Aurora Agency

Thanks for having us for the most gorgeous Women In Film lunch today .

What a power gathering of the most wonderful innovative women in film, music and entertainment - and truly inspiring listening to the fireside chat from and - wow 🤩 👏🙏 💕

Wishing all our brilliant friends, team and clients a fun packed Easter with some Mad Hatter tea party sprinkles!

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Super exciting things coming…

What an evening - in equal measure fascinating and fun!

Valerie Bounds and I welcomed an eclectic array of business, brand and creative leaders to our dinner at the gorgeous Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. A truly sumptuous space - our private dining room took its design cues from 16th century Tudor architectural style. Our table evidently inspired by Arthurian legend and the Knights of the Round table!

We love nothing more than bringing diverse, interesting people together to create new conversations and connections. Mashing up backgrounds and experiences from different sectors to create new things.

And we love to explore the future with like minded people.

In fact at Aurora it's fair to say we thrive on building extraordinary creative experiences.

Rooted in our core philosophy......Stargazing.

Stargazing is a way of imagining the possibility for society and brands that is expansive and goes beyond the ordinary. When we look at the shimmering stars in the vast expanse of the night sky, it gives us a new perspective on life and work.

It’s about society changing thinking, creating connection with communities and culture and the zeitgeist to catapult brands into purposeful growth.

And in some small way, move the world forward.  Never has such optimism and bravery been so vital.

Ultimately to unlock the power of imagination and creativity for visionary brands across the world.

Thanks to all our superb guests Shelley Macintyre Alison Kerwin David Yarnton Emily Woods Kevin Allfrey Tom Foulkes FRSA James Hanson.

And special thanks to our friends and collaborators Clare Jones and Steve Russell from digital customer experience platform CoreMedia for helping us make the night happen.

‘One game doesn’t mean you’re a bad player’ - a life lesson from at her wonderful book launch with .gavin 🙌⚡️🏉

🙏 Please vote for us to take some incredible panels to 2024? 🙏

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With a stellar list of panelists, we plan to tackle some very powerful and timely topics; culture vs war, the power for empathy for social change and empowering young men to challenge online misogyny.

All building from our recent work with 🇺🇦 , and our collaboration with pioneering social organisation, Calico Group.

Culture vs. War Can the Power of Creativity Save Us?

Exploring the power of culture at a time of war with Ukraine rock star, front line soldier and campaigner Taras Topolia, leading theatre & art exec director David Watson, and David Millar, Head of Gaming & Partnerships at War Child. An exploration of cultural identity during this existential crisis & the power of culture as an antidote to violence & hate.

Can the Power of Empathy and Kindness save the World?

Our society is polarised, filled with rhetoric, prejudice & violence. The are the symptoms, not the cause -stemming from a lack of connection. We crave to feel part of a community, all playing a role in something bigger. Can empathy for ourselves & others be rebuilt and deployed to address society's biggest challenges?
With panelists Helen Thompson, deputy CEO of Calico Group, Derek Fredericks, former prisoner and course leader at Calico and the Opera Singer, Jennifer Johnston

: galvanising young men to counter misogyny

On International Women's Day 2023 creative house Aurora put a global call out to young men to advocate for the women in their lives, to counter the misogynistic rhetoric flooding the internet. The no budget campaign quickly went viral across the World rapidly reaching over 10 million with 100s of men uploading their support, proving buy into the rhetoric.
We talk to influencer & social change maker Ashleigh Nugent to ask what the truth is, how & why violent narrative has taken hold, and how we can educate and empower young men from the grass roots to stand up for diversity.

More people have walked up Everest than have walked on the Minton tiles.

How lucky were we to see their unveiling for only the sixth time in the incredibly maintained and overwhelming beauty of

The trustees are currently fundraising to add a statue of Mary Seacole to the empty plinth alongside that of Kitty Wilkinson.

The statue will celebrate key workers within the NHS and the health industry as a whole – in particular, health workers from the BAME community, with more than 60% of COVID-related health worker deaths attributed to them.

Our team talking at Prolific North’s ‘Beyond Eurovision’ event about

colour pop on a stormy day

A Liver Bird meets a Soloveiko Songbird.

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Delighted to be here to see the launch of the spectacular, original, gorgeously curated Return Of The Gods Exhibition

Introducing ‘Jus de la Créativité’ from Aurora

Can you bottle creativity? Yes, now - you can.

Creative experience company Aurora are excited to reveal their new category-defining innovation in sensory brand.

After a full year of research where they engaged the greatest creative leaders across the globe, Aurora have quite literally captured the scent of creativity, and bottled it.

Creativity it seems is in your blood - or rather your pheromones. Some people excrete creativity when they are inspired, triggering a dopamine response in those around them. The creative pheromones are strongest from specific personality types; often those who become leading creative directors and who come up with World changing ideas.

‘We thought what if you could capture creativity and gift it to anyone, like a super power? What if you could actually fill a room with creativity?’ said Valerie Bounds, Aurora’s Chief Strategy & Creative Officer.

Working in collaboration with one of France’s most famous perfumiers, Maison Dragonaire in Grasse, FranceAurora managed to capture the ‘scent’ of the World’s most inventive and artistic people.

‘We asked the top 1% of creative minds from across the World to capture their own scent of creativity by sending up a sample of their sweat, taken when they were at their most creative. We then added their pheromones to the collective mix - a cauldron of creativity, if you will.’ said Dr Audrey Tatou, Dragonaire’s current master perfumer.

The team then proceeded to develop the unique potion of creativity containing chemicals from those leading creative minds - and to capture it in a range of perfume products.

Today Aurora are proudly launching their ‘Jus de la Créativité’ brand with a high-end Eau de Cologne, a scented candle and a room scent.

The recommendation is for all creatives across the industry to wear the scent to enhance their own imagination and ingenuity, and that of those around them. The candles and room scent can also be purchased to use by advertising agencies across the World.

“On a par with the launch of ChatGPT-4, this is a game-changing moment that will shake up the creative industries. Now anyone can be a creative director.‘Jus de la Créativité’ is guaranteed to exude creativity wherever you smell it.’ said Dawn Paine, Aurora’s CEO.

‘Jus de la Créativité’ is available to purchase from today - buy it here: https://r.mtdv.me/products/Jus-de-la-Crativite

Whoah – we’re super thrilled to have been awarded Highly Commended for Start Up Agency of the Year TheDrum Awards for Agency Business!

Playing on the global stage and being celebrated for the work we’ve been doing with our incredible clients has been a joy for us this year!

Huge thanks to the Drum judges, our superb Aurora team, our supporters and of course our wonderful clients around the world.

We've been nominated for Startup of the Year!

So today we are at The Drum Awards for Agency Business 2022✨

“In pursuit of bravery-lessons in resilience, tenacity and courage in a turbulent and volatile world”

Amazing first ever event in Liverpool

Can our own everyday actions make a difference? Absolutely.

Forth Environment Link (FEL) is a Scottish environmental charity who help people make a difference in their own lives and communities. They deliver projects with positive, meaningful changes that counter climate change.

We’re partnering with Brand Oath to bring the new brand they’re creating for FEL to life.
We got started by co-facilitating a super interactive workshop exploring the future comms strategy for the brand and their Active Travel Hub.

Aurora's Chief Strategy and Creative Officer, Valerie Bounds is featured in today's 'What I've Learnt' by Prolific North, talking all about the key lessons she has learnt throughout her impressive career so far!

Have a look here 👇👇👇

https://lnkd.in/eHyPva_N

What I've Learnt: Valerie Bounds, Chief Strategy and Creative Officer, Aurora Headquartered in Liverpool, creative agency Aurora was set up by Valerie Bounds and fellow co-founder Dawn Paine.

Earlier this week we hosted a very special Aurora VIP dinner in London with a truly wonderful and eclectic array of senior global leaders and thought leaders from the worlds of gaming, entertainment, technology, events, music and the environment.

Our conversation traversed the metaverse, the future of work and how businesses are re-imagining themselves around the next phase of the digital revolution.

A huge thank you to Kinguin Meta Ecologi Universal Music Group SuperAwesome FLASH Entertainment Epic Games Tencent Games for attending and being part of such a fun and inspiring conversation!

Let’s keep exploring and imagining…..

Had a great day at hosting our very own panel for GI Live!

Aurora are heading to EGX GamesIndustry.biz with our own panel! 👾👾👾

Our CEO, Dawn Paine, will be leading a panel on how video games have become the new battleground for major brands, along with Meta’s Jane Kinnaird, Kinguin’s David Yarnton and Ukie's Jo Twist.

Get your tickets via the link to come and see us on Thursday 22nd September at 2:35pm!

Will we be seeing you there? 🎮🎮🎮

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/playstations-shuhei-yoshida-joins-gi-live-london-line-up

Aurora’s creative and strategy team are spending the week in Warsaw working on some exciting integrated projects with two of our key global clients!

All will be revealed very soon, but until then, take a look at some teaser pictures! 👀👀

Team Warsaw!

Teddy, our CPO (Chief Puddle Officer), is still making the most out of this summer!

Hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday weekend☀️

🎉🎉EXCITING NEWS! 🎉🎉

We are looking for a Head of Marketing with strong experience in the entertainment and games industry, who has led multiple games launch marketing campaigns.

We’re looking for someone who is creative, passionate and lives and breathes video games 🎮🎮🎮

You can be Liverpool or London based, with full remote or hybrid flexibility available for you.

Is this you❓❓❓

We’re not about ego, and we don’t do office politics. We’ll look after you and help you develop, if you’re ready to travel with us 🚀

Apply today here 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3237796794

Join us on our journey to world domination! 🌍🌍🌍

We are looking for 2 new people to join our fantastic team, and help us take on a whole host of new and exciting projects!

If you are a Senior Graphic Designer or Senior UX/UI Designer and looking for a new challenege, then Aurora is waiting for you! 🫵🫵🫵 Send your CV and portfolio to [email protected]

💥💥 SENIOR UX/UI DESIGNER ROLE 💥💥

We are looking for a Senior UX/UI Designer with around 5 years of agency experience to join our team!

You will lead user experience design on a range of client projects, managing our UX/UI lead to create new and innovative experiences that meet user and product requirements 📱💻🖥

We’re not about ego, and we don’t do office politics. We’ll look after you and help you develop, if you’re ready to travel with us 🚀

Apply today, or share with someone who you think is perfect for the role 👉

🎉🎉 We are growing! 🎉🎉

It's a very exciting time here at Aurora and we're looking for 2 people to fill these brand new roles:

⭐️Senior Graphic Designer
⭐️Senior UX/UI Designer

Interested in any of these roles?

Check out the jobs page on our LinkedIn page! 👀👀👀