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The rise of in-house creative teams and why ‘client collaboration’ is not an oxymoron
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Agencies should feel like an extension of the client team, not a service provider wheeled out for big moments.

Inside job: How Uni-China Group’s in-house team builds campaigns to take on the giants
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"With the right brand strategy, David can fight Goliath,” says CMO Agnes Lung, as she turns Uni-China into a playground for smart campaigns that cut through.

Inside job: '30,000 people, but still a start-up', says CMO Naho Kono on Rakuten’s human-first marketing
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From AI cutting time spent on creative work by 81% to building loyalty across 70+ businesses, Naho Kono shares how Rakuten keeps marketing fresh with an agile, personal, and always human-first outlook.

Inside job: Why MYOB is building an agency of its own to keep creativity close
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At this tech company, an in-house marketing team means total immersion. Living and breathing the brand every day, it's easier to drive creative harmony across product and customer touchpoints, says GM Gab McKenzie.

Why AI is a gamechanger in the in-housing playbook
ai inhousing By Ravi Balakrishnan

Brands such as Income Insurance and Zalora are turbo-charging their in-house capabilities with the help of AI. Marketers weigh in.

Why the traditional agency model continues to fail creatives and brands
creative inhousing By John Marsden

Criticism of adland’s status quo is nothing new; John Marsden of Maker Lab argues that meaningful change starts with rethinking talent, creativity, and the restrictive structures holding them back.

Agency dissatisfaction drives growth of in-housing: WFA
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Nearly seven in 10 respondents to a survey from the World Federation of Advertisers and The Observatory International survey said they had recently made, or planned to make, changes to their agency roster.

How a pharma company created an in-house creative team from scratch
australia healthcare inhousing pharma By Surekha Ragavan

Unlike many brands that take a hybrid approach, this company is committed to a 100% in-housing model. The GM of marketing tells us how it’s done.

Why marketers are aggressively building in-house teams
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CAMPAIGN360: Marketers at HP and FairPrice argue the pros of in-housing, particularly in digital capabilities such as performance and media-buying.

Inhousing drives marketing for TCS, India’s largest technology outsourcer
cmo india inhousing marketing technology By Rahul Sachitanand

CMO Rajashree R. explains how Tata Consultancy Services' inhouse team is breaking away from stereotypical B2B imagery of buildings, servers and people, to focus on aspiration and human connection.

Where does the advertising agency go from here?
advertising agencies inhousing By Sonal Patel

Agencies need to lean into platforms that help them—and their clients—understand nuanced audiences and how to use the differences to improve ROI, writes the Southeast Asia MD at Quantcast.

Unilever expands in-house capabilities as company becomes ‘match fit’
inhousing unilever By Emmet McGonagle

The owner of Dove and Persil opened eight new digital marketing hubs over the last year.

Nick Emery & David Jones interview: There’s a gap in the market for in-housing media
inhousing mindshare By Gideon Spanier

Ex-Mindshare CEO Emery is “not interested” in revenge and has written a novel about advertising.

Oatly IPO reveals ‘crucial’ role of in-house creative team and risk of losing talent
inhousing By Gideon Spanier

“Creativity is at the centre of the Oatly brand,” the prospectus said, as it stressed importance of 51-strong in-house team.

Can in-housing produce consistently strong creative work?
bbh inhousing By Emmet McGonagle

In-housing was recently praised by BBH co-founder John Hegarty.

In-housing is here to stay and growing
advertising agency inhousing marketing By Gideon Spanier

As digital communications have become more central to the way that companies do business since the pandemic, it makes sense for brands to invest in their own capabilities – whether external agencies like it or not.

In-house or external agency? How about neither?
advertising agency inhousing marketing By Melanie Sweet

An embedded-partnership mindset offers the best of both worlds, according to a MediaMonks marketing-strategy leader.

The often-hidden costs of in-house agencies
advertising agency inhousing marketing By Darren Woolley

The founder and CEO of marketing consultancy TrinityP3 uses a side-by-side comparison to dig into the costs you might not have considered.

5 questions brand marketers should ask when considering in-housing programmatic
adtech inhousing programmatic By Niraj Nagpal

Brand marketers considering whether to in-house programmatic should first answer these five questions, advises Iponweb's Niraj Nagpal.

Publicis Media exits Posterscope deal to bring OOH buying in-house
inhousing media ooh publicis groupe By Omar Oakes

Omnicom and Havas remain the only major ad networks in the UK that use external agencies for the bulk of outdoor media-buying.

Agency staff outperform in-house staff in digital skills, study shows
inhousing marketing By Simon Gwynn

Agency marketers were ahead in all 12 areas examined in test of 9,000 marketing professionals.

WFA report shows growing interest from marketers in scaling in-house agencies
inhousing wfa By Rahul Sachitanand

Despite the promise, managing relationships between external and internal shops remains a challenge, according to a report compiled with The Observatory International.

PepsiCo: More in-housing has been 'terrific' way to cut costs during Covid-19
adspend inhousing pepsi pepsico By Gideon Spanier

Soft-drinks giant has been 'a bit more selective' about adspend.

3 major daily pain points all marketers are facing, according to ANA CEO
inhousing transparency By Oliver McAteer

Bob Liodice addresses COVID-19's impact on brand in-housing, ad budgets and transparency, as well as its own membership.

A third of marketers to take more in-house in 2020: study
inhousing warc By Oliver McAteer

Part of the change means agencies should be adapting their business model to help support in-housing.

In-house agencies suffer 'identity crisis' as legacy red tape stifles potential
inhousing By Oliver McAteer

A new US study suggests internal shops must define their role and step out of shadows of external partners.

'Creativity should not be in-housed,' stresses Diageo SVP
creativity inhousing By Michael Heusner

'I don't think very creative people want to work for a massive corporation.'

Isobar rolls out global in-housing service
inhousing By Omar Oakes

'Hysteria over in-housing has reached fever pitch,' Dentsu agency warns.

APIs: an unlikely counter to in-housing
inhousing By Mitch Waters

Among the many benefits of application programming interfaces is providing agencies with a competitive advantage to fight in-housing.

The successful in-housing narrative is a myth
agency costs inhousing By Daniel Gilbert

While saving in one area, unexpected costs will pile up. Brands might just need a better agency.

In-housing continues to rise in popularity, but agencies can still expect growth
agency cmo data inhousing research By Ben Bold

Despite in-housing surge, 40% of clients plan to spend more with agencies, study finds.

Attracting top talent among major concerns for in-house agencies: ANA study
agencies data inhousing research By Oliver McAteer

The ANA has identified numerous challenges internal shop leaders are facing today.

Advertising's backroom boys take the battle to the marketing front
advertising agencies inhousing By Prasad Sangameshwaran

Conflict of interest and insider trading are just some of the charges that independent production houses are leveling against in-house production houses owned by ad agencies

When in-housing goes wrong
inhousing By Christine Downton

Everyone wants to in-house, but it's not always the right solution.

Lexus marketer: In-housing boosts creativity through 'corridor conversations'
agency client inhousing marketing By Daniel Farey-Jones

Brand communications manager Emma Lane says she is sold on in-housing after two years.

Unilever saves €500m as in-housing is 'more efficient' than agencies
agencies cost inhousing marketing unilever By Gideon Spanier

FMCG giant is increasing spend on digital media and in-store.

"The biggest challenge is the collaboration we all need"
campaign360 inhousing By Matthew Miller

In-housing, outsourcing or co-locating? The question misses the point, according to media-network and FMCG leaders speaking at Campaign 360.

New Kantar/Campaign research to shed light on the agency vs in-housing debate in APAC
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Asia-Pacific business of marketing survey to be presented at Campaign360 next week in Singapore.

Is in-housing symptomatic of deeper brand-agency problems?
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A 'fireside' chat at Campaign360 may get heated as David Porter of Unilever, Stephan Loerke of the WFA and Steve King of Publicis Media discuss evolving agency-client partnerships.

The rise of in-housing: Is it really cheaper, faster, better?
agency client inhousing By Gideon Spanier

Is in-housing a more efficient alternative to traditional shops, or is it having a detrimental effect on creativity? Campaign talks to Simon Martin, founder of in-housing agency Oliver.

In-housing: What Unilever has learned from U-Studio
agency client inhousing unilever By Keith Weed

The outgoing Unilever CMO talks about his company's experience with in-house digital agency U-Studio, and its partner in the effort, in-housing agency Oliver.

In-house or agency? It's not a binary decision
digital inhousing programmatic By Daniel Gilbert

Biddable media is moving in-house and the agency is dead... or is it?