Leeds integrated agency set for ‘rapid expansion’ following seven-figure turnover

Leeds integrated agency, Punch Creative, reported a £1.3m turnover in the 2022/23 financial year, alongside onboarding 20 new clients, including DUNKIN’ UK and Hard Rock Cafe, York.

The past year has also seen the introduction of four new senior roles within the agency. Punch, which was started by just three friends in 2007, has now grown into a multidisciplinary team of 26 employees from across the North, with three new hires in the pipeline for May.

The new senior positions will help with Punch Creative’s rapidly growing portfolio of clients. The agency is set to continue its expansion in 2023, recently winning brands including Coaching Inn Group, Travelex, Environment Bank, Zephr Homeloans and Seff, a sustainable brand, in the past three months alone.

The new hires include head of agency growth, Angela Cameron, who comes to Punch with over 20 years of commercial experience in hospitality brand, sales and marketing.

Angela commented: “It’s been brilliant to hit the ground running with the team. They’re a dynamic bunch, and I am looking forward to creating more opportunities so we can push the agency to be bigger than ever before. There are so many possibilities here, I don’t know where to begin!”

Charlotte Brown, formerly an senior account manager for Punch, has moved into a head of operations role. Her remit is to seek and manage changes that make the agency more efficient and profitable, already reducing hours, and bringing in new processes that have positively impacted project delivery, productivity levels, and team wellbeing.

She is joined by Helen Fairburn, head of people, who’ll be focusing on keeping employee engagement and happiness high. Helen, a founding member at Punch, added: “We couldn’t be Punch without the people. It’s as simple as that. As long as we have a positive working environment, we’ll continue to get better.”

Punch have also hired Jessica Fryer as head of marketing and PR, transforming their content team into a full-service communications department, building an expansive set of skills from digital spend and social strategy to internal comms and publicity.

Louise Wright, commercial director, concluded: “We’ve taken big risks in the past, like introducing a four-day week before it was a trend, and it’s rewarding to see our years of hard work pay off. With more new hires and a growing bank of clients, we’re incredibly excited to see what the rest of 2023 has in store for us.”

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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