Our Company

An Adelaide-based strategic communications consultancy trusted to build the reputation and support the growth of leading businesses and organisations.

Our Company

Partnering with Hughes, our clients gain the power to influence action and opinion. 

We take a strategic approach to everything we do, delivering your desired results and return on investment. Through our team’s broad industry experience, we have extensive networks within government, business and media organisations.  

We advise you on engagement with key influencers and decision makers. We help cut through the noise to deliver your key messages to target audiences. Our highly experienced team develops and delivers proactive integrated communications programs to build and protect reputations. 

Hughes’ philosophy for maintaining and protecting reputations is to “plan for the best and prepare for the rest”. And if issues or crises emerge, we help navigate them with a calm, considered and experienced hand. 

Hughes’ training programs across media engagement, crisis scenarios, and digital skills are highly sought after. Our proven track record attracts the regular input of our consultants at industry events. Our team is committed to continuous improvement, while giving back to our professions through engagement with student interns, and emerging practitioners. 

Hughes shares its enviable positive workplace culture with clients, making us a valuable addition to your team. 

Track record

For more than 30 years, Hughes has been trusted to build and protect the reputations of hundreds of clients across all sectors. 

Strategic approach

Hughes is strategic in everything we do. We work closely with you to understand your business and develop communications programs that support your business objectives. 

Fearless advice

With decades of experience in corporate and community communications, media and politics, our consultants provide a valuable external perspective. We will provide confidential and trusted counsel for both planned announcements and unexpected issues or crises. 

Full-service communications suite

Our communications strategies are supported end-to-end by highly qualified professionals with experience in mainstream and industry media, corporate communications, crisis management, video production, design, digital platforms and social media. 

Media management

With decades of experience working inside Australia’s largest media organisations, our consultants understand the media and deploy proven methods to manage media engagement. 

Issues and crisis management

Our philosophy is to “plan for the best and prepare for the rest”. Hughes develops comprehensive crisis management plans, provides industry- relevant crisis scenario testing, and is on-call 24/7 to deal with issues if they emerge. 

Executive training

Our communications strategies are supported end-to-end by highly qualified professionals with experience in mainstream and industry media, corporate communications, crisis management, video production, design, digital platforms and social media. 

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