Collected Strategies - Capabilities & Support

What We Do

Deep Expertise in Financial Communications

Our firm combines decades of experience with unique media insights and financial communications expertise to advise clients.

Our founding principle is that the best advice comes from the deepest relationships. As such, our commitment to clients is to work as perpetual partners, offering senior-led counsel on the full range of corporate, operational and social issues that come with running a business.

Media Relations and Corporate Reputation Management

Building and expanding corporate-level media relations programs, including company narrative development and profile raising efforts
Developing proactive and defensive reputation management strategies
Implementing executive-level thought leadership campaigns across both traditional and social media platforms
Leading media training and coaching in advance of print, digital or broadcast interviews
Developing and executing PR plans for strategic announcements (e.g. leadership transition, DEI report, business expansion, firm launch)
Providing real-time strategic counsel on ongoing issues

Strategic Investor Relations

Developing and implementing IR programs for newly public companies
Helping to craft and articulate investor rationale, with supporting messages
Creating and designing investor presentations
Evaluating and refining approach to Wall Street, including traditional and digital investor targeting
Supporting quarterly earnings, including drafting key materials, preparing executives for conference calls and Q&As, and introducing novel approaches to connecting with investors
Preparing for roadshows and investor meetings
Leading presentation training

Transaction Communications

Crafting comprehensive internal and external communications plans
Preparing for and managing rumors
Helping to refine investment rationale for why a transaction does (or doesn’t) make sense
Developing internal and external communications materials (e.g. press release, investor presentation, conference call script, employee messages, stakeholder emails, talking points)
Producing digital communications, including microsite, videos, social media posts and infographics
Developing and helping execute media strategy, including engagement with targeted reporters / outlets

Shareholder Activism Defense and Corporate Governance

Analyzing vulnerabilities and helping develop comprehensive communications scenario plan for public attack
Running activist simulations for management teams and boards of directors
Developing and advising on strategy for ongoing shareholder engagement, including private and public situations
Advising on and implementing media strategy
Creating comprehensive, cross-channel communications strategy for proxy contest, including messaging to shareholders, creating presentations to investors and proxy advisory firms and deploying digital tactics

Corporate Communications

Creating innovative cross-channel communications strategies, focused on achieving audience-specific goals
Designing and implementing corporate- and executive-specific digital and social media campaigns
Auditing and improving internal communications programs
Evaluating and refining company-owned communications channels, including corporate websites and blogs
Developing audience-specific collateral, including internal and external reports, website copy, infographics, presentations and videos

Financial and Operational Crisis

Developing crisis communications plans / analyzing existing plans for vulnerabilities
Leading crisis simulations
Providing real-time support for broad range of matters, including management changes, investigative reports and exposes, litigation, product recalls and short attacks, among others

Bankruptcy and Restructuring

Developing comprehensive communications plans for both internal and external stakeholders
Designing and implementing restructuring website and associated digital strategies
Providing media support both in advance of and concurrent with filing

Our Capabilities

Deep Expertise in Financial Communications