London B Corp certified creative agency, bandstand, has promoted its two leading creatives, Lottie Marriner and James Clarke, to the role of creative director, after a very successful year.

The promotions demonstrate the indie’s commitment to expanding both in the UK and beyond, with its history of using cutting-edge art and design with stellar creative ideas allowing it to continually punch above its weight against larger agencies.

James Clarke, design director, and Lottie Marriner, head of copy, have both been rewarded for their key roles in helping bandstand to create bold, arresting, and incredibly varied content, including creatively diverse and effective work for brands such as c2c, The Royal Academy of Engineering, Drax as well as the launch of the Fulham Pier project.

Marriner and Clarke will  work together to lead the creative output for the agency, sharing the agency’s ambition as it looks to expand globally. With a combined 16 years at bandstand between them, they are committed to remaining hands-on with creative output whilst also leading the team of creative talent, continuing to promote a culture and collaboration and idea-sharing. They will report directly to the directorial team of Fi Case, Tom Tootal and Nik Windsor.

Tom Tootal, director at bandstand, stated, “We’re delighted to have been able to reward Lottie and James with the role of Creative Director, which is more than deserved given their individual and combined efforts to continually push the boundaries of what we are able to do as a creative agency. We’re looking forward to the future.”

Lottie Marriner commented, “I’m genuinely excited to be given this new role, especially as it means working alongside James. We’ve always worked incredibly well together, playing off our individual strengths and specialities and combining to make some great work.”

James Clarke added, “It’s great to be able to celebrate my (nearly!) tenth anniversary of working at bandstand with the opportunity of this new role, and I look forward to helping to create more brilliant work for our amazing clients.”