Claremont is based at our office on Clerkenwell Green in London and works with a network of partner agencies in a range of flavours suitable for every occasion.
Please take a look at our work for examples of previous Claremont campaigns and a client list. For more information please visit our individual profiles on LinkedIn or contact us for in-depth case studies.
Claremont is a Limited company and a member of the PRCA.
A few years ago, Ben realised that the dawn of digital communications has changed everything. The way we communicate and engage with one another has been transformed. The way we live is transforming.
In 2008, Ben founded Claremont as a direct response to the convergence of PR and digital communications.
Ben has been an advisor to big brands, government, charities, start-ups, social enterprises, membership organisations and the NHS, and has headed up award-winning campaigns in some of London’s top communications agencies.
Ben has created innovative campaigns for non-profit brands like Oxfam and 5 A DAY and has specialist expertise in engaging niche audiences such as national policy makers, FTSE 100 CEOs, C2DE mums, dads, South Asians, prisoners and a whole lot more.
In his younger days Ben used to be a deejay playing chunky techno and Brazilian drum & bass, although these days is more in to creating mixes for breastfeeding mums… but that’s another story.
Simon’s career began with a brief foray into the early world of interactive TV, producing interactive games and services. Since then Simon has become an expert in all things digital.
Simon specialises in digital strategy, user experience and social media and has in-depth knowledge of the digital industry and associated trends in society, politics and economics.
Simon has worked as a producer for the BBC and as a specialist consultant to a wide range of clients including NHS Trusts, the Home Office, Coca Cola, NSPCC, Emap, JISC Collections, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Reed Business Information and various SMEs.
Simon has a particular passion for finding elegant solutions to complex problems, and is currently working on a widget for generating witty endings to sentences (currently in beta).
Ana has managed a multitude of campaigns for not-for-profit organisations, including the Department of Health, Royal College of Nursing, National Childbirth Trust, Alzheimer’s Research Trust and HMRC.
Ana is an expert in media relations and has extensive experience of communicating with niche audiences. During her time working both in top London communications agencies and in-house, Ana has worked with a diverse range of people including prisoners and former drug users, celebrities, NHS chief executives, MPs and national broadcasters.
For someone who is a self-confessed health and wellbeing fanatic, Ana has a surprisingly in-depth knowledge of rioja and real ale.
Jayanti is an expert in corporate responsibility and sustainable development and has eighteen years experience of campaigning, managing development programmes and advising international food and pharmaceutical companies.
Jayanti has worked with organisations such as Tate & Lyle, Nestle, Anti-Slavery International, Camelot, Lundbeck, Consumers International, the London Health Commission, the Fairtrade Foundation, Dance United and SAB Miller to improve their social impact and interactions with stakeholders including employees, customers, shareholders, opinion formers, NGOs and the public.
As a serving magistrate and through her work with young offenders, Jayanti has gained in-depth experience of the justice system. She is also chair of the social enterprise East West Education and a member of The Children’s Society Standards Committee.
Jayanti was once in the same room as both Bill Clinton and Fidel Castro – one of only two occasions since the 1950s when the leaders of the two nations have been in the same room.
Giles has vast experience of Government communications, working at the Department of Employment, the DTI, as Chief Press Officer at the Department for Education and most recently as Head of Media Relations at the Training and Development Agency for Schools.
Giles has advised Cabinet ministers and Chief Executives on reputation management. He created and ran the Department for Education’s first ever strategic stakeholder engagement operation, bringing together the National Union of Students, Universities UK and the Government on a joint campaign.
He has also run successful multi-channel campaigns on tuition fees, the New Deal and an award-winning PR campaign for teacher recruitment.
Giles has created podcasts for a music blog, and his eclectic mix tapes are legendary among friends and family.
Simon’s an experienced campaigner and communications consultant with a passion for using marketing to make the world a better place. For over ten years, Simon’s been delivering public relations, communications and behavioural change campaigns for charitable, NGO, public and corporate clients.
As well as a track record working in agencies leading multi-discipline campaigns, media relations, crisis communications, social media, stakeholder relations and public affairs activity, Simon also ran the media centre for over 1,000 members of the world’s media at WorldSkills London 2011.
Other client experience includes Anchor Care Trust, Child in Need India, education foundation Edge, GfK and the National Apprenticeship Service as well as delivering social media training sessions for Claremont clients including Gas Safe Register.
As a natural supporter of the underdog, Simon refuses to waver in his support of Coventry City, despite rarely returning to his home city.
Sara’s got a cracking formula for getting clients into their target media with agenda-setting coverage. Expert advice plus precise targeting and powerful, thought-through campaigns equals high-quality coverage which drive integrated communications objectives.
She has a wealth of experience advising private, Whitehall and other public- and third-sector clients at CEO-level specialising in health and education. Past and present clients include the Department for Health, the Department for Education, the National Cancer Action Team and private sector residential health and social care providers of autism and mental health services.
Sara has delivered B2B communications around two flagship White Papers and enabled a national charity to achieve its long-standing goal of establishing an All Party Parliamentary Group to promote its parliamentary agenda.
This line of work needs determination in spades, which is equally useful to further Sara’s ambitions on the tennis courts. Admittedly, present Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova can rest easy…for now.
Specialising in social marketing and in delivering insight programmes that underpin effective communications, Pippa has a passion for drawing out people’s stories and experiences. She loves applying creative approaches to research and using co-creation to develop ideas and campaigns.
Pippa has conducted audience research across a range of issues from crime and antisocial behaviour and mental health, through to healthy eating and attitudes to higher welfare food and farming.
She has worked with a wide range of NHS Trusts on social marketing projects including breastfeeding, use of A&E services, early diagnosis of cancer and cancer screening, and smoking. A project she managed for NHS Tower Hamlets contributed to a 12.5% increase in breast screening rates in the borough and was awarded Best Social Marketing Campaign in the Health Service Journal Awards 2010.
A member of the SROI Network, she is also slightly obsessed with finding ways to simplify social impact measurement.
