We’re an award-winning, creative digital marketing agency. One that’s in the business of making a real difference to your business and your brand.
For over four decades we’ve been creating powerful connections between companies and their customers, to drive success, profit and growth for reputable clients across the UK and around the globe.
Whether it’s a highly targeted digital strategy or a marketing campaign to reach the masses, our philosophy has always been that great marketing is an investment, not a cost. That’s why when you work with an independently owned, creative digital agency like Sowdens, you’re investing in your organisation’s future.
Marketing strategy and creative design. Branding and advertising. SEO and PPC. Video production and event management. We believe it only works, if it all works.
Our services encompass all areas of marketing and communications, meaning we can turn our hand to any challenge or need. And in keeping with the initials of our name, everything we deliver has both style and substance: with creativity at the core, backed up by intelligent strategy.
By combining inventive ideas with strategic insight, our creative digital agency makes unbelievable things happen on a daily basis.
“Sowdens did a brilliant job supporting us with our Ørsted Festival event. Their creativity and excellence, mixed with their event organisation engaged more than 200 visitors in our business and removed loads of stress for our team on the day - we couldn’t have done it without them.”
Thomas Collins, Senior Internal Comms & Engagement Manager
Ørsted UK
“Sowdens have impressed us from day one. Chosen following a competitive pitch process due to their unique experience in the education sector, their strategic know-how, creativity and dedication to the job are clearly demonstrated by the results they’ve achieved."
Claire Wilsher, Director of Marketing, Communications and Admissions
Barking & Dagenham College
“Sowdens are the safest pair of hands in the marketing business and a pleasure to work with. We’ve never worked with an agency that understands our company the way Sowdens do. Their creative approach is phenomenal, and they always deliver.”
Kat Jeffery, Head of Marketing
Quickline Communications
“As a business, it's important for us to demonstrate our green credentials. The rebranding that Sowdens rolled out across our international offices is helping us to build our profile with the world’s leading technology companies.”
Wayne Halliwell, Global CI Director & UK General Manager
Regenersis
“The Sowdens team worked tirelessly to produce a number of exceptional projects, and the brand, look and feel were spot on across the board, engaging a great number of our stakeholders. Many thanks for all the preparation involved.”
Diana Taylor, Managing Director
Marketing Humber
“Sirius Academy won a prestigious Heist Marketing Award beating some of the UK’s top universities and FE Colleges and another Highly Commended Heist for us the following year. That’s because their marketing works.”
Cathy Taylor, Principal & CEO
Sirius Academy
“Sowdens treat their clients like part of the family, they understand, support and develop. Professional and hard working at all times.”
Jeremy Seymour, Director
J S Land Capital
“I just wanted to say a huge thank you for turning this around so quickly. The output is fabulous and truly helps us to communicate our brand values and commitment to driving a greener future.”
Laura Marz, Marketing and Communications Manager
Aura Innovation Centre
“CHCP benefits from Sowdens’ unparalleled relationships with the media, whether it’s radio, press, digital, TV or outdoor. We have utter confidence in budget being wisely sent for maximum return and would highly recommend them for media placement campaigns.”
Lucy Flower, Communications & Social Business Lead
City Health Care Partnership
“Sowdens are highly creative marketing people who understand the goal is to sell more products. They manage to give you what you need, more than what you want, and it always works.”
Sean Scott, Managing Director
Vuba Resin Products
“Our latest project looks absolutely brilliant. It really reminds me why we wouldn’t use any other agency when the team operates like this. Sowdens really are like an extension of our team.”
Jane Cross, Marketing Manager
APD Communications
“Thank you all so much for being such a wonderful agency – for being patient with us and making us look so great. So impressed with the speed with which you have produced all our comms tools and kept us focused. Everything came together so wonderfully.”
Louise Smith, Director
Aura
“Big praise to all at Sowdens for helping us to breathe life back into this iconic building. Sowdens very quickly grasped the importance and necessity of rebranding, and under extreme time pressure they created a simple, identifiable brand that spoke to the community immediately.”
Jeremy Seymour, Director
J S Land Capital
“Working with Sowdens is like having your own blue chip marketing team. Sowdens are genuinely creative at every level. You can’t help but be inspired working with them.”
Sean Scott, Managing Director
Vuba Resin Products
“Sowdens are creative and imaginative and fully understand our clients’ needs. The team also managed our Academy launch event, possibly the most sensational event in Hull that year.”
Trevor Taylor, Chief Operating Officer
The Constellation Trust
“I have always found Sowden’s to be extremely responsive and creative. They can also turn a job round really quickly so I know I can rely on them if a major deadline is looming. I look forward to working with them on future campaigns.”
Sarah Fewster, Marketing & Communications Manager
Hull York Medical School
“The Business Day was a huge success, in no small part thanks to the creativity and support from Sowdens. We had the whole team behind us who went above and beyond, amazing attention to detail and innovative solutions to those issues that always crop up. I’d highly recommend them.”
Maria Sellors, Marketing Manager - Research & Enterprise
University of Hull
“HullBID has worked with the team at Sowdens for over 5 years, the dedication, passion and hard work of the team is impressive, as is their creativity and innovative ideas. I have no hesitation in recommending them.”
Kathryn Shillito, Executive Director
Hull BID
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