House 337, formed from the merger between Engine Creative and ODD, launches today; inspired by new working practices post-pandemic and offering its 337 founding employees greater control over their working lives. The new business will operate as a collective with forward thinking and collaborative working practices at the heart of its business model.

The business will leverage its award-winning heritage in Advertising & Communications and Brand Consulting while expanding its experience design and communities and content offer. Adding an Innovation service to its already wide range of expertise and taking into account its existing broad client base, House 337 will be able to offer clients specialist insight into the fashion, wellness and lifestyle areas of business, alongside in-depth knowledge of the Government and not-for-profit sectors.

House 337 CEO Phil Fearnley said: “Businesses are more complicated than they’ve ever been, and to assume that any one person at the top can know everything is a huge mistake.”

“In building House 337 as a collective, we have been inspired by the notion of distributed organisations, empowering decision-making and engagement throughout the organisation. It’s about the power of all, not the power of one.”  

House 337 launches as a collective of diverse talents, capabilities and experiences. A leadership team has been assembled from Engine and ODD executives, alongside new recruits, reflecting the collective nature of the business….