Strategic advice drawn from real experience.
As founders we’ve become commercial Swiss Army knives. We know how (and how not) to sell, communicate and innovate - having learned from our own mistakes, with our own money.
Our approach is ruthlessly practical, cutting through complexity to get things done.
Strategy
The best advice comes from experience, but we’re not so naive as to think our successes and failures are indicative of your company’s future performance! That’s why - above all else - at Blackdown, we listen.
We’ve invested our own time and money into a wide variety of our own ventures, and grafted through our fair share of ‘regular jobs’ too.
Our advice is direct and practical because we’re business owners. No fancy frameworks or consultant-speak here. Instead; clear direction, based on lived experience and close attention to the details relevant to you.
We’ll tell you what you need to hear - not what you want to - because we can’t afford to waste your time or ours.
- Business Strategy
- Partnership Strategy
- Market Entry & Expansion
- Operational Efficiency
Communications
From digital, events and public affairs to PR, print, radio and TV - our experience spans the full gamut of the communications spectrum.
We’ve convened and compèred industry fora and conference panels, managed TV press packs at live events, been interviewed on live television and radio (and organised the same for clients), worked with production teams on TV ads for international brands and worked on Hollywood feature films.
As importantly we still do the actual work ourselves too - from writing captivating copy and killer press releases to executive briefings and persuasive pitch decks.
With Blackdown your communications are in safe and experienced hands.
- Public Affairs
- TV & Radio
- Digital
- Public Relations
- Crisis Communications
Design & Innovation
Good design effortlessly synthesises form and function. Be it brands, products, packaging or programmes - we all inherently know great design when we encounter it, but few have experience of how it’s achieved.
Simplicity rules. But getting to a simple, cohesive design is an inherently messy, collaborative process - often of iterative subtraction.
We’ve designed identities for brands (both our own and clients’) and commissioned design work both with big corporate budgets and our own hard-earned cash.
Our physical product experience spans everything from luxury leatherwear and kitchen accessories to children’s toys and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). We’ve worked on food and drinks packaging, designed websites, posters, leaflets, adverts, templates and both print and digital collateral of almost every shape, format and size imaginable.
- New Product Development
- Product & Packaging Design
- Brand Identity
- Graphic Design Services