Hello Starling

📺 We plan and buy media
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👀 To give you maximum attention
📈 With measurable results

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

We are investing in the future of the industry by backing a fresh approach to higher education that combines paid employment with university study.

https://t.co/3oGn5BZMri

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

We are super proud to see this campaign out in the world for Tŷ Hafan Children's Hospice 💚

This September, Tŷ Hafan is encouraging people to write their Will for free, while helping to support its incredible work with children and families across Wales.

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

📣 We’re hiring someone to head up Client Services!

Hello Starling is growing, and we’re looking for an experienced Media Account Director to join our team.

If you know someone brilliant, please tag them or send this their way 👋

https://t.co/OxM0EvXoTK

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

3 weeks today we'll be at Social Media Conference Cymru 2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

If you haven't attended, you really should!

It's on the 30th of September at Holland House, Cardiff. You can get the remaining tickets now by following this link: https://t.co/UP102LfnLW

[James Robinson @j_robinson]

I know I keep banging on about the four-day week. But I keep banging on about it because it’s possible.

We’ve been doing it @hellostarling_ since 2019.

We haven’t crammed four long days with five days’ work. We genuinely work 28-hours per week. 4 days with 5 days pay. @4Day_Week @4DayWeekCymru

7 years on, we’re still here. Growing, winning business, doing great work for brilliant clients and, I think, running a better business because of it.

I’m not pretending it’s easy. You have to be disciplined. You have to get better at meetings, communication, processes, handovers and deciding what actually needs doing and you have to trust people.

And as I type this, I think that’s the point. The 4 day week forced us to become a better agency.

If as a nation we could move from six days to five, there’s absolutely no reason we should assume five is where the story has to end.

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

If you think it’s impossible to get everything done in 28 hours per week, think again!

Back in 2019, long before the four-day working week became cool, we decided to rethink how Hello Starling operated. Seven years later, we're proud to be recognised as a Gold Standard four-day week employer, but the real success isn't the accreditation; it's the stronger agency and business we've built along the way.

This isn't a story about working less (although working 28 hours per week does feel good); it's about working better!

Here are the lessons we've learned, the challenges we've overcome and why we'd never go back.

https://t.co/NuENmPUMeQ

@4Day_Week @4DayWeekCymru

[Codi Cymru l Wales Marketing Awards @codi_cymru]

Did you know that marketing and branding are among the most commonly reported skills gaps in Wales’ creative industries.

Which is another reason why connecting, developing and championing Welsh marketers matters 👌

https://t.co/uV1uee1071

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

Good media planning isn’t about trying to squeeze as many channels as possible onto a plan; it's about making the right choices.

https://t.co/XPbWrTzxmZ

[Codi Cymru l Wales Marketing Awards @codi_cymru]

It’s amazing the welcome we have been given. Here’s @j_robinson giving you an update 👇

[James Robinson @j_robinson]

The response to us launching @codi_cymru has been amazing. Diolch! ����

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

Choosing a media buying agency can look straightforward from the outside.

You speak to a few agencies, sit through some credentials presentations, compare the fees and choose the team that made the best impression.

But there is a lot more to it!

https://t.co/D7RaeIL5WZ

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

A media plan should do more than decide where money gets spent. It should answer a bigger question.

Here are 5 questions that every media plan should answer before any investment is made.

https://t.co/c6xVPeR9yH

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

We're proud to be the headline sponsor of Social Media Conference Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

If you haven't attended, you really should!

It's on the 30th of September at Holland House Cardiff. You can get the remaining tickets now by following this link: https://t.co/DLqqsBVTJO

[Codi Cymru l Wales Marketing Awards @codi_cymru]

We are recruiting a Community and Partnerships Manager to help shape what we become.

For more info, check out 👇

https://t.co/uV1uee1071

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

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[James Robinson @j_robinson]

Four things I’ve always thought a great awards event should be about:

1) Free! Money shouldn’t be a barrier to recognition.

2) Judges who know what they’re talking about.

3) It’s not all about the money, money, money! Brilliant marketing comes in so many different shapes and forms. We will recognise that.

4) A bloody good time! Nobody knows how to put on a party like a marketer, so the brief to my team has been: “Make this an event that marketers leave saying, ‘That was the best awards event I’ve ever been to and I can’t wait until next year.’”

Over 300 marketers, agency folk and media owners have signed up for updates at https://t.co/jhqRMRuZCY and if you haven’t yet, get involved! There’s big news on the horizon! 😉

[Codi Cymru l Wales Marketing Awards @codi_cymru]

Next Spring, we're bringing the Welsh marketing community together to celebrate the amazing talent right across Wales. And this is just the start.

Visit https://t.co/uV1uee1071 to stay up to date with the latest updates as we build something special for marketers in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Codi Cymru l Wales Marketing Awards @codi_cymru]

We're creating the Wales Marketing Awards, because Wales has brilliant marketers, agencies, in-house teams, freelancers and emerging talent doing amazing things every day, and they deserve more recognition.

Come on the journey with us!

https://t.co/uV1uee1071

@hellostarling_

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

We're creating Codi Cymru - Wales Marketing Awards because Wales has brilliant marketers, agencies, in-house teams, freelancers and emerging talent doing amazing things every day, and they deserve more recognition.

Come on the journey with us!

https://t.co/dQ8ZQ23ujo

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

You'd be surprised at how many briefs we receive that still rely on outdated assumptions about how people over the age of 50 think, behave and consume media.

So we're here to explain why this market matters more than ever.

https://t.co/qUDB3DoaEV

[Hello Starling @hellostarling_]

@j_robinson 💛