Strategic Communications
for Business Growth
We preserve and enhance the corporate reputations of fast-growth companies, brands and their leaders.
EXPERIENCE
We grow value, raise capital and build sector authority through strategic corporate communications.
Your Central, Strategic Communications Brain
We harness the power of corporate communications to prepare our clients to raise capital, grow brand equity and drive commercial results.
This is delivered by the most experienced practitioners in the sector.
Reputation Strategy
Brand governance, voice and messaging shaped by live sector intelligence.
Capital Raising
Preparing your brand and leadership for investor pitching and due diligence.
Spokespeople
Training your people for media, industry and institutional audiences.
Corporate Comms
Communicating results, change and purpose to support commercial growth.
Approach
This is the age of accountability. Consumers and stakeholders demand justification for the actions of businesses. Positive perception can be won and lost instantly meaning success is disproportionately built on the strength of its communications. Therefore reputation and commercial success are fundamentally correlated.
Story & Image is your partner in a communications landscape that no longer measures organisations on performance alone. We work strategically to define value, purpose and place within wider global narratives to ensure your message is understood by the audiences that matter most.
This essential independent strategic counsel, delivered by the most experienced operators in the sector, ensures decision making and governance that protects reputation value and drives positive sentiment.
CORPPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Strategic partners in growth
Your full-service corporate communications partner.
Story & Image combines expertise from the highest levels of leadership within global brands, senior figures in the world’s media and direct links to the investor community. We draw from decades of experience executing global campaigns for the world’s most celebrated luxury houses alongside fast-growth start-ups and ambitious governments.
This approach provides strategic programmes that drive positive growth and builds sector authority. Our expertise supports growth, enables capital raising, builds leadership profile and ultimately drives positive commercial results.
We are your partners in growth in times of opportunity, change and crisis.
3,000+
Top tier media interviews secured and supervised
$125m
Equity rounds advised on (2022-2024)
150+
Major market, brand, product or equity round launches and campaigns.
The Founders
STORY & IMAGE
James Warren | Strategy Director
After a decade in senior PR and brand management roles at the frontline of Rolls-Royce’s brand and commercial renaissance, James co-founded Story & Image to create the central strategic advisory he was looking to engage while in-house.
Alongside, the wider S&I team he advises and executes communications and public affairs strategies for the world’s most celebrated brands, ambitious scale-ups and the Family Offices of UHNWIs. James works personally with Founders, CEOs and investors in the sector to develop potent leadership voices.
James Warren | Strategy Director
After a decade in senior PR and brand management roles at the frontline of Rolls-Royce’s brand and commercial renaissance, James co-founded Story & Image to create the central strategic advisory he was looking to engage while in-house.
Alongside, the wider S&I team he advises and executes communications and public affairs strategies for the world’s most celebrated luxury brands, most ambitious scale-ups and the Family Offices of UHNWIs. James works personally with Founders, CEOs and investors in the sector to develop potent leadership voices.
UK Company number: 11943204
VAT Number: GB370182317
Digital Reputation Management
Social and digital reputation audits collated through AI and investigative journalistis, providing red-flag reports for potential reputation risk.
Brand / Partner Audit
Optimised brand and personal presence on search engines and social channels through positive PR and reputation management strategies.
Brand & Individual Profile
Live brand and sector intelligence through AI enabled deep-listening technologies. Instantly track brand / personal sentiment in times of crisis and campaigns.
Search / Social Listening
Combining strategic communications tactics and proprietary search engine optimisation technology to protect digital brand reputation and prioritise positive online sentiment.
Reputation Clean-Up
Capital Raising Strategy
Brand shaping for investor audiences
Whether seeking capital privately or from institutions, positive brand sentiment is essential. We devise strategies tailored to investor audiences, shaped by our experience advising on successful rounds.
We work with Founders, Investment Banks and your senior team to develop the storylines and materials that will engage investor audiences. This extends to pitch preparation, roadshow support and due diligence Q&A processes.
Narrative, materials, collateral and due diligence
Tactical capital raising campaigns
Consistent, positive media coverage supports prospect flow and valuation. We build communications roadmaps to articulate scale and opportunity to keep investors engaged through the process.
Institutional Engagement
Capital, reach and influence
Our team has delivered public affairs briefs in some of the most complex political and regulatory environments in the world. This experience defines best practice government and regulatory relations strategies that enhance reputations, delivers positive commercial outcomes and shapes global leadership voices.
Government and Regulatory Affairs
We draw upon two decades frontline media and advisory experience to prepare your brand for crisis and navigate the most complex reputational challenges. Our team will deliver robust and proactive communications plans through our proven risk management methodologies.
Crisis Management
Even in times of the most adverse material change, brand equity and corporate reputation can be enhanced with the correct articulation of business challenges. We are your trusted advisors, managing the message for all stakeholders, employees and the media.
Navigating Change
