In-House Agency Operations and Leadership

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74% percent of in-house agencies have been established in the last five years, noted the World Federation of Advertisers back in 2020. This rapid evolution should surprise no one. It’s simple economics. The cost of both creative labor and creative infrastructure have declined while the value of creative skills and services has increased. You can hire me to evaluate your organization and its opportunities to define how best to take advantage of this moment.

Spinning up and harnessing a creativity center within the heart of a corporation delivers favorable economics.

There are several causes driving a creative shift in-house:

Radical, swift changes in media and technology — In much less than a decade we’ve seen IT, Supply Chain, Finance and HR struggle to embrace advantages brought by the forces of mobile, e-commerce, blockchain, augmented reality, even smartphone video production. Entrepreneurial, strategically-oriented in-house creative partners can unlock this potential at lower cost and faster pace.

Urgency to locate and operationalize competitive advantage — From ESG to DEIB, product and service innovation to sales enablement, corporations face near endless opportunities to differentiate successfully. In-house creativity is the strategic fuel and operational muscle helping the enterprise take advantage.

Increased pace of content, social and communications — The raw tonnage of potent ideas, never mind images, copy, video and graphics required to market today is daunting. External agencies remain essential, but can’t support the volume affordably. An in-house creative organization provides a reliable, consistent core driving marketing success.

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