We help research programmes and public initiatives become clearer, more visible and easier to engage with.

We help organisations working on complex public issues turn research, analysis and advocacy into communication that people can understand, trust and engage with.

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Typical moments where we add value to your work

↳ Added value to your work

Strong research often loses momentum at the point where it needs to become public.

Programmes and expert insights may be rigorous and important, but without clear framing, visual language and a reliable communication structure, they remain difficult to understand, share or act on.

Ripple & Riddle helps turn that complexity into public facing communication that strengthens visibility, builds trust and gives the work a clearer path towards funders, partners, media, policy audiences and wider publics.

↳ Typical moments where we add value to your work

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The work is strong, but the way it is communicated is limiting its reach or influence
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Research is too dense, fragmented, or internally framed to land with wider audiences
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The organisation needs a clearer public narrative around its work, priorities, or programmes
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Visibility is becoming more important, but communication has not kept pace
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There is valuable insight, but not yet a strong enough system for turning it into clear, engaging public output
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A research programme, platform or public initiative needs to speak more clearly across audiences.
Focused Sprints

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↳ Focused Sprints

A focused starting point for projects with specific communication needs and ambitions
Some projects need sharper narrative direction and more clarity around how the work should be communicated. Others need a stronger creative identity or a clearer digital platform that helps the work reach people more effectively. These sprints are designed to meet those moments directly.
Starting from € 2.500

Narrative and Communication Sprint

2-3 weeks
Clarify what the work is saying and how it should land
Best for organisations that need sharper framing, clearer messaging, and a stronger communication direction around a report, programme, or initiative.
Best for
Research teams, impact organisations, public initiatives or funded projects that need to make complex work easier to understand, explain and communicate to the right audiences.
What we work on
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Strategic intake workshop
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Audience and stakeholder mapping
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Narrative direction
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Core message framework
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Communication opportunities
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Practical guidance for next steps
Benefits
Clarify what the work is saying and why it matters
Align your team around one sharper story
Make complex work easier to explain to funders, partners, media and policy audiences
Reduce time lost on unclear messaging and rewritten decks
Create a stronger direction for future communication
A Narrative and Communication Sprint helps turn dense or fragmented work into a clearer public story. It gives teams the language, structure and direction needed to communicate important work with more focus, credibility and impact.
Starting from € 7.500

Digital Platform Sprint

4-6 weeks
Define a digital platform that helps the work reach people more clearly.
For projects that need a dedicated digital experience, with clearer structure, stronger user journeys and a more effective public facing format.
Best for
Research programmes, public initiatives, knowledge platforms, campaigns or funded projects that need a website or digital platform to publish, organise and communicate their work more effectively.
What we work on
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Strategic platform workshop
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Audience and user journey mapping
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Website structure and content architecture
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Digital concept and creative direction
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Page framework and key content sections
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Design direction and build recommendations
Benefits
Make complex work easier to navigate and understand
Create one clear home for research, events, media and expert voices
Help different audiences find what matters to them
Turn scattered outputs into a stronger communication structure
Build a better foundation for publishing, outreach and long term visibility
A Digital Platform Sprint helps turn complex work into a structured, accessible and credible digital experience. It gives the project a stronger public home and makes it easier for audiences to understand, explore and engage with the work.
Starting from € 5.000

Project Identity Sprint

3-4 weeks
Shape a stronger visual and conceptual identity for the work
Research programmes, public initiatives, campaigns or funded projects that need a clear identity before launching, publishing or communicating more widely.
Best for
For projects that need a more distinct creative direction, visual language, or design system to feel coherent, recognisable, and compelling.
What we work on
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Exploratory Workshop
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Audience and context mapping
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Concept and identity direction
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Visual language and design principles
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Core identity assets
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Practical guidance for rollout
Benefits
Give serious work a more credible public presence
Make the project easier to recognise across channels
Create a visual foundation for reports, events, websites and campaigns
Help funders and partners understand the project faster
Give your team a practical identity system to build on
A Project Identity Sprint helps turn important work into something people can recognise, trust and engage with. It gives the project a clearer public face, without reducing the complexity behind it.
Ongoing Partnerships

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↳ Ongoing Partnerships

Three ways to keep your public work clear, consistent and moving
For organisations with ongoing reports, campaigns, advocacy work or public output, Ripple & Riddle can stay involved over time. From light guidance to a more embedded leadership role across narrative, design and digital communication.
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Strategic Advisory

Light Guidance
For teams that need senior communication judgement without adding a full delivery partner.
Best when you have internal capacity, but need sharper direction on narrative, audience, visibility and public positioning.
Helpful for:
Monthly strategic reflection
Communication direction
Audience and messaging advice
Review of key outputs
Decision support when work becomes complex
Helps teams make clearer communication decisions as work evolves. It gives you senior judgement, outside perspective and sharper direction, without adding a full delivery partner to your team.
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Narrative & Digital Partner

Ongoing Partnership
For teams with strong research or insight, but limited capacity to translate it into clear public communication.
Best when you need ongoing help shaping stories, campaigns, web content, visual direction or digital output across the year.
Helpful for:
Turning research into public stories
Campaign and content development
Website and digital communication support
Design direction for recurring outputs
Keeping communication consistent over time
Helps turn ongoing research, insight and advocacy into clear public communication across the year. It gives teams the structure, language and creative direction needed to keep their output consistent, engaging and credible.
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Strategic Comms Lead

Embedded Leadership
For teams that need a senior external lead across multiple outputs, audiences or strategic moments.
Best when communication needs stronger leadership, continuity and creative direction, but hiring in house is not the right step yet.
Benefits
Leading external communication work
Setting narrative and creative direction
Coordinating outputs across teams
Guiding campaigns, reports and launches
Acting as a senior communication partner
Helps organisations bring stronger leadership and continuity to complex public communication. It gives teams a senior external partner who can guide narrative, creative direction and delivery across multiple outputs, audiences and strategic moments.

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↳ Frequently asked questions

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What does Ripple & Riddle help organisations with?
Ripple & Riddle helps organisations turn complex research programmes, policy work and public interest initiatives into clearer narrative, identity and digital communication. The focus is not only on making information look better, but on helping important work become easier to understand, navigate and share.
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What kind of projects are a good fit?
Ripple & Riddle is a good fit for research programmes, knowledge platforms, advocacy campaigns, public initiatives and organisations that need to communicate complex work across multiple audiences. This can include websites, digital storytelling formats, campaign structures, narrative systems, project identities and ongoing communication support.
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Can you help us communicate a complex research programme?
Yes. Ripple & Riddle helps structure the story around a research programme, clarify the audience, shape the messaging and create the digital or visual communication needed to make the work more accessible and useful to the outside world.
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Can you help create a digital platform for research or advocacy work?
Yes. Ripple & Riddle can help shape the narrative, structure, content and creative direction for digital platforms that make complex work easier to explore. This can include programme websites, interactive story pages, campaign hubs, publication platforms or digital experiences around a specific issue.
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What is the difference between a sprint and an ongoing partnership?
A sprint is a focused process around a specific communication challenge, such as narrative, identity or digital direction. An ongoing partnership is for teams that need continued support across a programme, campaign or body of work over time.
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Which sprint should we start with?
That depends on where the main challenge sits. If the story is unclear, start with narrative and communication. If the programme needs a stronger visual and verbal identity, start with project identity. If the work needs to live online in a clearer or more engaging way, start with the digital sprint.
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Can you work with our internal team?
Yes. Ripple & Riddle can work alongside researchers, policy teams, communication leads, designers, developers, campaign teams or external agencies. The role can be strategic, creative or more hands on, depending on what your team already has in place.
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Do you only advise, or do you also create the actual output?
Both are possible. Ripple & Riddle can help with strategy, messaging, narrative structure and creative direction, but can also develop copy, content structures, visual direction, website concepts, digital storytelling formats and campaign communication.

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