Your team owns the brand.We make the work stand out,and we never stand still.
We’re not an agency, and we won’t touch your strategy. Your team owns the brand; we’re the studio that makes the creative stand out, at the pace you need it.
Nineteen years, three platforms,one studio
OLS has been trading since 2007. We started as a design studio for in-house teams that needed more hands without more agencies, and grew with the platforms our clients were growing on. Pinterest came to us in 2016, and ten years on we are still their creative partner. In September 2024 we became employee owned: everyone on the team is a partner in the business.
An extension of your team,not another agency
We work as an extension of your in-house creative team: your brief, your brand, our craft and pace. The work moves through one place, with your feedback captured as we go, so every round is sharper than the last. Our London studio and our studio in Pune, India give you a working day that is longer than yours.
Five things we hold to
As employee owners, everyone at OLS is committed to growing a team and a culture that we love, and that will drive success for our clients and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of that commitment.
Making the working experience joyful for our team and our clients.
In practiceAway days spent renovating local playgrounds; a 4,537-mile team challenge for mental health charities.
Trust through transparency and open communication.
In practiceEveryone is a partner in the business. Your feedback is captured in one place, so every round is sharper.
Every process as easy as possible to work with.
In practiceOne flexible agreement and a monthly volume of credits, spent on whatever the month needs.
Always looking for opportunities to innovate.
In practiceTraining in leadership and creative tech, individual budgets, and OLS Labs to try things first.
The highest quality standards in everything we deliver together.
In practiceEvery single asset is reviewed by a creative lead before it gets to you.
We’re proudlyemployee owned
Everyone on the OLS team is a partner in our business, which means we’re all personally invested in our clients’ success. We pride ourselves on collaboration and love to work closely with our clients to become a trusted extension of their team.
Trevor Chambers, Executive Creative Director, Kindred TSB
Lorrie West, Senior Manager of Brand & Creative Solutions, Pinterest
Over 1,000 brands, since 2007
Never standing still
The Online Studio starts trading in London.
Pinterest becomes a client; the partnership is now in its tenth year.
OLS becomes employee owned through an Employee Ownership Trust, in September.
OLS-IQ, the creative intelligence built around each client’s brand, launches in October.
Want to join us?
We’re on the lookout for talented, proactive and curious people who thrive where creativity and technology intersect.
Comprehensive training in leadership, creative tech and DE&I, with generous individual budgets so everyone chooses how they grow.
Two days a week together in London, three focused at home, and two weeks a year from anywhere.
A mix of backgrounds fuels better creative; apprenticeships and mentoring bring new people into the industry.
A benefits and wellbeing package, away days, charity challenges and daily practices that prevent burnout.
Talk to us about your next brief.
Tell us what you’re trying to solve. We’ll tell you where we’d pick up.