Commercial, Sector Development

Laura Leigh Chapman - Comms Legend

Com­mu­ni­ca­tions men­tor­ing, train­ing, online learn­ing, strat­e­gy and com­mu­ni­ty for cre­ative indi­vid­u­als and organ­i­sa­tions in the arts and culture.

Named the “Comms Legend” by her clients, Laura is a communications strategist, mentor and trainer. She helps creatives, freelancers, and small businesses, as well as arts, culture, and media organisations, to clearly and confidently communicate to create awesome connection. The kind of connection that helps make a real difference for their right fit folk and helps them achieve the big ambitions they have for their work. With over 20 years’ experience in communications, Laura can help you… Get to the heart of what you stand for and what you want to achieve with your work. Create messaging that feels true to you and resonates with your people. Identify the people who want and need your work the most and how to reach them. Explore how you share your work with the world and show up in ways that work for you. Shape simple, meaningful goals that help you track your progress. Make a plan that feels like it was made for you and works for the way you work. Laura offers training workshops and courses, short and longer-term mentoring, strategic consultancy, audit and review, and bespoke communications project work. Laura’s background and experience means she is in a unique position to combine communication and creativity. She uses this to help make the world a place where everyone can express themselves with clarity and confidence that connects. Laura’s recent and ongoing clients include creatives and organisations local to her in Bristol, such as Upfest, Insane Root, Paul Monsters, Spark Films and Circus Antics Entertainment, a range of online small businesses including, copywriters, mentors, makers, artists and all sorts of creative folk in between, and globally recognised organisations like ITV, Netflix, and ITN. “Laura is an absolute joy to work with, she manages to cut through so much in helping you understand comms approaches and strategies to enable messages to be delivered with impact - she is a great teacher and leaves you with lasting understanding and skills.” Ruth Denyer, Netflix Laura’s core values - Insight, Inclusion, Sincerity, Accountability, and Expression - sit at the heart of everything she does. They shape how she works, what she offers, and how she communicates. Ultimately, she believes in a world where each of us can live our one unique and beautiful life in its fullest colour.
Disciplines
Marketing Education