There’s a survey in Campaign today, conducted amongst young people in the industry. Wieden + Kennedy comes out as number 2 agency that people would most like to work at. The rankings were:

1. BBH

2. W+K

3. Mother

4. Saatchi & Saatchi

5. Fallon

No indication in the survey as to why people see us as being so desirable, but I guess it reflects external perceptions of our work, our clients, our environment and the relationships we have with people in other agencies. Anyway, we’re always trying to attract the best talent, so it’s encouraging to see we’re favourably regarded in comparison to our peers. Of course, the people who work here already may have a different opinion.

Last night we attended a suitably glamorous leaving do at the Hospital in Covent Garden for our Sky client, Barnaby Dawe. After running the pitch in which we were appointed to the Sky One account, he’s now off to be MD of Heart FM. That’s him in between Emma and Matt. Barnaby’s been great to work with and we’ll miss him.