Young Bright and Grey completes Influential integration

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Creative branding agency, Young Bright and Grey, has been rebranded as Influential.

The move comes following its acquisition by the agency 18 months ago.

“Our decision to bring YBG and Influential together as one brand is testament to how strongly the teams have melded over the last year, both culturally and in our approach to successful client campaigns,” stated Sara Wilde-McKeown, Managing Director of Influential.

“It feels only right that this is reflected in one unified brand. We’re thrilled to be starting 2023 by adding fantastic new talent to the agency under a bold new look and feel.”

The combined team will operate out of Manchester and Liverpool offices and the new brand is formed around a constantly moving circle, to “highlight how creative thinking moves effortlessly across the agency’s departments.”

The new look includes a brighter colour pallet “representing intelligence and vibrancy.”

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“Merging two established brands can be a complicated affair, but this wasn’t the case with us. Both the Influential and YBG brands had a passion for true integrated thinking but came from different ends of the street, with Influential known for its clarity of strategic thinking and YBG for its maverick approach. Our rebrand was about understanding how we kept what was truly valuable as the brands aligned,” added Viv Griffiths, Creative Director at Influential.

“Our springboard was clarity, modernity, and integration and we’ve captured this in a fresh new brand which positions Influential ready for our next stage of growth.”

Griffiths, who co-founded YBG alongside James Summerscales is part of the Influential board alongside Sara Wilde-McKeown, Chris Hulme and Karen Swan.

The agency has also added a number of new staff, including Tom Needham from Running Total, who becomes Digital Director.

Farhana Khan has joined its PR team from Tate Liverpool and The Co-op.

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