Stephen Waddington

Stephen is a professional advisor to creative agencies and communication teams. His agency clients include Allegory, Black House Media (BHM), Clearly PR, Don’t Cry Wolf, Hard Numbers, Lynn PR, Miramar Group, Reuben Sinclair, SourceCode, and Story Comms. He has also delivered projects for BuzzSumo, the Government Communication Service, NHS, PR Council and Vuelio. Stephen has held the role of Visiting Professor in Practice at Newcastle University since 2014, supporting the university and students through teaching and mentoring.

Stephen’s is a leading author and blogger on marketing, media and public relations. His books include Exploring PR and Management Communication (Pearson, January 2021), Platinum (CIPR, September 2018), Chartered Public Relations (Kogan Page, February 2015), #BrandVandals (Bloomsbury, November 2013), Share This Too (Wiley, September 2013), Share This (Wiley, July 2012), and Brand Anarchy (Bloomsbury, February 2012).