Sam Clarkson

Mediabrands UK

We are Mediabrands, a client-first, consulting-led, community-driven group of 13,000 media and marketing specialists in over 130 countries on a mission to ensure our clients win in the marketplace. Through our diverse community of people and leaders, we offer teams of experts who thrive in a culture of excellence and equity. Through our commitment to brand values and media responsibility, we offer leadership to help our clients always act in the best interests of the communities they serve. The Mediabrands UK & Ireland umbrella includes local agencies UM UK, Initiative UK, the Reprise Digital network, plus its roster of speciality services including Orion, Rapport and MAGNA as well as housing our EMEA regional headquarters. We have recently launched a marketing intelligence engine Kinesso, which houses our programmatic buying agency Matterkind. In the UK, we manage and invest over £450m in billings for some of the country's largest companies and employ c700 people in our offices at The Bailey, London. We have an additional c350 people in offices in Leeds, Peterborough and Dublin. It's an exciting time to be in the industry, and even more so to be part of our network. With a huge mix of skills and personalities behind our doors, we have fostered a unique culture of entrepreneurship and empowerment – where every idea is important to us and every employee is an individual.