Anthony Pearce
Built environment communications expert with a focus on sustainability and place-based storytelling
About
My approach
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Built environment communications expert with a focus on sustainability and place-based storytelling
About
My approach
Contact
About
Whether you're navigating planning, engaging stakeholders or launching a campaign, I offer strategic guidance and creative direction. Through thoughtful storytelling and beautifully crafted media, I make sure your messages don’t just inform — they resonate, inspire and drive change.
Built environment communications
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Relaunching Design South East’s newsletter, helping drive trustee recruitment and rolling out a new social media and communications strategy
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Working with LSE Cities on early messaging and presentation materials for a major new initiative
- Delivering a social media and SEO audit and ran a communications workshop for Whaleback Planning
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Helping Lewes Town Council engage residents, businesses and community groups in its response to the South Downs National Park’s Local Plan consultation
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Supporting Periscope with messaging, press and social media for the Ilford Arrival, a bold community-first regeneration project commissioned by the GLA and Redbridge Council
- Working with Feria Urbanism on refreshing its brand narrative and rewriting the copy for a new website, including services, methodology and project pages
Experience
From 2021–2025, I led communications for Human Nature, the campaigning development company behind the Phoenix project in Lewes. I oversaw newsletters, social media, press, websites, photography, video and printed media, and played a key role in community engagement and planning. I shaped political messaging, produced public exhibitions and worked on major documents including the Design & Access Statement, delivery plans and a manifesto on housebuilding.The Phoenix received widespread media coverage and multiple awards — described by The Guardian as “an environmentally sound model to rescue Britain’s broken private property sector” and by The Times as a “trailblazing model for how the UK might meet its net-zero goal”.
In 2014, I co-founded Waterfront, a publishing house and creative agency. I led editorial, design and production across in-house and client titles for ABTA, Travelzoo, Advantage Travel Partnership and more. Our work won several awards, including Trade Publication of the Year at the 2019 Travel Media Awards.
I've also written and edited for The Independent, i, NME, ShortList, Time Out, The Times and Sunday Times, with a focus on travel, culture, urbanism and sustainability. I'm a skilled copywriter and a published photographer.
My approach
Communications in the built environment are often reduced to a press release at the end of a project. But they’re not just an output — they’re a process. When done well, communications help build trust, shape priorities and create buy-in from communities, collaborators, planners and the wider public. Read more about my approach to built environment communications here.To find out how I can transform your communications and media, get in touch here.