About me
Hi! I am Lauren Holley and communication is my ‘thing’. It isn’t just my field of expertise or something that I believe I have a ‘knack’ for, it also makes me happy.
I love thinking up new ways to communicate a client’s message and to captivate audiences from the first sentence.
As a former journalist with corporate public relations experience, I established My Word PR and Communications in 2014. My Word PR has successfully helped build the reputations of a number of companies and has worked across various areas of public relations; from PR strategies to media launches, media relationship building, press releases, media training, crisis management and digital PR. My Word PR has solid media relationships and an intricate knowledge of the media landscape.
My company name comes from the expression of amazement ‘Oh, my word!’ So, I give you my word that My Word PR and Communications will wow and surprise you.
Services
Clients
Here is what just a few current and past clients have had to say about My Word PR and Communications:
We engaged with My Word PR and Communications having worked with Lauren Holley in the past. Lauren is easy to work with, is able to understand various brands’ identities and needs and she is able to adapt to different situations and clients. Lauren has great relationships with different media and is comfortable working across platform types. More than capable, Lauren is able to extend beyond daily PR to events, dealing with suppliers and stakeholders on our behalf. What we value above all else is Lauren’s problem-solving skills, practical approach and willingness to see the job done and done right.
Naz Khan
Head of Marketing at A+E Networks Africa
The relationship with Lauren Holley has been very positive. Her work has included the development of a new communications strategy and the roll out of integrated work which has assisted in the return to the brand of a coherent and consistent communications platform that is both listener and trade focused. Lauren provides an efficient service and consistently delivers fresh thinking when briefed across a variety of different tasks and projects. We appreciated her points of view on strategic matters and in this regard, she rapidly developed a good understanding of the East Coast Radio brand.
Tanya Davis
East Coast Radio Brand and Communications Manager
Lauren Holley started out as a public relations practitioner at East Coast Radio when I was the group head of marketing and communications for Kagiso Media, owners of East Coast Radio. With her move to Johannesburg and the opening of My Word PR in 2014, I asked Lauren to provide strategic communications assistance to the group. Lauren is extremely organized, thorough, and a meticulous planner. She is multi-skilled and able to give direction and guidance for through the line communication campaigns. She executes on strategy providing regular follow-up with relevant ideas for re-working or tweaking initiatives or campaigns should they need to. Her writing skills is one of her strongest assets. She is customer centric, a problem solver and creative. Lauren is able to deliver on what she agrees to within specifics timelines and has mastered the area of communications. She has meaningful media contacts and is always a pleasure to work with. My Word PR is successful because Lauren puts effort into her business, clients and area of expertise.
Natasha Wadvalla
Communications and Crisis Management Specialist currently contracted to Primedia Broadcasting
