Marketing & Communications Consultancy
Where strategy, story and creative direction align.
Southern Coast Media helps organizations communicate with clarity through strategic counsel, compelling content and thoughtful creative execution.
20 years of experience. Senior-level strategy and hands-on execution.
The practice
Strategy. Storytelling. Creative direction. Digital.
Strategy, storytelling, creative direction and digital execution are often treated as separate functions. Southern Coast Media brings them together—creating campaigns that are cohesive, intentional and built around the larger objective.
Every engagement begins with clear thinking: the right message, thoughtfully expressed and carried through the channels that can make it matter.
Explore servicesSelected work
Work grounded in strategy. Results you can measure.
Hancock Chamber of Commerce
Night of Stars
Integrated Communications + Creative Direction
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American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association
National Industry Communications
Association & Executive Communications
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Beau Rivage
ALLUSA
Integrated Public Relations Campaign
- earned-media stories
- 313
- impressions
- 50M+
earned-media stories
impressions
Capabilities
One big-picture strategy. Every channel working together.
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Strategic Communications
Clear positioning and message discipline, then the outreach to carry it.
- Communications strategy
- Messaging and message architecture
- Public relations
- Media relations
02
Creative & Brand
Ideas with a point of view, executed with craft.
- Campaign concepts
- Creative direction
- Graphic design
- Brand development
03
Digital
Modern channels handled with judgment, not noise.
- Websites
- Social media
- Email marketing
- Content strategy
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Community & Organizational Communications
Communications for organizations accountable to a place and its people.
- Associations
- Chambers of commerce
- Economic development
- Tourism
The consultancy model
One experienced partner, from strategy through execution.
Anne Pitre brings 20 years of experience across public relations, public information, community and economic development, marketing, large-scale advertising strategy and campaign management, association communications, media relations and creative direction. Her MBA in Economic Development and FEMA-trained public information background inform a strategic, practical approach to every engagement.
Hospitality, Dining & Retail
Anne brings firsthand experience in hospitality marketing, luxury retail sales and visual merchandising. As the creator of What I Ate in 228 and a former dining columnist for South Mississippi Living, she offers restaurants an informed editorial perspective—not generic marketing advice. As a Shopify Partner, she also helps retailers connect their in-store brand experience with e-commerce.
“Anne is a great communications resource to the American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association. She is highly skilled in association communications and technology that has proven to be extremely beneficial to our members in furthering our mission.”
Insights
Notes on the work.
Consulting
What Small Organizations Actually Need From a Communications Partner
Most lean teams don't need more output. They need sharper decisions about what deserves to be said at all.
Coming soon
Digital
AI Can Make Communications Faster. Strategy Still Makes It Matter.
Where AI genuinely helps a communications workflow — and where it quietly erodes credibility.
Coming soon
Public Relations
From Press Release to Public Trust: Thinking Beyond Media Coverage
Coverage is a means, not a metric. What changes when trust becomes the goal of the plan.
Coming soon
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