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RUFUS CHUTER AND KRIS HADLEY

In October 2018, former FCB managing director Rufus Chuter and former OMD chief digital officer Kris Hadley announced they were launching a new strategy, technology and media management agency, Together. In the time since they’ve focussed on establishing their agency while operating on a simple philosophy: creating a great work environment, to attract great people, to produce great work. Chuter and Hadley fill us in on how they’re running their agency with the future in mind.

On launching Together

CHUTER: We were lucky that when we started we had some great foundation clients and the first few months have really been about delivering as best we can for those guys. We’re not in a massive hurry to grow for the sake of growth. We’re really enjoying the change and getting to work much closer with clients. We’re getting to do the kind of work that motivates us.

We had that latent desire to go out on our own and it’s been really satisfying to see some of those initiatives and ideas turn into the real

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