Marchmont provides tailored, full-service support for all communications needs. We excel in understanding complex policy issues and crafting solutions that address the specific needs of our clients within them. Through our “hub and spoke” model, our core team can tap into our expansive network of freelancers and partners to deliver specialist support, as needed.
Strategic planning & insights
A clear and targeted strategy can save you time and help you deliver the impact you seek. Let us help you refine your objectives and messages; identify and understand your target audiences and their influencers; and craft ambitious, creative and measurable plans to see you to the finish line. We offer:
Strategy workshops | Sector and audience audits | Brand, communications and media planning | Written and multimedia content | Crisis communications
Media relations
We have strong and established contacts across top tier, specialist and regional media thanks to our reputation for identifying and pitching relevant story ideas and delivering reliably. We also help our clients track emerging issues and trends in the media and turn them into opportunities for proactive reputation management. We offer:
Media planning | Press kits | On-site/virtual press office support | Media retainers | Media campaigns | Media monitoring | Crisis management | Media training
Workshops & training
We run workshops designed to build our clients’ in-house capacity to deliver effective communications. We also design workshops aimed at bringing together and soliciting feedback from key stakeholders to inform future planning. We offer:
Media training sessions | “Writing for the web” workshops | Media pitching workshops | Communication planning workshops | Social media workshops | Advocacy campaigning workshops | Focus groups
Message development
The average person is presented with a novel’s worth of information each day (around 100,000 words!) coming from every direction. We’ll help you cut through the noise with punchy, memorable and persuasive messages, and we’ll make sure your team knows how to use them consistently and effectively. We offer:
Message development | Messaging workshops | Message testing | Message integration | Spokesperson training
Advocacy campaigns & events
Whether it’s policy reform, stakeholder mobilisation or behaviour change you’re after, we can put the spring in your campaign’s step. From start to finish, we can work to ensure your effort, and of those around you, materialises into impact. We offer:
Campaign planning | Stakeholder mapping and engagement | Communications and media planning | Campaign content development | Event management
Research & writing
We believe in the power of storytelling – the creative insight that makes people care, not only become informed. Through carefully crafted and evidence-based narratives we’ll help you tailor your message to your target audience. We offer:
Literature reviews | Media articles (op-eds, features, news stories) | Policy briefs | Marketing materials | Language translations | Copywriting
Web, video & graphic design
Stories are only as good as how they are received by the audiences you need to reach. It is essential that your content’s format aligns to their realities and desires. Good digital and print content often delivers more effectively than words alone. We’ll work with you to develop compelling multimedia assets. We offer:
Websites | Videos and motion graphics | Infographics | Visual identity development | Reports & presentations | Social media graphics
Social media
Whether it’s crafting engaging content for campaigns or developing an active online presence, we offer comprehensive social media advisory and reputation management services to our clients. We’re on top of the ever-changing social media landscape and we identify and test the right mix of social media channels to help you reach your objectives. We offer: