Agency profile
wearewiser.com
London employer branding agency doing EVP research, brand creative, film and early careers work for large consumer and media employers.
Best for: Employers with a real budget and a brand to launch, mostly large consumer, media and professional services firms, that want research-led employer brand work produced by an in-house film and content team.
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Overview
Written from their own pages and the public record, checked 3 September 2026.
Wiser is an employer branding and recruitment marketing agency. Its HQ is London, United Kingdom. Its size band is 51-200 (LinkedIn, read 2026-09-03). Finian O'Kane has controlled the independent company since 6 April 2016. It appears in this directory under employer branding and recruitment marketing.
Our take
The case studies show where the craft sits. MAG and the BBC are research led brand builds: surveys, focus groups, a messaging framework, then a toolkit. Kraft Heinz is channel work, a TikTok account built and run for early careers. The strongest thread is production. Film, photography and social content come from in house teams, and the award record clusters in those categories. That suits an employer with a real budget and a brand to launch. It is a weaker fit if you want media bought and optimised for you, because Wiser does not publish media buying or programmatic as a service.
Showreel
The showreel the agency embeds on its own site. It says more about the craft than a service list does.
Wiser | Showreel 2023
Services
Service lines named on their own site. We do not add a service an agency does not publish.
Fees, engagement model and the register sit in the company facts below.
Work
Published by the agency on its own site. We summarise them, and link to one.
Manchester Airports Group
Employee value proposition and employer brand build across Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports, running surveys, focus groups and interviews into a three pillar narrative, a visual identity, a photography suite and a brand toolkit.
Read it on wearewiser.comBBC
Employer brand strategy and the This is Your BBC framework, researched through interviews, focus groups and surveys, then run as an outreach, organic social and paid campaign with a focus on Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent talent.
Kraft Heinz
Social strategy and early talent attraction for apprentice and graduate hiring, including launching and running the HereAtKraftHeinz TikTok account with five content pillars, ten content series and paid support.
Clients named on their own site, not confirmed with the client
Recognition
Read from each awarding body's own winner list. Named here, never linked.
Certified to ISO 27001. We found no trade body membership.
Inside the agency
Leadership named on their own site, and the accounts they publish from. Follower counts are as each account showed them on the day we read it.
Leadership
Channels, read 3 September 2026
Third party
Scores as each site reported them on the day we read it. We do not verify them and we do not link to them.
Review sites
4.2 / 5
Glassdoor
from about 165 employee reviews, reported in a search result summary because the page could not be read directly
4.7 / 5
Trustpilot
from 38 reviews
No profile found on Clutch, G2 and Google.
Their site carries no named client quotes.
Press
Personnel Today13 July 2023
The Drum16 February 2023
The most important talent channel you're probably missing: social media
RecruiterFebruary 2018
Wiser named as best small recruitment company to work for
Newsletter: Wise Words. The blog is called Wise Words and carries 140 posts, the most recent dated 17 August 2026. The LinkedIn edition of the Wise Words newsletter shows 8,676 subscribers.
Hiring
Counted on their own jobs page on the day we read it.
Eight roles listed on 2 September 2026, in London, New York and Dubai, two of them open talent pools rather than named vacancies.
See the roles on wearewiser.comThe record
From Companies House and their own site, not from a data broker.
Before you brief them
The gaps this profile cannot close for you.
Questions and answers
Facts from the sources at the foot of the page. No opinions here.
Finian O'Kane is the only active person with significant control of WeAreWiser Limited (Companies House, read 2026-09-03).
The LinkedIn company page gives a company size of 51-200 employees (LinkedIn, read 2026-09-03).
The agency publishes case studies for employers including BBC, Kraft Heinz and Manchester Airports Group (wearewiser.com, read 2026-09-03).
It provides employer value proposition research, employer brand creative, recruitment advertising, social content, careers sites, video, internal communications and early careers work (wearewiser.com, read 2026-09-03).
Wiser gives 10 Baker's Yard, London as its office and registered address (wearewiser.com and Companies House, read 2026-09-03).
Yes, Wiser lists recruitment video on its own site (read 3 September 2026).
Yes, Wiser lists careers sites on its own site (read 3 September 2026).
Yes, Wiser lists EVP research on its own site (read 3 September 2026).
No. Wiser does not publish media buying as a service (checked 3 September 2026).
Not published; Wiser quotes after scoping (checked 3 September 2026).
Yes. Wiser states that it delivers globally (read 3 September 2026).
We record 4 award entries for Wiser, the most recent in 2026, from RAD Awards. Read from each awarding body's own winner list (checked 3 September 2026).
Glassdoor reports 4.2 out of 5 from about 165 employee reviews, reported in a search result summary because the page could not be read directly and Trustpilot reports 4.7 out of 5 from 38 reviews. No profile was found on Clutch, G2 and Google. These are figures each site showed on the day we read it. We did not verify them and we do not turn them into a rating.
Wiser publishes a jobs page. It listed 8 roles (read 3 September 2026). Eight roles listed on 2 September 2026, in London, New York and Dubai, two of them open talent pools rather than named vacancies.
Yes. Wiser is independently owned (read 3 September 2026). We read the ownership from the register, company number 08362294.
Wiser publishes Manchester Airports Group, "Our employer brand journey with MAG", BBC, "Broadcasting the BBC" and Kraft Heinz, "Making life delicious for Kraft Heinz" on its own site (read 3 September 2026). We summarise each one on this page.
Wiser is in London, United Kingdom, 51 to 200 people, independent, and publishes evp research, employer brand creative, recruitment advertising campaigns and social content. Blackbridge Communications is in London, United Kingdom, 11 to 50 people, group owned, blackbridge eot limited, and publishes evp research, employer brand creative, recruitment advertising campaigns and media buying. Facts only: we do not rank them.
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Also on record
Researched under employer branding agencies, on the same facts. Firms without a published profile carry no link yet.
| Agency | Head office | Size | Ownership | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbridge Communications | London, United Kingdom | 11 to 50 people | Group owned, Blackbridge EOT Limited | EVP research, Employer brand creative, Recruitment advertising campaigns |
| BrandPointZero | Bristol, United Kingdom | 11 to 50 people | Group owned, Pointzerogroup Limited | EVP research, Employer brand creative, Recruitment advertising campaigns |
| Chatter | Leeds, United Kingdom | 11 to 50 people | Group owned, MPM Group Limited | EVP research, Employer brand creative, Recruitment advertising campaigns |
| Havas People | London, United Kingdom | 201 to 500 people | Group owned, Havas, through Havas UK Limited | EVP research, Employer brand creative, Recruitment advertising campaigns |
| Pink Squid | London, United Kingdom | 51 to 200 people | Independent | EVP research, Employer brand creative, Recruitment advertising campaigns |
| ThirtyThree | London, United Kingdom | 51 to 200 people | Group owned, Inspirit Pine Bidco Limited | EVP research, Employer brand creative, Recruitment advertising campaigns |
Cite this profile
RecruitmentAds, "Wiser", https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/wiser, last verified 3 September 2026.
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