Leeds marketing agency, Punch Creative, has celebrated 15 years in business with five new hires, client wins and big birthday bash at the city’s The Maven.
Punch Creative was founded in 2007 by Richard Lowes, creative director and David Kirven, who has now retired, and undertook mainly branding and design for print projects initially. Adapting to the 2008 financial crisis it quickly expanded its offering to better support clients and became a full-service agency.
Fast forward to 2022 and the agency reports 60 per cent turnover growth since 2020 and now employs 25 members of staff. The company switched to a four-day-week a couple of years ago, has a shared profit scheme and has signed the Mindful Employer Charter.
In response to new client wins such as DUNKIN’ UK and Hard Rock Cafe, coupled with existing client growth across financial, pharma and social housing sectors Punch has recruited five new hires this year.
Lowes said, “The past 15 years have flown, it’s been a lot of fun, hard work, success and of course challenges. In 15 years, our agency has changed a lot and continues to evolve every day, which keeps things exciting. Sometimes it is good to take a moment and recognise what we have achieved – as a collective we owe that success to each other, so our thanks have to go to the team, who we enjoy working with every day.”
