About Us
Artium Media Relations is an international arts and entertainment PR agency. We believe that great PR is about telling powerful stories that build awareness, give credibility and create differentiation.
We deliver bespoke and creative campaigns for one-off projects and ongoing retainers. We are proud to work with distinguished festivals, venues, orchestras, companies, arts foundations and individual artists.
What we offer
Media and influencer relations is at the heart of what we do. We have built relationships with authoritative arts journalists and influencers around the world, from major titles like The New York Times to mainstream broadcasters and industry specialist publications, such as Fono Forum, Diapason and Gramophone.
We also work collaboratively with our clients to deliver digital marketing strategies to help them stand out, whether through creative social media campaigns, dynamic website design, image consultancy or content creation.
MEDIA RELATIONS
INFLUENCER ENGAGEMENT
MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT
COPYWRITING
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY
WEB DESIGN
CONTENT CREATION
PHOTOGRAPHY
ANIMATION
DESIGN
Testimonials
“Damaris is wonderful to work with, friendly, efficient and extremely proactive, she takes such care in her relationship with the artist. I’ve loved working with her and would highly recommend to anyone wishing to pursue PR.”
Natalya Romaniw, Soprano
Photo © Antonio Olmos
Meet the team
DAMARIS BROWN
Co-Founder & Director
Damaris has 10 years of experience as an arts publicist and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Before co-founding Artium Media Relations in 2017, she held positions at Classic FM, Orchid Music and Peters, Fraser & Dunlop.
Some particular career highlights include working with Hans Zimmer on a live concert production of Interstellar, producing A Night Out with Sir Michael Caine at the Royal Albert Hall, promoting the Roald Dahl estate's Pelicantata world premiere, and working with Sir Michael Parkinson on a spectacular charity gala.
Damaris studied International Management at the University of Manchester and Marketing at Foster School of Business, University of Washington (First Class BSc Hons).
JAMES BROWN
Co-Founder & Director
James is an award-winning Artist Manager with over 30 years of experience in the industry. He founded Hazard Chase Limited in 1990 and was Chairman of the International Artist Managers’ Association from 2003-2005.
He became an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music in 2007 and he was made an Honorary Life Member of the International Artist Managers’ Association in 2012.
James has worked with a wide variety of artists including Michael Nyman, Eddi Reader, Michael McIntyre, plus multi-award winning classical artists such as Benjamin Grosvenor, Julian Bream, Masaaki Suzuki and Sir John Tavener.
EMMA BROWN
Virtual Assistant
With over 10 years of experience working in the classical music industry, Emma started her career at artist agency Hazard Chase, where she progressed from Administrator to Associate Director.
In 2020 Emma started her own business as a Virtual Assistant, working to support small businesses in creative industries, and specialising in classical music.
Emma graduated from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge with a BA Hons in Music in 2011. During her studies she focused on performance, playing both the flute and jazz saxophone in ensembles and as a soloist.