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Sector insight

The pressure picture in media and advertising right now.

Pitch culture runs on adrenaline and tight deadlines. Your workforce skews young, financially stretched, and unlikely to ask for help. Benefits literacy in creative industries is consistently low. People don't know what they have, and they don't know how to use it. That's a retention problem disguised as a culture problem.

What this looks like for media and advertising

Seven things your
agency should have
as standard.

01
Commission-only broking

One fee structure. Commission from insurers, included in every premium whether you use a broker or not. No management fee, no platform fee, no advisory fee on top.

02
Benefits people actually know about

Every employee sees what they have, how to use it, and what's changed - throughout the year, not just at enrolment. PMI from Bupa, Vitality. EAP counselling. Mental health pathways. Young workforces often join with no benefits experience - we make it visible.

03
Emotional demands measured, not assumed

The IWE measures emotional demands directly using the JDR framework. In pitch-driven environments, this metric is directly relevant across creative teams, account management, and production. You see where pressure is building before people burn out.

04
Benefits literacy from day one

Young workforces, high turnover, people joining who've never had workplace benefits before. Year-round communication makes benefits visible and reduces the friction between retention and turnover cycles.

05
Data leadership will act on

Research-validated measurement, HSE benchmarked, team-level detail. When presenting to leadership on wellbeing investment, you need statistically reliable data - not surveys. The IWE delivers measurement across mental, physical, financial, and work wellbeing domains.

06
Insurance spend that actually works

EAP utilisation across the sector sits well below average at most agencies. The IWE identifies need, matches it to existing policy services, and shows the employee exactly how to access support - turning passive spend into active pathways.

07
HRIS integration, not spreadsheets

Connect your HRIS and starters are enrolled on day one, leavers removed automatically. Where your HRIS holds sickness absence data, we pull it into the IWE dashboard so you can see absence patterns alongside your broader wellbeing picture. No manual updates.

What's included
as standard

Everything below is part of the service. No extras. No add-ons.

  • FCA-regulated broking (commission-only)
  • Employee benefits platform and hub
  • Year-round benefits communication
  • Total reward statements
  • Intelligent Wellbeing Engine (IWE) - Health Screener, JDR assessment, three dashboards
  • Dynamic signposting to existing policy services
  • HRIS integration
  • Dedicated support - no rotating account managers

Getting started

Takes a letter of appointment and a standard data export - approximately two minutes. Or we integrate directly with your HRIS. We'll have everything live before you've formally switched anything.

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