VellaComms

Making good work
more visible.

PR, content and communications for design-led businesses, places and projects.

01 / WHAT I DO

01 - PR & media relations

Finding the story. Shaping the pitch. Earning coverage in the media that matter to you.

02 - Content & thought leadership

Articles, interviews, website and social media content that give your work and ideas a clear voice.

03 - Communications strategy

A clear direction for what to say, who to reach and how to keep your communications moving.

04 - Visual content

Helping clients use photography, video and other visual content to tell their stories more effectively across media, digital and social channels.

02 / FEATURED CLIENT

Grant
Associates

Helping an international landscape architecture practice bring its projects, people and ideas to a wider audience.

PR and media relations, website content, social media and thought leadership — linking design flair with conversations about nature, places and how we live.

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore · Landscape design: Grant Associates · Photograph: Darren Chin

Three women are standing in a community garden, holding hands and smiling at each other, with a multi-story building with large windows and a blue sky with clouds in the background. The garden has lush green plants and vegetables.

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru · Grant Associates project · Image supplied by Grant Associates

The Brentford Project, London · Grant Associates project · Image supplied by Grant Associates

View of a city square with modern and historic buildings, a white church steeple, and people walking and sitting around the area.

Four people are standing in a lush garden with a decorative wooden structure in the background. They are all dressed in business casual attire and are smiling, engaged in conversation. There are trees, green foliage, and flowering plants surrounding them.

A man with glasses and a beard wearing black clothing is speaking to a camera crew in a grassy outdoor area with trees. The crew includes a woman with blonde hair in a blue jacket and a man with long hair, a cap, and headphones operating the camera. The scene is sunny with a clear blue sky.

Selected Grant Associates projects and media coverage from my work with the practice over a number of years. All images courtesy of Grant Associates

“Nick has guided our PR since 2012 across UK and international media, starting with the completion of Gardens by the Bay. We are now established as a high-profile international practice, and Nick’s support and tenacity in securing media coverage and opportunities for our stories and ideas has played a big part in that.”

— Andrew Grant, Founder, Grant Associates

03 / EXPERIENCE

Experience you can trust.

Before launching VellaComms, I founded and ran award-winning independent PR agency Highlight for 25 years, working with a wide range of corporate and consumer clients.

That experience spans everything from design, property and placemaking to food, family and lifestyle brands — building reputations, launching products and projects, and helping organisations tell stronger stories.

04 / ABOUT ME

Hello, I’m Nick.

A middle-aged man with gray hair and fair skin smiling, sitting indoors near a window.

I'm Nick Vellacott, the person behind VellaComms.

I work directly with clients from the first conversation onwards — shaping the strategy, finding the stories, creating the content and getting it in front of the right people.

I like getting close to a client's work: understanding what makes it interesting, spotting the stories others might miss, and becoming a trusted part of the team.

And if you need new visual content, I also help clients commission and manage photography, video and drone shoots through partner VellaVisuals.

05 / CONTACT

Doing good work?
Let’s make it more visible.

nick@vellacomms.co.uk →

Based in Bath, UK.

Working with clients and media internationally.