C2 Strategic Communications

C2 Strategic Communications is a public relations and marketing agency headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, with further offices in Lexington and Indianapolis. It helps organisations explain complex public-facing projects, handle difficult issues and build confidence with the audiences they need to reach. Its method starts with listening, moves to a jointly built plan, and then carries on through delivery, measurement and adjustment.

What C2 Strategic Communications offers

• Strategic communications plans — audience mapping, message development and practical plans for campaigns and projects.
• Crisis communications — planning ahead of a crisis and hands-on response when one happens.
• Media relations — press work and coverage for client stories.
• Video and photography — drone footage alongside conventional filming and stills.
• Paid media and social — paid campaigns plus social media strategy and day-to-day management.
• Building Kentucky — a news platform the agency runs, publishing stories about people and projects across the state.

Who it works with

Clients span government and public agencies, transportation and infrastructure, nonprofits and higher education. Earlier material also lists health care, real estate, construction, economic development and distilling. Since 2021 it has worked with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.

Key facts

• Based in: Louisville, Kentucky
• Offices: Lexington, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana
• Approved vendor: Commonwealth of Kentucky Master Service Agreement