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Looking for big agency thinking, service, and creativity
without the layers of a big agency?
Welcome to Elvis Is Dead.

Where great thinking is king.

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A digital billboard at night displaying an advertisement for Albert Bartlett frozen foods, with a man in a chef's coat shouting, and the text 'Bring out your best side'.
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OUR Services

  • We don’t do wallpaper advertising. We create bold, culture-cutting campaigns that demand attention and drive action. From digital and social to fully integrated brand moments, we put your message where it matters and make it impossible to ignore. Smart targeting, sharp creative, and results that hit hard.

  • Great creative work starts with great strategy. It’s the foundation of everything we do. We dig deep, challenge assumptions, unearth insights to create strategies that connect with their target audiences and result in work that, you know, works.

  • We don’t decorate brands. We define them.

    From positioning and identity to campaigns and collateral, we use design systems for clarity, consistency, and cohesive visuals.

    We reject pretty-for-pretty’s-sake and tidy-but-soulless design. We fuse striking aesthetics with purposeful function so your brand stands out and aligns with its core proposition and strategy. THAT’S what defines a brand.
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DEAD EXPERIENCED

We’ve been there, done that (and that and that).
And we decided there was a better way to do things.

Neil Walker
Creative Partner
Mark Gorman
Strategic Partner
Blair Grieve
Managing Partner

We’ve learned a lot over the years whilst working for global networks and local independents, by creating work for brands big and small.

We learned how to make work that matters.
How to make brands stand out.
How to win awards.
How to give Ron Weasley his big break,
and how to take a bollocking from Logan Roy.*

We’ve also learned what doesn’t work.
Bloated overheads. Slow processes. Outdated thinking.

So we’ve stripped it back.
We’ve kept what matters, lost what doesn’t.

The result? Top-drawer creative,
delivered properly, at a fairer price.

*No, really. We’ll tell you all about it sometime.

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

Not just your creative agency, your business partner too

We love coming up with
world-class creative.
But we also roll up our sleeves and get stuck into your business and the problems you’re trying to solve.

Because the better we understand it, the better the results.

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Great clients get the work
they deserve

Average isn’t our thing.
We don’t do comfort zones.
We push each other to do our best work,
and we’ll push you to do the same.

Otherwise, what’s the point?

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Challenging each other to challenge each other

Great work doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s earned through shared belief, mutual respect, and a willingness to take risks together.
Safe clients get safe work.

Brave clients get breakthrough work.