Name

Kempner Communications

Legal name

Kempner Communications

Website

https://kempnercommunications.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Strategic Communications Consulting Services: The firm generates revenue through bespoke consulting engagements across strategic communications, media relations, content creation, media training, crisis communications, and event curation. Given the high-end positioning and C-suite focus, revenue is likely retainer or project-based professional services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kempner Communications is a high-end strategic communications consultancy that partners directly with executive teams to deliver integrated communications services spanning media relations, thought leadership and content creation, custom events, media training, crisis communications, and speaking opportunity booking. The firm operates as an extension of the client's C-suite, aligning external and internal communications with long-term vision and growth.

Product overview

Kempner Communications is a high-end strategic communications consultancy that operates as a unified portfolio of seven integrated service offerings: Strategic Communications Counsel, Media Relations & Visibility, Custom & Curated Events, Thought Leadership & Content Creation, Media Training & Executive Preparation, Crisis Communications, and Speaking Opportunities & Conferences. These services are delivered by a team of communications professionals with backgrounds spanning advertising, media, content, public health, and executive strategy. The firm also produces 'Perspectives with Katie Kempner,' a long-running podcast and video interview series featuring conversations with remarkable working women, available on Amazon Prime (limited series), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major podcast platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Communications Counsel Guides clients through external and internal communications to ensure they lead and participate in culturally relevant conversations, working across the C-suite to align communications with long-term vision and growth.
• Media Relations & Visibility Leverages understanding of today's media landscape and contacts to ensure clients break through the noise and achieve visibility across traditional press and content creators.
• Custom & Curated Events Creates bespoke events including conferences, webinars, cocktail gatherings, and salon dinners that fit client narratives and bring the right people together for meaningful experiences.
• Thought Leadership & Content Creation Professional writing services producing op-ed pieces, speeches, presentations, white papers, and visual/audio content highlighting clients' work, research, and successes.
• Media Training & Executive Preparation Teaches clients the right messages to share and how to deliver them, covering preparation, presence, and on-camera performance through training led by Katie Kempner and colleagues.
• Crisis Communications Provides rapid, intelligent response to intense situations during 24/7 news cycles, helping clients handle and diffuse crises with intuitive, logical, and precise messaging.
• Speaking Opportunities & Conferences Books hard-to-secure speaking slots, evaluates and negotiates sponsorship opportunities, and ensures clients maximize their presence at industry events and conferences.
• Perspectives with Katie Kempner Long-running series of conversations with remarkable working women featuring CEOs, entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, filmmakers, agency heads, creative directors, chefs, authors, journalists, and celebrities. Available as a limited series on Amazon Prime and as a podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most major podcast platforms.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Apple PodcastsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerApple Podcasts serves as a distribution platform for 'Perspectives with Katie Kempner' podcast. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts alongside Spotify and other major platforms.
• SpotifyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpotify serves as a distribution platform for 'Perspectives with Katie Kempner' podcast, expanding reach to Spotify's podcast audience.
• Amazon Prime VideominorGTM or Marketing PartnerAmazon Prime Video hosts 'Perspectives with Katie Kempner' as a limited video series, extending the podcast content to video format and reaching Prime Video subscribers.
• Advertising WeekminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAdvertising Week hosts and distributes 'Perspectives with Katie Kempner' podcast episodes on their platform, providing access to the advertising and marketing industry professional audience.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• 5W Public Relations: Mid-sized independent PR agency offering media relations, crisis, and thought leadership services — comparable service mix and entrepreneurial culture, but at meaningfully larger scale.
• Weber Shandwick: Global communications consultancy with executive visibility, thought leadership, and crisis practices that overlap Kempner's full service portfolio at enterprise scale.
• Edelman: Largest global PR firm with deep executive, media training, and crisis capabilities; competes for the same C-suite communications engagements but at vastly greater scale and across many verticals.

Direct peers

• Brunswick Group: Global strategic communications advisory serving C-suite clients on corporate positioning, media relations, and crisis communications — the closest scaled analogue to Kempner's C-suite extension model.
• Finsbury Glover Hering: Strategic communications and public affairs consultancy advising executives on media, reputation, and crisis, competing directly for the same executive-team engagements Kempner targets.
• H/Advisors Abernathy: Strategic communications advisor specializing in C-suite and board-level counsel for transactions, crisis, and reputation — directly comparable boutique positioning.
• Prosek Partners: Independent strategic communications and marketing consultancy with strong financial-services and founder-led brand positioning; highly comparable boutique C-suite model.
• Sloane & Company: Boutique strategic communications firm advising C-suite executives on media strategy, capital markets communications, and crisis — direct competitor in the high-end executive advisory segment.

Emerging players

• Marathon Strategies: Boutique strategic communications and public affairs firm with comparable C-suite advisory scope; smaller and earlier-stage than Kempner but competing in the same executive-counsel niche.
• INK & Roses: Boutique communications and creative agency targeting purpose-driven and founder-led brands; emerging competitor in the same high-touch, narrative-shaping segment Kempner serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kempner-communcations

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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