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The birthplace of the creative revolution, DDB is built on the belief that emotional advantage creates business advantage. By unlocking emotion, we deliver intimacy at scale and craft ideas that move, people and businesses globally. Because, as Bill Bernbach said, "Unless you feel it, nothing will happen." We are The Emotional Advantage™ Agency and we ask you a very simple question: Does it Move You?

We're an independent global media, creative, and data agency helping our clients make their next best move. As Campaign Global's Independent Media Agency of the Year 2025, we help brands unlock growth with a Return on Intelligence - applying innovative intelligence across brand strategy, integrated media, social, creative, and data. In a world where agility is essential and not all returns are created equal, we bring transparency, speed, and incrementality-focused measurement to fuel growth and unlock true value. Founded in 2011 with the mission to reinvent the agency model, we combine 600+ in-house digital experts with a global, on-demand network of 2,900 marketing specialists. This agile, scalable model gives us more time to really understand our clients’ businesses, and deliver truly incremental growth. Croud has recently acquired Vert Digital, an Atlanta-based digital marketing agency, and Metageni, an analytics specialist, having previously acquired leading social-first agency Born Social, Croud Luxe (formerly VERB Brands), and impakt Advisors. Croud is proud to partner with leading global brands including Audible, IWG, Frasers Group, Nespresso, and Prime Video, alongside Born Social’s impressive client list which includes Ford, Barclays and Diageo (Guinness). Contact the team at partnerships@croud.com for a chat, to set up an intro or any other further information. We are always looking for the very best talent, so if you're interested in working for Croud please check out careers.croud.com

Ogilvy is an award-winning creative company that inspires brands and people to impact the world. We’ve been harnessing the intersection of talent and capabilities to create iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas that drive impact for clients, since David Ogilvy founded the company in 1948. Ogilvy’s innovative business model centres on 5 core disciplines – Advertising, Public Relations, Experience, Consulting, and Health. These capabilities are all housed under the Ogilvy name, enabling teams to deliver seamless intersection and best-in-class expertise to bring clients the best solutions for growth.