Your down to earth fractional chief comms officer

Communications strategy and leadership for ambitious businesses.

Enabling ambitious businesses navigating growth or change to establish a clear position, build a compelling story and communicate with purpose.

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Jamie Hardesty, Founder, Hardwired

Is your story keeping up with your business?

As your business grows, changes or becomes more complex, its position, messages and communications capability need to keep pace.

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I can help when:

You’re launching, entering a new market or preparing to raise capital.

The business has evolved but your story hasn’t kept up.

A valuable proposition is proving difficult to define and explain.

Customers, colleagues and partners are hearing different versions of the business.

You need senior communications direction without immediately making a permanent hire.

HOW I WORK

Ensuring customers understand what you do

When you’re moving quickly or building something new, it can be difficult to explain the business clearly. I help founders and leadership teams put ideas into words, connect with customers and build the confidence to communicate authoritatively.

Diagnose

I assess the business, its audiences, current comms and immediate priorities. You get a clear view of what's working, what's unclear and what needs attention.

Design

I turn that diagnosis into a clear position, narrative, message set and practical communications strategy.

Deliver

When you need execution, I lead or produce the work that puts the strategy into practice.

Embed

I help your team build the confidence, skills and systems to carry the work forward without creating permanent dependency.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Building the story, one step at a time

Some businesses need their communications built from the ground up. Others need a focused piece of work, or a fresh look at something that no longer quite fits. I offer end-to-end communications strategy and delivery, shaped around what your business actually needs.

Communications Diagnostic

A detailed audit of your offer, audiences, messages, current comms performance and internal capability, followed by a report with recommendations and practical priorities.

Understand the problem

Strategic Communications Sprint

A focused piece of work built around a specific outcome. I shape the story, develop the strategy and deliver the messages, materials and practical plan needed to make that moment land.

Create the strategy and tools

Fractional Chief Comms Officer

Senior communications leadership retained within your business for an agreed period. I work as an extension of the team, providing direction, delivering priority work and strengthening the capability around me.

Add senior communications leadership

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WHAT CHANGES

Clear thinking that people can use.

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A clear position

A sharper understanding of what the business does, who it matters to and why it deserves attention.

A shared story

A narrative and set of messages that leaders, colleagues and partners can use consistently.

Practical communications delivery

The messages and materials that put the strategy to work. From website copy, media announcements and launch campaigns to presentations, thought leadership and internal assets.

Stronger internal capability

Greater confidence, ownership and communications judgement inside the business.

Senior support when it matters. Stronger capability left behind.

ABOUT JAMIE

I turn complex ideas into stories people understand.

I’ve spent 15 years helping businesses, leaders and places understand what makes them matter and how to communicate it effectively.

My background spans journalism, high growth tech, economic development and policy. I thrive on getting close to complex businesses, asking difficult questions and turning complicated ideas into a clear position and practical direction.

I work personally with every client. You are not handed to a junior team and I'm not there to create permanent dependency. I can lead the work, work alongside your team and leave them better equipped to carry it forward.

More about me

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BEYOND CLIENT WORK

I also speak, teach and write.

My work extends beyond fractional communications leadership. I chair conversations, design and deliver practical training, and write about technology, business and the systems shaping both.

Speaking & Training

Panel chairing, facilitation, talks and practical sessions for founders, leadership teams and organisations navigating communications, technology and change.

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Research & Insight

I make sense of what's changing across technology, AI and high-growth industries. My work includes the Newcastle Tech Digest, commissioned articles, research reports and briefings.

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Let’s hardwire clarity into what comes next.

If your business has moved faster than its story or you need senior communications leadership without immediately making a permanent hire, I can help.

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Strategic Communications

Speaking or Keynote

Panel Chairing or Facilitation

Training or Masterclass