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Welcome to Morrison Media
Morrison Media is a Scottish-based PR and communications agency with offices in Glasgow, London, Aberdeen and the Highlands. We work with people, businesses, charities, and organisations across Scotland and the UK to help them define and deliver their strategic communications goals.
We are known for our highly-regarded media and PR training delivered by Managing Director John Morrison, as well as our deliverable, measurable and game-changing public affairs, public relations, marketing strategy and crisis communications.
We all have a story to tell. Morrison Media is a PR consultancy that works with companies, organisations, and individuals to tell their stories through PR and public affairs campaigns in a way that achieves maximum B2B and B2C impact.
Our story begins in the rugged beauty of the Western Isles. Our homepage video is of Traigh Shanndaigh, on the Isle of Lewis, the ancestral home of the Clan Morrison. John’s father was born and raised in the village you can see perched above the beach.
What Morrison Media Does Best
We work with you to develop, build and protect your brand. We have won awards for:
Crisis Communications
Public Affairs
Media Relations
About Us
Morrison Media will help you tell your story
Morrison Media is passionate about delivering results for our clients. We love working with people, businesses, charities and organisations to tell their stories in the right way, at the right time, to the right audience.
Nothing pleases us more than developing and implementing creative, successful strategic communications plans that enhance our clients’ reputations.
We help our clients to both remain strong in existing markets and break into new ones.
Above all, when our clients need protection, we bring a calm, measured and strategic approach to any crisis.
Our senior PR consultants have a wealth of practical experience from careers in journalism, communications and marketing.
We have a proven track record of producing award-winning media relations, public affairs and crisis communications campaigns.
What We Do
Morrison Media specialises in Public Relations, Media Training, Crisis and Reputation Management, Marketing Strategy and Public Affairs
Public Relations – create and communicate
Everyone has a story to tell. Great public relations specialists know how to tell that story well.
At Morrison Media, we work personally with clients to deliver PR campaigns and projects that make a real, positive impact through creative PR thinking and a dynamic approach.
Broadcast, print, online, digital PR and social media engagement – we will use whatever channel it takes to tell your story to the best effect.
We are experts in our field, versatile in our approach and dedicated to delivery.
Media Training –
technique and confidence
John Morrison is recognised as one of the UK’s foremost Media Training experts, running intensive courses both online and in person for every level of spokesperson, including tailored training for senior executives.
As a former Scotland and Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC, his Media Training expertise and knowledge of what it is like being on the other side of the camera ensures you are equipped with the right skills to master media interviews with confidence.
Whatever your Media Training needs, Morrison Media can provide a tailored package to suit.
Crisis and Reputation Management –
prepare and protect
Your reputation is vital to your business. As a leading and highly experienced Crisis Communications agency, we help you protect it.
Our skills have been honed in news journalism, allied with corporate and consumer communications experience developed through working with some of the best-known brands in the UK.
Our Crisis Communications team works with you to give you the tools and strategies that can defend your brand. We are the front line of defence for your business in a PR crisis.
Through our highly effective Crisis Communications planning, we provide the skills and knowledge to steer you safely through whatever rocky path lies ahead.
Brand and Marketing Strategy –
generate value and brand awareness
Brands create cultures, enable conversations, inform, sometimes entertain – but more importantly, they generate value.
At Morrison Media, we have the people, processes and tools to help you define, articulate and implement your brand strategy – the cornerstone of your business plan.
Once we have this roadmap in place, our team will work with you to develop your organisation’s marketing strategy. We will create a comprehensive strategy that sets the objectives and defines the most effective channels and tactics to deliver your key messages to your ideal customers and stakeholders. We will also put the measurement tools in place that enable you to report on your strategy’s success.
Public Affairs –
engage and influence
The power to influence begins with the opportunity to engage.
Morrison Media has unrivalled contacts and an in-depth understanding of politics, business and the media. Such Public Affairs knowledge and experience gives our clients access to the right audience at the right time.
In the corridors of power, inside both the Scottish Parliament and Westminster, we can help turn ideas into action.
Our Values
Integrity and honesty – our ethical approach to our clients and the work we do is at the heart of Morrison Media
Inclusive – we constantly strive to have values and beliefs that enable all staff to develop their full potential
Agile – we are a highly adaptive team, and frequently reassess and redirect our course of action to adjust to the changing needs of our clients
Determination – we aim for excellence in everything we do and don’t allow setbacks to lower our standards
Positivity and passion – delivering consistently for all our clients with our enthusiastic ‘can-do’ approach means we are passionate about doing an excellent job
Team – we work together to achieve our goals
Diligence – everyone is willing to go the extra mile to get the job done
Meet The Team
John Morrison
Managing Director, MPRCA
John has 30 years’ experience of politics in the UK, first as a BBC news and chief political correspondent and now as an award-winning Public Affairs consultant.
He has a long and exemplary track record of providing top-level strategic communications advice to some of the biggest brand names in Scotland and the UK.
John was formerly one of the most recognisable faces on BBC News for more than 20 years. He left to set up award-winning agency Morrison Media in 2012.
He works personally and closely with clients on PR strategy, Public Affairs, PR, Media Training and Crisis Communications.
A native Gaelic speaker from North Uist, he is also the chair of MG Alba.
Elaine Fee
Senior Account Director, FCIPR, MPRCA
Elaine is an award-winning, accredited PR communications professional with more than 30 years of experience in the industry.
She specialises in Media Relations, Crisis Communications, and Stakeholder Engagement and has worked for many different clients across private, public, and third sectors, including the Port of Cromarty Firth, Erskine, and CGI.
Elaine plays an integral role in the team and is responsible for day-to-day PR operations.
Elaine is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of PR.
Stan Arnaud
North of Scotland Director
Stan has more than 25 years of experience in journalism and PR, most recently as Highland Business Editor of The Press and Journal. Stan enjoys unrivalled contacts in the north of Scotland, both in business and political circles.
An award-winning journalist, Stan’s career has taken him both north and south of the border. Before an initial spell in PR, he worked as a news editor in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle.
Stan also worked at the Derby Evening Telegraph, and with North News and Pictures Press Agency, as well as on the Scotland desks of the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.
His previous PR experience includes working as an Account Director with a large agency in Inverness and Aberdeen.
He was also previously Communications Manager with the Global Energy Group and has worked in various senior communications and Public Affairs roles with Highlands and Islands Enterprise and in a PR consultancy capacity.
Stan’s has extensie experience in devising and delivering communications strategies for companies operating across a wide range of sectors, including the energy and renewables industry.
Philip Gates
Account Director, MCIPR, MPRCA
Philip is an accredited communications professional, who has more than 25 years of PR and media experience.
He was Deputy Editor of insider.co.uk – the web arm of business magazine Scottish Business Insider – which he helped launch in 2017.
Philip specialises in B2B Media Relations and works with many different clients across the private sector, including the Port of Cromarty Firth, Emtelle, Mercia Asset Management, CGI and Bellrock Technology.
Philip is an Accredited Practitioner with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
Craig Ritchie
Account Director, MCIPR, MPRCA
Craig is an award-winning communications professional and was the CIPR Outstanding Young Communicator for 2022/23.
His work with Scotland’s largest veterans charity, Erskine, also saw Morrison Media win Not-for-Profit at the CIPR PRide Awards.
Craig is an award-winning former journalist with a background in print and online journalism at both local and national level.
He manages a variety of clients, including Erskine, RGC Online, and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Craig is a key member of Morrison Media’s specialist Crisis Communications team.
Stuart Findlay
Account Director
Stuart is an award-winning former journalist who joined Morrison Media after nearly 15 years of experience in media.
He previously served as north editor of the Press and Journal, anchoring the title’s coverage of the Highlands, Islands and Moray during its major digital transformation.
Stuart picked up three major industry awards during his time with the P&J, including being named regional reporter of the year at the Scottish Press Awards in 2023.
Prior to that, he was a reporter for the Sunday Post and news editor at the Inverness Courier.
Stuart is focused on working with clients across the north of Scotland.
Erin Lindsay
Account Executive
Erin holds a first-class Media and Communications degree from Glasgow Caledonian University, and a first-class Music Industries degree from the University of Glasgow.
Before joining Morrison Media, she was the Marketing and PR Assistant for contemporary landscape artist and retail brand, Fiona Matheson Studio.
Erin plays a vital role in the successful delivery of clients across the Morrison Media portfolio.
She is actively involved in raising the profile and reputation of clients to pre-identified and new audiences.
Annemarie O'Donnell
Senior Associate
Annemarie is the former Chief Executive of Glasgow City Council. She served for over a decade as the most senior officer in Scotland’s largest local authority, in a career spanning more than 30 years in local government.
During her career, Annemarie was instrumental in Glasgow’s development into one of Europe’s most exciting cities in which to live, work or visit. She focused on maximising inclusive economic growth and delivering regeneration programmes including major infrastructure improvements, schools, homes and inward investment.
She also worked closely with partners across the public, private and third sectors to address the social challenges faced by Scotland’s largest city and to improve the health and wellbeing of its communities.
Among her achievements was delivering a series of hugely successful sporting events including the 2014 Commonwealth Games, resolving the council’s £770m equal pay obligations, and guiding the city through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our Clients
Here are some of the clients we work with
Here’s what our clients think about us
Joanne Allday, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Port of Cromarty Firth
Morrison Media has been working with the Port of Cromarty Firth for more than seven years. We initially appointed them to help with a rebranding project, to open up the Port and update its image from that of traditional ‘authority to a modern Trust Port. This included improving the Port’s image with its many stakeholders.
Morrison Media is now an integral part of our team. They guide us through complex political landscapes, support us when times get tough and help us tell our best stories in the best way possible. They provide an extra pair of hands for the Port’s marketing manager, and we are very glad to have them on board.
Janine Bailey, Vice President, UK & Australia
Marketing Communications
Morrison Media has been providing PR and political engagement support for CGI in Scotland for the last eight years. We find their understanding and insight around the political environment in Scotland extremely valuable and they are well connected into political circles, allowing us to engage with MSPs and MPs.
They work in a very consultative manner alongside our in-house PR team and our England/Wales/Corporate focused PR agency. They provide an unflappable, sensible approach in difficult situations and have the ability to handle intense media scrutiny. John in particular is very well respected within CGI in Scotland and provides valuable counsel to our leadership team on all areas of external engagement.
For a confidential chat to discuss your communications requirements, please contact John Morrison or ring 07740 096046
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