London employer branding agency doing EVP research, brand creative, film and early careers work for large consumer and media employers. Canonical: https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/wiser ![wearewiser.com homepage, captured 3 September 2026](https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/screenshots/wiser.jpg) ![Wiser logo](https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/logos/wiser.svg) Agency profile # Wiser 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. [Employer branding agencies](https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/employer-branding)[Recruitment marketing agencies](https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/recruitment-marketing)GlobalIndependent [Claim this profile](https://recruitmentads.com/agencies/claim?slug=wiser)[Visit wearewiser.com](https://wearewiser.com/)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearewiser/) Unclaimed profile. Nobody at the agency has edited it. - Head office London, United Kingdom - Delivers in Global - Ownership Independent - Facts checked 3 September 2026 * * Founded * People * Awards won * Clients named * Open roles * LinkedIn followers - 2013 - Founded 51-200 - People 4 - Awards won 25 - Clients named 8 - Open roles 58K LinkedIn followers Overview ## What they do 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 ## Their film, as they publish it The showreel the agency embeds on its own site. It says more about the craft than a service list does. Wiser | Showreel 2023 Services ## What they sell Service lines named on their own site. We do not add a service an agency does not publish. - EVP research - Employer brand creative - Recruitment advertising campaigns - Social content - Careers site - Recruitment video - Internal comms - Early careers Fees, engagement model and the register sit in the company facts below. Work ## 3 case studies Published by the agency on its own site. We summarise them, and link to one. Manchester Airports Group ### Our employer brand journey with MAG 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.com](https://wearewiser.com/work/mag-or-manchester-airports-group) BBC ### Broadcasting the BBC 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 ### Making life delicious for 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 - BBC - Kraft Heinz - Manchester Airports Group - Trainline - Frasers Group - Soho House - The Coca-Cola Company - King - KPMG - L'Oreal - On Running - Depop - The Gym Group - McCain - NHS Digital - Linklaters - Knight Frank - Deutsche Bank - Reckitt - Tesco - BrewDog - DNV - CitizenM - Ropes & Gray - Marshall Wace Recognition ## Awards Read from each awarding body's own winner list. Named here, never linked. - 2026RAD AwardsEmployer Brand National (Frasers Group, Finding The Fearless)Win - 2025RAD AwardsEmployer Brand International (Kraft Heinz, Growing Greatness Globally)Win - 2025RAD AwardsSingle Use of Video (Soho House, The Heart of the House)Win - 2025RAD AwardsUse of Social (King, Making The World Playful)Win Certified to ISO 27001. We found no trade body membership. Inside the agency ## People and channels 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 - Fin O'KaneCEO and co-founder - Ben BuffoneCCO and co-founder - Ari RatnakumarCFO and co-founder - Anna O'SheaCOO - Amelia BirchManaging Director, Early Talent Channels, read 3 September 2026 - LinkedIn @wearewiser58K followers - Instagram @wearewiser4,384 followers - TikTok @wearewiser854 followers - Vimeo @madebywiser Third party ## Reviews and press 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 [Why is employer branding 20 years behind consumer branding?](https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/why-is-employer-branding-20-years-behind-consumer-branding-webinar/) - 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 ## Careers Counted on their own jobs page on the day we read it. 8roles listed on their own jobs page 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.com](https://wearewiser.com/jobs) The record ## Company facts From Companies House and their own site, not from a data broker. - Head office London, United Kingdom - Offices One, the head office - Delivers in Global - Team size 51 to 200 people - Legal name WeAreWiser Limited - Company number 08362294 - Incorporated 2013 (their own pages say 2014) - Ownership Independent - Register Active, last medium accounts made up to 31 March 2025Trades under SIC 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified - Commercial model Not published Before you brief them ## Questions to ask them The gaps this profile cannot close for you. 1. 01Who runs the media once a campaign is built. Does Wiser place and optimise the spend, or hand you the assets to run yourself? 2. 02Which of the film, photography and social work is made by Wiser's own team, and which is subcontracted? 3. 03The award winning work sits on a handful of large accounts. Ask who worked on those and whether the same people would be on yours. Questions and answers ## Questions about Wiser Facts from the sources at the foot of the page. No opinions here. ### Who owns Wiser? Finian O'Kane is the only active person with significant control of WeAreWiser Limited (Companies House, read 2026-09-03). ### How big is Wiser? The LinkedIn company page gives a company size of 51-200 employees (LinkedIn, read 2026-09-03). ### Which clients has Wiser worked with? The agency publishes case studies for employers including BBC, Kraft Heinz and Manchester Airports Group (wearewiser.com, read 2026-09-03). ### What does Wiser do? 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). ### Where is Wiser based? Wiser gives 10 Baker's Yard, London as its office and registered address (wearewiser.com and Companies House, read 2026-09-03). ### Does Wiser do recruitment video? Yes, Wiser lists recruitment video on its own site (read 3 September 2026). ### Does Wiser do careers sites? Yes, Wiser lists careers sites on its own site (read 3 September 2026). ### Does Wiser do EVP research? Yes, Wiser lists EVP research on its own site (read 3 September 2026). ### Does Wiser do media buying? No. Wiser does not publish media buying as a service (checked 3 September 2026). ### What is Wiser's pricing model? Not published; Wiser quotes after scoping (checked 3 September 2026). ### Does Wiser deliver outside the United Kingdom? Yes. Wiser states that it delivers globally (read 3 September 2026). ### What awards has Wiser won? 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). ### What do review sites say about Wiser? 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. ### Is Wiser hiring? 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. ### Is Wiser independent? Yes. Wiser is independently owned (read 3 September 2026). We read the ownership from the register, company number 08362294. ### What case studies has Wiser published? 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. ### How does Wiser compare with Blackbridge Communications? 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. Free ## Is this your agency? Claiming costs nothing. It does not change where you sit in a list and it does not buy a recommendation. It lets you fill the slots only you can fill. 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LinkedIn company page, Wiser (read 3 September 2026) 3. Companies House, WEAREWISER LIMITED 08362294 overview (read 3 September 2026) 4. Companies House, WEAREWISER LIMITED persons with significant control (read 3 September 2026) 5. wearewiser.com contact page (read 3 September 2026) 6. wearewiser.com who we are (read 3 September 2026) 7. wearewiser.com what we do (read 3 September 2026) 8. wearewiser.com work index (read 3 September 2026) 9. wearewiser.com case study, Kraft Heinz (read 3 September 2026) 10. wearewiser.com case study, BBC (read 3 September 2026) 11. wearewiser.com case study, Manchester Airports Group (read 3 September 2026) 12. RAD Awards winners 2025 (read 3 September 2026) 13. RAD Awards winners 2026 (read 3 September 2026) 14. Communicate magazine, Employer Brand Management Awards 2024 winners (read 3 September 2026) 15. Trustpilot, wearewiser.com (read 2 September 2026) 16. Glassdoor, Wiser employer reviews, read as a web search result summary because the page returned 403 (read 2 September 2026) 17. Clutch site search for a Wiser employer branding profile, none found (read 2 September 2026) 18. G2 site search for a Wiser employer branding profile, none found (read 2 September 2026) 19. wearewiser.com service page, employer brand films (read 2 September 2026) 20. wearewiser.com sitemap (read 2 September 2026) 21. Web search for a Google business profile for Wiser at 10 Baker's Yard, London, none verified for this company (read 2 September 2026) 22. Vimeo record for the film Wiser embeds as the hero of its what we do page, Wiser | Showreel 2023 (read 3 September 2026) 23. wearewiser.com jobs page (read 3 September 2026) 24. Companies House, WEAREWISER LIMITED 08362294 filing history (read 2 September 2026) 25. Instagram profile, wearewiser (read 2 September 2026) 26. TikTok profile, wearewiser (read 2 September 2026) 27. Vimeo profile, madebywiser, marked private so no follower count is visible (read 2 September 2026) 28. Personnel Today webinar in association with Wiser, by Rob Moss (read 2 September 2026) 29. The Drum opinion piece by Glen Scott of Wiser (read 2 September 2026) 30. Recruiter news item on Wiser, read as a web search result summary because the page returned HTTP 403 (read 2 September 2026) 31. wearewiser.com blog index, Wise Words (read 2 September 2026) 32. Living Wage Foundation accredited employer search for wiser, no results found (read 2 September 2026) 33. IPA member agency list, no Wiser or WeAreWiser entry (read 2 September 2026) 34. B Corp directory search, no entry for the London employer branding agency (read 2 September 2026) 35. YouTube channel at the WeAreWiser handle, no published videos and no subscriber count shown (read 2 September 2026) Cite this profile RecruitmentAds, "Wiser", https\://recruitmentads.com/agencies/wiser, last verified 3 September 2026. 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