Public Relations

In today’s crowded, increasingly diffuse media environment, getting your message out to the right audience is harder than ever. Devon has the experience and proven results in helping clients stand out from the crowd. We have planned and managed public relations campaigns and events across the country and around the world, from single day announcements, to crisis management, to multi-year campaigns.

Our range of public relations services include:

•         Strategic communications planning
•         Media relations
•         Social media strategy and execution
•         Event management and execution
•         Product and policy launches
•         Issues and crisis management
•         Speaking tours and conference facilitation
•         Writing services
•         High-impact materials
•         Stakeholder and community consultations
•         Spokesperson training

In particular, clients often require our services to focus in the following three areas:

Managing Contentious Issues

Devon’s senior public relations team has in-depth experience helping clients navigate issues that have the potential to attract public scrutiny.  We help our clients assess risks, develop proactive or reactive response strategies, create internal and external messaging and statements, and promptly attend to media requests.

Strategic Communications

Devon has crafted strategic communications plans for a large variety of clients.  Strategic communications planning is one of our core strengths and we develop plans for all sizes and types of projects, from one-off announcements, to sustained long-term campaigns.  Our planning process is thorough and we always put client objectives and stakeholder expectations first.

Media Relations Programs

Devon understands that media relations programs need to be targeted in order to be effective.  We craft our media relations programs to suit our clients’ specific needs.  We have worked hard building extensive and productive working relationships with print, broadcast, radio and television media. Our credibility ensures our success; we build honest relationships with the media and have earned their trust.

Research

Devon offers a range of qualitative and quantitative research services to support our clients:

•         Elite interviews with opinion shapers and decision makers
•         Focus groups
•         Media audits
•         Strategic public affairs, corporate and regulatory research