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Pitch is an award-winning integrated communications agency building brands that people can be passionate about.

We are an independent agency with an integrated offering across strategy, creative, PR, sponsorship activation, digital, social media and influencer marketing.

For 20 years we have been creating work for brands, rights holders and media companies that fuel audience passions.

Because we believe that passion is everything. 

Our Clients

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How we reach

bigger audiences

Pitch’s in -house, industry-leading insights team has developed proprietary, proven methodology to enable our campaigns to reach bigger audiences, using our bespoke, “Four P’s” framework to understand people’s biggest passions, the purpose that motivates them, demographic profile, and their online IRL presence.

People

What is their demographic portrait?

Passions

Which passions can we engage with?

Presence

Where do they turn up, watching screens, turning pages?

Purpose

How can we support their values?

Our People

Travis Watt
Travis Watt Digital Creative Food | Music | Travel
Ronaldo Tavares
Ronaldo Tavares Executive Creative Director
Edie Zang
Edie Zang Senior Designer Art | Cats | Travel
Abi Russell
Abi Russell Head of Partnerships Partnerships | Fitness | MAFS
Josh Smaller
Josh Smaller Junior Account Executive Photography | Swimming | Gigs
Alex Wilson
Alex Wilson Senior Strategist Travel | Bad football | Pints
Siman Sanghera
Siman Sanghera Partnerships intern Man U | Films | Food
Amber Christmas
Amber Christmas Operations Assistant Arsenal | Cocktails | Crime Docs
Nikka Paglinawan
Nikka Paglinawan Accounts Assistant Family | Art | Fashion
Rosie Davis
Rosie Davis Senior Account Director Harry Styles | Nuggets | CrossFit
Becky Steel
Becky Steel Senior Account Manager Running | Skincare | The Colour Green
André Cushnie
André Cushnie Account Manager Sport | Music | Partnerships
Shalini Moodley
Shalini Moodley Operations and Talent Manager Planning | Contouring | Food
Ed Brittain
Ed Brittain Head of Digital Digital | Pints | Dogs
Tom Rouse
Tom Rouse Creative Director Creativity | Food | Cinema
Lucy Hutchinson
Lucy Hutchinson Head of PR PR | Ballet | Steak
Noah Jude
Noah Jude Motion Editor Music | Travel | Cats
Maria Nicolaides
Maria Nicolaides Head of Marketing Pitch | Knitwear | Below Deck
Ryan Lacey
Ryan Lacey Head of Content
Louis Hooke
Louis Hooke Growth Manager
Tim Maddin
Tim Maddin Senior Account Director Comms | Sport | Chess
Izzi Rowsell
Izzi Rowsell Intern Lists | Lionesses | Avo-toast
Francesca Coates
Francesca Coates Senior Account Executive Dogs | Aperol | Chelsea FC
Henry Chappell
Henry Chappell CEO
Lottie George
Lottie George Social Creator
Krisna Cumandrai
Krisna Cumandrai Junior Designer Design | Food | Film
Jack McCombe
Jack McCombe Campaigns Director Passions | Purpose | Places
Holly Stoker
Holly Stoker Account Director Partnerships | Cricket | Travelling
Olly Abbott
Olly Abbott Senior Editor and Animator Documentary | Editing | Beer
Aris Liu
Aris Liu Finance Manager Numbers | Gardening | Antiques
Toby Warner
Toby Warner Senior Account Manager Pizza | Dogs | Podcasts
Tim Le Breton
Tim Le Breton Account Director Cricket | Cooking | Blackburn Rovers
Chris Allen
Chris Allen Managing Director Cricket | Chameleons | Campaigns
Paddy Tyldesley
Paddy Tyldesley Digital Account Manager Creativity | Film | Social
Alex Harrington
Alex Harrington Finance Director FIFA | EBITDA | Trash TV
Harry Allen
Harry Allen Account Director Reading | Aldershot | Bracknell
Jess Duffin
Jess Duffin Account Manager Margs | Zara | Travel
Alex Mills
Alex Mills Senior Account Manager PR | Running | Thrillers
Dario Zicchi
Dario Zicchi Senior Designer Cars | West Ham | Wings
Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson Senior Account Executive PR | Boxing | MMA
James Ablett
James Ablett Junior Account Executive
Oliver Price
Oliver Price Account Executive Football | Pubs | Garlic Bread
Sophie Wong
Sophie Wong Intern Frisbee | Food | Friday nights

Our

History

  • 2002

    Launch of Pitch PR

    Pitch was founded in 2002 by Henry Chappell as the UK’s first creative comms agency specialising in sport

    2002
  • 2005

    Pitch goes global

    Pitch undertakes its first global campaign, taking ABN AMRO into the Volvo Ocean Race

    2005
  • 2007

    Relaunching Wembley 

    Pitch appointed by The FA to oversee the comms for the reopening of Wembley Stadium

    2007
  • 2008

    Williams and Nadal walk on water
    Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal play tennis on water to kick off the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami

    2008
  • 2009

    Pitch appointed by the NBA
    On a Pan-European comms account that continues to this day

     

    2009
  • 2010

    The world interviews David Beckham
    For the first time ever 19 countries across 5 continents took part in a live interview with Yahoo.com

    2010
  • 2011

    London 2012
    Pitch is appointed as the comms agency for LOCOG and the London 2012 Olympic Games

    2011
  • 2012

    Meet the Superhumans
    Pitch joins forces with Channel 4 to create the award-winning London 2012 Paralympics campaign

    2012
  • 2013

    The launch of BT Sport
    Pitch appointed to launch the challenger broadcaster and remains the retained comms agency to this day.

    2013
  • 2014

    Heineken Champions League
    Pitch appointed by Heineken to activate its UCL partnership through engaging comms and content.

    2014
  • 2015

    Red Bull gives Pitch wings
    Pitch appointed by Red Bull and continues to be its retained PR agency to this day

    2015
  • 2015

    Heineken James Bond
    Pitch activates Heineken’s campaign for the James Bond ‘Spectre’ movie, including an exclusive screening and afterparty.

    2015
  • 2016

    Switching Saddles
    Pitch wins multiple awards for the groundbreaking Betfair campaign to transform Victoria Pendleton into a competitive jockey.

    2016
  • 2016

    Pitch Marketing Group
    Pitch rebrands as Pitch Marketing Group and diversifies to include specialist PR, Partnerships and Production units.

    2016
  • 2017

    Defender to Contender
    Pitch creates a news sensation with Rio Ferdinand, as a sequel to the hugely successful ‘Switching Saddles’ campaign

    2017
  • 2017

    Beats by Dre
    Pitch appointed by Beats as its retained PR agency, and continues to be so today.

    2017
  • 2017

    Stonewall Rainbow Laces
    Pitch coins the award-winning ‘Make Sport Everyone’s Game’ campaign to promote Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces initiative

    2017
  • 2017

    Salute the Lionesses
    Pitch conceives and creates the ‘Salute the Lionesses’ campaign in partnership with Little Mix to promote the UEFA Women’s Euros

    2017
  • 2018

    Team for Pirlo
    Pitch conceives and delivers an international World Cup campaign for Uber Eats and McDelivery

    2018
  • 2018

    Hyundai For the Fans
    Pitch creates and delivers an international integrated campaign to cohesively activate Hyundai’s partnership with five football clubs

    2018
  • 2019

    Yokohama Drive For More
    Pitch completes a two-year global campaign activating Yokohama’s title sponsorship of football club Chelsea FC

    2019
  • 2020

    Formula One
    Pitch wins a competitive pitch process to become the new retained global PR agency for F1

    2020
  • 2021

    Pokémon TVC
    Pitch launches its first TV ad campaign for Pokémon’s ‘Master The Ball’ campaign which runs throughout the UEFA Euros tournament

    2021
  • 2021

    It’s a cinch
    Pitch is appointed as the integrated marketing agency for the UK’s biggest emerging challenger brand

    2021
  • 2021

    Sport Starts Here

    Pitch wins competitive pitch to land retainer for Sports Direct and Everlast

    2021
  • 2022

    Dennis the Menace gets Phonesmart

    Pitch launches award-winning integrated campaign for EE to educate parents and children

    2022
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A new and exciting global agency proposition, combining specialist creative marketing experience in football with on-the-ground expertise.

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