
Managing Director at 3W PR - www.3wpr.co.uk
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Managing Director at 3W PR - www.3wpr.co.uk
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Stephen is an online public relations specialist and Managing Director of 3W PR, an Online PR and Social Media agency based in the UK. He has worked on a number of online PR campaigns for national and multinational companies and was part of the team at RealWire which introduced Europe’s first Social Media News Release (SMNR) – a new kind of press release tailored for the online world. He has subsequently helped implement SMNRs on behalf of a number of FTSE100 and Fortune 500 companies.
Previously he worked for the world’s largest independent PR firm, Edelman, in London and was the UK point of the European Online Team and contributed the UK piece to the firm’s global whitepaper – A Corporate Guide to the Global Blogosphere. He also account managed the build of Edelman’s global mobile website – a world’s first at the time.
Stephen has experience with digital communications in a number of emerging markets including eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He currently acts as an online PR consultant with Action Global Communications, the only global PR network to focus specifically in the emerging markets.
His professional blog – www.prblogger.com - has been recognised by industry professionals around the world and has been named ‘Europe’s number one PR blog’ according to the rankings given by US publication, Adage. Stephen also is an official blogger for leading UK PR trade magazine, PR Week. In 2009 he was added to the PR Week Power Book – which claims to include the top 1% most “powerful and inspirational” UK PR people.
He is a frequent speaker on the conference circuit and has spoken at events around the UK, Europe, Russia and the Middle East.
Online PR, Social Media Strategy, Online Distribution, Social Media News Release, Online Crisis Comms, Online Reputation and Brand Management, Public Speaking, Training
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
3W PR is an online communications consultancy introduced to meet the growing trends on how consumers are informed and how companies and organisations do business.
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
PRBLOGGER.COM is one of the UK's most popular PR blogs with over 3,000 daily subscribers and covering new developments in the online communication world.
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
June 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 4 months)
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
May 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 3 months)
BA Hons , Public Relations