Marketing Leadership, Backed by Delivery
A senior team providing strategic direction, hands-on support, and end-to-end marketing delivery across the US and UK.
Built on Senior Experience
Crown Rock is a senior marketing and communications team, spanning the US and UK. A senior team with over 25 years of working together - bringing the depth, trust, and track record that only comes from genuinely knowing each other's work.
Founded in 2022 by Laura Hawtin following her move from England to Dallas, Texas, Crown Rock was built on a simple idea - that organisations on both sides of the Atlantic deserve senior, experienced marketing support that's properly planned, managed, and delivered. The team brings together specialists who have held senior roles in FTSE 100 companies, built and led agencies, and delivered complex programmes across a wide range of industries and geographies - combining British strategic thinking with a deep understanding of the US market.
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How we work
One team, across the US and UK​
We operate as one integrated team - bringing together senior strategy, creative delivery, and hands-on implementation.
Unlike traditional agencies or standalone consultants, we don’t sit on the sidelines or work in silos.
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We embed into your business, working alongside your team to bring clarity, structure, and momentum to your marketing and communications.
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​Our model is designed to give you:
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​Senior strategic leadership
Access to specialist expertise
Consistent, high-quality delivery​
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All working together, as one team.
A Senior Team Across the US and UK
Laura Hawtin
Founder & Marketing Lead
Bringing senior-level marketing and communications expertise, Laura leads Crown Rock’s strategic direction, working closely with clients to shape clear, effective approaches that deliver measurable results.
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She works alongside a trusted team of specialists to ensure strategy translates into high-quality, consistent delivery.
Lisa Lavis
Strategic Advisor
Lisa brings senior experience in business transformation, brand, and growth - supporting organisations in aligning marketing and communications with wider strategic objectives.
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She contributes to shaping direction and ensuring activity is commercially focused and aligned to long-term goals.
Lisa Barnett
Creative & Brand Lead
Lisa leads creative direction across brand, design, and digital - ensuring all outputs are aligned, high-quality, and effective.
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She works closely with the team to translate strategy into strong visual and brand execution across all channels.
Mark Burnell
Design & Delivery
Mark supports the delivery of marketing assets across digital and print — ensuring work is executed efficiently and to a consistently high standard.
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He plays a key role in bringing campaigns and content to life.
Testimonials
"Always highly proactive with a strong work ethic and sound judgement, Laura manages stakeholders with ease and develops - and delivers - effective, engaging, thorough and creative communication strategies for all audiences. Laura’s a natural leader as well as a great team player - and I’d hire her again in a heartbeat."
Paula Richards
Head of Internal Communications, BRE
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"Laura and her team are motivated, driven and full of positive energy. Highly dependable and focused, and renowned for getting things done, always with passion. I have worked with Laura for over ten years, she is tenacious, a creative thinker and detailed and has supported Glow and Frankly in going from strength to strength."
Lisa Lavis
CEO & Founder, The Glow Studio & Frankly
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"Laura is a transformational powerhouse, her all round understanding of ‘people’ and change really stood out.
She challenges the organisational norms in such a brilliant and professional way, she was great to learn from and work with."
Adam Noyce
Business Change Manager, Civil Aviation
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"Having worked with Laura since around 2016, I can say she has been a wonderful support. During that time we went through a rebrand and Laura’s assistance was invaluable in helping meet a tight deadline to achieve all the deliverables including a new website. Apart from being professional and efficient, Laura is great fun to work with."