We are The Surgery. We are an internal comms and creative agency.

Internal comms and creative don’t just sit side by side. They elevate one another. Our design‑thinking mindset shapes how we uncover and translate insight, while our internal comms expertise ensures every creative choice has purpose, clarity and impact. 

It all comes together in our mission to create work that works – strategic, insight‑led, creatively crafted solutions that move people and organisations forward. 

It’s work that sharpens understanding, exceeds objectives and shifts behaviours. 
Work that helps your people and your organisation move forward with confidence. 

Work that works® 

Our areas of expertise


Internal Comms
& Change

We help you communicate with clarity and confidence – from insight to narrative to activation. We shape strategies and transformation programmes that inform, energise and unite.

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EVP & Employer Brands

We build EVPs rooted in truth and shaped by employee insight. The result? Employer brands with purpose – attracting talent and building pride from the inside out.

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Design
& Brands

We create external and internal brands, campaigns and visual identities that elevate messages and perform across channels – digital, print, exhibition and events. Design thinking with purpose, crafted for impact.

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Animation
& Film

We turn stories into standout moments through sharp scripting, bold visual direction and beautifully executed production. Our films and animations simplify, inspire and shift perception.

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Digital Solutions

We design digital solutions that enhance campaigns, engage employees and solve challenges traditional media can’t. Built for clarity, speed and usability – online platforms that help people connect, understand and act.

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How we create work that works

Everything we do starts with our lovely clients.


We make the complex simple

By cutting through noise, bringing clarity to clutter and turning complexity into communication and design that’s actionable, aligned and impossible to ignore, we make sure your messages land.


We focus on solutions

By interrogating the brief, defining the real challenge and crafting creative and strategic responses that deliver tangible, measurable impact.


We work with your team

By becoming an extension of your business. We’re collaborative partners who care as deeply as you do – pushing thinking, elevating ideas and helping you reach the outcomes that matter.

Our mission is to create work that works – strategic, insight-led, creatively crafted solutions that move people and organisations forward.  

When your people understand, believe and feel connected, they thrive. Clear, purposeful and creative communication changes everything. 

Who we do it for

Bayer
Civil Aviation Authority
Cadent
Canso
Centrica
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Department of Health and Social care
EasyJet
GBG
Breedon
Metropolitan Police
National Grid
Nats
Nestle
Paramount
Sony
Southern Co-op
Blue Prism
Vodafone
WWf

What people say about us

We shared [the annual report animation] internally and on our LinkedIn and the reaction has been nothing but positive! Thanks so much to you and the team for all your work in pulling it together. Another fantastic job… we already know not to expect anything less from the Surgery team!

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Emily Radley

Digital & Communications Manager

Southern Co-op

Every step of the way, the Surgery worked with us to develop our vision, challenge our thinking, improve our concept and ultimately create an employee-led EVP we can be really proud of.”

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Catherine Pereira

Talent Acquisition Director

Paramount

You take the time to get to know our business and our priorities and complexities so it really feels like we are working as one team; a team where we can bounce ideas, learn from each other and push the boundaries of our communications through creative thinking, friendly challenge and real partnership.

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Lynsey Craven

Head of Employee Communications

NATS

I think the comms campaign and the disruption influencing group is really excellent, best I’ve seen since I’ve joined this company and could really have an impact if we keep consistent with it.

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Stuart MacDonald

Head of Operations HR & Industrial Relations

easyJet