Welcome to Coup.
We are a full service
digital agency.
But what does that mean?
It means we build user centered websites and web applications. We manage email and social media campaigns, and we create digital strategies for your kind of business.
We love digital, we love great design and we love results.
But enough about us.
work
Kaspersky lab
Microsite design and build
Internet Security giants, Kaspersky Lab asked us to design and build a microsite to support their pan-European launch of 'Stop Cybercrime' home and business software... In eight languages!
moneysupermarket.com
eCRM campaign
Price comparison giants moneysupermarket.com asked Coup to get under the skin of their customers and tailor some email communications that would bring them back to the site time and time again.
Canadian Rockies Academy
Email campaign
Together with their parent company, Canadian Rockies Academy facilitate the travel and training of over 5,000 winter sports enthusiasts a year. Naturally then, we were thrilled when they asked Coup to help with their first foray into the world of eCRM...
Burlesque Hair Company
Website design and build
Burlesque Hair Company are a young and funky bunch who are growing fast and going places. Their site had to tell the world just that... and more.
Blacks Leisure
Website design
Outdoor clothing retailers, Blacks came to Coup and asked us to design an ecommerce site specifically for surf wear. With brands like Mambo, No Fear and Quicksilver on their roster, how could we refuse?
Paul Williams Events
Website design and build
Paul Williams Events - one of the UKs best loved events management groups - came to Coup asking for a website that portrayed the personality and professionalism of it's team and the events they hold.
search
news
- Kaspersky Lab turn to Coup to help stop Cybercrime
- 06/05/09 by Paul
Kaspersky Lab, the Internet Security firm have asked us to design and build their ‘stop cybercrime’ microsite for a pan European launch of various online security products.
- Price comparison site win
- 30/04/09 by Robin
We mentioned a while back that we had won a big price comparison site piece of work, but we could say who they were. Well now we can, and they don’t come much bigger… it’s moneysupermarket.com
- Hair today
- 27/04/09 by Paul
Burlesque website launches today!
- Burlesque Hair Company come to Coup for digital deliveries
- 09/04/09 by Paul
Burlesque Hair Company came to us in January and asked us to help align their brand and digital presence with all the amazing things they do (which goes far beyond hairdressing)…
- Events Management win for Coup
- 20/02/09 by Paul
We were delighted to win the site design and build for Paul Williams Events, a bespoke corporate events management firm with a penchant for the spectacular.
what
At The Coup Agency we think that carefully planned and well executed digital communications improve business performance. Whether that means developing web applications to refine business processes, making your website work harder to increase profitability or devising email and social media campaigns to improve brand awareness, we can make your business better.
Here’s how…
Understanding & Ideas
- customer and employee insights
- measure & assess existing engagement
- business strategy
- employee/ customer interaction models
- marketing strategy
- creative & advertising concepts
- social media concepts
Planning & Design
- media selection
- user experience design
- information architecture
- brand identities
- creative design
- tone of voice & copy writing
- project & programme management
Delivering Change
- website design & build
- web 2.0 - blogs, wikis, forums, tweets
- social media integration/ optimisation
- CMS integration
- ruby on rails & php
- advertising
- media publishing
- creative installations for events
elsewhere
- I know it’s not online but it’s clever
- 05/05/09 by Paul
A slightly cheeky but very clever billboard piggyback for a paint recycling campaign. Source: Creativity Online
- Plug into the Smart Grid
- 30/04/09 by Paul
Talk about keeping it real… after virtual reality, reality TV, actual reality now we have augmented reality, and this very clever site is a great showcase for a fast developing technology.
who
We're the founders of Coup. We formed the agency in 2008.
We are digital veterans and have collectively amassed 40 years of working with - and for - big brands like:
- UBS
- Orange
- Kia
- LloydsTSB
- RBS
- V&A
- Toni & Guy
We are skilled in the arts of:
- Advertising, marketing and communications strategy and delivery
- Interactive design and development
- Publishing design and development
- Employee and customer engagement programmes and…
- Inciting conversations that change behaviour
And we think we can help you.
Paul Shepherd
A veteran of corporate and customer communications with two of the UKs biggest financial services firms, Paul specialises in stakeholder engagement.
He’s a creative by nature and had been a freelance designer and copy writer since leaving the big hitting corporate world of finance where he held a number of comms management roles.
In between trips to see our American clients, Paul oversees our creative output and new business development.
Robin Matthews
Uses the word engagement a lot and gets through a lot of flip chart paper. Despite this he still seems to deliver real things that are useful. Robin’s been the COO at a top UK digital agency, strategy executive at a leading building society and a management consultant at a top 5 global consultancy.
This background helps him bridge the gap between the optimal and the real. He’s passionate about simple things that impact employee and customer engagement and has substantial experience in leading people, process and technology change.
Craig Peden
Keeps our feet on the ground whilst letting us feel like we’re at 20,000 feet. He’s got years of experience running CRM, digital strategy, technology programmes, gained from some big global management consultancy firms.
Unlike many management consultants though, Craig delivers his plans and not just the presentation (although he likes these too). Craig can “colour in” Gantt charts AND deliver projects to time, budget and specification.
Oh yes, he was also a helicopter navigator in the Royal Navy, so is really useful when we go to pitches.
where
The Coup Agency has studio space in London and Cardiff and a shiny virtual office anywhere you need us.
Our philosophy is to be where our clients need us with the right people. So, whilst we often work together, it is not unusual for our team to be geographically dispersed. Our staff, colleagues and partners are based throughout the UK, US and Asia.
We undertake projects throughout the UK, Europe and the US.
London
The Coup Agency
26 York Street
London W1U 6PZ
UK
t: +44 203 291 2259
hello_london@thecoupagency.com
Cardiff
The Coup Agency
28 Cathedral Road
Cardiff CF11 9LJ
UK
t: +44 292 103 2259
hello_cardiff@thecoupagency.com