Cook & Schmid LLC

Cook & Schmid LLC, trading as Cook + Schmid, specialises in public engagement: helping project owners and agencies talk with the communities their work affects. It has run stakeholder programmes for more than 20 years, mixing field outreach with data tracking and multicultural marketing.

What Cook & Schmid LLC offers

• Stakeholder engagement: designing and running outreach for major public and private projects and issues.
• Community listening: conversations with communities to learn their values and concerns before plans are set.
• Facilitation and conflict resolution: meetings and processes that follow IAP2 practice, plus behaviour change methods.
• Multicultural marketing: campaigns aimed at diverse, multi-generational audiences.
• Campaign measurement: goals and performance indicators tracked so programmes can be adjusted.
• Branding, PR and advertising: creative, public relations, social media and programmatic media buying.

Who it works with

Its clients are communities and project owners behind public infrastructure and private developments, plus brands seeking to reach multicultural audiences.

Key facts

• Experience: more than 20 years in public engagement
• Methods: IAP2 practice, facilitation and behaviour change techniques
• Recognition: its engagement programmes have won awards