Make A Noise

What Make A Noise does

Make A Noise is a London-based marketing and media agency founded in 2020 that serves the UK cultural and entertainment sector. The firm operates exclusively in arts and culture, working with theatres, dance companies, opera venues, classical music ensembles, museums, art galleries, and live entertainment producers; named clients include Dirty Dancing (West End/touring), Death Comes to Pemberley, The Government Inspector, The Mongol Khan, ThickSkin Theatre, Estonian National Ballet's Swan Lake, United Ukrainian Ballet's Giselle, Yamato Drummers, Holland Park Opera, Grange Park Opera, Britten Sinfonia, Saffron Hall, Pallant House Gallery, and Will Young. Service lines are organised into Strategy, Marketing, Media, Content & Channel Management, and Design, with no underlying software platform, app, API, or proprietary technology product disclosed; the offering is delivered as professional services.

The core team consists of three principals — Guy Chapman (former 13-year Managing Director of Target Live), Howard Buckley (20+ years at the Arts Marketing Association and The Audience Agency), and Tessa Daniel (15+ years across Tate, Barbican, Royal Collection Trust, Royal Academy of Arts, and Royal Horticultural Society) — supplemented by a curated network of associates covering press/PR, digital media planning, graphic design, and general management. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, patents, certifications, or API integrations are disclosed, and there is no evidence of external investors, parent companies, or M&A activity. The firm's digital footprint is limited to its website (built by partner GDL) and a Mailchimp-powered newsletter.

The business model is sales-led, bespoke, project-based professional services: engagements are scoped per client need and priced on a custom basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing, no standard product SKUs, and no SaaS-style recurring revenue. The GTM is direct client engagement, with the team functioning as an embedded extension of clients' internal marketing functions across strategy, campaign management, media planning, grassroots outreach, ticketing liaison, and design. Markets served are primarily the United Kingdom with some international touring-production exposure; the company is privately held with no institutional funding disclosed.

Name

Make A Noise

Legal name

Make A Noise

Website

https://make-anoise.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

London-based, three-person marketing and media agency founded in 2020 serving exclusively the UK cultural and entertainment sector with strategy, media planning, content management, and design services for theatres, dance companies, opera venues, classical ensembles, museums, and galleries on a bespoke project basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts and Cultural Marketing Services

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Production Companies (Live-Action) (MPAAAMAA)

Keywords

• Arts marketing services
• Cultural sector media planning
• Performing arts communications
• Entertainment campaign management
• Arts audience development

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Marketing and Media Services: Project-based professional services for the cultural sector, including strategy, marketing, media planning, content management, and design services. Revenue generated through bespoke project engagements tailored to client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Make A Noise is a specialist marketing and media agency serving cultural and entertainment organisations. It delivers an integrated suite of professional services covering Strategy, Marketing, Media Planning, Content & Channel Management, and Design. Engagements are project-based, with bespoke teams assembled for each client's campaign or strategic need, functioning as an extension of the client's internal marketing function.

Product overview

Make A Noise is a specialized marketing and media agency serving the cultural and entertainment sector. The company offers a unified suite of professional services including Strategy, Marketing, Media Planning, Content & Channel Management, and Design. These services are delivered as an integrated consultancy offering rather than discrete software products, providing clients with a bespoke team of experts tailored to each project or strategic need.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategy Strategic consultancy for cultural-sector clients, providing a 360-degree view of marketing opportunities and rapid implementation through bespoke teams of experts tailored to each project or specific strategic need.
• Marketing Full marketing mix management delivered as an extension of the client's internal team, covering strategic campaign management, planning and budgeting, venue liaison, ticketing, sales analysis and grass-roots marketing outreach.
• Media Planning Research-led media planning with data and audience insight at its core, creating media strategies that deliver audiences cost-effectively on budgets both large and small, with deep entertainment-sector experience.
• Content & Channel Management Building digital communities through industry-leading content strategies, integrated channel management and content creation for cultural-sector clients.
• Design Bespoke design solutions for the cultural industry, covering visual identities, rebranding, asset creation and resizing across digital, print and out-of-home channels, drawing on experienced creatives from the industry.

Named customers22 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Chloe Nelkin ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPress and PR specialist providing expertise as part of the Make A Noise associate network for client projects requiring public relations support.
• Hannah AzuonyecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital media planning and buying specialist contributing expertise to Make A Noise's comprehensive service offering for client campaigns.
• GDL (Graphic Design London)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital and website design partner responsible for Make A Noise's website design and potentially client digital design work. GDL designed the Make A Noise website.
• Jon LeecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeneral management specialist available for Make A Noise client projects requiring production or general management expertise.
• NoakecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraphic design specialist providing design expertise as part of the Make A Noise associate network for visual identity, rebranding, and asset creation projects.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Ogilvy: Global advertising and marketing agency network with cultural, entertainment, and brand clients. Represents broad incumbent competition against which boutique cultural agencies must differentiate on specialist expertise.
• Saatchi & Saatchi: Global creative advertising agency with cultural sector clients. Represents broad incumbent competition: large agencies that can absorb arts marketing work as part of broader client portfolios and bid for integrated accounts beyond boutique reach.
• Publicis: Global marketing and communications holding company with extensive agency network including Publicis London, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi (in some markets), and Starcom. Sets broader competitive context for boutique cultural sector agencies.
• WPP: Global marketing services holding company owning multiple agencies (Ogilvy, Grey, GroupM, VMLY&R, etc.). Provides context on competitive dynamics from large platform incumbents capable of bidding on integrated cultural sector accounts at scale.
• BBH (Bartle Bogle Hegarty): Award-winning London-based creative advertising agency. Represents broad incumbent competition for creative marketing services in the UK market, occasionally active in cultural and entertainment brand work.
• M&C Saatchi: Global advertising agency group with UK heritage. Represents broader incumbent competition for integrated marketing engagements across consumer, cultural, and entertainment clients.

Others

• Baker Richards: UK arts management consultancy advising cultural organisations on ticketing, pricing, fundraising, and business strategy. Adjacent professional services firm serving the same cultural sector client base as Make A Noise, often working on joint or complementary engagements.
• The Audience Agency: UK cultural sector data and audience insights organisation providing research, benchmarking, and audience development services to arts organisations. Ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor; particularly relevant given Make A Noise leadership includes former Audience Agency executives.

Direct peers

• Dewynters: Long-established London-based marketing agency specialising in West End, theatre, and live entertainment marketing. The most direct comparable to Make A Noise as a UK cultural sector marketing specialist serving performing arts producers, venues, and producers of dance, musical theatre, and touring shows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/make-a-noise

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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