Birmingham Tech Week 2025 Integrated Campaign Strategy & Execution
Earned Media · PR Strategy · Event Marketing
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The Problem
Birmingham Tech Week needed to grow beyond a regional event into a nationally visible platform, attracting higher-calibre sponsors, broader media coverage, and an international audience while operating on a lean campaign budget with no in-house creative or PR team.
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The Approach
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Developed and directed the end-to-end BTW 2025 campaign strategy across PR, social, email, OOH, and partner channels
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Structured a three-month PR brief with Liquid PR (£18k) defining the editorial angle, target publications, and spokesperson strategy that delivered BBC broadcast coverage and 189 press mentions
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Brokered an international partnership with S-Tron China delegation, extending BTW's reach to 13,000+ international attendees
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Secured media partnerships with UKTN and MSN; directed video content partnership delivering 149k impressions from a £4,000 budget
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Managed all sponsor and partner communications across 60+ sponsors and 150+ speakers
The Results:
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1.43B Media opportunities-to-see
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~£0.03 CPM against £50-100 B2B benchmark
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79× Reach-to-spend multiplier on £18k PR brief
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50+ Coverage pieces including BBC broadcast
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13,000+ International attendees via S-Tron partnership