Reading Room

Reading Room is a digital communications business with offices in Singapore, the UK and Australia. They have been a Sitecore partner for 3 years and last December won a Sitecore Site of the Year award.

Reading Room has 180 staff and have implemented over 2,000 content management systems since their set up in 1996. They work with clients such as Porsche, G4S, Philips Healthcare ASEAN, and the Department of Health. As well as technical services Reading Room is currently the UK’s number 1 agency for digital design services (independent agency reputation survey for Marketing Week).

Services
Reading Room’s services span the full life cycle of digital communications, including expertise and consultancy in creative, technology, social media, content management, mobile, user research, digital innovation and international market differentiation.

What makes them different?
Focusing on client’s business objectives, Reading Room deliver effective digital strategies and world class technology through strategic thinking, understanding communications and great user experience design. They never recommend technology for the sake of it, but based solely on your business objectives and user needs.

Underpinning Reading Room's core service areas is a commitment to and expert understanding of the end-user experience. Reading Room’s work achieves market-leading results because the agency approaches everything with a focus on the user. So much so that world renowned analyst Forrester included Reading Room in its list of the top UK interactive agencies making reference to their ability to use personas and user journeys to make digital communications user centric.

Reading Room work in small multi-disciplinary, creating passionate ‘mini-agencies’ focusing solely on delivering for clients, who in turn get a small, dedicated team with a great cultural fit, with the support of a large agency behind it.

Reading Room is ISO9001 and ISO14001 accredited.

Clients
Reading Room works including Philips Healthcare, Skoda, UK’s Department of Health and Cabinet Office, Hill & Knowlton, Auto Trader, UNHCR for Australia and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

They've implemented innovative Sitecore projects for the likes of G4S, Terrence Higgins Trust, Queensland Museum and Belron. 

Their core sectors are Government, Charity, Culture and Leisure, Finance and Education.
 
Awards & Recognitions
Reading Room is multi-award winning and recognition around the world as a leader in their field. Here are a few of their most recent accolades:

• Number 1: You Gov 2010 Independent Agency Reputation Survey – for digital design
• Number 1: Design Week Top 100 2010 – UK digital agencies
• Gold winner: European Seal of e-Excellence 2010
• Winner: Sitecore Site of the Year 2010 for Best Professional, Business and Personal Services Site – G4S
• Winner: Charity Times Awards 2010, Best use of Web - Dogs Trust
• Winner: Stevies International Business Awards 2010 – Wellcome Collection for Best Interface Design and UNHCR Emergency Response Team for Not-for-profit
• Top 10 digital agency: Interactive Media Awards