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People

Great people create
great agencies

We’ll help you nurture great people as a priority. Helping you to shape your agency with inclusivity, diversity, wellbeing, and continuous professional development at its core.

Purpose

Environments where truly exceptional work is the norm.

We’ll help you reflect the world we live in. Creating a sustainable, socially responsible culture with integrity and intent – championing opportunity and equality.

Performance

Ground-breaking client outcomes.

We’ll help you to develop your business, your people and yourself. By embedding the highest standards, we give our members that extra edge to deliver exceptional, value-added client outcomes.

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How to Put a Training Plan Together That Improves Performance and Protects Talent

A training plan should not be a tick-box document written once a year and forgotten. For independent agencies, a strong…

PrettyGreen Acquires PinPoint Media 

PrettyGreen Acquires PinPoint Media Expanding PrettyGreen’s integrated communications service offering with AI-enabled Paid Social, Search and Content Marketing Thursday 15th January: PrettyGreen – the Global Fame Making agency, has acquired performance marketing business, PinPoint Media as part…

Resetting for 2026: 7 Ways to Boost Workplace Happiness and Start the Year on the Right Foot

There’s something energising about standing on the edge of a new year. It’s like cracking open a fresh notebook full…

Confidence isn’t a mood. It’s a muscle – Gray Matters

By Adam Graham, MD and Founder of Gray Matters Recently I played in a padel tournament that doubled as a…

Grid24 launches new website for ViaNautis Bio following $25M funding round

Grid24 is proud to have partnered with ViaNautis Bio, a pioneering nanomedicine company developing next-generation genetic therapies, on the launch…

IF. Partners with Faith in Nature to Elevate TikTok Shop Presence

Independent brand communications agency IF. has welcomed Manchester-based natural beauty brand Faith in Nature to its growing TikTok Shop client…

YHA tasks IF. with brand perceptions brief

The iconic Youth Hostels Association brand has made the outdoors accessible for generations, with inclusivity a massive part of the…

Experian Maps UK’s Changing Living Patterns

New data reveals the UK is undergoing an ever-evolving transformation in how and where people choose to live, driven by…

How to transform leads into opportunities: a tale for your sales – Gray Matters

How to transform leads into opportunities: don’t burst the pipe! Last month we talked about the best way to optimise…

Less Spray, More Sway: What BD Pros Can Learn from Brands at MAD//Fest

It’s easy to think new business is all about volume — more outreach, more content, more channels. But the most…

AMI Joins Forces with Experian to Empower Independent Agencies

London, UK, 17th June 2024 —The Alliance of Media Independents (AMI), the UK’s largest collective of independent media agencies, is…

HFSS Delay Gives Brands Time to Rethink. Why Not Start with Audio? – ForeverAudio

The UK government has confirmed a new delay to the planned restrictions on advertising food and drink products high in…

Wasserman Experience gets significant value from our Alliance membership across the business; from expert and targeted training to free events for the next generation of talent, to peerless commercial opinion, industry insights and powerful new business initiatives

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Senior Vice President Wasserman Experience

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Great people create great agencies: environments where truly exceptional work, and ground-breaking client outcomes, are the norm.

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Better connected

Better connected

The Alliance connects you to the brightest and best thinkers in the business. Stay informed about what’s hot and what’s not, who you need to know, and how to face the uncertain economic challenges ahead.

Teaching, training and mentoring support

Teaching, training and mentoring support

Access an extensive learning and development programme. Join the best and most forward-thinking teachers, trainers, leaders, practitioners, creators, thought leaders, and entrepreneurial minds.

Independent – but not alone

Independent – but not alone

Independent doesn’t have to mean isolated. Our 11 peer-to-peer Action Groups ensure the very latest ideas, trends, insights, and developments will never pass you by.

Championing great work

Championing great work

Share and celebrate the finest independent creativity and campaigns every year. The Independent Agency Awards showcase the power of free, entrepreneurial thinking
by 100+ Alliance members.

Pioneering professional standards

Pioneering professional standards

All members are verified by a third party and abide by a Code of Conduct. Clients can be sure independent Alliance agencies operate to the highest professional and ethical standards.

Measuring and benchmarking best practice

Measuring and benchmarking best practice

Share in benchmarking surveys around leadership, diversity & inclusion, value, and purpose. Plus, agency leadership polls exploring issues like client fees, salaries, flexible working, and more.

Events

Our events programme provides a cutting-edge, inclusive and dynamic programme for innovation, connectivity and debate.

We connect independent minds with the best thinking in the business.

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David vs. Goliath: Using GenAI to outmanoeuvre the HoldCos – AI and Experience Technology Action Group (Member Event)

The narrative in the trade press suggests that only large network agencies (WPP, Omnicom, Publicis) have the budget to leverage AI effectively. This session challenges that view. We will demonstrate…

Alliance People Pulse 2026 – The Findings

Join us for the findings on the Alliance People Pulse for our first pulse of 2026 - presented by Annabel Dunstan from our trusted partner Q&R, we will discuss the…

Strategy Is Not a Single Stakeholder – Strategy & Planning Action Group (Member Event)

Strategy Is Not a Single Stakeholder Creating alignment, engagement and momentum to ensure strategy success This session will cover • Strategy as a system Mapping the different voices, incentives, and…

The Alliance x jfdi / Opinium New Business Barometer

Payback Time An exclusive Alliance member session As members of the Alliance of Independent Agencies, and contributors to the jfdi / Opinium New Business Barometer, we’re pleased to invite you…

AMI People Professionals Forum

We are excited to announce the first AMI People Professionals Forum. A quarterly online forum to collaboratively discuss topics specific to people professionals within indie media agencies. People professionals and those…

Green Jam: How to Keep the Client Fire Alive (LIVE)

Green Jam: How to Keep the Client Fire Alive 🔥 Client relationships don’t usually fail with a bang - they fade when trust, momentum and clarity slip. Our first Green…

Creative Slam – LIVE GreenJam at Ingenuity

Creative Slam Part of our much-loved GreenJam programme, Creative Slam is built to stretch and energise junior to mid-level agency talent - fast. This is creativity under pressure, in the…

Discover The Future’s Indie Report with Ian Houghton

Get Your Agency Into The Future’s Indie Hear directly from Ian Houghton, Co-Founder of MAD//Fest, as he reveals an exclusive opportunity for independent agencies. Discover how The Future’s Indie report…

Learning & Development Programme

We connect independent minds with the best thinking in the business.

The Alliance Learning & Development Programme has been designed through consultation with our members, trainers and industry leaders, providing relevant and timely interventions to meet the changing needs of our industry. We provide comprehensive training for the entire organisation.

Forthcoming Training Sessions

MHFA ENGLAND CERTIFIED TRAINING : Mental Health First Aider (Two Day Online Course)
TRAINING : From Brief to Breakthrough – Finding the Core Pitch Challenge
TRAINING : How To Present Creative Work to Clients
EXCELLENCE TRAINING : Excellence in Account Direction (Manchester)
MHFA ENGLAND CERTIFIED TRAINING : Mental Health First Aider (Two Day Online Course)
EXCELLENCE TRAINING : Excellence in Account Leadership (Manchester)
TRAINING : How To Be The Best Account Handler In Your Agency
TRAINING : ‘Goodbye Brainstorms, Goodbye Group Think’. Hello to a New Way of Ideation
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