The Stratosphere

Writing a few words that completely reposition a well known brand is tricky. But it’s the foundation of any good student…

The Mani

One of the first things you might be asked to do while on placement is write a brand manifesto (mani for short).

What Mr/Mrs Creative Director is asking you to do is write a series of short, clever little sentences that portray a feeling, a tone, a mission and most importantly; an idea.

Matt and Georgia

When we’re looking at student creative teams we don’t expect to find the finished article, we’re looking for raw talent. If a…

How to interrogate the product

Stuck for a starting point? The super talented Thomas & Greg here at Grey have designed this helpful…

Max and Charlie

Emily and I see a lot of teams. One a week at the very minimum. So we feel qualified to say that teams tend to fall into two…

Getting a placement at Grey

You’ve been writing earth-shattering strategies on the bus. Finding a new use for an old piece of technology…

Cullen and Ola

We met Cullen and Ola at a D&AD portfolio night hosted here at Grey. They were shy, polite and had a book that blew us away. Not bad…

Hired: Matt & Georgia

We hired another team. In record time. Round of applause for Matt & Georgia.

The art of politely pestering

There’s no rhyme or reason when it comes to contacting creative teams. Sometimes they reply straight away…

Goodbye and hello

Emily and I have really enjoyed our time running the Grey London placement scheme and starting up this blog. Seeing a team or two a week has been a lot of work but hiring two incredible teams; Max & Charlie and Matt & Georgia made it all worth it.