Two heads are better than one.

How can we help?

Gain 50 years’ experience in just 24 hours.

How can we help?

We’re known for being rather remote.

How can we help?

When you really need a number two.

How can we help?

What are we?

GB Advertising is nothing to do with Brexit but everything to do with great branding and two good blokes (though we say so ourselves).

Since our launch in February 2020, GB ADVERTISING has worked on over 30 briefs for other agencies across the length and breadth of the country.

And we’re very proud of the work we’ve done.

We believe the agencies we’ve worked for are too.

The fact is, our white-label freelance offering means we work under your name, not ours. Helping your agency, design studio and digital team win creative pitches, new business and awards.

So whether you need concepts, creative or content, why not hire the team your rivals are using?

GB ADVERTISING.
The ad agency’s ad agency.

Who are we?

We are senior creative team copywriter Richard Grisdale and art director James Bott. Our collective 40 years of globally award-winning experience have taken in senior roles with major creative agencies Saatchi & Saatchi London and Australia, M&C Saatchi and JWT and DDB London handling the marketing, online and off, for blue chip brands in every conceivable market sector.

RICHARD GRISDALE
JAMES BOTT
★★★★★

“GRITTY. BRUTAL.”

NICK C. (CREATIVE DIRECTOR)

★★★★★

“GENIUS. BONKERS.”

JOHN C. (CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER)

★★★★★

“GET THESE F*CKERS IN!”

PAUL K. (CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER)

★★★★★

“TOO IMPACTFUL.”

ALISON C. (CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER)

“Hi Richard, James, It’s been a pleasure having you both in the team. Your good energy and full-force effort; your responsiveness and determination to create strong, impactful and brutally simple ideas has made a big impact with the client and provided some powerful and distinctive work. The research results are extremely satisfying and your [campaign route] came out head-and-shoulders above everything else. Thanks so much for your contribution to [the team] these past months. We’re looking forward to the next opportunity to pull you both back into the fray.”

NICK C. (CREATIVE DIRECTOR)

What we do

For Agencies

Our ability to seamlessly slot into an agency structure, our understanding of ways of working and our strength in both insightful strategic thinking and fresh, original creative delivery enable us to crack the thorniest of briefs more quickly and accurately.

For Creative Recruiters

Our profound understanding of agency structures, briefing procedures and requirements, and our experience in every market sector and channel, online and off, provide recruiters with the reassurance that their clients’ expectations will be met and exceeded.

For Private Clients

Our strategic capabilities and our expertise in getting straight to the heart of a brand’s identity and consumer needs help us turn around cut-through marketing that has an immediate and dynamic impact on brand awareness and sales.

SUCCESS ACROSS SECTORS

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AUTOMOTIVE B2B CHARITY DIGITAL EDUCATION FINANCIAL SERVICES FINTECH FMCG GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIAL INTERNAL COMMS JEWELLERY LEGAL PHARMACEUTICAL POLITICAL RETAIL SPORT TRAVEL

Yet another pretty picture

As typical creatives all we really care about is creating pretty pictures.
And here are some we like the most…

OUR RESULTS

Hot off the press (and off the net).

Take a look at some of our most recent integrated campaigns.

MITSUBISHI

NATIONAL TRUST

BIFFA

AGENCY

GLOTRONIC

HYBRID YOGA

VANTON

IMS

PERFORMA-IT

We’ve been there. Heard it. Got the t-shirt.

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RICHARD GRISDALE

0759 091 9851

JAMES BOTT

0745 559 2929