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Big jumble of service thingies:

What we do:

Yeah, we know this is lots of stuff. We’re kind of like a Jack of all trades, but imagine Jack had 24 arms, 11 working brains, a shedload of caffeine and a smorgasbord of computers to avoid that whole ‘master of none’ problem.
WE MIND THE GAP BETWEEN EQUAL PAY AND OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOUR, PEOPLE FROM WORKING CLASS BACKGROUNDS, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Meet the Oddities

Sachini Imbuldeniya

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Oddity

Welcome to House of Oddities: one of the 0.01% of agencies owned and run by a woman of colour – possibly the most depressing statistic in the our industry (aside from ‘87% of advertising is ignored’).

If you're reading this, then you're willing to embrace the weird. And I can promise you, that's a good place to be. Because if you don't want your branding messages to be ignored, you're clearly going to have to do them a different way.

That's what we do.


I originally worked in editorial – like the majority of the HOO team – which has been pretty useful. Not following the status quo means we’re free to break the rules. Why does it take 9 months and 100 people to make a 60 second TV ad? No idea. It shouldn’t. So we don’t.

In the newsroom you learn to work fast, to change as quickly as the news does, to set trends and start movements. We know how to demand attention from audiences, tickle their funny bones, and tingle their tingly bits.

We don't ask: 'what gets someone's attention?'.

We ask: 'what's worth someone's attention?'.

To make a difference, you need to think differently. And that’s what House of Oddities does. Welcome aboard.

‘‘We tickle funny bones, and tingle tingly bits’’
Darren
Smith
Chief Executive
Oddity
Darren
Smith
Chief Creative
Oddity
Juan
Leon
Chief Production Oddity
Lou
Gordon
Director of Creative Services
Mark
Small
Creative Lead
Megan
Revell
Creative Lead
Anna
Haywood
Account Manager
Jordan
Edwards
Creative
Producer
There is significant underrepresentation in our industry for women, people of colour, people living with disabilities, people from working class backgrounds, and members of the LGBTQ+ communities. 100% of the HOOmans working at House of Oddities came from at least one of these underrepresented groups. And in our productions and campaigns for 2024, 73% of the extended teams we created came from at least one of these groups, both in front of and behind the camera. This matters to us.
You guys are batshit crazy.
I love it.

– KIA Motors

The best in the market for us. These guys go above and beyond.

– National Geographic

Delightful people – lovely to work with.

– John Lewis & Partners

Absolutely phenomenal. We love working with them.

– Expedia Group

I don't understand what you do. Is that a real job?

– Our CEO's Mum

The sheer talent is a mix I'm grateful for and jealous of in equal measure

– NSPCC

It's very rare to see creative that is so technically flawless

– Little Black Book

Pure crafted excellence

– McCann London

Genre-defying work.
Wow, just WOW!

– Creative Brief

Nothing else to see here. Unless you like pictures of polar bears with their eyes shut on a white background.
This is the end, beautiful friend, the end