Hire Experienced & Enthusiastic
Promotional Staff
Varii provides exceptional Promotional Staff to creative deep, long run relations between Brands and Consumers with their, as an integral aspect of a face-to-face Brand experience for your promotional event.
We do this by sourcing and training the most brand-effective Promotional Staff and Temporary Staff for our clients' direct marketing campaign whether it's an experiential offering, city centre activation, in-store sampling promotion, corporate events or an industry exhibition.
If getting the right Promotional Staff for your Brand is key to your consumer offering then you'd be right - and we'd love to work closely together to deliver this all important success factor for you.
We have Promotional Staff across all UK city & rural locations including London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow.
The Leading Promotional Staffing Agency
Currently in 2023, the UK consumer attention is at an all time low across a range of retail sectors for over a decade, which is why high-impact, face-to-face Brand experiences sales are rapidly increasing.
Being a face-to-face element of a Brand activation strategy has never been as important as it is at the start of this new decade. Consumer's thrive on disruptive, memorable marketing to collate and build their perception of a Brand.
As you can imagine this is right up our alley, and something our Promotional people thrive on. As a Promotional Staffing Agency, we're here to plan, train and enable our teams of Promotional Staff and Event Managers to deliver this engagement at the person-to-person level.
If you're looking for memorable experiences for your consumers then our UK Promotional teams are here to help!
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Our Promotional Staffing Services
Brand Ambassadors
Are you looking for engaging & enthusiastic brand ambassadors to raise brand awareness at your brands upcoming promotion?
We provide teams of experienced, high calibre brand ambassadors to deliver meaningful engagements and convey a positive lasting impression to your target customers.
Exhibition Staff
As one of our core services, we provide skilled Exhibition Staff to ensure companies get the most out of their industry events & trade shows, and provide the greatest engagements with guests.
We supply staff for exhibitions based on your specific industry, the role to be carried out, and the objectives for the teams to achieve. If you're looking for people power on your future event stand then contact our team today.
Product Sampling Staff
Do you have the next hot product you want promote?
What better way to boost the launch than by giving potential customers a first hand experience of your new offering with product sampling!
Our highly skilled Sampling Staff teams deliver product sampling campaigns across high-footfall areas including commuter links, in-store retail venues, festivals and offices.
Corporate Event Staff
We provide clients with first-rate Event Staff to help with the set up, and daily running of their event including event management & hospitality staff support.
In addition to traditional events, our Event staff can help deliver exciting and disruptive PR stunts to gain the attention of prospective customers in a fun and memorable way!
Data Capture Staff
Are you looking to get valuable, GDPR compliant consumer information? Our Data Capture Staff are experienced with approaching customers in busy retail environments in a friendly and professional way.
Most consumers have little time to spare, however our data capture teams are well versed at engaging in a down to earth, non-pressurising way to gain key information & feedback from consumers.
Costume Staff
Are you looking for high-energy, enthusiastic staff in to make your promotional events stand out?
Our themed Costume Staff are fun, engaging and make for great photo opportunities at sporting events, PR showcases and department stores!
Looking for a Quote? Call us on 0203 637 9653.
Supporting Your Brand
All staff fully briefed ahead of your campaign.
Enthusiastic & Engaging Staff.
Prepped according to your brand guidelines.
Full Out of hours support with every booking.
Post-event feedback & reporting available.
Short notice bookings are available.
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Campaign Project Management
We love working in partnership with our clients, which is why we can fully manage the campaign process from initial ideas, to full delivery & reporting.
Branded Clothing & Materials
Want your promotions to team stand out? We can design & product branded clothing, marketing materials & promotion items to top off your campaign.
Permits & Assessments
We can arrange the right permits and risk assessments for all locations so that your campaign conforms with city regulations & event standards.
Promotional Staff
Nationwide Coverage
Whether you're looking to run a small event, or if it's only part of a multi-location campaign, we've got the resources to support you. Our staffing network spans across the entire nation from Penzance to Inverness.
2,500 Staff
50 Locations
6 Offices
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The cost of hiring promotional staff depends on the number of working hours and the responsibilities of the staff, however as an approximate figure this is usually £22.00 to £28.00 per hour.
Teams of promo staff can be assigned to Reading campaigns in as little as 24 hours, and even sometimes within a few hours! However for busier periods in the year such as during festival seasons it can take up to two weeks to place staff.
A member of the operation teams create an activations brief, which covers in detail the goals of the promo staff, the brand values of the client, and the specific duties of each staff member, as well as dress code, check-in information and points of communication for the day of the event. The operations team then runs through this with each staff member ahead of the live day. For a large campaign, this is often undertaken across multiple briefing stages over several weeks.
No you don't need to manage the staff during the event. All our staff our fully briefed ahead of the event to ensure they can carry out their duties independently. However, some clients do prefer to manage the team directly which is absolutely fine.
As part of all our staffing services, you'll be assigned an account manager who can be contacted outside of our normal office hours.
For private venues in such as retails spaces and exhibition centres, permission will be needed from their management teams. For flyer distribution at public locations such as train stations & high streets, licences are needed either from network rail or the council directly.
Yes, we've provided staff outside the country including Ireland, Spain and France.
Yes, we're accredited by the Data & Marketing Association, as well as the Institute of Promotional Marketing.
Yes we do, as part of Burst Marketing Ltd we also provide GPS tracked door-to-door distributions across the UK, along with targeted GDPR compliant direct mail campaigns.
We operate nationwide across the mainland UK, however you can view our location specific pages below:
- Aberdeen
- Bath
- Birmingham
- Bournemouth
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Cheltenham
- Coventry
- Derby
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Glasgow
- Guildford
- Huddersfield
- Hull
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- London
- Manchester
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle
- Newport
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Preston
- Reading
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stoke On Trent
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Wolverhampton
- York