Our Story - The Sharp Agency

WHAT IS A B CORP STRATEGIC CREATIVE AGENCY?

We’re better for your brand and business. Here’s why >

Collaborators at heart

An agency full of talented individuals who feel like an extension of your brand.

Because we see the good in people and value what being, thinking and working together can do.

It’s what makes SHARP one of THE best places to work

And that’s a fact. Backed by our recent Campaign’s 2022 survey win.

With a solid seventh place on the UK’s top 100 places to work, as voted by our people.

OUR AGENCY MEETS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, AS VERIFIED BY B LAB.

• Sharp is 100% committed to helping your brand behave better

• We’re all about delivering sustainable long-term success, not just short-term gains

• Innovation is what we do best and we’re focussed on keeping you one step ahead

• As a team we love what we do. That means we’re 6x more likely to bring our best selves into work everyday

• We get the importance of doing a good job and ‘doing good’ at the same time

• We’re here to grow conscious consumerism and your bottom line

How we work

We do what we love and we love what we do. Underpinned by three things, aka our Triple Bottom Line.

People

To have a positive impact on employees, family, community, clients and suppliers.

Planet

Recognising our environmental footprint and transforming it for the better.

Prosperity

Growing as a business to the benefit of our future and the larger economy.

GOOD FOR THE PLANET

By participating in the United Nations Framework for Climate Change to adopt the UN Sustainability Goals, we are protecting trees to help reduce SHARP’s carbon footprint and grow our business more sustainably.

Working as ONE TR1BE, we can help fight climate change together.

Agency life

Everyone who works here brings something different to make work a happy place.

Our culture is a product of collaboration with…

Curiosity

Inquisitive minds move us forward, turning what ifs into what’s next. Building from understanding. Reframing the question to discover the answer.

Ownership

We invest ourselves in every challenge, every project, every relationship. The deeper the connection, the bigger the difference we can make.

Courage

The unknown is not to be feared but to be explored. Pioneering new ways of working and discovering new ways of communicating.

Kindness

We let our minds empower us, but our hearts guide us. Because we believe people have value. Doing what is right is what keeps us human.

A healthy work/life balance

For flexibility

Early finish Friday at 4pm – FriYAY!
Work where it suits you – up to 3 days from home
Agency closes over the Christmas period

Find and free your good

Personal growth budget for all
Annual agency conference
Volunteer day
Networking & events
Salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle to Work

Wellbeing

Fridays start with a free Yoga session
Benenden Health membership
Flu jab if you want one
Random moments of kindness
And there’s a free agency bar for food and drink

Meet the partners

Richard Sharp

Co-founder & Creative Director

Richard has over 20 years experience creating and building brands in some of the UK’s top creative agencies, including Jaywing, Tequila and as Executive Creative Director at TBWA\Manchester.

With a belief in the power of ideas – how they can travel, how they can instigate change, how they are at the heart of every successful brand – Richard gets stuck into sourcing the very best ideas, transforming customer insights and collaboration into impactful creative results.

Mandi Taylor

Co-founder & Strategy Director

After a successful tenure at Ogilvy & Mather, Mandi arrived in London from Cape Town with huge ambitions, making her way from Account Director at Proximity London, to Managing Partner at RAPP Edinburgh.

Focusing on insightful strategy and expert planning, Mandi helps brands flourish by bringing them closer to their customers to form valuable human connections and strong relationships. This unlocks the potential for powerful marketing.

Darlene Sharp

Co-founder & Design Director

An award-winning creative, Darlene has been integral in shaping much-loved household brands. From evolving the First Direct brand, to developing Hilton Hotels and countless others across all sectors, her appetite for powerful ideas drives her work.

She is pro-active in collaborating with brand customers, employees and stakeholders to produce creative solutions that resonate, engage and have real impact. It is a passion that has compelled her work from more than 20 years.

Driven by good