High streets and city centres
Street Marketing Staff
Street marketing puts brand teams on foot in public spaces. Working a high street or city centre, staff speak for your product to passers-by, pass out samples and printed offers, and take sign-ups when the brief calls for them.
Our teams cover that work UK-wide: street teams, costume characters, brand ambassadors, leaflet distributors and data capture teams. High street marketing runs on volume, so a typical campaign puts several people out for a whole day instead of a pair.
Coverage of a city centre rises with headcount, so street work is priced on day rates and how many staff are out together.
Each cost listed separately, from day rate to on-cost, and nothing hidden.
Named the minute you OK the price, backed by support at any hour on street days.
Where the council asks for a permit or licence, we can take care of it, though plenty of brands or their agencies handle it instead. Fees vary council to council and sit alongside the staffing quote.
Each street role is filled on skills, location and experience by our operations team.
Staff get a written brief drawn from your form, setting out audience, USPs and messages.
Right to Work and ID checks before anyone hits the pavement. For street work we hold Employer and Public Liability insurance. Add DBS checks or licensing whenever a brief needs them.
Our office deals with HR and PAYE, and keeps tax and National Insurance in house too.
We can often find street staff at short notice; extra warning just widens the pool.
Reporting, if wanted, is tailored to the campaign and billed separately. Its scope is set before booking confirmation and itemised on the quote, run on your platform or on forms we design, with results passed back.
Exactly what we wanted, friendly and enthusiastic staff who were keen to do a great job.
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Staff we supply
Teams That Work On Foot
On the street it is all face to face and all about numbers. Below are the roles most requested for city centres and high streets; book one alone or combine several into a bigger crew.
Roaming Street Crews
Roaming crews walk a set stretch of high street, speaking up for your product, getting the messages across and handing out samples or information along the way.
- Chatting to shoppers, office workers and commuters in person
- Keeping to what the brief says
- Staying within a mapped area for the booked hours
Suits: local openings, ticketed events, app sign-ups, launches
Hand To Hand Print Crews
These crews hand vouchers, flyers and menus to passers-by, stationed on the pavements and doorways you choose.
- Giving out flyers, menus, vouchers and other print
- Positioned exactly where you tell us
- Sending footfall to nearby shops, venues and events
Suits: membership offers, menus, scratchcards, vouchers
Walkabout Performers
Fully costumed performers draw eyes to the activity and steer people over to the other team members.
- Easy to spot from far down a crowded street
- Stopping for photos with the public
- Paired with a sampling or distribution team
Suits: seasonal campaigns, entertainment, family brands
Sign-Up Crews
When data matters more than giveaways, crews record people’s details with a tablet or a paper form, through your forms or platform.
- Logging contact info, entries and sign-ups
- Using the client’s own data tools
- Walking people through the offer before asking anything
Suits: home improvement, finance, energy, charities
On-Site Campaign Managers
Bigger bookings come with an experienced manager on the ground beside the crew, running logistics, directing staff and dealing with the council when needed.
- Keeping logistics on track through the day
- Directing the crew shift-long
- Handling any council contact on site
Permissions
Pitches And Licences
A static setup in a public place normally needs council permission. We can apply for any permit or licence it calls for, though brands and their agencies quite often do this themselves.
Every council sets its own fee, which is shown next to the staffing costs rather than folded into them. Share the format and the spot, and we will say what is needed.
Where we work
City Centres We Cover
Every crew is put together at whichever hub is nearest; we operate 40 across Britain.
City centres on our list include:
Smaller high streets and market towns follow the same model. A week-long run through several cities still counts as one booking.
Recent work
Street Campaigns We Have Staffed
Four brand campaigns from UK city centres.
Street Awareness Activation
A brand activation on London’s best-known shopping strip.
Store Catchment Print Drop
Offers in print given out through the store’s local catchment.
High Street Brand Team
A challenger drinks brand taken to shoppers by city centre crews.
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Tell Us The Cities And The Dates
Give us the cities, dates and working hours, plus the size of crew you are after. Expect an itemised quote, generally within hours, plus a check on whether your format needs a council permit in that spot and the likely fee.
