Polaris Media is an award winning international public relations firm specializing in maritime, engineering and industry.

Our purpose is to make a positive difference to our clients and our community. We believe our campaigns can help make clients’ business dreams a reality.
Polaris was founded in Liverpool, UK in 2011 and we expanded to the United States in 2023 opening Polaris Media America LLC in Chicago offering clients a richer transatlantic service.
Polaris was voted Professional Services Business of the Year 2020 and Global Performance Business of the Year 2022 at the Mersey Maritime Industry Awards in recognition of our growth, working with clients in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Our founder Ben Pinnington is an award winning published author of Amazon best seller Making Waves: PR strategies to transform your maritime business.

Our client base includes some of the biggest names in maritime and engineering including shipping lines, ship builders, boat builders, OEMs, classification societies, flag states, seafarer charities, trade associations and insurers.
Our team of trained journalists specializes in media management and content creation for the media, social media and websites. Our services extend to business development, crisis management, website building, company films and in-house literature.
As a boutique agency we operate at c-suite level working on long term retained campaigns with clients committed to building and protecting reputation and developing an authentic purpose.
We are a progressive company and love to work with clients disrupting industry driving innovation, decarbonization, digitalization, sustainability, seafarer welfare and cleaner oceans.
Benefits of enhanced reputation, according to Opinium Research, includes: higher sales levels and price points, greater ability to recruit and retain the best staff, more positive media coverage, greater influence on stakeholders, ability to operate more easily outside domestic market, improved awareness of leadership team.