"Carousel have been a fantastic PR agency to work with for bluedot festival. Right from the beginning the team have pursued unparalleled regional and national coverage and features helping the festival gain fantastic recognition within the industry, as well as aligning the festival within the science, arts and culture genres. Leading a thorough PR campaign the team are extremely professional to work with, hard-working and generate fantastic results. Their professionalism on site at the festival led to a well-run PR hub, with leading journalists writing 4/5* reviews on the festival, which is brilliant considering the festival is only entering its fourth year."
Emma St.Croix, Head of Marketing, bluedot
“Carousel pride themselves on their passion and we have experienced that in every aspect of the work they have done for us. Each member of the team has been totally committed to delivering results through creative marketing, PR and social media campaigns. They are a real pleasure to work with and share in the enthusiasm we have for our brands Paddywax and DesignWorks Ink. If you are looking for a creative, enthusiastic, approachable and totally dependable agency I would happily recommend Carousel to you.”
Rachel Parker, Brand Manager, The Eclectic Lifestyle Company
“Carousel became part of the festival team from day one! They bring a sense of fun and professionalism with everything they do. Helping us continue to grow into new markets with fresh media ideas and vital contacts! Bring on next year!!”
Andy Marsh, Festival Organiser, Victorious
"We began working with Carousel when we brought Bratz back in 2015. They are now our retained agency for 14 MGA brands, including LOL Surprise!, Little Tikes, Num Noms and Poopsie. The team deliver influencer campaigns, product launches, seasonal events, digital strategy, social media comms and a hardworking press office across all brands. They continues to generate innovative ideas, discover new media targets and influencers and generate media attention on both new and established brands."
Nicola Mellor, Senior Brand Manager, MGA Entertainment
"Carousel was commissioned in 2012 for the debut of No.6, now moving into our sixth year Carousel continues to exceed our expectations achieving outstanding results across a wide spread of national and international titles."
Luke Huxham, Festival Organiser, Festival Number 6
“We have worked with Carousel for several years and find them a valuable extension to our marketing team. As well as looking after our consumer PR, they also support us on social media, with our EDMs and website updates and have recently begun to work on a B2B campaign in relation to our redevelopment work. They have great contacts and are really well networked in the city, delivering fantastic results for Metquarter.”
Jennina O’Neill, Centre Manager, Metquarter (Liverpool)
“Having worked with Carousel for more than two years, they are firmly established as a key part of the Zapf and MGA team. Their creative approach to integrated campaigns for both our new and established brands continually enables them to deliver standout coverage and key influencer attention. Always just a phone call away, their hardworking PR and social media teams are an essential support to help build the media profile of brands across MGA and Zapf.”
Marian Davis, Marketing Manager, MGA Entertainment and Zapf Creation
“With Carousel’s music connections they were the obvious choice to help us to promote our online scientific experiment about catchy music, #HookedOnMusic. Their unique ideas and approach took the reach of the game further than we could have anticipated and their confident professionalism meant we knew the job was well in hand. They also went above and beyond in escorting and looking after us at the media appearances.”
Dr Marieke Navin, Manchester Science Festival Director, MOSI
“We appointed Carousel to look after the non-Arts press for Biennial. By breaking the festival down into individual campaigns under the Biennial banner, they were able to deliver vast quantities of coverage throughout the course of the festival, not just at launch. We were really keen to hit the main stream press with Biennial and were thrilled by their results in this area which included the likes of Grazia, Stylist, Daily Mail and Glamour magazine.”
Rachael Bampton-Smith, Marketing Manager, Biennial
"We couldn't have engaged a better PR company to launch Rave-A-Roo and build our brand in its first year. Rave-A-Roo is firmly rooted in the family and parent sphere but it's essential that's we communicate the event as an innovative, sophisticated and on-trend experience for kids and their grownups. With this in mind, the appeal with Carousel was their impressive client list of both established family brands (e.g Legoland and MGA) along side ultra cool ventures (e.g Snowbombing and Festival No. 6). With a foot in both camps, Carousel were impeccable in understanding our needs and developed bespoke strategies that targeted our desired audience perfectly”
Jenny Kane, Founder, Rave-A-Roo
“We’ve worked with Carousel on the past four LolliBop campaigns and they are an invaluable part of our team. Always at the end of the phone, they go the extra mile to deliver great results, both in terms of media coverage and with the programming support.”
Matthew Johnston, Event Manager, LolliBop
"We have worked with Carousel for the last three years. During this time, they have provided a solid press office but have also gone beyond this with support across social media and multiple marketing disciplines. In additional, they’ve always been willing to assist with programming, charities, sponsors and other third parties making them feel like a genuine additional to our team.”
Simon Goldman, Festival Director, Geronimo
