Elevate your brand without agency overheads
Premium PR that grows your business
Partner with an accomplished freelance PR consultant and former national newspaper journalist. Grow your business through strategic, creative communications that deliver outstanding media coverage…
✅ PR and communications strategy aligned with business goals
✅ Message development
✅ Media relations, press releases
✅ Interview placement and thought leadership writing
✅ Social media planning and content
✅ Digital marketing, Google Ads
✅ Award nominations
✅ National surveys as a marketing tool: commissioning, analysis
✅ Report writing
✅ Speech writing
✅ Bespoke media training
✅ Crisis communications & reputation management
✅ Flexible contracts and competitive pricing, no agency overheads
Piqued your interest?
Meet Damien, your PR partner
Hi, I’m the founder of Pique PR, with 25 years of experience in strategic communications and journalism.
I’ve worked in-house, as a consultant, and at leading agencies with startups, scaleups, and global corporations across a wide range of sectors, mainly fintech, both b2b and b2c – translating complex ideas into clear, compelling campaigns that drive measurable business growth and success.
Before moving into PR, I was a national newspaper journalist, writing for The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent, Daily Mail, The Sun, and leading magazines. I spent a decade as a feature writer at The Daily Mirror, where I interviewed the Prime Minister.
I know how journalists think because I was one. I know how to craft stories they want to publish, making your business famous for all the right reasons. I’ve been told that I’m one of the best media relations specialists in Europe.
Originally from London, I now work remotely with clients around the world.
Brands I’ve elevated…
How it works…
📬 You get in touch via the contact form.
📞 We have a call to discuss your goals and marketing needs.
📝 We agree the scope of work and a fair fee – one-off or retainer – then sign a contract.
💳 Fees are project-based rather than hourly.
🔄 Flexible terms: one-off projects or monthly retainers.
🚀 Work begins as soon as the contract is signed.
Kind words from clients and colleagues…
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"I have been fortunate enough to work with Damien for the last two years supporting our PR and Media Relations Strategy and Implementation. Damien is always very clear and informed in his communication and ensures that all parties are engaged with specific deadlines. He manages his extensive network of media contacts effectively and has secured us top tier titles for coverage of our thought leadership and commentary activity. He is incredibly responsive, particularly when working on tight schedules and turnaround times and provides his insight and experience to ensure our comms work is effective and resonates with the specific journalists and titles we are targeting. He stays calm under pressure and is great at getting the job done and achieving the best results."
Su Carpenter, Executive Director, CryptoUK, The UK's leading crypto trade association
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"Damien led on a number of key communications campaigns, which he approached strategically and with high levels of creativity. He created and wrote a wide variety of compelling content under often very tight deadlines, which he then successfully pitched to major publications. His strong relations to a range of key journalists secured high levels of coverage across all media segments – from trade publications to business media and nationals, and he always proactively came up with ideas to further drive coverage, Damien's working standards and his attention to detail are second to none, and he always very clearly communicated timings and status updates. This - together with his responsiveness and quick turnaround – made him a very reliable and trusted strategic extended member of his teams."
Robert Roessler, Business Director, Axicom
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"It was a pleasure to work with Damien for five years at Pearson VUE. He blends strategic thinking with passion, drive and determination, which is the perfect mix to create and execute effective long-term PR campaigns and thought provoking content. Damien created a global PR and comms strategy covering whole years from scratch, then executed it – successfully drafting and produced a range of PR and comms outputs including press releases, thought leadership pieces, collateral, web content and detailed reports. Never failing to ask the right questions, Damien is excellent at creating coherent PR narratives where others might struggle, and also calmly managing crisis communications. He also media trained our senior executives around the world so that they performed brilliantly in interviews."
Helen Bates, Senior Director, Segment Marketing, Pearson VUE
Clients have appeared in tier 1 publications…
