Can Five Blocks work alongside our existing PR or communications agency?
Yes. Five Blocks routinely works alongside a client's existing PR, public affairs, or IR agency, either invisibly as a white-label partner the agency presents as its own, or openly as a named digital-reputation specialist on the team.
Yes. Working alongside an existing PR or communications agency is one of the most common ways Five Blocks is engaged, a significant portion of our work is structured as partnerships with PR, public affairs, and investor relations firms rather than as direct-only relationships. Agencies bring us in for specialized digital reputation work that falls outside their core competencies, and we adapt to whatever arrangement keeps the existing relationship intact.
Two ways we work alongside your agency
| White-label partner | Named specialist | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the client sees | The agency. Our work is delivered under the agency’s name as part of its service. | Five Blocks, openly, as a distinct specialist working alongside the agency team. |
| Best when | The agency owns the client relationship and wants to extend its offering without building an in-house capability. | The client benefits from seeing a dedicated digital-reputation expert in the room. |
| Who leads the relationship | The agency stays the primary point of contact. | Shared, the agency keeps the strategic lead while we own the digital-reputation workstream. |
How the collaboration works in practice
- The agency keeps the relationship. We are not trying to replace your communications agency; we complement it. Many of our engagements begin as agency referrals, where a firm sends a client to us for work outside its own remit.
- We slot into the existing team. We coordinate with your agency on messaging and timing so the digital-reputation work reinforces the broader communications strategy rather than running parallel to it.
- The arrangement is set up front. Whether we operate white-label or as a named specialist is agreed at the outset, along with who the client-facing contact is and how work is presented.
If you already have a PR or communications agency you trust, the question is rarely whether Five Blocks can work alongside them; it is which of these two arrangements best fits how your current relationship is structured.
Last reviewed: 19/05/2026
