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Agency Inside Lunch
In November 2024, we hosted our first CEO/CMO lunch dedicated to exploring the intricacies of brands in-housing their creative...


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What a Successful In-House Creative Culture Looks Like – Including Insider Tips for How to Build Your Own
“Culture has the single greatest impact on an agency’s bottom line,” says Ephraim Gerard Cruz , former Director of Operations at Xfinity...


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The Proof that In-Housing Works: Agency Inside presents Five Interviews with Brand Leaders Who’ve Already Done it
“The key to a good in-house creative culture is for creatives to become fluent in business" Interview with Ivan Pols , Chief Creative...


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The Top Five Reasons Brands are In-Housing Creative Ops
“The successful delivery of a marketing strategy is underpinned by a high-performing marketing operating model,” says Robin Charney ,...


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The Planning of In-Housing
In seeking to get under the skin of the in-housing creative operations trend in the UK, we investigated how different brands, CMOs and...

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The Process of In-Housing
Agency Inside has created a four-phase approach to in-housing: Phase 1 – exploration and consideration Phase 2 – audit Phase 3 – build...

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Rachel Middlewick is re-joining The River Group on 6th January 2025 as our new MD.
A Message from our Group CEO, delighted to announce that Rachel Middlewick is re-joining The River Group on 6th January 2025 as our new MD.

Christian Ruland
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Deconstructing Content
Let’s face it, content means many things to many people. For some, content is all about information – practical, functional, informative....


Team River
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We are officially a Certified Partner for Shorthand
We are officially a Certified Partner for Shorthand! Shorthand is a storytelling platform that helps teams build engaging, interactive...

Ellie Hughes
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What can you learn from doing a charity challenge with your colleagues? ⛰️
When River turned 30 earlier this year, we were asked for our favourite memories to create some social posts. Assuming that others would...


Team River
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💌 A love letter to River 💌 – By Wendy Watts
Oh River, have we really been together for nearly 30 years? It feels like yesterday when we met, in November 1994. I admit, I was a...

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