MC CEO shortlisted for NE Marketer of the Year

We are delighted to announce that our Founder and CEO, Samuel Marriott-Dowding, has been shortlisted for Marketer of the Year at the North East Marketing Awards 2026.

Over the past year, we have continued to develop Marriott Communications beyond the traditional PR and marketing agency model, building a more sophisticated strategic communications and advisory proposition spanning strategy, influence, and reputation.

Our ambition is to establish Marriott Communications as one of the UK's most respected independent strategic communications and advisory firms, with the expertise, relationships and international reach to support organisations navigating increasingly complex commercial, political and reputational environments.

Commenting on the shortlisting, Samuel Marriott-Dowding, Founder and CEO of Marriott Communications, said:

“When I founded Marriott Communications, I wanted to build something ambitious from the North East. Today, we are developing the firm beyond its traditional agency origins, building a strategic communications and advisory firm with increasingly international ambitions.

Our next chapter is about building a firm defined by the quality of its thinking, the strength of its relationships and the value of its counsel - in the North East, across the UK and internationally.

I'm proud of how far we have come, grateful to the clients and partners who have been part of the journey, and even more excited about what lies ahead.”

Being shortlisted for Marketer of the Year is a welcome milestone in that journey, it reflects the progress we have made, the ambition driving our next chapter and our focus on building a firm whose work speaks for itself, wherever in the world it takes us.