Welcome to
The Specialist Works
The world focuses on start-ups or big corporates, but most UK media agencies serve only the top 100 spenders. The Specialist Works is different—we’re built for entrepreneurial brands beyond the start-up phase but far from corporate slow lanes.
Our clients—large private businesses (often PE-backed/founder-led) and mid-cap public enterprises—compete with bigger rivals by thinking differently. Since they can’t outspend, they disrupt.
Their marketers are fast-moving, innovative, and in full growth mode—redefining categories, overtaking competitors, and reshaping consumer behaviour. They don’t follow the rules. They change the game.
Key numbers
| Established: | 2003 |
| Audited Billings: | £110M |
| Audited Turnover: | £124M |
| Employees: | 108 |
| Clients: | 74 |
Top 5 billing clients
- Happy Tiger
- Hastings Direct
- Auto Trader
- NewDay
- Who Gives A Crap
Accolades
- 2022 Business Leader Top 32 Companies Formed in a Recession
- 2022 Campaign Best Places To Work
- 2022 IPA Continuous Professional Development Gold
- 2022 Certified Carbon Neutral
- 2022 Global Digital Excellence Awards; Integrated Campaign of the Year - Freesat