Contact us 0844 488 1001 BLOG PPC SEO & Social Creative Display Analytics Training Home Our Story Our Story Jellyfish was born at the same time as PPC advertising back in 1999. In our early years, we concentrated exclusively on paid search and we got pretty good at it. We focused our efforts on perfecting paid search in publishing and by 2005 we had a turnover of £5 million and were dominating the sector. By 2011, our turnover had increased to over £25 million and we were employing more than 80 staff across three continents. We expanded our service offering as a response to our clients' needs and the ever changing digital landscape. Today we have over 250 staff and are at the forefront of digital marketing, pushing boundaries and getting results. Our success is down to great people, innovative ideas and lots of hard work. 1999 Avondale IT (@it) is launched by Paul Walsh. Core services include building websites and general IT services. 1 employee 2002 Acquire Which? as a key client and given a trial budget for a paid search campaign. Google launched AdWords this year. 4 employees 2003 After the huge success of the trial Which? campaign, we shift focus to develop new business within paid search. 8 employees 2004 Client base continues to grow. Key relationships built within the publishing sector (MoneyWeek, Dennis Publishing, William Reed). Paid search now generates 90% of the company turnover. 10 employees 2005 Rob Pierre joins to help develop business and the company rebrands as Jellyfish. Focus is now solely on paid search and a new CPA performance based model is introduced. 15 employees 2006 Chris Lee joins as Finance Director. Impressive growth in the volume of campaigns Jellyfish manage, with particular success in the publishing sector. 25 employees 2007 Jellyfish South Africa opens as a Resource Centre providing support to the UK AM team. 2008 Jellyfish launch JUMP (the Jellyfish Unified Marketing Platform), a bespoke propriety management system to help manage our PPC campaigns. Having acquired every major UK publisher as a client, Jellyfish create new verticals within the business. Rob Pierre becomes Managing Director and Paul Walsh becomes Technical Director. 60 employees 2009 Jellyfish UK take on bigger offices to support our expanding client base. Kevin Buerger is appointed to develop business specifically in the US. 72 employees 2010 With an increase in expertise, Jellyfish decide to broaden our digital services to include SEO & Social, Creative, Display and Analytics. Jellyfish acquire Creative Uncle, an award winning creative agency. Mark Deeprose (formerly Uncle) is appointed as Creative Director and brings a team of designers and developers on board. 80 employees 2011 Daniel Wilkinson is appointed as EVP US Agency. Jellyfish US opens in Baltimore to accommodate our expanding client base. Jellyfish launches Digital Journeys, an annual thought-leadership and educational event. 82 employees 2012 Jellyfish acquire Weedoo, an established Sussex-based digital agency. Ed Ball and Nick Fettiplace (formally Weedoo) are appointed SEO Directors, bringing on their team to enhance and support our SEO offering. A specialist division to support our publishing clients is born. Carola York is appointed as Managing Director. Hampshire based full service agency Livewire join the Jellyfish Group, helping to grow our print and brand management services in the retail sector. 93 employees 2013 Jellyfish Training, headed up by Jamie Hammond, is launched, offering a range of courses in analytics, optimisation, SEO and social media. Jellyfish Video Production is launched, headed by creative duo Sam and Abi Howson. James Bourner is appointed as Head of Display, heading up our RTB trading desk. Jellyfish ‘digitally power’ Atlantic Row 2013, a pairs team rowing the Atlantic, by supporting and powering their online campaign. Jellyfish continue to grow, expanding our Brighton and US offices. 158 employees 2014 Jellyfish enter strategic partnership with Tokyo-based iREP, one of Japan's leading search marketing agencies. Jellyfish launch a full digital offering for Indian cookery expert Hari Ghotra, implementing all services to show how a digital journey travels across multiple platforms and touch points. Tim Lombard is appointed to head up the Jellyfish SA agency 250 employees Agency Our Story Our Philosophy Our Clients Our People Our Technology Our Offices Careers Jellyfish Publishing Digital Journeys 2015 Contact us Home Our Story Our Philosophy PPC Our Clients SEO & Social Our People Creative Our Offices Display Technology Analytics Careers Training Blog Jellyfish Publishing Jellyfish on Twitter Tweets by @JellyfishAgency Say hello 0844 488 1001 hello@jellyfish.co.uk Terms and Conditions Privacy Sitemap Copyright Jellyfish Group 1999-2015