clients - testimonials
LEWIS conducted a highly professional and enjoyable media training. Through a combination of theory and practical role-plays we received the right coaching to share compelling messages to the press in a confident manner.
Irene Hemmer, Marketing Manager EMEA, MphasiS
LEWIS outshone as the most professional, innovative and enthusiastic of the agencies we shortlisted. They quickly and clearly understood our needs for raising awareness of the world’s second biggest sport and for ensuring the World Championship achieves its potential from a media perspective.
Patrick Baumann, Secretary General of FIBA and IOC member
LEWIS delivered a well-structured, insightful and most enjoyable media training programme. We all got a huge amount out of the session and we were able to put the techniques learned to immediate effect during our media interviews.
John Bird, Director, International Communications Strategy at Manhattan Associates
The EuroCloud project would not have been the success it is today across 19 countries, just five months after its launch, without a coordinated PR approach across Europe and the credibility of a PR agency recognised internationally in the cloud computing sector and other areas. All these criteria have been met by LEWIS, whose team showed as much dedication and commitment to EuroCloud as if it was a project of their own.
Pierre-José Bilotte, Founder of EuroCloud and President of EuroCloud France
Working together with LEWIS PR is a positive experience. The country teams in France, Germany and the UK are very proactive, creative and willing to go the extra mile, and the international team has helped me to run a very efficient and effective EMEA PR programme. Not only do they plan and execute successful B2C and B2B PR campaigns; they also plan press interviews, handle media relations at trade shows and organise executive visits across Europe. They have also carried out Power Breakfasts at InfoSecurity, staged laptop thefts during product demos, and created beer mats for our ‘Love Your Laptop’ day press event.
LEWIS understands our business and knows how to achieve the right balance between global and local PR to secure strong results. Together with the monthly evaluation and dashboard it’s easy to demonstrate the value PR brings to our company amongst our senior management team.
Brenda Robb, Director, EMEA Marketing, Absolute Software
I’ve worked with LEWIS for many years and have been impressed with the levels of proactivity and creativity brought to our account.
Our company has gone through many changes over the past decade and the team at LEWIS has moved with us, coming up with with fresh ideas designed to reach our key audiences through the right publications. PR initiatives developed by LEWIS in the UK have been picked up worldwide and we’ve seen measurable results, including large increases in web traffic after stories going live.
The team has worked hard to get under the skin of the company and the results achieved are testament to this – we came to see them as an extended part of our company rather than simply a supplier.
Phil Bridge, managing director, Kroll Ontrack UK
From day one, the LEWIS team has worked hard to get under the skin of our company, doing a fantastic job in getting the Generator name out to the press and differentiating us from our competitors.
The team is always armed with proactive, creative ideas designed to support our business model and appeal to the right audience. Within the first six months we’ve achieved coverage in key backpacker publications as well as pieces in The Sun, The Evening Standard, The Independent and The Metro.
We’ve also engaged with LEWIS’ Creative and Digital team to develop a viral game. This has been very successful, and there will be more to follow.
I’d recommend working with LEWIS, who I now regard as an extension of the Generator Hostels family.
Alison Armitage, sales & marketing director, Generator Hostels
"LEWIS has been working with SPSS for over eleven years – raising awareness of predictive analytics in our key press. I see the account team as an extension of our marketing and communications function - so much so that members of the team have covered two periods of maternity leave for us internally. They are constantly on hand to offer advice and can always be relied upon to find a compelling angle for the press. You certainly don’t get a quiet life with LEWIS, there is always something going on and I can rely on them to keep a cool head when juggling several different elements at once. We now work with LEWIS in five markets worldwide and I wouldn’t hesitate to recomme
nd them to someone looking for proactivity, enthusiasm and professionalism from an agency."Emma Bennett, UK PR Director, SPSS an IBM company
"The LEWIS team in France did an excellent job in the French market so the agency was a prime candidate to handle the campaign in multiple markets. What clinched our decision was LEWIS’ presence in our major European markets and their ability to deliver consistent international messaging with a local approach."
Karine Picque, European Imaging Marketing Manager, Panasonic
“The success of a global brand like Lexmark is really supported by consistent strategy and messaging across all markets, and that’s where we really see the value of a single international PR network and of a coordinated approach. The results achieved by one pan-EMEA agency, both in terms of quality and quantity, speak for themselves with Lexmark currently working with LEWIS PR in a total of 17 countries across EMEA.”
Séverine Roussel, PR Manager EMEA, Lexmark
“LEWIS has worked hard to really get under the skin of Acxiom and as a result the team has a great understanding of our business. Spending time with spokespeople and developing their opinions into media-friendly ideas has got our name out there, and associated Acxiom with some of the most important issues facing the marketing industry today. The team has some great relationships with our target journalists in the marketing press, and regularly achieves the coverage to prove it.”
Pat Kelly, Marketing Director, Acxiom
"LEWIS provided attentive account management, not only to the budget holder, but to each of our local markets. Most importantly, the press told me that they were happy with the service they received from LEWIS. With both my internal and external clients happy, I'm happy."
Björn Barnard, European Marketing Communications Manager, Kensington Computer Products Group
"I would like to thank you for the tremendous job in preparing the PR part of our LEGO Grand factory opening. The event was visited by an amazing amount of media and among other VIPs the Finance Minister of Hungary.
I was extremely satisfied with your effort and work - it was great working with you."
Tímea Gubás, Marketing & PR Manager – Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, LEGO
“I have been working closely with LEWIS over the last three years. In that time they have been my ‘right hand agency’ setting up a pan-European PR infrastructure from scratch and even helping me train the new members of my marketing team. They have been integral in helping develop our pan-European PR and communications strategy and the campaign execution has been second to none. Don’t expect to have a quiet life with LEWIS; they will be hot on your tails with new ideas and thoughts around proving the value and ROI of PR activity. They are certainly a cut above the rest.”
Tracy Gill, Group Manager Marketing Europe, Avanade
"The incorporation of LEWIS has meant the introduction to Spanish media. Before the contract agreement, Siemens PLM Software was only appearing on some specific and specialized media like CAD but now is also reaching technology magazines and daily global publications. This is helping us to achieve a better image on and to media."
Aurea López Gayarre, marketing manager, Siemens PLM Software
"LEWIS Spain provides a truly insightful perspective on the Spanish media and how NAVTEQ can best be present. Though NAVTEQ has a global reach, as a company we are always striving to connect our messages locally. Thanks to our partnership with LEWIS we are able to do this."
Jennifer Fondrevay, regional corporate marketing Vice President, NAVTEQ
"In the first six months of working with us, LEWIS PR understood our business better than any other agency we have worked with before. The initial time the LEWIS team spent on getting to know Northgate HR, including secondary research as well as speaking to one-to-one to key contacts, made them shine above all the others. Since coming on board, LEWIS has developed innovative and robust processes for maximising opportunities including 'newshounding' days, a series of one-to-ones with personnel to uncover key benefits of products and services and build up PR initiatives.
It is projects like these that give me the confidence that LEWIS PR now understands our business and the market place we operate in. As a major side-benefit, this has helped get buy-in from our key spokespeople, encouraging them to be more pro-active in getting the Northgate HR name out there."
Joe Slater, Marketing Manager, Northgate HR
"Since working with LEWIS, Citrix’s PR has been lifted to a higher level."
Ed Bezooijen, Regional Marketing Manager Benelux, Citrix
“LEWIS always goes the extra mile. The team has an in-depth knowledge about Infor’s business, mixed with a media culture and a large portion of enthusiasm.”
Tanja Hossfeld, Manager Corporate PR EMEA, Infor
"LEWIS knows like no other how to localize our business communications in the Dutch market.”
Maaike Hilbrand, Senior Marketing Manager, Informatica
“Working with LEWIS has been a very positive experience and has shown the difference that an intelligent and active PR company can make to your business.”
“We’ve even had several enquiries from high-street brand organisations which had been reluctant to engage previously, but now have an interest based on what they’ve read about us in the press. This kind of contact is the lifeblood of companies like Software AG.”
Jim Close, Country Manager, Software AG UK