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- WePresent launches Drop School
A fly-on-the-wall documentary series exploring hype culture through a young designer’s ‘drop’
- WeTransfer launches Networked Reality memo
The new memo shares insights from creators about making money online while staying true to their creativity
- WeTransfer and Barbican launch Julianknxx 'Chorus in Rememory of Flight'
The exhibition has been co-commissioned by the Barbican and WePresent by WeTransfer in partnership with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with support from 180 Studios and De Singel.
- WeTransfer’s Supporting Act Foundation promises strings-free funding to emerging artists and community-driven initiatives
Creative Bursaries are granted to undergraduate students (18+), offering 10 bursaries of €10,000, paid as monthly instalments of €1,000 (December 2023– September 2024).
- JUNGLE and WeTransfer drop first-of-its-kind interactive music video for new single ‘Back on 74’
As part of the video experience, fans have a chance to win one of the 100 plus tickets to JUNGLE’s upcoming tour. The tickets are hidden in the JUNGLE artworks featured in the music video and are downloadable for free.
- Outernet London unveils public digital arts collaboration with WeTransfer
Outernet London, the major new immersive media and culture district launching this summer today announces a creative partnership with WeTransfer.
- WeTransfer launches BLUE NOW in collaboration with Russell Tovey
Commissioned by in-house arts platform WePresent, the hybrid digital and physical experience pays tribute to 'Blue' by Derek Jarman 30 years after its completion
- WeTransfer launches innovative new brand campaign ft. Jungle
‘Think It. Make It. Move It.’ explores turning ideas from concept to reality via first-of-its-kind partnership
- WeTransfer announces guest curatorship with Russell Tovey
Tovey collaborates with WePresent, the arts platform of WeTransfer, on a series of commissions that spotlight the works of LGBTQIA+ artists, including the Oscar-winning platform’s first feature-length documentary
- WeTransfer’s Supporting Act Foundation announces recipients of its inaugural grants
Grants and bursaries worth a total of €600,000 are being donated by The Supporting Act Foundation to 26 emerging artists, artist-led initiatives, and grassroots arts organizations
- WeTransfer bolsters product innovation and tech infrastructure with a dual senior leadership appointment
Damon Dean hired as Chief Product Officer, formerly of DocuSign; ex-Microsoft Dan Conti promoted to Chief Technology Officer – both based in the US
- There's nothing comic about Comic Sans: WeTransfer to support a new campaign for Dyslexia Awareness Month
In light of Dyslexia Awareness Month, Dyslexia Scotland together with Innocean Berlin and WeTransfer are launching an international campaign speaking exclusively to the design world.
- WeTransfer launches ‘Snap Who’ game during London Design Festival for users to learn about unconscious bias
WeTransfer, a leading provider of creative productivity tools, today announces the launch of ‘Snap Who’ an online game on wetransfer.com alongside this year’s London Design Festival.
- Influence podcast with Damian Bradfield returns for a fourth season
Riz Ahmed, Harris Reed, Russell Tovey and Dame Stephanie Shirley among the influential line-up of guests for the latest season
- WeTransfer's Supporting Act Foundation launches with first programs worth €600,000
The new independent non-profit builds on WeTransfer’s decade-long legacy of helping emerging creatives launch their careers
- WeTransfer Announces Winners of $100,000 Emerging Creative Hubs Grant Program
WeTransfer, a leading provider of creative productivity tools announced today announced the winners of its Emerging Creative Hubs Grant Program.
- WeTransfer appoints new Chief Marketing Officer to scale the brand in new ways
Angelique Temple appointed as CMO to drive awareness of WeTransfer’s suite of features that span different stages of creative workflow, support the growth of the subscription offering and deliver campaigns that increase engagement with the customer base.
- WePresent commissions ‘Overheated’ documentary as part of Billie Eilish-fronted climate festival at O2 in London
Billie Eilish, Vivenne Westwood & Vanessa Nakate lead a cast of high-profile activists lending their voices to raise those of the indigenous communities on the frontline of the crisis
- Critically-acclaimed live music show From The Basement launches new series featuring performances from IDLES, Sons of Kemet, Warpaint, Caribou, Squid and Nilufer Yanya
Produced in collaboration with WeTransfer and Sonos Radio the series launches with IDLES on 1st June 2022
- WeTransfer Launches Emerging Creative Hubs Index and $100,000 Grant Program
New initiative shines a spotlight on–and sends funding to-under-the-radar creative epicenters in the United States
- WeTransfer announces leadership transition and Executive Board changes
Gordon Willoughby to step down as CEO, following a successful 5+ year tenure at WeTransfer. Alexandar Vassilev, currently Chief Product and Technology Officer, to become CEO as of 17 May. Melissa Nussbaum to take on the role of COO and CFO
- WeTransfer wins four Webbys honoring best of the internet
WeTransfer has been announced today as a four-time winner at the 26th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times.
- WeTransfer debuts Harris Reed’s new short-documentary film on their digital arts platform WePresent
Launching on 28 April, the film takes us on a behind-the-scenes journey through the fluid designer’s creative process
- WeTransfer announces redesign of its award-winning digital arts platform WePresent, with a year-long collaboration with visual artist Solange Knowles
The platform elevates global culture through Oscar-winning commissions and immersive new audio, video, visual and literary experiences
- WeTransfer Makes Waves at SXSW with Advertising and Brand Experience Track Sponsorship
From enlightening conversations to an Oscar-nominated film, WeTransfer to have a large presence at 2022 event
- Statement regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Everyone at WeTransfer has been deeply saddened and horrified by the invasion in Ukraine and we join the global response calling for peace.
- WePresent film commission The Long Goodbye nominated at the 2022 Academy Awards
The Academy announced that The Long Goodbye directed/co-written by Aneil Karia, co-written/starring Riz Ahmed, and commissioned/distributed by WePresent, was nominated for a 2022 Academy Award®️ for Best Live Action Short.
- WeTransfer Launches New Premium Offering
WeTransfer Premium represents a major product update, with new features—portals and reviews—streamlining the workflow process between creative professionals and clients
- WeTransfer’s Latest Brand Campaign “Together We Make” Explores how an Idea Comes to Life
The campaign is WeTransfer’s largest to date, celebrating the launch of new features: portals and reviews
- WeTransfer appoints Adam Mitton as General Counsel
WeTransfer is pleased to announce the arrival of Adam Mitton, who joins as General Counsel.
- WePresent Announces Two New Film commissions: A Short Film by Little Simz & A Live Performance Film by Moses Sumney
Today, WePresent, the digital arts platform of WeTransfer, shares details about two films by two of music’s most important voices that they will be releasing over the next month.I Love You, I Hate You. Short Film Created by and Starring Little Simz.
- WeTransfer's Fourth Annual Ideas Report Uncovers Rapidly Shifting Power Balance in the Creative Industries, Shows Rising Dominance of Emerging Markets
One of the world’s largest creative workforce studies surveyed 10,000 creatives from 135 countries to understand how 2021 has reshaped the creative landscape worldwide
- WeTransfer partners with A Vibe Called Tech to showcase the history and significance of Black media and creativity
WePresent, the digital arts platform of WeTransfer, launches the ongoing editorial series with newly commissioned art work exploring African folklore.
- WeTransfer Unveils Teams, Raises File Transfer Limit to 200GB for Pro Subscribers
Two New Features Streamline Collaboration and Sharing; Increases File Transfer Limit by 10x
- Traces by Marina Abramović and WePresent opens in London this September with a free immersive experience
The digital arts platform presents an immersive experience with Marina Abramović developed around five objects the artist would like to preserve for the future.
- The Long Goodbye wins three Cannes Lions
WePresent was awarded 1 Gold and 2 Silver Lions at Cannes Lions for 'The Long Goodbye', a short film created in collaboration with Oscar-nominated actor and musician Riz Ahmed and film director Aneil Karia from Somesuch Productions.
- WeTransfer and Marina Abramović unveil all-new digital manifestation of The Abramović Method available 24/7
WeTransfer invites all to participate in The Abramović Method with new and exclusive videos by the artist herself that transcend space and time for an immersive online experience
- Tabita Rezaire unveils healing vision for the world with WePresent and Serpentine’s environmental Groundwork series
Artist Tabita Rezaire sits atop the Amazonian rainforest of French Guiana to share a nurturing way of living
- Ronan Mckenzie collaborates with WePresent for The Self Portrait photography exhibition
New exhibition and photo series supported by WeTransfer’s editorial platform celebrates Black female photographers through the art of self-portraiture
- Karrabing Film Collective introduce new film work for WePresent and Serpentine’s environmental series Groundwork
Karrabing join WeTransfer’s editorial platform to reveal a behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming Serpentine commission
- Introducing WeTransfer’s first Responsible Business Report
A year after becoming a certified B Corporation, WeTransfer is publishing its first Responsible Business Report, evaluating its impact and outlining its ambitions across the five B Corp areas: community, customers, the environment, governance and workers
- WeTransfer’s Supporting Act Foundation is Launched
New arts foundation set up by WeTransfer to support arts education. Company donating €1M and 1% of revenue. Foundation established for public benefit to support the next generation of creatives
- girl in red collaborates with WePresent on graphic novel profile
Do you listen to girl in red? by award-winning graphic novelist Tillie Walden will publish exclusively on WeTransfer’s editorial platform ahead of the singer-songwriter’s highly anticipated debut album
- The All-New WeTransfer Pro Introduces Dynamic Tools for Creative Professionals
Tools for Collecting Inspiration and Presenting Ideas will now be included in the WeTransfer Pro subscription
- Himali Singh Soin joins WePresent and Serpentine’s environmental series Groundwork
The artist brings together childhood memories, historical records and fantasy as she explores environmental disruption from the highest peaks of the world, the Himalayas.
- WeTransfer Announces Holley M. Kholi-Murchison as Creative Researcher-in-Residence
Kholi-Murchison will partner on a range of creative research projects across the organization
- WePresent launch Guest Curator Series with Marina Abramović
WeTransfer’s editorial platform invites Abramović as first guest curator, the start of a collaboration during which she shares her guidance and hopes for the legacy of the performance art genre that she has done so much to shape.
- WeTransfer supports B Lab to push for greater sustainable transparency
Company joins 60 other European businesses in call for action.
- Planting with purpose: our partnership with SeaTrees
As part of WeTransfer's commitment as a B Corporation™ to balance the interests of people, planet and profit.
- Vivienne Westwood renews call to SWITCH to green energy with WeTransfer and Serpentine
The designer and activist joins Groundwork project to share her ecological vision to protect our Earth for tomorrow
- WeTransfer announces Climate Neutral Certification
Platform seeks end to ‘cloud blindspot’ so this milestone is easier to reach for other tech firms
- WeTransfer Teams Up with Illustrator Alva Skog
Distinctive Swedish illustrator brings bright, vivacious style to WeTransfer interface
- WeTransfer and Serpentine launch Back to Earth: Groundwork
A series of creative journeys behind Back to Earth, Serpentine’s environmental programme. Unveiled on WePresent, with WeTransfer enabling crowdsourced philanthropy to the five artists’ charities
- WeTransfer wins Wallpaper* Design Award
WeTransfer awarded Best Online Platform at 2021 Wallpaper* Design Awards
- WeTransfer’s Third Annual Ideas Report Shows the Surprising Perseverance of 35,000 Creatives
WeTransfer’s largest survey on creativity to date shows how people found new ways to create, connect, and stay inspired in a tumultuous year
- WePresent Collaborates with Surrealist Illustrator Polly Nor on new animated film
Nor's first animated film explores loneliness in these troubling times
- WeTransfer Partners with the Royal Academy of Arts to Showcase its Historic 252nd Summer Exhibition
As the digital partner, WeTransfer will bring its contemporary artwork to millions of people worldwide despite lockdown, championing the redemptive power of the arts in uncertain times
- WeTransfer Pro Partners With Wales Bonner for Upcoming Collection
Giving intimate and behind-the-scenes access to the creative process and launch of the Wales Bonner digital fall campaign for the SS21 Collection: Essence.
- WeTransfer Expands Executive Leadership with New Chief of Product and Technology and Chief Financial Officer
Company that supports creativity bolsters executive bench as demand for creative tools rises.
- WePresent Partners with Samsung to Highlight Creative Resilience in 2020
In the new age of remote work, artists are using Samsung technology to stay creative and connected.
- WeTransfer Unveils New Brand Campaign, "Doubt. Create. Repeat."
The new campaign reflects on the critical cultural inflection point; boldly calls on creative community to harness feelings of doubt in pursuit of their ideas.
- World premiere of Michel and Olivier Gondry’s music video for IDLES’ new single Model Village, created in collaboration with WePresent
Michel Gondry and Olivier Gondry bring IDLES’ Joe Talbot’s lyrics about small-town mentality to life through paper collage and CGI
- LIMBO Magazine: a cultural time capsule born under lockdown launches to support out-of-work artists with a radical new publishing model
Some of the biggest names in the creative world—Vivienne Westwood, Wolfgang Tillmans, Tyler Mitchell and Miranda July, this grass-roots initiative aims to provide paying work and a positive outlet for creative people facing an uncertain future
- FKA twigs and WePresent continue creative partnership with new short film, We Are The Womxn
A raw documentation of two contrasting events, exploring the dynamic healing of womxn of color.
- Baroness Martha Lane Fox appointed Chairwoman
WeTransfer's New Supervisory Board Chair will further strengthen its values-driven approach to business
- WePresent supports the UN and Talenthouse to give visibility to artists during COVID-19
This initiative aims to unite the world with uplifting messages of solidarity around COVID-19, using WeTransfer's global platform to support the work of creatives by giving visibility to artists promoting the UN messages.
- WeTransfer launches Season 2 of Influence, a podcast on the current state of the advertising industry
Guests include Cindy Gallop, Yancey Strickler, Matthew Freud and Troy Carter.
- WeTransfer donates an additional 500 million ad impressions to creatives and causes
WeTransfer uses its global platform to support work of creatives and causes directly affected by Coronavirus.
- Grimes partners with WeTransfer to activate the creative community with collaborative art project
Musician, Grimes, shares raw files of her new single via WeTransfer to inspire creators to make their own videos.
- WeTransfer collaborates with Zach Lieberman to create Color Push, an immersive online experience
Color Push offers WeTransfer users a creative escape whilst waiting for their files to transfer.
- Riz Ahmed launches new short film The Long Goodbye in collaboration with WePresent
Today, British-Pakistani Rapper and Actor, Riz Ahmed launches a new short film, The Long Goodbye. The film, directed by Aneil Karia and made in collaboration with WePresent, accompanies the launch of his new album of the same name.
- Renell Medrano presents first European solo exhibition PAMPARA
In association with WePresent, Renell Medrano premieres a new body of work shot in the Dominican Republic
- WeTransfer’s Second Annual Ideas Report Shows How Creatives Use Ideas
20,000 creatives from 197 countries and territories explain what they do with their creative ideas after inception, including contributions from John Legend, Roxane Gay, David Uzochukwu and Debbie Millman.
- WeTransfer launches Influence Podcast to explore the history of advertising
Podcast guests will include Nicholas Thompson (WIRED), Pelle Sjoenell (formerly of BBH), Kate Hutchinson (Culture Writer) and more
- ‘Make it Real’, a series about four entrepreneurs forging new paths for women in business
Today, WeTransfer and Squarespace, brands best known for democratizing design and supporting creatives, combine their platforms to champion Black female entrepreneurs in new content series ‘Make It Real’.
- WeTransfer and Headspace partner to bring mindfulness and creativity to the workplace
Customers will receive a free year of Headspace when they purchase an annual WeTransfer Pro subscription
- WeTransfer raises €35 million and joins forces with HPE Growth to accelerate development of its workflow tools and grow its user base beyond 50 million
WeTransfer, the company that supports creativity with tools to move ideas, today announced it has raised €35 million in a Series B round led by European growth equity firm, HPE Growth, with significant participation from existing investors Highland Europe.
- WeTransfer named one of 'Fast Company's 50 Best Workplaces for Innovators'
WeTransfer joins Amazon, Mozilla, L’Oréal, Salesforce, and others.
- WePresent premieres 'Bon Iver: Autumn', a documentary giving insight into Bon Iver's new album and tour
The film provides insight into the production of Bon Iver’s upcoming 2019 tour and sheds light on the evolution of Bon Iver from a solo artist into a creative collective over the last ten years.
- Exclusive Solange interview and behind-the-scenes material from art film "When I Get Home" on WePresent
WePresent collaborates with award-winning singer Solange to make the screening of her new film possible in museums and galleries across several continents, and to tell her story about the film in personal interview on WePresent.
- WeTransfer and Headspace partner to forgive medical debt for low-income Los Angeles residents
Global brands align with community and technology leaders to encourage businesses to have a positive impact on local communities
- Video wallpapers now available to WeTransfer Plus users
Plus users of WeTransfer.com can now add custom video wallpapers to the background of their transfer page. This new feature is the latest way for WeTransfer Plus users to personalize their WeTransfer profile with a beautiful, moving background image.
- WeTransfer film ‘Mr Wash’ awarded D&AD Pencil and Webby Award
Short documentary film about the artist Fulton Leroy Washington scoops two industry awards.
- Update Security Notice - June 26
Last Friday, we informed our users about the security incident we discovered on June 17th. The incident took place across June 16th and 17th. With this update we would like to share the findings of our investigation.
- FKA twigs presents 'Practice'
An intimate and candid look at the training and preparation that culminated in the artist’s latest single and video, ‘Cellophane,’ available exclusively on WeTransfer’s editorial platform, WePresent.
- Deirdre O’Callaghan’s new project shows how music brings hope to LA’s homeless population
WeTransfer to premiere Winter In America scored by Georgia Anne Muldrow
- WeTransfer unveils brand campaign “Please Leave,” reflecting the relationship between people and technology
Celebrating WeTransfer’s role and purpose in supporting creativity and the flow of ideas without distractions or interruptions.
- WeTransfer integrated into Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client
New WeTransfer integration makes it easy to share big files straight from Mozilla’s email client.
- WeTransfer releases opinion paper presenting actionable ideas on how LA tech companies can better serve their communities
With contributions from community leaders to provide a resource guide for the tech industry to avoid the pitfalls of San Francisco.
- Make Scrapbooks and Photo Collages with Paper by WeTransfer
New Collage feature available now.
- WeTransfer presents short film ‘Breaking the Circle'
WeTransfer premieres its latest commissioned documentary - Breaking the Circle. The film is about Brazil’s women opposing rampant gender inequality through Samba, launched on International Women's Day 2019.
- John Legend launches inspiring new docu-series "Can't Just Preach" with WeTransfer
'Can't Just Preach: Sybrina Futon' Episode One out today on WeTransfer.com
- WeTransfer named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019
WeTransfer has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019 in the category of Design.
- WePresent launches initiative to help creatives reach their creative potential
Holley Murchison's 6-step method 'Tell Me About Yourself' brought to digital life for the first time.
- WeTransfer and King Krule conclude three-part collaboration with new video
New music video for ‘Logos’ from the King Krule album 'The OOZ'