Welcome to Iris...

So this came a little later than expected... we're two weeks in and it's going well - we hope. We've met some amazing people and are getting a really nice feel for the place, and we're not just saying that. 

Iris seems a little different to most agencies you come across, the big reason for me is because of it's unique (?) structure. I'll explain, it's one big company, but it is divided in to 6 houses.

(Appropriately named after 6 local pubs!) 

Each house contains about 60 people or there abouts - it's own clients, suits, production/design  and creative departments. It seems to allow the company to run a lot more effectively. This is the first time i've come across something like this. I think it gives the clients a much more personal relationship with the company and the people who work there a greater sense of personality. Having worked at a huge place and a smaller one it's nice to be at Iris with this fusion of the two. Phil and I love the big places, but we like the small equally for very different reasons - there's definitely something nice about having the advantages of both...

As for us, it's been tough but we've been enjoying every second of it, it sounds corny but we were made to feel very welcome from day one, there's often a separation with the temp staff, I find, and you really have to go out of your way to make an impression, (this is the norm for placement teams - don't get me wrong - you want a job - you work at it) but it's really not been difficult there and there's a lot of little quirky things that make you feel like your part of the team.

So we've been working to the Creative group heads, and the feedback seems to have been positive. There's work that is being presented to client for Jack Daniel's, some bits on Absolut Vodka and we've been working on a placement brief for Dept. of Health, amongst other things. 

As of Monday we're switching houses for a couple of weeks to work under a new CD (Ironically it's all of about 50 feet across the same floor), it's not too bad though, it'll almost be like starting over, although we know a couple of people already, from the workshop days and through generally wondering the corridors. Someone else we've got to try to impress and make our mark - we'll give it our best shot. 

We'll update as and when.