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S t e r l i n g M e d i a i s a g l o b a l , s t r a t e g i c c o m m u n i c a t i o n

c o n s u l t a n c y , f o u n d e d i n 1 9 9 5 w i t h a m i s s i o n t o d r i v e

i n n o v a t i o n b y b r i n g i n g b r a n d s c l o s e r t o t h e i r

p u r p o s e i n m o r e m e a n i n g f u l w a y s .

WHO WE ARE

ABOUT US

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W e r e p r e s e n t c o r p o r a t e s , c o n s u m e r b r a n d s ,

c h a r i t i e s , c e l e b r i t i e s , c o u n t r i e s , g o v e r n m e n t s ,

g l o b a l t h o u g h t l e a d e r s a n d p r i v a t e c l i e n t s ,

c u r a t i n g r e l e v a n t a n d i n n o v a t i v e c o m m u n i c a t i o n

s t r a t e g i e s t o a d d r e s s t w e n t y - f i r s t c e n t u r y

c h a l l e n g e s .

A s a r e s u l t , o u r c a m p a i g n s e m p o w e r a u d i e n c e s ,

s h a p e p e r c e p t i o n s , c r e a t e t r e n d s , d r i v e

i n n o v a t i o n a n d s h i f t t h e z e i t g e i s t t o i n s p i r e

l a s t i n g p o s i t i v e a c t i o n a n d u l t i m a t e l y t u r n

p u r p o s e i n t o p r o f i t .

Digital

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S i n c e i t s i n c e p t i o n i n 1 9 9 5 , S t e r l i n g M e d i a h a s b e e n a t t h e

f o r e f r o n t o f p r o v i d i n g i n t e g r a t e d , s t r a t e g i c a n d g l o b a l

c o m m u n i c a t i o n s c o n s u l t a n c y f o r a r a n g e o f h i g h p r o f i l e c l i e n t s –

f r o m c o r p o r a t e s , c o n s u m e r b r a n d s , c h a r i t i e s , c e l e b r i t i e s ,

c o u n t r i e s , g o v e r n m e n t s , g l o b a l t h o u g h t l e a d e r s t o p r i v a t e c l i e n t s -

t o d r i v e p u r p o s e f u l b r a n d i n n o v a t i o n .

O u r m i s s i o n i s t o d e l i v e r s t r a t e g i e s t o a d d r e s s 2 1 s t c e n t u r y

b u s i n e s s a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n c h a l l e n g e s , t h a t b r i n g a b r a n d ’ s

p u r p o s e c l o s e r t o i t s a u d i e n c e , c r e a t e s r e a l v a l u e f o r s t a k e h o l d e r s

a n d c o n v e r t s p r o f i t i n t o p u r p o s e .

W e d o t h i s b y d e v e l o p i n g a n d p o s i t i o n i n g a b r a n d ’ s a u t h e n t i c i t y t o

f i n d i t ’ s t r u e m e a n i n g f u l p u r p o s e , c r e a t i n g c l e a r a n d c o m p e l l i n g

b r a n d e d n a r r a t i v e s t h a t u n i f y w i t h w h a t a u d i e n c e s r e a l l y c a r e

a b o u t a n d s t o r y t e l l i n g t h e s e i n i n n o v a t i v e w a y s .

T h r o u g h r e - e n g a g e m e n t w e h e l p b r a n d s a c h i e v e a b a l a n c e b e t w e e n

i n c r e a s i n g i t s b u s i n e s s v a l u e w h e t h e r i t ’ s t o e n c o u r a g e s a l e s f o r a

l a t e s t p r o d u c t , d o n a t i o n s t o a c h a r i t y , B o x O f f i c e s a l e s f o r a n e w

f i l m , t o b u i l d a c e l e b r i t y ’ s f a n b a s e , r a i s e a n i n d i v i d u a l ’ s p r o f i l e ,

i n c r e a s e b u s i n e s s g r o w t h , o r e v e n s e t a n e w t r e n d , a n d d e l i v e r i n g

o n a p r o m i s e f o r r e a l , m e a s u r a b l e s o c i a l i m p a c t .

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UNEARTHING A

BRAND'S SOUL

O U R I N S I G H T S

We a re exper i enc ing a new pa rad igm sh i f t :

• f rom peop l e to c i t i zen s

• f rom p roduc t s t o ou t comes

• f rom t a l k i ng to bu i l d ing re l a t i onsh ip s

• f rom p rof i t t o pu rpose

M a r k e t s a r e c o m p l e x a n d f a s t c h a n g i n g , c o m p e t i t i v e a n d b o r d e r l e s s a n d

a u d i e n c e s a r e s a v v i e r , m o r e d i v e r s e a n d w i t h h e i g h t e n e d c o n s c i o u s . S t a k e h o l d e r s

a r e l o o k i n g f o r p u r p o s e i n e v e r y a s p e c t o f t h e i r l i f e , w h i c h h a s l e d t o t h e m

d i s c o n n e c t i n g t h e m s e l v e s f r o m b r a n d “ t a l k ” . T h u s a n e e d h a s a r i s e n f o r d e e p e r

l o g i c a n d m o r e c r e a t i v i t y w h e n c o n n e c t i n g c l i e n t s t o s t a k e h o l d e r s .

B r a n d s m u s t d o m o r e t h a n j u s t e d u c a t e , e n t e r t a i n a n d i n s p i r e b u t a d d r e a l

m e a n i n g t o t he l i v e s o f i t s s t a k e ho l d e r s , t o c r e a t e a l a s t i ng a nd m e m o r a b l e

i m p a c t . I n d o i n g s o , b r a n d s h a v e a d o p t e d t h e r o l e o f t r a n s f o r m a t i v e a g e n t s w h e r e

a n i n s p i r i n g p u r p o s e t a k e s c e n t r e s t a g e . T h i s r e s u l t s i n s t a k e h o l d e r s o n l y b e i n g

b r a n d - l o y a l t o w h a t b r a n d s m a t t e r s m o s t t o t h e m .

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REPUTATION IS KEY

O U R I N S I G H T S

I t ’ s a l l a b o u t c h a n g e a n d m a n a g i n g t h i s i s k e y t o d e v e l o p i n g c l e a r s t r a t e g i e s

f o r c l i e n t s t h a t m e e t b u s i n e s s a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n a i m s . W i t h t h e r a p i d f l o w o f

i n f o r m a t i o n c l i e n t s d o a n d d o n ’ t w a n t d i s s e m i n a t e d t o s t a k e h o l d e r s , w e a d o p t

t h e r o l e o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n c o u n s e l s , p r o v i d i n g a c o m b i n e d a d v i s o r y a n d

s t r a t e g i c r o l e t o p r o t e c t r e p u t a t i o n s a n d b u s i n e s s i n t e g r i t y .

EXPERT TEAM

O U R I N S I G H T S

W i t h t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f c o m m u n i ca t i o n s h r i n k i n g a n d t h e w o r l d b e c o m ing

b o r d e r l e s s , l e a d e r s h i p h a s n o p h y s i c a l b o u n d a r i e s . T h i s a l s o m e a n s a

c l i e n t ’ s e x p o s u re t r a n s c e nd s a n y b a r r i e r s t o r e a c h a n d e n g a g e w i t h a w i d e r

a u d i e n ce b a s e . W i t h a n e x p e r t t e a m o f h i g h - l eve l m u l t i - l i n gua l a n d m u l t i -

c u l t u r a l s p e c i a l i s t s w e c r e a t e c o m m u n i ca t i on s p l a n s t h a t a r e r e l e v a n t t o

l o c a l m a r k e t s .

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ADVOCATING TO

INFLUENCE

O U R I N S I G H T S

E v e r y b r a n d h a s a n i n f l u e n c e r w h o a d v o c a t e s a n d

p r o m o t e s t h e m t o t a r g e t a u d i e n c e s . W e i d e n t i f y ,

e n g a g e a n d n u r t u r e y o u r k e y a d v o c a t e s b y c r e a t i n g a n d

l a u n c h i n g i n n o v a t i v e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s s t r a t e g i e s t h a t

l e a d t o m e a n i n g f u l c h a n g e . W e d o t h i s b y m a p p i n g

s t a k e h o l d e r s , f r a m i n g m e s s a g e s , c o n d u c t i n g

e n v i r o n m e n t a u d i t s a n d s h a p i n g c o m p e l l i n g n a r r a t i v e s

f r o m s o u r c e s i n f l u e n c e r s t r u s t .

CREATIVE

INTELLIGENCE

O U R I N S I G H T S

I t ’ s g o o d t o t a l k . H o w e v e r t h e a r t o f n o i s e i s t o k n o w

w h e n t o s c r e a m o r s t a y s i l e n t a n d c u t t h r o u g h t h e

c h a t t e r . W i t h a s h i f t i n c o n s u m e r b e h a v i o u r a n d w i t h

n o s h o r t a g e o f c r e a t i v i t y , t h e k e y i s t o b a l a n c e

i n g e n u i t y w i t h s t r a t e g y s o o u r i d e a s m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e .

W e u s e m a r k e t i n t e l l i g e n c e , i n s i g h t , a n d c r e a t i v e

t h o u g h t s t o r e s e a r c h , s p o t i n s i g h t s a n d f o r e c a s t t r e n d s

s o t h a t i t d i r e c t l y m a k e s a d i f f e r e n c e .

FUTURISTIC

& RELEVANT

O U R I N S I G H T S

B r a n d s n e e d t o r e m a i n ‘ c u r r e n t ’ a n d e m b r a c e t h e

z e i t g e i s t . W e b a l a n c e d e l i v e r i n g t o d a y w i t h t h e n e e d

t o c r e a t e t o m o r r o w , b y g a i n i n g n e w m a r k e t

i n t e l l i g e n c e a n d i n s i g h t s i n t o w h a t r e a l l y m a t t e r s t o

a u d i e n c e s . W e h e l p c h a n g e p e r c e p t i o n s b y d e v e l o p i n g

c o m p e l l i n g c o n t e n t , w h i c h i n t u r n m a k e s t h e b r a n d

r e l e v a n t t o i t s t a r g e t a u d i e n c e .

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SERVICES

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Political Communication Global PR Hub, Workshops & Media Training

Through robust research methods, we can support clients

to gain insight into how engaged employees really are to a

company as they listen to their people. We also have

experience in managing employee engagement

programmes at times of complex change.

Internal Communications, Employee

Engagement & Change Management

Sterling has built a reputation for advising our clients on capital

markets communication strategies covering financial media

outreach, financial calendar management, corporate branding

initiatives and ongoing investor relations targeting.

Investor Relations

We have a specialist team of international reputed solicitors with a

range of expertise areas who ensure internal and external

communications reflect the legal processes.

Litigation Communication

Successful transactions require well-planned communications that

favourably position a deal and build trust with a range of company

stakeholders, whether the transaction is a friendly M&A, joint

venture partnership, divestitures or unsolicited offers.

Mergers & Acquisition

SERVICES

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With an expert team of international professionals with

careers working within governments and major public

sector networks, Sterling Media has unrivalled first-hand

experience of the complex interplay between government,

soft-power plays, politics, media, business and public

audiences.

With a team of seasoned media professionals, who are multi-

lingual, with a wealth of global communications expertise,

Sterling Media can support clients to develop toolkits localised to

specific markets, providing an advisory role to help clients

navigate the international media landscape.

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