Winchester social media marketing company Seen Agency targeting new partnerships with city businesses after relaunch

TWO bold younger Winchester entrepreneurs are aiming to place the city’s businesses on the map by way of the ability of social media.

Ozzi Sanderson has already constructed a powerful consumer checklist since launching his inventive content material and social media startup, Seen Agency, in 2020.

The 23-year-old has labored with the likes of Josie’s, Overdraft, The Cycle Company in Shawford, Bespoke Biking and Routes Coffee.

However, not wishing to relaxation on his laurels, Ozzi not too long ago welcomed funding from his new companion and consumer director, Adam Roberts, and the pair relaunched the enterprise with a new model identification and web site in May.

Celebrating Seen’s second birthday this week, the Wintonians at the moment are setting their sights on forging new partnerships with impartial businesses within the hope of serving to them develop by way of creating “tip-top” content material which “calls for consideration”.

Ozzi stated: “Seen was born and raised in Hampshire, surrounded by many unimaginable folks and businesses. We wish to assist these businesses develop by delivering constant, excellent social media and attention-grabbing content material.”

With entrepreneurial aptitude from an early age, Ozzi’s first enterprise got here when he was 14 years previous, creating and promoting vivid and vibrant Lego cufflinks. They flew off the cabinets of native retailer, The Hambledon, picked up by the businessmen of Winchester.

He revamped £500 from the primary enterprise and quite than utilizing the cash for sweets and video video games – as any regular 14 yr previous would – he invested it into the subsequent thought. Ozzi used the cash to purchase his first digicam which sparked creating content material for native cafes and eating places.

While working as a barista at Josie’s in Winchester, Ozzi photographs for the well-known brunch vacation spot. This led to operating and managing their social media channels, which he grew to over 20,0000 followers on Instagram.

Seen got here to fruition simply months after the pandemic hit. Ozzi, aged 20 on the time, based the enterprise off the again of his time as a contract marketer and content material creator. “It felt there was a spot out there for a personable, inventive and youthful company,” he stated.

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Ozzi shortly constructed a community of younger native Winchester Creatives, a lot of whom nonetheless get entangled in initiatives at present.

Ozzi’s partnership with Adam was one cast out of adversity. Having grown up in Winchester, attending Kings’ School and Peter Symonds College, Adam headed to school at Oxford Brookes.

In 2015, Adam, 31, joined native enterprise Remarkable Group (now BECG), located within the Pump House in Garnier Road earlier than later transferring on to a inventive company in London.

But when the Covid pandemic hit he was placed on furlough by the company. During this era, he put the time to make use of by studying extra about copywriting – which is the place he first met Ozzi.

In the Summer of 2020, Adam was made redundant by the London company, however secured a return to BECG as an Account Director.

However, Adam’s mom’s most cancers had returned and the outlook wasn’t trying good. After battling the illness in 2012, the most cancers had come again in a extra aggressive method. Karen died at the beginning of July 2021 on the age of 61.

She liked artwork and music and was at all times pushing Adam to work as laborious as he may to maintain creating in his marketing area.

Determined to make use of the inheritance he obtained to hold on his mom’s inventive legacy and observe his ambition of operating an company, Adam started conversations with Ozzi to put money into Seen and companion up with the objective of rising and creating Seen into a much bigger company.

He stated: “Our ambition is for the company to grow to be a mainstay and the native ‘go-to’ for social media and content material creation. Stepping in as their marketing companions, we’re dedicated to supporting native businesses and begin ups, with the goal of rising consciousness and driving progress. We’re all about storytelling by way of intelligent content material, and creating engaged communities throughout social channels.”

Aside from the latest consumer wins of Bespoke Biking and Routes Coffee, the duo have additionally paid for a Seen sponsored bollard to be painted in The Square in August.

To discover out extra concerning the company, go to: seenagency.co.uk/

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