Neverland Creative

Say hello to this year’s Neverland Flying Academy line up 👋 These 8 brilliantly talented young people will be joining us for 6 week paid-placements to get hands on experience working in a creative agency. We can’t wait to welcome Tomás, Lucia, Em, lanaire A.,Kwabena, Leah, Tegan and Sasha to Neverland across summer so they can get their careers in advertising off to a flying start 🚀

Stronger together 🖤   A few weeks ago, we reached out to creative businesses ready to go beyond talking about change and take action to make it happen.    We’d received a record number of applications for the eight available places on the Neverland Flying Academy. We couldn’t place everyone but were determined to connect as many talented individuals as possible with opportunities in the industry.   We had a brilliant response to the initial outreach and, since then, 10 agencies have been collaborating to provide 77 talented, underrepresented individuals the chance to secure one of over 50❗creative industry internships 🫶   A huge thank you to everyone who played a part in helping share the message and to the brilliant teams at VML, Mother, Leo Burnett UK, Manifest Group , The Gate London, Hijinks, AMV BBDO, Publicis Groupe, Havas Creative Network and Diversely Talented for dedicating their time to driving real, long-term systemic change.   BUT we can (and will) do more. And we’ll make a greater impact continuing to work together. So if you’d like to get involved please get in touch, or share this message with others you think might be able to help. *The Neverland Creative Flying Academy is a fully paid, six-week internship with salary set above the London Living Wage. Neverland’s eight interns start their journey this week 🚀. Massive shout out to the Flying Academy Crew.   #education #creativity #careers #diversity

🩷 We're All In 🩷 Making Neverland a place where everyone is free to fly has been our mission from day one, so it's fantastic to be recognised for our commitment to the All In Action Plan created by the Advertising Association, IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) & ISBA. While becoming an All In Champion is an important milestone, we're not slowing down on our mission to make Neverland an ever more diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work. Find out more about All In and apply to become a Champion here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eWsrHDti

“We’ve got a fantastic team of strategists at Neverland, so what an honour to be given the opportunity of helping them fly." Laura Kinzett, our new head of strategy, on her promotion and her focus for her new role. Thanks to Eszter Gurbicz for sharing the story in Campaign UK this week, link to the article below. 📰 https://lnkd.in/eKc2hYPQ

🚀 Big news from Neverland Creative! 🎉 Laura Kinzett has been promoted to Head of Strategy, after driving success for top brands like Age UK, Kopparberg, and Giffgaff. With her leadership and vision, the strategy team is set to soar! 🌟 #Leadership #Strategy #AgencyNews #CreativeAgency #Neverland Lola Neves

Neverland Creative promotes strategy director into new role Creative agency Neverland has named Laura Kinzett (above, right) as head of strategy. She will report to Lola Neves (above, left), chief strategy officer, in what is a new role for the agency. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gcjryHGr #Marketing #Advertising #Agency #Appointments

Say hi the new Head of Strategy at Neverland Creative ... #appointment

Have you saved the date for our All In Census? 📆 If you work in the advertising and marketing services industry, you can help us beat the record 19,000 responses we received in 2023. 💪 Fill in the short survey on March 12 to share your thoughts: https://lnkd.in/ej_buBP5 IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) ISBA

Massive congratulations to our newly appointed Head of Strategy Laura Kinzett 🎉🎉🎉

Always inspired by the smart people who give their time, guidance, and insight to help others learn and grow. I’m lucky I get to work with so many at Neverland Creative. ✈️ Gilbert and Dan dedicate their time to helping underrepresented talent fly. There were 192 applications to the Flying Academy this year, and with only eight spaces available, there were 184 applicants we couldn’t help. Instead of turning them away, we’re seeking help from those prepared to take a small step with us to move beyond just talking about change and start taking action to make it happen. More on this soon, but a quick shout out to Dan, Gilbert and the 10 agencies who have stepped up (heroes 🖤). A reminder to others that there’s still time to help! 🏠 Matthew Bushby, CMO at Rightmove, is always happy to give his time to help others and share his learnings. He recently spoke to Creative Salon Worldwide to share insights on his experience working with agency partners, making brilliant creative campaigns and the power of marketing to transform businesses. Well worth a read (🔗 in comments). 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Clémence, Strategy Director extraordinaire, spent time with Rich Miles at the launch of the Diversity Standards Collective and JCDecaux’s Pride in Posters LGBTQIA+ research to discuss making a visible, lasting, and authentic connection with communities that deserve to be seen and celebrated. 🎓 Lola, superhero CSO, has been busy. In addition to her day job (which has been rather busy lately ), Lola’s spent time judging the Campaign UK Inspiring Women Awards, preparing to judge the APG Awards, and still found time to chat with Campaign UK about the year ahead. 💬 As the conversation on hybrid working continues (🫠), Head of Client Service, Theo, shared his thoughts with The Drum as part of their deep dive into how agencies approach hybrid working and their plans for the future (🔗 in comments). 🚀 Always championing messages of guidance reaching as far as possible, Brand Director Tom has been recognised for exactly that. Shortlisted as the Campaign UK Marketing team of the year, defending the title he won last year. 👏