We create memorable experiences that evoke emotions, shape opinions and make things happen.
Live events. Exhibitions. Employee engagement. Video and digital content.
We’ve been doing this and more for over 25 years – all by serving a single idea.
Our brand.
Our ethos.
Our benchmark.
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Forging work for Healthcare, Financial and Professional Services and more for over 20 years, our busy building remains as committed to delivering quality as it did in the industrial revolution.
Beneath original beams and rusty features in the vast attic space of the Merchants Warehouse on the Bridgewater canal, WRG’s directors sit next to fresh-faced juniors in the spirit of true collaboration.
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Our office in Fitzrovia was once the site of an old furniture factory which converted to make parachutes during the war. Our central London creative space now lives and breathes the cosy feel of a Victorian home.
In the Heal and Son building on Torrington Place, we’re living with the legacy of Sir Ambrose Heal – a craftsman and industrialist who believed in the marriage of beauty and utility to create good design.
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Established to serve national and global Healthcare clients clustered in the Northeast, our rapidly expanding US office now serves other sectors such as Technology and Financial & Professional Services.
Working in the heart of Center City, our team is inspired by the deep history and pioneering spirit of the nation’s first capital. With a growing reputation for creativity and a can-do approach WRG is proud to be part of the Philadelphia community.
We create memorable experiences that evoke emotions, shape opinions and make things happen, engaging internal and external audiences through the strategic creation of live experiences, virtual & hybrid experiences, exhibitions, physical environments and logistics.
We’ve been doing this and more for over 25 years – all by serving a single idea.
What’s the point of communicating if no-one remembers what you’ve said?
WRG employs more than 150 staff with offices in the UK and the US. The company has over 25 years’ experience working across categories including: Healthcare, Energy, Technology, Luxury, Retail, FMCG and Financial & Professional Services.
WRG are a founding member of isla, an action-driven network working on the event industry’s response to the climate crisis.
Our Health & Safety Team won two internationally recognised awards in 2020 from the Royal Society for the Protection of Accidents (RoSPA). There are almost 2000 entrants every year and it’s the UK’s longest running Health and Safety Awards.
It's the people that make WRG, a division of The Creative Engagement Group the truly unique business that it is today. Our group draws talent across a range of disciplines, all focused on creating unforgettable experiences and content.
We can create and deliver projects built across different time zones, and offer opportunities to work across and from the US, Europe and beyond.
We’re flexible, respectful and creative, and speak over fifteen languages. We all know each other — and like it that way. Each of our offices and brands may have their own distinct character, but we’re very much one Group.
Our people come from a diverse range of backgrounds — live events, business, logistics, technology, web, print, advertising, film, television and theatre. All ready to apply their talents to different areas we work in.
Lion tamers, tree cabin builders, data jugglers, playwrights and ethnologists — you too can apply. Because we don’t believe in shackling people to a résumé.
If you’ve a desire to work across a new discipline, we won’t stop you. Because we’re more interested in what our people are like off the page than on it.
Whether working across cultures on global launches — or more local, intimate events — we always need inspired and inspiring people to Create Unforgettable.
WRG Creative Communications - Philadelphia
Due to a huge volume of work, we are looking to widen our freelance pool in the US of video switchers/ live graphics operators to work across our range of virtual and hybrid events.
You must have previous experience in a corporate environment of delivering live video graphics, using platforms such as Notch and VMIX. Own technical set-up and excellent bandwidth is essential.
If you feel you have expertise in this area we would love to hear from you!
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WRG Creative Communications - Philadelphia
Senior Copywriter
Location: Philadelphia (open to regional remote candidates in greater NYC, Baltimore, DC areas)
The Creative Engagement Group is an unusually shaped group of communications consultancies and creative agencies focused on engaging audiences through live and virtual experiences, physical environments, film, digital & immersive, employee capabilities & engagement, learning, healthcare communications and training.
United by a philosophy to ‘Create Unforgettable’, we provide an international client base with the ability to generate deeper levels of engagement with their audiences.
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Description
About the Senior Copywriter role
We’re looking for a versatile storyteller and experienced creative copywriter to help us develop ideas, craft compelling content, and shape the language that delivers on our clients’ strategies while supporting their brand voice. The Senior Copywriter works in partnership with the Creative Director and Senior Designer to generate creative concepts and tactics, and to progress them through execution. While crafting copy and content is the main responsibility of the Senior Copywriter, contributing to the overall creative strategy and program development on projects is also a crucial part of this role.
The Senior Copywriter should become a brand and product information specialist and appropriately source written materials (referencing) for a client’s Medical/Legal/Regulatory (MLR) review board. Senior Copywriter reports to the Creative Director.
This is a six month contract position with the possibility of extension, or full-time for the right candidate.
Senior Copywriter
Creative Role & Responsibilities
Qualifications include (but are not limited to)
Relationships/Supervisory Role
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WRG Creative Communications - Philadelphia
Senior Designer
Location: Philadelphia (open to regional remote candidates in greater NYC, Baltimore, DC areas)
The Creative Engagement Group is an unusually shaped group of communications consultancies and creative agencies focused on engaging audiences through live and virtual experiences, physical environments, film, digital & immersive, employee capabilities & engagement, learning, healthcare communications and training.
United by a philosophy to ‘Create Unforgettable’, we provide an international client base with the ability to generate deeper levels of engagement with their audiences.
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About the Senior Designer role
We are seeking a creative visual designer with a strong foundation in design fundamentals and experience designing for a range of applications from digital to physical. The Senior Designer generates new ideas and designs that creatively deliver the client’s strategies and build on their brand style. This role works in partnership with the Creative Director and Copywriter to create original concepts and tactics, and to progress them through execution. While design is the main responsibility of the Senior Designer, contributing to the overall creative strategy and program development on projects is also a crucial part of this role.
The Senior Designer should become a brand guide specialist and be comfortable designing to meet and broaden the requirements of our clients’ Medical/Legal/Regulatory (MLR) review board process. Senior Designer reports to the Creative Director.
This is a six month contract position with the possibility of extension, or full-time for the right candidate.
Creative Role & Responsibilities
Qualifications include (but are not limited to)
Relationships/Supervisory Role
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TCEG - Philadelphia
Due to a huge volume of work, we are looking to widen our freelance technical expertise in the US to facilitate the execution of virtual and hybrid events via the use of a range of virtual platforms.
We are keen to hear back from anyone that is interested in exploring freelance project based opportunities that feel they have the skills described below.
You will be a critical part of the Virtual and Hybrid Team, providing technical expertise and meeting set-up and delivery across an array of platforms but most specifically across Zoom and Teams.
You are expected to work as an ambassador of TCEG and ensure the highest standard of quality in all areas of production and event/ meeting delivery.
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Merchants Warehouse,
21 Castle Street,
Manchester,
M3 4LZ,
UK
22-24 Torrington Place,
London,
WC1E 7HJ
UK
1 S Broad St.
Suite 930
9th Floor
Philadelphia
PA 19107
USA
Over twenty-five years’ experience in marketing communications as strategist and CEO
Delivering innovative solutions and even greater impact for our clients
Trained as an accountant with Ernst & Young
Lauren works across all of our brands, overseeing our growing client service offering
Sallie is the Head of Client Engagement for our US presence, working across all agency brands
Tim’s mission is to ensure the highest possible standard of creativity and delivery.
Based in Philadelphia, Greg joined WRG in 2019, bringing over 16 years of experience with him.
Heading up a talented and expanding team
Helen heads up our US Environments team
Over 20 years’ global experience in the exhibitions industry and in the healthcare sector
With almost 20 years’ experience as a digital creative, Spencer looks after our digital team
Engaging virtual audiences to ensure the delivery of a memorable message
Including events of 3000+ attendees, Chi’s worked on some of our biggest projects
Her approach to project management is led by innovation
Jointly manages a large logistics team split across 3 offices, dedicated to Healthcare Events.
Emma jointly manages 30+ people over three offices to produce more than 300 Pharma events a year
A wealth of experience from a number of sectors
Over 20 years experience delivering integrated communications and experiential solutions
Passionate about creating experiences and engaging audiences, with a solution focused approach
Passionate about using digital solutions to make a real world difference to patients
Justin is the bridge between the client and internal teams
Ensured the safe delivery of projects for some of Europe’s biggest companies
Using his corporate procurement background to create value for WRG’s clients
Champion for experiential, leading creative projects of all sizes
Specialises in creative content
Paul's passion lies in telling captivating stories through authentic brand experiences.
Leads the creative team in our Philadelphia office
Alice has a strong video production background combined with a love of creativity and audience engagement.
Julia has won multi EVCOM/IVCA awards, a New York Film award for our UK Department of Education work.
Over 20 years experience in video and film production
A central role in direction and operational efficiency
A leader in the events industry for over 15 years
Working across WRG and all of our brands on internal and external communications
Having started his career at Coca-Cola, Russ has over twenty-five years’ experience in marketing communications. He held strategy and leadership roles in blue chip agencies including McCann, Butterfield Day, HHCL, Lowe, and JWT.
Russ was CEO of Havas Worldwide for six years. Russ was recently awarded ‘Advocate of the Year’ at the Women in Marketing awards. He is a member of The Marketing Group of Great Britain; Fellow of the RSA; EMBA advisor for Oxford Said Business School; Tech London Advocate and former NED of Basketball England. Russ is Chair of Trustees for Creative Mentor Network.
As Group Creative Innovation Officer, Mark is responsible delivering innovative solutions and even greater impact for our clients as well as for the overall direction of all creative departments.
Having spent over twenty years in advertising, creating international campaigns for the likes of Nivea as an Executive Creative Director at TBWA, he now sits comfortably at the evolving intersection where brand and experiential meet.
An advocate for our ‘Create Unforgettable’ ethos, Mark helps the team deliver impactful and engaging experiences for clients across the globe. Experiences that help shape opinions, move people and make things happen.
David trained as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young. He spent four years as a management consultant, helping clients in the creative sector improve their financial performance. David spent ten years at the Guardian Media Group and later led its sale to Trinity Mirror.
David left his role as Managing Director of MEN Media in 2012 to be our CFO. The following year he became COO. He’s also non-executive Director of Sharp Futures, a social enterprise for creative and digital talent in Manchester.
Lauren works across all our brands, overseeing our growing client service offering and helping to deliver outstanding brand thinking and creative solutions for clients.
Lauren has held several senior roles in advertising, including Global Business Director on Unilever at Mullen Lowe, Group Account Director at WCRS, European MD of Arnold Worldwide and Head of Account Management at VCCP. Most recently, she was the Managing Director at film content agency, Evidently.
She leads a team of 12 talented and passionate Client Engagement professionals, supporting clients in solving problems and working with our service lines to deliver projects, which create moments that inspire lasting change, whatever the channel. Prior to this, Sallie led our largest pharmaceutical account, managing a team of circa 50 people, both in the US and UK.
Before joining TCEG, Sallie managed the global portfolio of meetings & events travel trade shows at Reed Travel Exhibitions and was Managing Director for events agency, W&O Events.
Additionally, Sallie is a qualified coach and counsellor; allowing her to follow her passion for people and their potential.
Tim has twenty years’ experience in live events and has been leading the ever-growing live events team since 2017.
As a producer he’s led the creation and delivery of brand experiences, from product launches, to roadshows, conferences and meetings. Tim has also been instrumental in coordinating some of the UK’s largest public events and spectacles – including the Mayor of London’s New Year’s Eve celebrations and the recent London Car Free Day with TfL.
Based in Philadelphia, Greg joined WRG in 2019, bringing over 16 years of experience with him. In this role, he is focused on managing the US team while working toward WRG’s goal of growing its live event offering to both new and existing clients. With an impressive list of national and international productions to his credit, Greg says he is honored to partner with people who share his passion for live events and production. When he isn’t on a plane traveling for work, Greg is often on one traveling for fun.
Mark trained as an industrial designer and spent three years designing commercial interiors before arriving in the live events industry.
Mark has overseen many of our largest international projects for clients such as AstraZeneca, Google, Roche and Ricoh. He now heads up a talented and expanding team of environment project managers and designers. Under his stewardship, it’s seen a period of rapid growth globally, particularly in North America.
Helen heads up our US Environments team as they create memorable exhibition experiences and bespoke installations for our international clients.
Helen works alongside Mark Jackson, Head of Environments in the UK, to lead the US team and support The Creative Engagement Group in growing their exhibitions offering to clients, both new and existing.
Helen has a wealth of experience, having managed a wide portfolio of brands, including Merck, Novo Nordisk and Yahoo over the past 15 years.
With over 20 years’ global experience in the exhibitions industry and in the healthcare sector, Simon has been responsible for the delivery of some of the agency’s largest projects for key clients.
As Head of Environments UK he leads a growing pool of project management talent in both Manchester and London delivering projects of all types over a wide range of industry sectors. His passion for encouraging the personal development of individuals builds a level of excellence within the team across both client management and technical delivery.
With twenty years' experience as a digital designer and creative, Spencer has worked for large advertising agencies, broadcast indies and boutique digital specialists on campaigns and projects for the likes of HBO, Audi, Chanel, GSK, and the BBC.
Spencer now leads our digital team across the group, guiding the creative direction of his blended team, which includes strategists, designers, developers, project managers, and 3D artists. The team works on a diverse set of projects covering mobile, web, voice, VR, AR and live interactive experiences.
Gemma has over a decade of live event and communication expertise over various industries and channels.
As Head of Hybrid & Virtual Events she specialises in engaging virtual audiences to ensure the delivery of an interactive and memorable message. Day to day Gemma aligns closely with our Live, Film, Communications, and Digital teams to ensure seamless integration of these fundamental disciplines and to deliver a holistic and thought through programme.
Time spent away from the world of virtual events is all about life’s little luxuries…good food, exploring the world and a decent northern cuppa!
Chi has 14 years’ logistics experience working with and managing large project teams; achieving seamless results – whether instructing coachloads of priests during the papal visits, or handling VIP meetings amid the buzz of the London 2012 Olympics.
Including events of 3000+ attendees, Chi’s led some of our biggest projects across a wide breadth of sectors and venues. She enjoys using her experience of complex international events to support and develop the talent of the live logistics team.
A positive, solution-focused leader of the logistics team, Lucy has over 12 years’ experience in the industry.
Her approach to project management is led by innovation and she is passionate in encouraging the team in finding opportunities to create fresh ways of delivering comms, catering, badging, apps and our own internal processes. Lucy has developed a bit of a speciality working in Asia, executing a large-scale Incentive in Tokyo and high end C-Suite programmes in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong to name a few.
Jointly manages a large logistics team split across 3 offices, dedicated to Healthcare Events.
Anna started her career at a corporate entertainment company before joining WRG in 2006. Since joining, Anna has successfully delivered a wide variety of quality projects all over the world and of varying size and complexity, including delivering the Senior Leaders Meeting for a key account every year for 12 years. Anna now concentrates on managing the team and client relationships to ensure we continue to deliver to the high standards we are known for.
Emma jointly manages 30+ people over three offices to produce more than 300 Pharma events a year.
With over thirteen years at WRG in the logistics team, Emma previously worked in sales and marketing management in luxury hotels and hospitality.
A focused and dedicated team player, she’s always been a detail-orientated, critical thinker who understands the need to get things right. Emma now focuses on managing our client relationships and Healthcare Logistics Team ensuring everything is delivered to her exacting standards.
Based in our London office, Kath joined WRG over 5 years ago, bringing with her a wealth of experience from a number of sectors to lead some of our global accounts.
Always putting clients’ best interests at the forefront of her mind, she is steadfastly committed to helping them achieve their objectives. She ensures consistency across all aspects of events and is devout in her pursuit of value for the client’s money, qualities that have made her a valued contact for clients including Nissan and HPE.
A lover of photography, Kath harbours an ambition to one day enter the World Photography awards.
Lynsey joined The Creative Engagement Group in 2020, bringing 20 years’ of experience delivering integrated communications and experiential solutions for global brands and businesses spanning enterprise and consumer technology, FMCG, travel and healthcare.
Gemma joined WRG (a division of The Creative Engagement Group) in 2018 and has over 20 years’ experience creating experiences and engaging audiences, with a solution focused approach.
Based at our Manchester office, Richard works with our global healthcare clients to develop communications that grow their businesses and overcome challenges. Richard has nearly 20 years working with Pharma, Consumer Healthcare and Medical Device clients, and is particularly passionate about using digital solutions to make a real world difference to patients. Outside of the office, he enjoys falling off his mountain bike and kick-boxing.
Justin is the bridge between clients & the TCEG team. Justin has always been client facing, with over 12 years’ experience in various roles ranging from managing large sponsorship packages for military contractors to heading up the Sales & Marketing Division for one of the big four accountancy firms in the North West.
His positive mentality, analytical approach and ability to understand client needs has resulted in strong working relationships that deliver exceptional results. Justin has a relentless enthusiasm for all aspects in life, enjoying socialising with both clients and friends - bringing excitement to any project.
Alex graduated with Honours in Events Management. In his first job out of university he became event Health & Safety Advisor at Jack Morton where he worked on a range of corporate events as well as public spectacles including the London New Year’s Eve Celebrations and the Commonwealth Games.
During his eleven years in events Health & Safety, Alex has ensured the safe delivery of projects for some of Europe’s biggest companies, such as Shell, JLR, and Canon and is experienced in overseeing and implementing a Health & Safety Management systems for projects across the globe.
Andrew has been in the events industry for over twenty years, in both agency and corporate roles. As well as operational and account management positions, Andrew spent ten years with global Pharmaceutical, Pfizer. He led the Meetings and Congress Procurement category for Europe, designing and delivering a regional strategic meetings management programme.
As Procurement Director for The Creative Engagement Group, he uses his corporate procurement background to create value for clients in all areas of the client-supplier relationship.
Charlotte thrives on the breadth of creative work we cover at WRG, and directs projects across the creative departments at our Manchester office.
She enjoys the challenge of changing behaviours in a memorable way, and the scope of creative possibilities in experiential marketing.
Charlotte plays a key role in our healthcare offering – yet in her 7 years at WRG, she has worked for a huge range of clients in various industries, and has spent time working in all of our global offices.
A little known fact about Charlotte is that she has the greenest balcony in Manchester.
Alex specialises in creative content, bringing a wealth of experience in developing compelling stories, films and campaigns.
He was previously creative director and head of film for the London content agency Evidently, where clients included Dove, Lifebuoy, Unilever, Sanofi Genzyme and Battersea Power Station.
Paul's passion lies in telling captivating stories through authentic brand experiences.
Previously, Paul was Associate Creative Director at brand experience agency Wasserman, where he worked on clients including Nike, Bacardi, Grey Goose, Bombay Sapphire, Martini, Vodafone, Sky, HP and Formula One. He has also worked at agencies FKC and Crossing O’Sullivan, where he headed up creative on many well known brands including Virgin Media, Papa John’s, Old Spice, M&S, Panasonic, Technics and TATA Steel, making broadcast, commercial and corporate content for clients.
Jessica leads the creative team in our Philadelphia office. Prior to joining The Creative Engagement Group she was Creative Director for the San Francisco office of London agency Instinctif Partners, where she built creative engagement programs, events and experiences.
Jessica has worked both in-house as well as agency-side with a mix of B2B and B2C companies including Salesforce, Tesla, eBay, Google, and Specialized Bicycles. Her former agencies include George P Johnson, Liquid Agency (formerly Neutron), and Jack Morton Worldwide.
Her attention to detail, along with her friendly and approachable nature, have enabled her to build successful long-term relationships with clients as well as develop and get the best out of her teams.
Alice is equally at home supporting our producers, directors and production managers, pitching ideas to clients, and managing projects from concept to delivery, ensuring we deliver content at the highest quality along with a great customer experience.
In addition to her Co-Head of Film role, Jules is an experienced Director with over 25 years’ experience, having directed a wide variety of programmes across the digital and broadcast platforms for clients including BBC World News and Channel 4.
She especially loves to work in real environments with real people and relishes the challenge of capturing their stories in the most effective way possible.
Ryan has over 20 years experience in video and film production having delivered a wide variety of programs across digital and broadcast platforms. He oversees our US production team delivering engaging live, digital and on-demand content.
He began his career working on feature films in New York City before switching over to broadcast and commercial content for clients such as HBO, MTV, Nickelodeon, AMC and Children’s Television Workshop. Ryan then worked as a Producer/Director for Healthology (a division of NBC Universal) creating online health and medical content for such companies as Novartis, AstraZeneca and Pfizer.
Since joining the group nearly 15 years ago, Tim has worked his way through the business to his current position.
As Director of Operations, he has direct responsibility for all activity happening across the business and feeds into our strategic decision-making.
As a leader in the events industry for over 15 years, Sarah has experience managing a wide variety of events and productions focusing on operations, logistics, production budgeting and scheduling.
Sarah has worked on amazing projects including Olympic Ceremonies, sporting events and Commonwealth Games in a range of exciting destinations around the world. These projects involved her running large teams of people to execute technically challenging elements of the project under extreme pressure with large budgets.
Emma has been with WRG since 2017. She started off as a Senior Account Manager on our largest healthcare account before moving into marketing at the start of 2019. Emma brings with her extensive knowledge from her previous role in managing a wide variety of projects across all of our service lines.
Emma works across WRG and all of our brands with the rest of the marketing team coordinating the internal and external communication strategy.
Prior to working at The Creative Engagement Group Emma held roles in the Tech industry in Business Development and Account Management working with blue chip clients.