WHAT WE DO

Breakwater Strategy is an advisory and execution partner on high-visibility, high-stakes public affairs, corporate reputation and capital markets issues for leading businesses, nonprofits and associations.   

We advise boards, C Suite executives, and policy, communications and investor relations leaders. We help them navigate their most complex and consequential moments to minimize risk and accelerate opportunity.    

We put communications strategy into practice with a three-layer execution system that combines the real-time intelligence of a reporter on a beat, battle-tested judgment on when and how to take action, and work product that is ready to use.

We offer clients a combination of the following:  

Foresight

We identify critical uncertainties and opportunities that will help your business thrive in the complex moments that make or break reputations.

  • Stakeholder Identification
  • Risk Landscaping
  • Scenario Modeling
  • Stakeholder Analytics Model (SAM)

Insight

We develop customized research strategies with the business agility you need to assess current and potential market reactions.

  • Landscape Analyses
  • Digital Intelligence
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research
  • Investor Perception Studies

Strategy

We deploy disciplined imagination to meet the political and public moment.

  • Crisis Planning + Reputation Management
  • Corporate Communications
  • Executive Positioning
  • Issue-Based Campaigns
  • Policy Analysis
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Change Management & Leadership Transitions

Execution

We deliver creative and efficient programs tailored to reach different audiences in government, the business community, the media, and the public.

  • Media Relations – Print, Broadcast, and Non-Traditional Platforms
  • Executive and Corporate Copywriting
  • Media Training
  • Digital and Social Content Creation
  • Branding, Campaign Creative and Collateral Development
  • Website Design + Development
  • Paid Advertising
  • Investor and Analyst Days

Our client base spans a wide variety of industries, with a concentration in frontier technology and firms undertaking significant initiatives with policy and/or capital markets implications.