Over 20 years experience working with some of the most famous names in the entertainment industry and the biggest global brands
Managing a variety of influential social media content creators
Working with brands and their agencies to secure celebrity and social talent for their marketing campaigns
Celebrity Campaigns
Some of the campaigns that we have delivered for brands with celebrity talent
Professor Green & BACP
Social Talent
We manage and work with a variety of successful social media creators with millions of followers across TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn, creating campaigns with many of the world's biggest brands
Social Campaigns
Here are just a few examples of the social content our creators have delivered for brands across platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn
Celebrity Talent
We have worked with many of the biggest names in the entertainment industry,from global A-List superstars to local social content creators, developing brand opportunities for them in Advertising, Licensing, PR, Social and Promotional campaigns
We are also the Commercial Brand Agents for many famous faces in the world of music and entertainment, representing them for brand partnership opportunities
Alexandra Burke
Amy Willerton
Attraction
Big Zuu
Chelsee Healey
Emma Jones
Everyone You Know
Gary Barlow
Howard Donald
Hugo Taylor
John & Lisa
Kara Marni
Katherine Jenkins
Kimberly Wyatt
Leonie Elliott
Louis Walsh
Louisa Johnson
Mark Owen
Max Rogers
Neev Spencer
Peter Dickson
Professor Green
Rina Lipa
Take That
Tulisa
Brands
We have many years of experience working with some of the biggest global brands, and responsibility for developing their music and entertainment strategies and activations
We have experience of working on major Talent and Brand campaigns with the likes of Coca-Cola, MasterCard, Samsung, Vodafone, Lipsy, Specsavers, Puma, Microsoft, VW, Smirnoff and many other local and global brands.
Below are some of the recent brands that we have worked with:
About Us
Talent & Brands was founded by Raf McDonnell in 2018 as a celebrity talent partnerships agency, brokering celebrity endorsements for brands and celebrities from the likes or Rita Ora and Amanda Holden to Louis Tomlinson and Professor Green with brands such as Coca-Cola, Amazon and Specsavers.
In 2021 we started the Talent Management side of the business and now represent a wide roster of social content creator talent across a variety of different categories from beauty and lifestyle to business and comedy, working with them to develop their careers.
Raf McDonnell has over 20 years of experience working with the biggest names in the music and entertainment industry and some of the biggest global brands. He started his career working in FMCG brands with senior sales and marketing roles at Fosters Beer, Walkers Crisps and Coca-Cola. He then moved into the Entertainment Industry as Senior Vice President at leading Record Label - EMI Music, where he led the brand partnerships and music licensing teams in Europe developing opportunities for their roster of leading music artists, including Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Gorillaz, Coldplay and Tinie Tempah.
Raf then joined CAA (Creative Artists Agency), the world’s leading talent agency, to lead sponsorships and endorsements for the world's leading roster of music and entertainment artists, developing brand campaigns for One Direction, Kylie Minogue, Carrie Underwood, NE-YO, Ariana Grande and more.
Prior to founding Talent & Brands, Raf was Head of Partnerships for Amazon Tickets, where he brokered deals with venues and rights holders in the music and entertainment space.