WeAreTheWords, an editorial engineering agency

WeAreTheWords is the editorial engineering agency that gives organisations back command of their voice. Muriel Vandermeulen founded the agency and runs it. The agency has offices in Brussels and Paris.
WeAreTheWords, an editorial engineering agency
Editorial as system

Our engineering process

Editorial as system, the WeAreTheWords​ engineering process
Editorial engineering: a discipline and methods

We advise the marketing and communications departments of large SMEs, mid-sized companies and institutions. We first clarify their offer with the Clear Offer Framework. We then clarify their brand voice with the Brand Voice Framework. Next, we configure the AI Editorial Assistant that applies this offer and this voice. We also measure how present their brand is in the answers given by generative AI, with the AI footprint diagnostic.

Our conviction: editorial content drives the process; it is not merely decorative. It operates as a forward-looking strategy, a semiotic discipline, and a managed system—with its own architectures, tools, metrics, and improvement cycles.
Time does not pass, it continues

Our history

2026

First AI footprint audits. Presentations at the All for Content, EMDay, and Carrefour de l’IA trade shows.

Establishment of the French subsidiary. Presentation at the AI ​​conference organised by Comundi.

2025
2024

Formalisation and AI-driven deployment of our Clear Offer and Brand Voice Frameworks.

Integration of generative language models into our business processes and workflows.

2023 - 2022
2021 - 2020
First managed content guidelines. Adoption of a four-pillar audit: technical, editorial, user experience, and marketing.
Prestentation at WordCamp Marseille, Email Marketing Day, and Content Strategy Paris. Muriel Vandermeulen teaches at ICHEC.
2019 - 2018
2017 - 2015
Initial frameworks for analysing offer and voice. Launch of our webinar series. Muriel Vandermeulen teaches at the UBA Academy and Comundi.
Revised edition of “Stratégie de contenu web”. Presentation at E-day Brussels and IHECS. Muriel Vandermeulen teaches web writing and SEO at Technofutur TIC.
2014 - 2013
2012 - 2011
Creation of Cykl, a dedicated editorial production platform. Digital strategy analysis for Inside Digital Media magazine. Opening of the Paris office.

Publication of “Stratégie de contenu web, la revanche de l’éditorial” by Éditions de l’Alambic.

2010
2009
Birth of WeAreTheWords, an editorial engineering and content strategy consultancy.
Diversification of the client portfolio. Muriel Vandermeulen teaches the history and current affairs of media at ESA Saint-Luc Brussels.
2008 - 2007
2006
Launch of Ecrirepourleweb, the leading French-language site dedicated to digital content and channels.
Specialisation in strategic guidance and editorial consulting for companies and organisations.
2002 - 2005
2001 - 1991
Muriel Vandermeulen launches her translation and content editing business. Founding of the company Lexis & Languages.
Muriel Vandermeulen, founder of WeAreTheWords

Our founder

Muriel Vandermeulen holds a degree in translation from the Institut supérieur de traducteurs et interprètes in Brussels (1992). She also holds a degree in literary translation from the Centre européen de traduction littéraire (1996). She studied philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She has worked with 195 companies. More than 1,500 professionals have attended her workshops and courses. She has taught at ICHEC, EPHEC, HEC Liège and Audencia. She has spoken at All for Content, Email Marketing Day and Content Strategy Paris.

I do not treat clarity as a stylistic quality. To clarify is to regain control over one’s own discourse. It is an act of good governance that decides, models, and authorizes.
Proof of concept

Our client references

Their trust honours us.
Ambitious brands, committed players, well-advised companies, living markets. We work alongside our clients with force, conviction and enthusiasm.

Our entities

We Are The Words SRL, company number 0468.354.206, incorporated in Brussels on 13 December 1999.
WeAreTheWords SAS, RCS Beauvais 942 156 829, registered on 17 April 2025.

Our offices

70 Rue aux Laines
1000 Brussels
21-23 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 Paris
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