Type Subsidiary Headquarters London, United Kingdom Parent organization Loewy Group Ltd. | Website wmhagency.com Founded 1997 | |
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Industry Brand Innovation, Design and Strategy Agency Key people WMH ltd.
Richard Williams, Chairman & Founder;
Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner;
Wybe Magermans, Client Services Director;
Ed Hebblethwaite, Strategy Director. Services Innovation: Brand creation, growth business platforms, products and services, positioning, brand behaviour and services development.
Strategy: Positioning, brand behaviour, portfolio architecture, communication strategy.
Creative: Packaging, identity, naming, comms, in store activation, digital content and film. Profiles | ||
Transforming brands evening of williams murray hamm
Williams Murray Hamm (WMH) is a brand innovation, design and strategy agency based in London and Chicago.
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History
Founded in 1997, Williams Murray Hamm was acquired in 2006 by Loewy Group, a business that was subsequently acquired by Writtle Holdings in 2011. Chairman & Founder, Richard Williams and Creative Partner, Garrick Hamm both remain on the board of directors. Founding Partner, Richard Murray died in 2010. Wybe Magermans was appointed to the board in 2016 as Client Services Director and Ed Hebblethwaite joined the company as Strategy Director.
Work & Accolades
WMH’s work in Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) packaging for GSK's Horlicks, Hovis, McVitie's Jaffa Cakes and Sainsbury's SO organics and Sainsbury's Basics led to the business being named Design Agency of the Year by Marketing Magazine in 2002 and 2004.
WMH has won DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for its work on Cobra beer, Sainsbury’s SO organic, Wild Brew (which also won a D&AD yellow pencil), while Hovis and Clipper Teas won the DBA Design Effectiveness Grand Prix in 2002 and 2004 respectively.
Notable WMH clients have included 2003's redesign of the Barclays Bank identity, 2004's relaunch for Fortnum & Mason, via a brand book and repackaging exercise. The company has maintained an eight-year relationship with Syngenta, the Swiss agrochemicals business. Other WMH clients include Beazley Group, Brummells of London, Way to Blue and Jamie Oliver's store Recipease venture, Burger delivery start-up Chosen Bun, Magic Me, JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks), Syngenta, charity Ella's Home, and globally for Carlsberg and Castrol.
More recent work includes the website redesign for New Zealand-based winemaker Seresin Estate; brand positioning and identity redesign for USA based food producer Lamb Weston; redesign of the Orto Mio range for German-based supermarket, Penny Market (REWE GROUP).
In 2015, the agency was awarded the top prize at The Drum's inaugural Dream Awards and gold at the Fresh Awards for its packaging design for UK erotica brand Coco de Mer. Additionally, WMH won gold in the body category at the celebrated Pentawards for its work with beauty brand Prismologie.
2016 saw WMH's return to win gold at the Design Effectiveness Awards (Design Business Association) for their interactive brand design work with JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks). The award-winning continued for its brand identity and packaging work for Coco de Mer winning the coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil Award, the Drum Design Award, Design Week Award (Package Design Category) and Creative Review Annual where it was awarded 'Best In Book: Design'.