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Agencies across the advertising industry are having to increase their client fees. Gill Huber, Managing Partner at Oystercatchers, shares her view with The Drum on how these costs can be mitigated.
This week (9th August) the Oystercatchers team welcomed in New Business and Marketing Teams from our Oystercatcher Club member agencies for a training session on new business fundamentals and pitching excellence. The purpose of this session was to get our agency partners thinking about new business, and share useful insights on how […]
The Oystercatcher Awards 22 are officially open for entry! Oystercatchers believe that people and creativity are at the heart of every successful partnership, and every year we come together to celebrate these achievements. It’s now time to submit your entries into this year’s Oystercatchers Awards, which are open until Thursday 8th September. The […]
The IPA has today released the third part in its ‘Partnering for Growth’ report, which seeks to understand how to create mutually sustainable commercial relationships for clients and agencies. The third instalment of the report seeks to understand the four fundamental characteristics and contexts that help to create these long-term relationships. As part of […]
Working with Oystercatchers on the pitch process for our media agency appointment was an enjoyable experience. The process allowed for us to see what it would be like working with the agencies in a ‘real’ environment and ensured there was a balance between chemistry and technical skill across both sides of the table. The project management of the process was meticulously planned, removing all stress, and further support and guidance given to on-boarding and contract negotiation to ensure marketing performance and a long-term partnership.
Ellie Norman, Former Marketing Director, F1Oystercatchers was able to really swiftly respond to our requirements, pull a process together, and coordinate it, and really help be the referee and the policeman that helps everything stay on time… It was very helpful to have somebody in the middle of it all really driving this process, and being that confidante, helping both sides to understand where we were coming from.
Claire Cronin, SVP Marketing, Virgin Atlantic