Marriott Communications is an award-winning public relations and marketing agency based in Sunderland - influencing globally.

With a commitment to innovation, a lust for creativity, and a dedication to impactful storytelling on a global scale; Marriott Communications pushes the craft of public relations into art as we shape the future of businesses and organisations alike.

Our Services

  • The act of communicating value to customers, clients, and partners.

  • The power to establish meaning by shaping a brand in the public’s minds.

  • The art of managing and disseminating information in order to influence perception.

  • The ability to collect, perceive or infer information to be applied to adaptive behaviours within an environment or context.

  • MC PR is a collaboration between Marriott Communications and CgPR, two independent communications agencies united by a shared belief in the power of purposeful storytelling and bold, human-centered public relations.

    We remain two separate companies - but together, we’ve built a joint service that merges our complementary strengths to deliver sharper strategy, deeper insight, and creative campaigns that resonate.

    From high-impact press launches to long-term reputation management, MC PR combines big-picture vision with hands-on execution - offering clients the experience, creativity, and care of two agencies, in one cohesive team.

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Work

  • Two women talking at an indoor event, one with dark hair and the other with curly gray hair wearing a blue shirt with white and black text.

    King of Hearts

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  • The Sportsman

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  • City skyline of Edinburgh, Scotland with historic buildings and Edinburgh Castle in the background, and the iconic Scott Monument on the right.

    Inclusion Scotland

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  • A person with a surfboard walking along the beach at sunset, with colorful sky and calm ocean waves.

    Firefly International

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  • Inclusion Scotland x Impact Report Launch

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  • North East International Film Festival

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Awards & Recognitions

  • PR Agency of the Year 2025

    UK Enterprise Awards

  • Visionary PR Leader of the Year 2025

    Visionary Leadership Awards

  • Changemaker Award 2025

    Inspiring Scotland

  • Communications Agency of the Year 2024

    Northern Enterprise Awards

  • PR Agency of the Year (North East) 2024

    Corporate Vision Global Business Awards

  • PR Agency of the Year 2024

    Corporate Vision Small Business Awards

  • Young PR Entrepreneur of the Year 2024

    Corporate Vision Small Business Awards

  • Young Entrepreneur of the Year (North East) 2023

    FSB Awards

  • Communications Agency of the Year 2023

    Northern Enterprise Awards

  • Best Full-Service Integrated Communications Agency 2023

    Global Vision Global Business Awards 2023

  • Communications Agency of the Year 2023

    Corporate LiveWire’s Innovation and Excellence Awards 2023

  • Agency of the Year 2022

    Northern Enterprise Awards

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Press Features

Uncut Podcast

Hosted by Marriott Communications’ CEO, Samuel Marriott-Dowding, Uncut is a space for honest, unpolished conversations with founders, creatives, and everyday people who are building something brave or doing something bold.

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Dive deep into the real story behind the aesthetic - beyond the boy, beyond the brand.

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Clients

  • Logo for 'Held in Our Hearts,' a baby loss counseling and support organization, featuring a stylized baby inside a blue teardrop with a pink heart.
  • Text saying 'Inspiring Scotland' with 'Inspiring' in white on a teal background and 'Scotland' in black below.
  • Logo for FCS Talking Therapies featuring the text "FCS" with a profile of a face and speech lines, and the words "Talking Therapies" underneath.
  • Logo for Mellow with a stylized blue and red abstract design and the tagline "all about relationships."
  • VisionPK logo with eye symbol and purple and black text.
  • Logo with overlapping yellow, blue, and green geometric shapes above the text 'SCLD'.
  • Logo for Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCSPS) with purple initials and green text.
  • Thrive Outdoors logo with a blue footprint and text in black and blue.
  • Sticker with a blue Scottish flag and purple border that reads "Facone's Voice of Recovery" and "FAVOR Scotland" in purple text.
  • Logo with the phrase 'get 2 gether' where the number 2 is in red and larger, connecting the words.
  • Logo for Grace House featuring the name with a house icon in the middle, with a small heart on top.
  • Logo of Inclusion Scotland, a disabled people's organization, featuring a blue and white geometric design, with text highlighting inclusion, Scotland, and disabled people's voices and choices.
  • A logo with a purple background, a white circle with a horizontal line and an equal sign inside, and the text 'ENGENDER' beside it.
  • Firefly International logo with two capitalized orange and blue hands above the word "firefly" and the slogan "Safe spaces for children affected by war" underneath.
  • Logo for Mind Mosaic Counseling & Therapy with stylized 'M' and 'A' in green and blue, and text 'Mind Mosaic Counselling & Therapy'.

In our clients words

  • North East International Film Festival

    I am absolutely thrilled with the outstanding work that Marriott Communications​ and CgPR, led by Samuel Marriott-Dowding​ and Chrissie Pringle respectively, delivered for the North East International Film Festival's 2025 edition.

    In just six short weeks, Sam and Chrissie transformed our visibility, securing impressive coverage across major media outlets, arranging high-profile interviews, and crafting a compelling narrative that truly captured the essence of NEIFF.

    Their passion, expertise, and rapid results were nothing short of remarkable, elevating our festival to new heights.

    I wholeheartedly recommend them to any organization seeking top-tier PR support.

  • Mellow Parenting

    Marriott Communications worked with us at Mellow Parenting to support the creation of our Marketing Strategy. Their patience and humour worked well with us, and we have ended up with an amazing strategy which we are excited to put into practice!

  • get2gether

    We have approached Marriott Communications who helped our charity by stepping in on a very short notice due to staff sickness. We have provided some data, stories and quotes and Marriott Communications prepared a schedules of content for us to review on weekly basis. This was a very effective way for us working together, as we knew exactly what our social platforms were saying, but most of all, we were very reassured it was happening. Our impact was communicated to our wider stakeholders in a way that maintained our organisational comms strategy. We would highly recommend working with Sam from Marriott Communications.

  • INEPT

    I originally approached Marriott Communications to get support for promoting a series of events I was producing and touring across England. The Marriott Communications team were both professional and personable, they worked with me to ensure they understood what my goals were and proceeded to develop a proposal for my team. They delivered exactly what was in the proposal and even more so! They worked within the required budget and time constraints and had ideas that my team and I would have never otherwise had to ensure our success.

    I will definitely be working with Marriott Communications again and wholeheartedly advise anyone who may need PR support to request a conversation with this team.