PR & COMMUNICATIONS
BrandHive combine PR and brand strategy expertise with a genuine understanding of what is commercially valuable to our clients. BrandHive deliver high impact results for publishers, book festivals and high profile individuals, by developing truly bespoke campaigns.
MEET BRAND HIVE
We are collaborative.
We think big.
We are results driven.
Meet Emily, Founder
Before founding BrandHive, Emily worked with publishers including Constable & Robinson, Little, Brown Book Group and Bonnier Books across literary and commercial adult titles and children's brand authors including Isla Fisher and Sir Chris Hoy.
Since founding BrandHive, Emily has worked with a host of publishers including Transworld, Penguin General, Usborne, Orion, John Murray, Grove Press UK, Scholastic Children's Books, Tramp Press, Bonnier Books, Harper Collins, Saqi Books, Quadrille and Gleam Titles. Emily has created campaigns for non-fiction titles including An Edited Life by YouTube influencer Anna Newton, a memoir/ advice manual from comedian Jo Brand (Born Lippy), the first book to focus solely on Wally Funk, a female pilot who led the way for women in space (Wally Funk's Race for Space by Sue Nelson) and the startling collection of intimate and searingly honest essays, Notes to Self by Emilie Pine. Emily has also created the campaigns for books by Lord Mervyn King, Emilie Pine, Hollie McNish, Tracey Thorn, Mark Lewisohn, Rob Delaney, Lyndsey Addario and John Waters. Emily has worked with a range of both commercial and literary fiction authors including Sarah Waters, Jennifer Egan, Louise Erdrich, Celeste Ng, Ayesha Malik, Cara Hunter, Hanna Jameson, LS Hilton, Louise Pentland, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Heather Morris, Candace Bushnell, Chris Whitaker and TM Logan. Emily has also publicised books for some of the most exciting authors writing for the YA and children's market including Isla Fisher, Sir Chris Hoy, Dara O' Briain, Alesha Dixon, Katherine Webber, Catherine Doyle, Amy Huberman, Dr Emily MacDonagh, Omari McQueen, Sir Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, Stuart Lawrence, Lewis Hancox and Simon James Green.
Emily spent three years at Dentsu Aegis Network, the world’s leading media and digital communications agency, working with global brands including Levi's, Vivienne Westwood and Tesco, delivering high profile campaigns through both traditional and digital channels.
PAST CLIENTS AND WORK
PUBLISHING
Emily has worked with some of the biggest authors in fiction and nonfiction (adult and children's) publishing and prides herself on her ability to launch careers, build brands, drive sales and engage readers.
BrandHive can work collaboratively with you to determine the campaign you require, be it:
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a full PR campaign, spanning 3-6 months.
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targeted work over an agreed timeframe, following up on pre-existing pitches or providing fresh ideas part way through a campaign;
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a day or two a month, on a retained basis, to keep the campaign running.
CASE STUDIES
CURRENT CLIENTS
SERVICES
PUBLIC RELATIONS
BrandHive has experience working with some of the UK’s leading authors, literary festivals, and organisations to develop and implement tailored and cohesive campaigns across new and traditional media. We’re passionate about our clients, we always go the extra mile and we get results that make you stand out from the crowd.
SOCIAL MEDIA
BrandHive can create and deliver a specialised social strategy that weaves the story you want to tell in a way your audience wants to consume it. We can manage your communities online and create campaign assets and materials that inspire and inform. Whatever the platform, whatever the medium, we can work with a family of experts to produce the content you need.
We understand the strategic and commercial value of content in driving effective communications that will grow your business.
EVENT MANAGEMENT
BrandHive can help you with every aspect of organisation and activation for your event, whether it’s tied to a campaign or project, a stand-alone literary, art or music festival, prize ceremony or book launch. We work closely with our clients to ensure that the events we organise not only deliver results but also exceed expectations.
PARTNERSHIPS
BrandHive has considerable experience designing and leading a series of partnerships that pairs authors, imprints and consumer brands with like-minded companies in exclusive collaborations. Past collaborations include;
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Tesco and Cath Kidston
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Vivienne Westwood and SIGG
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BRITA and Rosemary Conley
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Blackfriars (an imprint of Little, Brown) and Emerald Street (to create the first short story competition)
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Prospect magazine and Little, Brown Book Group to host a series of co-branded events, podcasts and subscription offers
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Be At One bars and Glossybox both partnered to celebrate the launch of Louise Pentland’s debut novel Wilde Like Me
STRATEGIC PR CONSULTANCY
BrandHive can work with business who do not have a PR team in house to create, develop and implement traditional and online strategies, manage internal and stakeholder communications and manage a potential crisis situation.
COPYWRITING
BrandHive can work with individuals and businesses to create sharp and strategic copy for websites, catalogues, press releases and newsletters.
GET IN TOUCH
If you would like to get in touch, please don’t hesitate to call or send Emily a message using the email below.