Architects of next
Our team’s expertise comes from research backgrounds, communications, academia and elite sport.
We bring a diversity of perspectives and skills which drives greater innovation, effectiveness and inclusivity.
MANAGEMENT
CEO, Co-Founder
Alex Pearmain
Alex is an experienced marketing and communications leader and adviser, who partners with organisations, communicators and marketers to drive meaningful change in how they communicate and engage audiences.
His experience spans corporate affairs, brand building and demand generation. He was one of the pioneers of digital corporate reputation, including one of the earlier case studies in social media for brand building and reputation management at O2, creating the social media teams and digital reputation management approach.
He has worked with organisations across sectors from FMCG, Telco to professional services and beyond, on digital strategy, marketing ROI, and corporate reputation management through insight and data approaches.
Managing Director
Lucy Barrett
Lucy is Managing Director of OneFifty and an experienced digital and social media leader who supports a diverse range of brands navigate complex challenges and implement solutions that drive measurable results.
Lucy started her career at sister company, Rogue Ponies - a platform connecting you with the right creators to make the right digital content for your brand.
From global FTSE 100's to challenger brands, her expertise is in business strategy, planning, identifying influence, and digital creative & production.
Head of Studio and Production
Tom Eyres
Tom is a creative leader who helps brands bring their ideas to life through powerful storytelling and scroll-stopping content. Having spent the last decade growing with OneFifty, evolving from a Junior Creative to Head of Studio and Production, he understands how to connect creative innovation with tangible results.
Today, he leads a talented studio team, turning data into work that genuinely captures attention. With a background rooted in design and digital production, his day-to-day responsibilities include being responsible for the creative output of OneFifty and focusing on empowering the studio team to produce their best work for both major organisations and ambitious, growing brands.
How we work
- Principles not process - the best outcomes are created through people using shared frameworks. Process prevents failure, principles drive success…
- Core hours of 10-4 ensure we are present for each other, and clients, whilst allowing flexibility for life beyond the internet. We have proudly always worked from the best place for the client that day - and if there's nowhere specific to be, we come together in-person at our Soho office base.
- Benefits we focus on providing the things which make substantive difference to the team, from the small (great coffee, an office bar, pool table, office run club), to the 'big' (unlimited training budget, profit share and more)
- We are proud to be a B Corp, showing our commitment to business as a force for good. Learn more here
- Find our DEI policy here
Principles
1. Do the right thing
2. Respect other people's time
3. Details matter - sweat the small stuff
4. Principles > Process
5. Challenge mediocrity
6. Win together
7. Do all the things
Benefits
We focus on providing the things which make substantive difference to the team, from the small to the big. That includes:
Flexible working hours - our core working hours are 10am-4pm so you can choose working hours to suit you
Bonus - reviewed twice a year and subject to personal and Company Performance
Pension - matched contributions (to a max of 8%)
Annual leave - 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Learning and development - unlimited training budget (alongside companywide training)
Snacks - Free breakfasts, proper coffee, and more custard creams than you could imagine….
Travel - Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme &/or a free bike up to £300
Music - Spotify premium
Health and wellness - Free eye tests, Employee assistance programmes (confidential employee programme designed to help you deal with personal and professional issues) as well as “Fit In” - allocated time, weekly for fitness & wellbeing
Socials – monthly socials and summer/Christmas Parties as well as Friends and Family days, a chance for you nearest and dearest to understand and actually see what you do every day!
OneFifty strives to be the best place to start and develop your career
OneFifty strives to be the best place to start and develop your career
We do this through working in ways which come next - for each other.
Our goal is to be the best, rather than chasing biggest - that requires the highest ability and values people. We support and develop our people through a distinctive coaching-led culture. it's about developing shared understandings of what, why and how to achieve client goals, sustainably.
We believe to achieve this we need a strong core of 'homegrown' talent - we target >50% of the team to have meaningfully started their career with us.