The Company

The Lewis Experience Limited is a limited company registered in England & Wales as number 5772688. We are based near Southampton in Hampshire but can work anywhere thanks to the superb air, road and rail links from Southampton and the wonders of the internet.

The Team

Paul and Julia Lewis are The Lewis Experience. Paul is the King of PR and copywriting. Julia is the Queen of Marketing Campaigns.

John

Julia Lewis

Julia Lewis has a long track record of success in marketing. She was Marketing & Sales Manager for The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, employed there from 1990 – 2006, managing over 30 marketing and box office staff, including three managers. Previously she was Media Planner & Buyer for LMA, a leading advertising agency.

Among her strengths are marketing planning, organisation and communication. Her knowledge of mailings, advertising, market research and sales analysis is legendary, and she is used to exercising strict budgetary control.

Julia has a Professional Diploma in Marketing and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Email: julia@thelewisexperience.co.uk ~ Tel: 0845 18 99 864

John

Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis is a business and marketing manager with many years’ experience and success. One of the three Executive Managers at The Mayflower Theatre (1992 – 2006), he directed Marketing, Box Office Sales, Front Of House and Stage & Technical, so he knows how to link marketing with the operational side of the business. He was also the theatre’s spokesperson. He began his career as a manager for John Menzies, then owned his own retail business before concentrating on arts marketing.

His expertise is in business strategy and development, project management, cost control, public relations and building long-term customer relationships.

His expertise is in public relations, copywriting, business strategy and development, and building long-term customer relationships.

Paul writes a regular column on marketing for Encore magazine.

Email: paul@thelewisexperience.co.uk ~ Tel: 0845 18 99 864

What we charge...

We charge what you can afford*

That’s because we tailor what we do to your budget. We are always pleased to offer special rates to funded arts organisations.

• We can do the job for you or we can support your own marketing people with our specialist skills- we can even train them.

• We can spend one day with you and come up with a strategic plan for your marketing or we can take on the whole of your marketing for a monthly fee.

• We can take on specific one-off projects like research or creating a new brand or a special event or we can meet with you regularly to review and plan tactics.

• We can handle all your PR or simply check over your press releases.

• We can write all your marketing letters, emails and brochure copy or just edit your copy.

• We can advise on how to make your brochure or website more effective or we can manage them for you.

• We can organise the design, planning and booking of your media advertising or simply plan it for you.

Tell us what you need and what you can afford and we’ll come up with a proposal. Whatever our contribution, we believe you will see an improvement in your business.

*Subject to a minimum fee of £500 plus expenses.