About Us
A crash course
in our philosophy
Who we work with
Over our 35+ years, we’ve worked with a variety of prestigious clients, in virtually every sector. Below are just a few.
How we work
When we set up Stafford Long we did it with a simple aim: gather a concentrated team of experts who love what they do and believe in working openly, honestly and supportively. We like to work with clients who share this collaborative philosophy – because, as our experience has proved, that’s when the best work happens.
We do everything for the love of it
We’re an independently-spirited company – nestled securely within the wider Adecco group, but with the autonomy to set our own culture and ways of working. So we’re free to focus on what we love: doing inventive and exciting work.
We’re enormously inquisitive
Staying ahead of the curve is important to us. We write regular white papers exploring and analysing the key trends in our market and how to harness them. Our freedom and size mean we can react quickly to explore new areas of the market, invest in changes to our business and bring in the very best specialist talent. Meanwhile, our links with a wide variety of other organisations also allows us the luxury of perspective: we can take a truly broad view of the market and come up with ideas that buck (and better) industry trends.
We’re craftspeople
A lot of pride, care and passion goes into what we do. As an agency, we work hard to make sure we never let our clients down – balancing the heady thrills of creativity with the security of robust project management and quality assurance. That’s why many clients are so loyal; in fact, a lot of our growth comes from existing contacts who simply want to work with us more.
We’re good to have around
When all is said and done, we’d like to be seen as a group of people you trust, enjoy spending time with, and actively want to listen to. We take care to get to know our clients’ business, solve their challenges by working together and become an extension of their team. Equally, we get involved in good causes wherever and whenever we can, whether that’s through volunteering or pro bono projects.
Our awards
We’re proud to have been involved in countless industry firsts and we’ve gracefully nabbed many an award to show for it, across a particularly broad range of categories. Here’s a selection.
2024:
EBMAs:
Winner – ‘Best employer brand innovation’ (Gold award) – Government Client
2023:
EBMAs:
Winner (Bronze award) – ‘Best communication of the employer brand to an external audience’ – Tesco Technology
2022:
EBMAs:
Winner – ‘Best employer brand’ – DE&S
Winner (Silver award) – ‘Best short-term or one-off employer brand campaign’ – Government client
IHR Awards:
Winner – ‘Best employer brand’ – DE&S
2024:
RAD Awards:
Winner – ‘Innovation’ –Government Client
EBMAs:
Winner – ‘Best use of digital’ (Gold award) –Government Client
2022:
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Best website (over £50k) – Government client
2019:
Target Jobs Awards:
Winner – ‘Best graduate website’ – Barclays Graduates
2023:
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Recruitment effectiveness’ – Tesco Technology
2022:
PPMAs:
Winner – ‘Best creative recruitment campaign’ – Government client
2021:
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Best use of copywriting’ – Government client
2020:
Times Top 100:
Winner – ‘Best recruitment advertisement’ – Hogan Lovells
2020:
Times Top 100:
Winner – ‘Best social media’ – Hogan Lovells
2019:
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Best video (under £5k) – Government client
Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards:
Winner Silver Dolphin – ‘Interactive Video’ – DNV GL ‘Hello Customer’ Tool
2024:
EBMAs:
Winner (Silver award) – ‘Best employer brand management event’ – DNV
2022:
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Best internal communications’ – DNV
2019:
RAD Awards:
Winner – ‘Employee engagement’ – DNV
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Internal communications’ – DNV
2020:
RAD Awards:
Winner – ‘Events, experiential and outdoors’ – Government Client
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Outdoor campaign’ – Government Client
2019:
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Experiential’ – DNV
2021:
Times Top 100:
Winner – ‘Best graduate brochure’ – Government client
2019:
RAD Awards:
Winner – ‘Candidate experience’ – Barclays Apprenticeships
RMAs:
Winner – ‘Graduate initiative’ – J Murphy & Sons
Highly Commended – ‘Offline communications’ – Norton Rose Fulbright
