PROFESSIONAL & CONSUMER SERVICES

Building trust in you as the chosen one in your field.

Pictured: Brand photoshoot for Pitt & Moore.

People make the ‘big decisions’ in a considered way, rather than on impulse.

Decisions such as buying a first home, choosing where to invest savings, or appointing a business advisor or immigration lawyer are made almost entirely on trust and reputation. And they are decisions that may be only made a handful of times in a person’s life.

For professional and consumer services like law firms, accountancy practices banking providers and business advisors (and every business for that matter), brand isn't merely decoration. It's the reason someone chooses you over the firm or branch next door and the reason they stay with you for decades.

Publik brings together brand strategy, PR, marketing, digital and design to help banks, legal practices and financial service providers communicate expertise, build public trust, and stay front of mind for the high-stakes moments when people come looking.

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Image: A photoshoot with NBS Business banking client, Not Just Concrete, on the job in Richmond.

Bold ideas, built on solid ground.

People embrace brands for being bold. For a bank, a law firm or an accountancy practice, a bold idea or a memorable campaign can be exactly the right call, but only if it's grounded in something real.

Publik helps financial and professional service brands build brand awareness and run marketing campaigns that get noticed, while keeping every claim authenticated. We explain your complex services, such as lending, legal processes, or financial advice, in language people can follow, and help you stay visible in the right ways, so that when someone finally needs you your name is already one they trust.

We've spent the last eight years alongside NBS, New Zealand's oldest building society, helping pivot and evolve their marketing as the organisation has grown while holding onto the community trust that's carried them since 1862. We also work with Pitt & Moore, one of Nelson's longest-standing law firms, helping this 160-year-old practice communicate with the same clarity and confidence it brings to its legal advice.

See below for some examples of how we can help, or jump straight to (just some of) our client work.

  • MARKET RESEARCH

    Research you can trust delivered by people qualified in quantitative and qualitative analysis:

    • Undertaking market research to understand where you are and where you need to go.

    • Completing competitor analysis that helps you identify opportunity and brand positioning.

    • Rolling out quantitative surveys with a statistically robust sample, and carrying out qualitative interviews that surface deep insight.

    • Developing audience segmentation to understand different customer types and their motivations.

    • Tracking brand awareness and perceptions, including comparing to competitors.

    • Researching decision drivers and barriers to understand what's helping (and hindering) enquiries and conversions.

    • Translating insights into clear findings with practical recommendations, not just data.

    Pictured: Collecting the public’s view of the banking sector for NBS.

  • BRAND DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

    Getting and keeping you noticed:

    • Creating your brand positioning and strategy.

    • Naming, brand architecture and identity development for new brands or sub-brands.

    • Developing brand narratives that are clear, distinctive and easy to say out loud.

    • Rolling out new brands across selected channels.

    • Rebranding businesses to better match their offer and ambition, without losing what’s important.

    • Ongoing brand management to keep positioning and messaging consistent.

    Pictured: NBS’ Banking for Life brand applied to collateral.

  • STRATEGY AND PLANNING

    Seeing the bigger picture, and turning it into a plan that works:

    • Developing strategies that connect the dots between your business goals, your market and your next move.

    • Providing strategic counsel and advice for leadership teams and boards.

    • Planning for annual and project-based communications and marketing that translate thinking into action, with clear KPIs.

    • Delivering projects from plan to implementation, so strategy doesn't stall on the page.

    Pictured: A glimpse at the process.

  • MARKETING THAT'S BUILT TO WORK

    Marketing plans built on real consumer behaviour science and decades of experience, not guesswork:

    • Developing marketing plans grounded in consumer behaviour and shaped by qualified market management expertise.

    • Planning that is built around your acquisition and retention goals.

    • Planning budgets that put spend where it will actually perform.

    • Managing campaign roll-out, so that plans launch on time and stay on track.

    • Ongoing reporting and optimisation, adjusting activity as results come in.

    • Connecting brand strategy with marketing delivery.

    Pictured: A marketing campaign to bring in new clients for Your Success.

  • YOUR ONLINE FOOTPRINT

    Building and managing the digital presence that gets you found, and keeps people engaged once they arrive:

    • Building new websites and refreshing existing sites for greater user experience, engagement and storytelling.

    • Providing SEO and AEO strategies to ensure you're found by traditional search and AI-driven search alike.

    • Ongoing site management and optimisation – content, technical maintenance and conversion improvements – to keep your site working hard for you.

    • Developing PPC, Google Ads, retargeting and display advertising to drive qualified traffic and support campaign performance.

    • Building your Google Business Profile, local listings and promoting online reviews to strengthen your presence.

    • Tracking analytics and conversions, so you always know what's actually working.

    Pictured: The new Pitt & Moore website, launched September 2026.

  • GETTING SOCIAL

    Social media strategy and implementation. Storytelling, engagement and campaigns that hit your KPIs:

    • Planning and managing Meta advertising (Facebook and Instagram) by a team who know the platforms inside out. Plus other social advertising channels where they fit your strategy.

    • Creating audience and platform strategies to define your audience and where you’ll find them.

    • Developing and planning content pillars that keep you ahead of the rest.

    • Delivering full-service campaigns – from set-up to fully managed end-to-end – depending on how hands-on you want to be.

    • Managing organic social media – content creation, posting and community engagement to build your presence day-to-day.

    Pictured: Showcasing the real stories of Business Mentors New Zealand mentees.

  • MEDIA RELATIONS AND TRAINING

    Making good stories visible and relevant:

    • Building relationships with journalists and media to secure coverage that matters.

    • Identifying the stories that will genuinely interest customers, communities and media.

    • Supporting business announcements or reactions to regulatory news.

    • Providing media training for spokespeople, so they're confident and on-message when it counts.

    • Preparing for and responding to crisis and issues.

    • Strategising thought leadership and profile-building – award entries, speaking opportunities and commentary – to build credibility even when there's no news to announce.

    Pictured: Pitt & Moore’s immigration expertise is sought out by the media.

  • PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND VISUAL STORYTELLING

    Strategic visual storytelling that’s compelling, original and authentic:

    • Preparing a visual strategy that decides what to shoot and why, before a single frame is captured.

    • Developing a distinctive visual language for your brand, so every piece of content is instantly recognisable as yours.

    • Organising photography, video and graphic development that capture your brand consistently, wherever people encounter it.

    • Creating visuals that do a job. Driving awareness, engagement, and loyalty, not just looking good.

    Pictured: A customer photoshoot for NBS.

SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK WE STAND BEHIND

See below for some examples of our work that bring authentic brands to the front.

Want to see other examples?

Or keep scrolling to see our professional and consumer service clients

CLIENTS WE CHAMPION

We have the privilege to work with incredible businesses and brands who provide important services to their clients based around the country, and around the world.

“Anna and the Publik team have been instrumental in helping us refresh our brand and strengthen our online presence. They designed a professional, modern website and updated logo that reflects the values and culture of our firm. We've received fantastic feedback on our new look, and we're thrilled with the results, which are delivering the increased engagement we hoped to achieve.”

Geoff Caradus, Pitt & Moore

Managing Partner

LET’S BRING YOUR STORY TO THE FRONT TOGETHER