The Lede Company, a full-service strategy, communications, integrated marketing and social impact consulting firm, has expanded to London, marking the company’s first step in its international expansion. Lede’s new London office will start servicing the firm’s global brand clients across fashion, lifestyle, beauty, tech, entertainment, design and consumer products and will offer additional services soon. The Lede Company has been appointed to handle the Global Communications and VIP strategy for Levi's. More clients will be added to DIARY directory in due course.

Since launching in New York and Los Angeles in 2018, The Lede Company has supported globally recognised brands including Audi, Isabel Marant, Violet Grey, Kenzo, Chase, Eleven Madison Home, Thom Browne, Stadium Goods, Blue Bottle Coffee and Humanrace, as well as working with a range of clients including Amy Schumer, Camila Cabello, Cara Delevigne, Charlize Theron, Emma Stone, Gael Garcia Bernal, Grimes, Halle Berry, Halsey, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Lady Gaga, to name a few.

Darren Howells will be joining the international team as Agency Director, leading the London office. He brings to Lede over a decade of international experience including brand partnerships, celebrity seeding, collaborations and delivering campaigns to a range of high-profile brands in the luxury and lifestyle sector, most recently as the Brand Engagement Director at Brown's in London.