About Us
We’re a strategic brand and marketing practice. We help leaders in scaling businesses, enterprise, and government build a brand that surrounds their buyers, warms their pipeline and lifts their price. From there, our boutique team of specialists shifts from strategy to enduring performance.
Without someone holding me accountable, the work drifts. As managing director, I have just too many distractions. You need two things: a systematic approach and a willingness to challenge.
Kim VoonManaging Director, Insight OnlineAt my last company, Europa Creative Partners was our marketing department. They truly felt like part of the business. If I was busy, it was taken care of.
Ed OrtegaCo-founder, Machine & FolkDave has been a huge supporter for us since the beginning. He’s always available to give some candid advice and feedback. He’s funny as hell and an all-round great guy.
Francesca BlomfieldGeneral Manager, Revved.
Built for businesseswith complicated things to sell
About Dave
Dave Hayward has spent over two decades growing brands, from global names like ANZ, AIG and Nike to high-growth homegrown successes. He has worked on three World Cups (Rugby 2011, Cricket 2015 and FIFA U-20 2015) and held senior leadership roles, including CMO of Auckland Rugby League and Journey, and GM Marketing at Datacom.
Today, he helps leaders in scaling businesses, enterprise and government build brands that earn trust and bring in revenue, starting with strategy and staying through to performance. He also hosts Slideshow with Dave Hayward, a podcast about marketing, AI, business and society, and writes the Bright Objects newsletter on brand and the business of getting noticed.
Our Story
Europa Creative Partners is a brand-focused B2B consultancy. We work with scaling businesses, enterprise and government alike, helping each one build a brand that earns attention, trust and a better price in its market. Brand is where we start, because in B2B it is the foundation that everything else stands on.
From there, our boutique team translate that strategic nous into enduring performance. The people who set the strategy are the ones who deliver it, carrying the brand through to the marketing that drives revenue. Senior thinking and real delivery, in one place.
Our Difference
Strategy first.
Where you’ll compete and how you’ll win, before anyone talks tactics.
Senior people, start to finish.
A commercial lens.
We practise what we preach.
What we believe
Strategy is how you win. A list of activities isn’t a strategy.
Marketing has two jobs: build the brand and bring in sales. Do both at once.
Most buyers decide before they ever talk to you. Be known before they’re ready.
A strategy is only as good as its execution.
What others sayabout us
“Dave’s leadership turned our marketing around, boosting visibility and significantly growing our customer base. His energy, humour, and networking skills made him more than a CMO – he became a trusted friend to the business.”
CEO – Journey
Fmr Project Manager ATEED FIFA U-20 World Cup
Executive Creative Director – Dave Clark
Partner – Studio Almond
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