Hello, we’re Speak,

a strategic content partner for large organisations with complex storytelling needs

Our editorial expertise


Corporate reputation

Sustainability


DE&I

Employer brand



CEO and c-suite comms



We find and tell the stories that matter

Our editorial and production specialists integrate seamlessly with your team to deliver compelling brand content across channels, at pace and scale.

Our clients

Why work with us

Editorial and commercial expertise in newsstand journalism and multimedia publishing.

Proven track record in building sustainable, measurable and revenue-generating content brands.

Array of channels, formats and tools to create, manage and deliver content.

Access to an expert network of hand-picked content producers including writers, photographers and filmmakers.

Tried and tested experience of delivering campaigns and content for global brands.

Dedicated planning and production team that covers the essential ‘newsroom’ capabilities your business needs.

Client testimonials

  • “Speak consistently deliver best-in-class content that enhances our brand and communicates our corporate narrative in a really engaging way.”

    VP corporate comms, Barclays

  • “Speak have offered us a fresh approach. The quality has been noticed across the function, delivering tangible results on our external site and social media channels.”

    Global head of marketing, ISS

Our impact: stories that matter

Our

services

  • Dedicated planning and production team that covers the essential ‘newsroom’ capabilities your business needs to engage and grow its audiences. Led by our managing editor, the integrated newsroom can include content writers, subject specialists, subeditors, social media managers, SEO specialists and more, to provide a well-rounded, multichannel content house.

  • We help organisations to create and distribute high-quality content that attracts, engages and retains global audiences. We do this through an experienced team of strategists that can help you plan, develop and manage the creation, delivery and publication of content, to meet your predefined company or project goals.

  • Our dedicated team of in-house editors and copywriters, supported by a talented network of specialist writers, delivers editorial content for all your digital and social channels, including researching, copywriting, editing, proofing, and factchecking and publishing.

  • Key specialisms: reputational content, with a wealth of writing experience across key themes such as sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), innovation and many others.

  • Our in-house picture desk will deliver photography and visual assets for your brand communications, including researching, sourcing, commissioning, licensing, image editing and retouching. In addition, our team can set up or support your organisation’s visual archives.

  • Our full-service video production team delivers an expansive range of video content from commercials and corporate videos through to animations and motion graphics. Our core team is supported by a network of tried and tested film crews in the UK and across the globe, ensuring we have the capability to fulfil briefs, regardless of their location.

  • We’ve established an award-winning podcast and audio team able to deliver high-quality, cost-effective audio content for your brand. We have dedicated studio resources and can also offer a fully remote audio setup.

  • Our creative content teams can plan and deliver assets to very high production specs for your social channels, linked to your main content strategy, and can also leverage existing assets to help fuel your social feeds in the most efficient and effective way possible.

  • We help organisations understand how their editorial output is performing and identify opportunities to improve content performance. We’ll set up and manage a content dashboard, providing analysis and interpretation of data to deliver insights into how your content is performing across all channels and platforms, for all major projects we’re deployed on. We can also offer this as a standalone service.

  • We are experts in bringing brands to life across a range of editorial collateral including reports, brochures, social and digital assets, presentations and more. We’re also very experienced at keeping your in-house brand team happy throughout the process, having supported some of the world’s largest corporations in translating their brand messages into engaging, audience-focused content.

  • We utilise the latest project management principles and tools to plan and manage content creation across projects of all sizes. Our team will oversee all aspects of content creation, from ideation and research to production and distribution, ensuring that the content is delivered on time, within budget, and meets the needs of the target audience.

Insights

Awards and recognition

  • ‘Best Animation’

    Lens Awards 2022

  • ‘Best Branded Podcast’

    International Content Marketing Awards 2021

  • ‘Best Global Audio Campaign’

    Global Content Awards 2020

  • ‘Best Corporate Content Campaign’

    Corporate Content Awards 2019

  • ‘Best Crisis Campaign’

    Institute of Internal Communication Awards 2018

  • ‘Best Corporate Website’

    Digital Impact Awards 2017

  • ‘Content Team of the Year’

    Prolific London Awards 2019

Contact

  • Paul Williams, Head of Planning and Production:

    paulwilliams@speakmedia.co.uk

    +44 (0)7786 433 947

  • Arboretum, 2a Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HF