Brief History

C&C - Consultores de Comunicação has been operating since 1979 in Portugal, with 30 years in national market and abroad with a view to developing corporate and institutional communications, offering advisory and other services that harness the structure and strategy of communications and image.

C&C has 28 permanent members of staff - 22 of whom are senior communications specialists - and the company helps its clients in any area where information and communication are crucial for success. Whether this is internal or external, we influence opinion and strengthen a company's/institution's market position, or provide support when it decides to renew its image or its strategy.

The main focus of C&C's experience and its continual aim is to create, maintain and strengthen an active, modern and highly specialized corporate or institutional image, through an ongoing plan of institutional communications and public relations: Providing a complete communications service.

C&C is member of several Associations

APECOM (Portuguese Association of Communications and Public Relations Consultancy Companies)

GRACE (Portuguese Social Responsibility Group)

IABC (International Association of Business Communicators)

IPRA (International Public Relations Association)

ICCO (International Communication Consultancy Organization)

Philosophy/ Awards

Main Services

Consulting in Communication, Corporate and Commercial Communication

• General communication, image and public relations consulting for institutions, businesses or products.
• Drawing up and carrying out internal and external communications audits.
• Preparing strategies and communication plans for corporate or product communications.

Internal Communication

• Internal Audits.
• Strategic counseling and development of internal communication activities of any type.
• Events organization and management for internal public, like professionals meetings, Christmas Party, Team Building, social responsibility activities and others.
• Design and production of communication materials, like internal e-news, speech, magazines.

Crisis Communication

• Identification of  potential crisis scenarios
• Implementation of a Crisis System Alert, 365 dias/year
• Strategic planning of a reactive or proactive answer to face a crisis.
• Crisis Communication Manual.
• Media Training.
• Spokesperson Training.
• Crisis Communication Training.

Visual and Graphic Communications

• Studies for standardizing a company's visual image and its respective various graphic applications.
• Design and production of newsletters, leaflets, brochures, annual reports, and other graphic material, as well as graphic design (logos, identity, images) for various applications.
• Advising clients on defining the various potential target audiences for distributing various different types of visual communications materials;
• Design and execution of company or product presentations, for use in a variety of situations and in several digital supports.
• Design and production of all types of advertising, including outlining plans for specific advertising campaigns.
• Consultancy support for selecting and hiring an advertising agency for designing corporate or product/service campaigns, from the initial research stage to the final selection process, including preparation of the brief, short-listing agencies, gathering and analysis of proposals and advising on the process that will lead to a final decision.

PR and Events Organization

• Creating, scheduling and organizing, as a turnkey service provider, congresses, technical seminars, and conferences,  whether Portuguese or international.
• Procurement, negotiating and contracting various services to support events (receptionist, catering, simultaneous interpreting, secretarial services, transport and accommodation, photo and/or video reports, etc.).
• Creation of a specific visual identity for each event, graphic studies and their respective applications.
• Creating and carrying out promotional activities adapted to various types of events, these include creating press rooms, direct mail marketing, advertising, call center ...
• Organization of events with famous people, VIPs.

• Events organization for   Social or Environmental Responsability practices.

Media Relations

• Management of information and planning distribution to selected Media.
• Preparation, production and distribution of Press Releases, Press Kits, Fact Sheets and other materials to Media.
• Organizing and management of meetings with Media, Media Breakfast, Press Center, Press Conferences, Press Tours.
• Social Media Marketing, management of social networks: facebook, youtube, twitter, linkedIn.
• Media monitoring and content analysis of the results of all media activities that were held.

Main clients/ Specialised Areas

International Clients:

• Autodesk
• Bosch Wireless
• Cadbury
• Repsol Polimeros
• European Commission (several campaigns)
• EU OSHA
• Fagor
• De Dietrich
• DHL Worldwide Express
• Infor
• Cortefiel Group  (Cortefiel, Women Secret; Springfield; PdH)
• Hasbro INC.
• Hotels.com
• EverestPoker
• Alberto Culver
• Lafarge
• TVC Angola

National Clients:

• Air Berlin
• Canon
• Altis Hotels
• AMI - ONG (probono)
• ThyssenKupp Elevators
• APH - Portuguese Association of Hemophilic
• Aliança - National Aliance of Rare Diseases
• ANECRA
• CIB - Information Centre for Biotechnology
• DHL Portugal
• Lusosider
• TechData