Agency Republic and AKQA have been appointed to handle digital, while five direct marketing agencies -- Billington Cartmell, Chemistry Communications, Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel, Tequila\London and Tullo Marshall Warren -- also made the cut.
The review has reduced the number of agencies Unilever works with for UK projects from more than 20.
Agencies that have worked for Unilever in the past, but have not made it on to the UK direct marketing and digital roster include Claydon Heeley, which has created direct marketing campaigns for the Impulse brand, and digital agencies such as Dare, which created award-winning work for Lynx.
The review has created a formal roster of agencies that will pitch for briefs across Unilever's home and personal care, frozen food and foods divisions.
This year, Unilever has already held pitches for the DM accounts for a number of its brands. Craik Jones won the pitch for Hellmann's Extra Light mayonnaise and Tullo Marshall Warren won the Vaseline account.
The review was instigated in April by Rachel Bristow, who joined Unilever last year to take up the post of head of direct communications and new media. Bristow joined from Sainsbury's.
Separately, Unilever is currently in the process of conducting a pitch for its global digital roster. The global digital review is being managed from Unilever's headquarters in Blackfriars.
This process is being overseen by Caroline Slootweg, Unilever's digital and new-media marketing director. She is looking for agencies to work on global strategy and development across all of Unilever's global brands. Unilever did not return calls.
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