Yorkshire & the Humber Enterprise Awards 2018

20 SME NEWS / Yorkshire &Humble Enterprise Awards 2018 , Drawing on a wealth of experience, sobananapenguin is a multi- disciplinary marketing agency supporting a wide range of clients. As we showcase a selection of our winners from the Yorkshire & Humber Enterprise Awards, we invited Managing Director Rich Sutherland to share an insight into the agency and the services it has to offer. Best Independent Marketing Agency - East Yorkshire Working with all types of businesses since its inception in 2012, sobananapenguin is a creative marketing agency that uses powerful content to increase online traffic, enquiries and sales. Based in the stylish K2 Bond Street complex in Hull, the team is made up of copywriters, social media managers, graphic designers and email marketers that can adapt to any style of communication, enabling a broad client base. As a result, the agency has provided one-off projects and monthly services to Hull Truck Theatre, Hull Trains and Hull University Union, as well as multiple start-ups, tech companies, solicitors, accountants, shopping centres, coffee shops, engineering consultancies, retailers and YOR18011 public-sector organisations across the UK. As an independent agency with the freedom to adapt to each client’s specific requirements, sobananapenguin’s main focus is to help businesses of all shapes and sizes to engage a relevant audience. This is achieved through the creation of written content that’s clear and compelling, combined with innovative visual media, targeted online advertising and vibrant printed materials to bring an excellent return on investment. It is this flexibility, alongside the agency’s talented staff, that have helped drive it to the success it enjoys today, as Rich is eager to emphasise. “Our success is entirely thanks to our people. Everyone who works at sobananapenguin has at least one specialism, such as copywriting, PR, social media management, graphic design or data analysis. Whilst each client receives a single point of contact, they actually benefit from the full team collaborating on their marketing activity.” Alongside their work for its clients, the team at sobananapenguin