She’s in charge of building Manifest’s global network and running global campaigns.
Managing Partner, UK & Ireland
Jessica Becker
Managing Partner, US & Canada
Jess moved to New York to head up our American operation in 2017 – leading the agency from the front as our strategic lead in the region.
Managing Partner, US & Canada
Anna Karlsson
Managing Partner, Nordics
Anna is a co-founder of the Manifest Stockholm office, driving the agency’s operational performance and leading our Frame brand strategy team there.
Managing Partner, Nordics
Josefine Hedlund
Creative Production Director & Partner
A founding member of Manifest Stockholm, Josefine has a sharp eye for details, creativity and the visual aspect of our brand and campaign work in the Nordics.
Creative Production Director & Partner
Bec Chelin
Managing Director
Bec heads up our Manchester team, bringing a decade of top notch client service experience and leading on strategic internal comms projects. She’s also responsible for bringing all the Mancunian creative industries have to offer to the party.
Managing Director, Manchester
Isabel Thomson-Officer
Managing Director, Melbourne
A Melbourne OG, Isabel first joined us in NYC before heading back to her hometown to open Manifest’s first Australian office. Having worked as a journalist and a publicist with early-stage startups through to $billion valuation companies in virtually every industry, Isabel is our jack of all comms trades.
Managing Director, Melbourne
Jessie Bowers Jr
Creative Director, Melbourne
Melbourne’s resident New Yorker, Jessie oversees all things creative Down Under. An original graffiti kid turned painter, when he’s not busy designing and dreaming up big campaign ideas, you can find him tattooing himself, literally.
Creative Director, Melbourne
Kostas Karanikolas
Executive Creative Director
Kostas is a proven creative, marketing and brand leader with a diverse background and experience of twenty years in the industry. He is a seasoned creative leader who has held global leadership roles at top agencies in the USA and the UK, such as WPP, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO & others.
Executive Creative Director
Julian Obubo
Brand Strategy Director
One of the Manifest originals, and part of PR Week’s Top 30 Under 30. Jules knows how to make an idea fly. And with a voice like velvet, he also runs and records our Fresh Meet podcast.
Brand Strategy Director
Martin Farrar-Smith
Chief Design Officer
Martin oversees brand creation within our Branding & Design team, but also ensures we use design thinking processes across the entire business.
Chief Design Officer
Victoria Newlands
Director of Growth
Vic is our driving force for creative unification and business growth, ensuring we continue to evolve, innovate and deliver truly integrated campaigns that change the world.
Director of Growth
Helen Kenny
Group Special Operations Director
Helen’s bold and daring approach is the driving force behind Manifest’s Global team. A strong team leader; she knows how to make just about any idea happen.
Group Special Operations Director
Kellie Smith
Chief of Staff
A global citizen and former resident of the Big Apple, Kels is our gatekeeper across each of our studios. Our no-nonsense WPP alum has a strong moral compass, knows her rabble-rousers from her apathetic anarchists and she’s a dab hand in the kitchen to boot.
Chief of Staff
