As an award-winning agency of PR professionals, at Open Communications we are very proud of what we have achieved since we launched more than 16 years ago. We have built a strong reputation based on the results we have achieved for our clients, many of which we have worked with for years.
Providing brands with a straight-talking PR agency they can trust was just one of the founding principles of the business. We also promised we would be ourselves and deliver an honest and ‘open’ service for our customers and this has never changed.
You can find out a bit more about the team below:
Emma Lupton · Co-Founder
“Emma loves it when a plan comes together”
For Emma, working in a PR agency is about combining the ability to react quickly to topical and relevant opportunities with a well thought out, sustainable communications programme that is planned, monitored and measured. Sounds simple, but you’d be surprised at how many agencies fail to address these key areas.
Emma is a stickler for detail and putting in place the steps that ensure our clients get the best of our time and the results that they deserve month in and month out.
After many years (we won’t say how many!) in the industry, Emma has worked with organisations of all sizes from small social enterprises to leading household names from a variety of sectors. She has had the pleasure of developing long standing relationships with clients and delivering award winning campaigns – from transforming the humble door key into a must have fashion accessory through to creating CSR programmes that genuinely give something back, adding value to the client and their chosen community.
Genuinely believing that passion is infectious, Emma uses this in the best way possible; she takes the enthusiasm our clients have for their products and services and passes it on!
Lindsey Davies · Co-Founder
“Lindsey finds an angle and hits the headlines”
The most common phrase Lindsey heard when growing up was “Lindsey, will you ever shut up?” It’s probably a bonus then that she chose a career in a PR agency, which relies on people communicating – all of the time!
Having worked in PR for more than a decade, Lindsey enjoys the fast pace that comes with the job. She still gets a thrill from securing coverage. Whether regional, national or international, online, in print or broadcast, it gives her the same excited feeling it did when she first started.
Voted Young Communicator of the Year (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) during the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards before going on to become one of the CIPR’s 29 under 29 rising PR professionals, she has collected a few accolades over the years.
Having worked with business partner, Emma since the launch of Open Communications in 2008, Lindsey says she’s the louder of the two. Her approach is simply to get the job done and to do it well.
If there’s a story to be placed, she’ll be on the phones and if there’s a crisis situation which needs managing she’ll have it covered. Throughout her career she has been privileged to work with some of the largest brands both in the UK and Europe. She continues to use the knowledge and skills she has learnt to give our clients the support that they need.
Laura Wood · PR Account Executive
“Laura swaps scanning items to securing headlines”
Growing up, Laura always wanted to be an Aldi checkout assistant. Fascinated by how fast items were scanned and the noise that the machines made, no other supermarket could ever compare!
With a first-class English Language Degree, Laura has since shifted her sights from the shopping counters and has instead embraced a career working in a PR agency.
Following her graduation in 2022, Laura considers university as one of her best life experiences. Having never lived away from home, and with a global pandemic to contend with, she feels that the experience was a true life experience.
Laura is proud of the person she has grown up to be and is looking forward to building her career in comms.
She comments: “When I joined Open Comms I was struck by how friendly and helpful the agency is. We are a small team but always willing to help each other and our clients. It’s about going the extra mile in every situation.
“We are very collaborative and innovative, and we are always sharing ideas, interesting articles and even general thoughts so that we can learn from each other.
“With the majority of the new business enquiries coming from client referrals and contacts within the agency network, it says a lot about what Open Comms delivers. Working with clients is never a tick box exercise, it’s always about taking the time to ensure each piece of content, social media post or PR proposal is of the highest standard. It sets a benchmark for us all.”
We'll get the kettle on!
It’s quite a challenge to tell you everything on a simple website but we hope that this has given you a quick taste of how we work. If you would like to meet for a coffee and a natter about your PR, social and content marketing needs then please do give us a call.
We may not do air kissing but we do make a cracking cuppa and the biscuits aren’t bad either!