Lucy Farey-Jones

Lucy Farey-Jones

Founder, Executive Strategy Director at Venables Bell + Partners
San Francisco, Stati Uniti

Riassunto

Lucy completed a degree in English literature at Oxford University and was immediately recruited by BMP DDB in London (the birthplace of account planning). During her eight years there she worked on a huge variety of accounts, most notably Volkswagen, for which she helped launch four models in as many years. In addition to helping VW deliver its best sales year ever, the work won three Gold Lions at Cannes, five Silver D&ADs and Best of Show and five Gold Pencils at the One Show. Her experience also extends to a number of English brands. But as they don’t really matter as much in America, we’ll just name the categories: tea, mineral water, margarine, skincare, footwear, banking, travel and charity. Lucy abandoned the mother country in 1999 to become Head of Planning for BBDO’s West Coast agencies (LA and SF). There she worked on EarthLink, Pioneer and Schwab, among other brands. This gave her just enough time to acclimatize (with a z), and to recognize the brilliance of the Venables Bell & Partners plan. As one of the three partners who have grown the agency from a start-up in 2001 to the 193-person agency it is today, Lucy is inextricably part of Venables Bell & Partners’ success story. Overseeing all of the agency’s strategic insights in both brand and communications planning, she has been instrumental in leading Venables Bell & Partners to victory in new business and shaping such brand positioning as Audi’s “Truth in Engineering,” Intel’s “Sponsors of Tomorrow,” the Meth Project’s “Not Even Once,” and eBay’s “When it’s on your mind, it’s on eBay.” These campaigns have all made Venables Bell & Partners not only a creative force, but also contributed to the agency’s eight Effies for marketing effectiveness. 

Positions

Founder, Executive Strategy Director
As one of the three founders who grew the agency from a start-up in 2001 to the ~180-person agency it is today, Lucy was instrumental in leading VB&P to victory in new business and shaping such brand positioning as Audi’s “Truth in Engineering,” Intel’s “Sponsors of Tomorrow,” the Meth Project’s “Not Even Once,” and eBay’s “When it’s on your mind, it’s on eBay.” These campaigns have earned Lucy the title as one of Business Insider's "Most Creative Women in Advertising" and earned VB&P a reputation as not only a creative force, but also contributed to the agency’s nine Effies for marketing effectiveness.
A graduate of Oxford University, Lucy started her career at BMB DDB London (the birthplace of account planning) working on the Volkswagen account. She now focuses on Audi, business development and future agency projects. 

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