Collaborative by nature. Strategic by design.
One partner, your entire communications function
Capricorn is a strategic marketing and communications partner for purpose-driven organizations and growing businesses. Strategy, messaging, design, and digital, handled end to end.
Whatever you're building,
good communications has to do three things
Organizations come to us for different reasons, but underneath, the work almost always comes down to these.
Make your work clear.
One story your whole team, board, and audience can tell the same way.
Turn attention into action.
Whether that action is a grant, a sale, a partnership, or a policy shift, the job is to move people from interest to commitment.
Put it in front of the right people.
Brand, campaigns, media, and digital that earn attention where it counts.
One partner. The whole function.
Connected, rather than scattered across separate hires
One integrated team
Capricorn is a full-service communications agency, built to work the way senior communications actually works: strategy, messaging, design, and digital, connected rather than scattered across separate hires.
For some clients, we are the whole function, running communications end to end. For others, the in-house team is already strong, and we come in for a defined piece of work: a rebrand, a campaign, a launch film, an annual report, a crisis to navigate, or a message framework that needs sharpening. Both are how we work, and we scope each engagement to fit exactly where you need us.
What stays the same is the model. You work with one senior partner and one integrated team, so the strategy and the execution live in the same place, and the people who plan the work are the people who deliver it. The result is communications that are joined up rather than stitched together, and a partner who understands your work well enough to speak for it with confidence.
What We Do
We work across the full arc of communications, from the strategy on the whiteboard to the finished film, report, or campaign. Take on the whole remit, or a single specialized project. Explore each area in detail, or start a conversation and we will point you to what you need.
Strategy & messaging
Positioning, narrative, and communications planning.
Content & storytelling
Writing and editorial across every format.
Social & digital
Channel management and digital presence.
Design & creative
Brand, campaign, and publication design.
Media & PR
Media relations, thought leadership, reputation.
Measurement & insight
Reporting and the discipline of learning what works.
Who we work with
We partner with organizations where communications directly affects whether the work gets funded, gets adopted, or gets seen. Size matters less to us than intent, and we work with teams of every size, from a solo founder to an established communications department that needs an extra pair of senior hands.
Social enterprises and climate startups
Building something new, and needing the communications to match the ambition.
Growing businesses and SMEs
That want senior marketing thinking without the overhead of building an in-house team.
Purpose-driven NGOs and foundations
That need their impact told clearly and their fundraising to work harder.
What connects them is not their size or their sector. It is that each one is trying to do something worth doing, and worth communicating well.
Why Capricorn
Senior-led, start to finish.
Every engagement begins with listening, and you work directly with the strategist who scopes it. The person you meet is the person doing the work, so the thinking never gets diluted on its way to delivery.
One integrated team.
Strategy, design, and digital sit together, so nothing gets lost in the handover between a consultant and three separate freelancers, and your message stays intact from brief to final artwork.
Globally connected.
Available across US Eastern and Pacific hours, with work spanning Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and a real feel for how a message lands in one market versus another.
Competitive Investment
Capricorn draws on a career spanning journalism, brand marketing, and international development communications, working alongside global brands and grassroots communities alike.
Insights, straight to your inbox
Field notes, guides, and the occasional strong opinion on communications for purpose-driven work. No noise, just the useful part.
Let's talk about what you're building
A single campaign or a partner for the long haul, either way, the best place to start is a quick chat. Tell us what you’re working on, and we’ll be straight with you about how we can help.