Who are we?

Michael Murdoch

Michael helps transform businesses into brands. He founded The House brand and marketing agency in 2009 and has been a Brand Strategist for nearly 20 years working with emerging and established organisations around the world like NHS, MTV, Diabetes UK, Sanyo, Fairtrade, Nokia and Mixcloud. Michael has won awards for his creative work, including one from the Design Council, and helps clients find their full potential, taking them step-by-step through their projects in partnership with them. Graduating from courses at Central Saint Martins, UWE and Oxford University, Michael loves working with entrepreneurs and hopes to pass on his skills and expertise on to help them become the top 10% of organisations that succeed.


Robbie Dale

Robbie is a creative director, entrepreneur and writer with nearly 20 years experience. He was named in both the inaugural BIMA Hot 100 and Drum Digerati for his input into the British digital marketing industry, has won more than 50 awards for creativity and effectiveness, is an alumni of the prestigious Marketing Academy scholarship and has helped many organisations - from charities and startups to the likes of Microsoft, Lego and the BBC - connect with their customers in interesting and impactful ways.


Between us we've worked with hundreds of organisations of all shapes and sizes, run courses, given talks, been invited to teach at Universities and accelerators and built our own companies.

You can get a flavour of our combined experience below...

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