Independent since
2011
Ingrid Vos started Ardor in a canal-house attic with three friends and one client. 15 years on, we are 42 people on one floor of the Keizersgracht, still owned by the people who work here.
Ingrid Vos · Founder, strategy
15 years, four rooms.
We have moved three times and never changed the job: make work people feel, then prove it sold something.
A normal day on the floor.
Strategists, writers, directors, producers and media buyers in one room, from standup to the Friday wall.
AMS
·
09:15
Standup at the long table
11:00
Casting for Vela Skin
13:30
Media desk, Morrow launch
15:45
Edit suite
17:30
Work on the wall
Who’s in the room.
Four leads and 38 more people, in six teams that share one floor and every brief.
Strategy
Ingrid Vos
06
Creative
Tomás Rey
12
Social & creators
Amara Diallo
09
Media
Pieter de Waal
07
Production
Femke Jansen
05
Operations
Joost Bakker
03
Total
Independent since 2011
42
Hiring now Senior copywriter and Paid social lead. Write to jobs@ardor.nl
Ingrid Vos
Founder, strategy
· since 2011
Tomás Rey
Creative director
· since 2014
Amara Diallo
Head of social
· since 2018
Pieter de Waal
Media director
· since 2012
Started Ardor in an attic with three friends and one client. Still runs every new brief herself.
How we work.
One team, one number
Strategy, creative and media work on every brief together, and we agree the one number we answer to before we start.
Felt before seen
We judge work by what people remember a week later, not by how many people saw it once.
Real people, unretouched
We cast from your customers whenever we can, and we never retouch what we promise is real.
Work on the wall every Friday
You see real work every week, not a reveal at the end. Everyone in the room is allowed an opinion.
Independent on purpose
No holding company, no network targets. The people who do the work own the agency.
Clients, and how long they’ve stayed
Morrow Athletic
Sportswear
2016 to now
Vela Skin
Skincare
2019 to now
Kestrel Air
Aviation
2021 to now
Noor Parfums
Fragrance
2018 to now
Lumen Optics
Eyewear
2020 to now
Atlas Records
Music
2022 to now
Hollow Sound
Audio
2023 to now
