Work with me.
Ready to see what your social value is actually worth?
Whatever's already happening in your business, sponsorships, community work, culture, you're already doing the good part. Let's make sure it's earning you everything else it should too: the trust, the tenders, the talent, the coverage.
✓ My Services
There's always a way.
Four ways to work together with me.
Interim
Interim / Cover, without the gap.
Full accountability in the marketing seat for a fixed term, while you're between leaders or managing a transition.
Consultancy
Consultancy / A defined piece of work
A clear brief and a clear deliverable, in and out, no seat required.
White label
White label / Your name on the work
Senior marketing and social value expertise delivered under your brand, for agencies who need the capability without the hire.
Fractional
Fractional / Leadership, part-time
Ongoing strategic direction for a day or two a week, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Is it authentic?
For the right reasons first. The story only ever comes after.
Is it evidenced?
If it's not sourced, evidenced or real, it doesn't go on the page.
Does it pay?
Doing good is the starting point. Making sure it also pays is the job.
How I Work.
Interim
Your marketing leader hands in their notice, or goes on maternity/paternity leave, and the business can't afford a gap in senior leadership while you search for a permanent replacement. I step into the seat full-time, keeping the day-to-day and any social value work already in motion moving, for a fixed period with a clear end date.
This works because you get full accountability without a rushed recruitment process or a hire made under pressure, and someone who can walk into an existing team without months of settling in.
Fractional
You're a growing business with a small in-house marketing team, a sales director, a bid coordinator and HR, and between them there's plenty of social value activity happening, sponsorships, apprenticeships, community work, but nobody whose job it is to connect it, capture it, or turn it into something that wins trust or scores on a tender. I come in for a day or two a week, get to know every part of the business, and become the connector nobody currently has time to be.
This tends to be ongoing rather than a fixed project, because the threading only holds together if I stay embedded, though time can taper down once things are running properly.
Consultancy
You've got a tender coming up that scores social value, or you know you're already doing good work in the community but have nothing written down to prove it. I come in for a defined piece of work, an audit, an annual impact statement, case studies ready to drop into a bid, with a clear brief and a clear end point, no ongoing retainer required.
This suits a business that needs a specific output rather than an embedded relationship. Get the deliverable, use it, done.
White label
You're an agency whose client has asked for social value or ESG expertise you don't have in-house, and hiring permanently for one client's need doesn't make sense. I work behind your brand, delivering the strategy and the output as though it's your own team's work, so you can say yes to the brief without the client ever needing to know I was involved.
I work as a confidential, silent addition to your team, aware of how sensitive agency-client relationships can be, so the gap gets filled without that relationship ever being put at risk.
Let's Get Real.
Lovely people doing good things.
Over a decade in construction and property means my network goes further than the marketing industry: trade journalists, charity partners, industry bodies and people already doing the right thing.
Award panels & judges - people who know what a strong entry looks like
Ethical suppliers - a vetted network ready to slot into your supply chain
Industry bodies & trade associations -the right introduction, when credibility matters most
Charity & community partners - ready-made connections for the right cause
Trade press contacts - journalists who actually cover your sector
Fellow marketing & bid leaders - a peer network built over two decades in marketing
Frequently Asked Questions
How many days a week can you commit?
That depends on availability at the time, and on which of interim, fractional, consultancy or white label fits what's needed. The number of clients taken on is kept deliberately small to do the job properly. Get in touch for current capacity.
What size of business do you usually work with?
Three broad bands, and the offer genuinely changes shape at each.
£1–5m turnover businesses usually have nobody in-house noticing or connecting what they're already doing for their community, so the work is about capturing and repurposing that into bid-ready evidence.
£5–15m businesses usually have the pieces scattered across sales, bids, marketing and HR but nobody owning the thread between them.
£15m+ businesses typically need a defined growth project delivered alongside their existing marketing leader.
Are you inside or outside IR35?
Outside IR35 - Operating through Emma Cox Limited
How do you charge - day rate, retainer, project fee?
Cost depends on the tier and shape of the engagement. Get in touch to talk through scope.
Can you scale up if we need more time?
Yes. Most engagements start small and flex up as the value becomes clear, rather than committing to a large project cost from day one.
Work with me
Want to talk about your social value story?
Whether it needs discovering, highlighting or building from scratch, your social value is sitting on revenue you're not collecting yet. Let's find it.
Emma Cox FCIM
Fractional Marketing Director
Construction, Property & Professional Services
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