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The Distillery London's Content-inental Breakfast

Earlier this week we gathered a panel of three brilliant minds for a breakfast discussion to talk through all things content and storytelling. Fuelled and caffeinated by the great team at the Riding House Cafe in our private room, it was a great session where we brought together a diverse range of brands across a range of sectors to talk through approaches to content and working with influencers. We find that challenges with content are consistent across sectors.

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New Work: What Will Your Day Bring?

The vso and International Citizen Service (ICS) wanted a film to ignite interest and inspire 18-25 year olds to get involved in their volunteer placements. 

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Let's talk YouTube analytics

As a YouTube certified agency, we're all about the analytics. We want your content to work as hard as it can for you, and of course learn as much about your audience at the same time.

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The Distillery London Giving Back

Every quarter, The Distillery London donates some of their time to causes / charities / events that we care about. It's not the sort of thing we shout about because it's kind of in our DNA. We love sharing our knowledge of content strategy / creative development and film making with organisations and charities that we care about.

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YouTube certified

The Distillery London has been YouTube certified for a number of years now.  As an agency that specialises in online video, all of the team is given the opportunity to become YouTube certified from day one.

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VIDEO FIRST: Making An Impact

Recently, IBT launched their report VIDEO FIRST: Making An Impact with a panel discussion which covered a range of topics about online video: how it’s viewed; what works and what doesn’t; and some key tips for NGOs in particular on how to produce content that’s going to break through online.

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5 Shortlisted Cannes Lions films we love...

It’s Friday and Cannes Lions is nearly over for another year. The shortlist for the film category is out so we thought, what better way to spend the day than sifting through the shortlist (well most of them) and sharing the 5 films that really stood out for us. So, out of the 271 nominated films that made our Friday, here's what we thought.

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APA Masterclass

This week, Rebecca Groves The Distillery's Production Manager writes about her recent experience at the APA masterclass.

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GANT, Google NEXT 2017 & The Distillery London...

Google Next is Google’s biggest event ever; bringing together over 4,000 people to the ExCel centre to learn about the future of Google’s latest platforms. The event is held across 3 days and consists of keynote speeches, interactive exhibits and immersive experiences for everyone from executives, customers, partners, developers, IT decision makers, and Google Engineers.

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Unreel...

We're so excited to share our latest reel of work with you. 

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#LifeChangers

Our latest series of films for JustGiving highlights 4 everyday heroes who have made an incredible impact in their own communities by raising money on JustGiving, and whose actions have had far reaching ramifications.

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Summertime and the Filming's Easy

With a rare ‘real’ summer in Great Britain, The Distillery London has left the M25 to capture many fun and interesting stories for a variety of projects.

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We're hiring! 2 month paid junior creative internship!

The Distillery London are currently offering a 2 month internship for a multi-disciplined social-video loving junior creative. This is a unique opportunity to work on live briefs for a wide variety of projects; from product launches to charity campaigns to developing in-house publishing channels.

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We're Hiring! Creative Producer 3 Month Contract to full hire

We’re riding a serious growth curve which means we need to bring in a brilliant creative thinking Producer.  Warning: this is not your average 9-5, and we never aim to be.  Hours may be long, each day will be different, but if you have great ideas, are agile and love custard tarts this may be the place for you!

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distillery sessions

#distillerysessions is the podcast series from distillery, where we explore the latest trends and upcoming marketing tools bouncing around in the industry. From personalised videos, to creating brand fandoms and the impact you can have on your audience.

We invite you to listen in, take part and learn with our discussions. Send your thoughts and ideas to us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

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