What Partnership Outreach Actually Looks Like Behind the Scenes
Partnerships are rarely built from a single email. A look behind the scenes at the research, communication and relationship building that turns conversations into collaborations.
Creative Operations & Business Support for Ambitious Brands
Helping ambitious brands, startups, and creative projects stay organised, build partnerships, and bring ideas to life.
who i am
Behind the Scenes of Growing Brands
I’m Laura Ripley – an award-winning entrepreneur, freelance business support specialist, and founder of Northern Frights.
Alongside producing large-scale immersive events including Horror Con Scotland, I support businesses behind the scenes with outreach, operations, websites, partnerships, research, and creative project coordination.
I work with startups, SaaS companies, agencies, creative brands, and live events that need reliable support to help keep projects organised and moving forward.
Businesses, brands, and projects I’ve supported through freelance work, creative operations, and live events.
Why Work With Me
Reliable Support
Helping businesses keep projects moving without adding another full-time hire.
Flexible Across Industries
Supporting startups, SaaS companies, creative brands and live events.
Creative + Operational Thinking
Combining organisation with ideas - from systems and workflows to audience experiences.
what I offer
Areas of Support
Whether you need help with partnerships, websites, research, operations or live experiences, I provide flexible support tailored around your project.
Live Events & Experiences
Support for live projects, activations, audience experiences, and behind-the-scenes coordination to help keep projects organised and moving forward.
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Research & Lead Generation
Research support for businesses that need lead sourcing, contact databases, market research, opportunity finding, and organised information gathering.
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Operations & Project Support
Helping businesses and fast-moving projects stay organised through coordination, workflows, systems, and behind-the-scenes support.
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Outreach & Partnership Support
Support with partnership outreach, sponsorship research, influencer coordination, lead sourcing, and relationship management.
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Website & Content
Support with website updates, content uploads, SEO improvements, landing pages, mobile optimisation, and ongoing website maintenance.
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Highlights
Featured Projects
Selected projects and collaborations showing some of the work I’ve supported behind the scenes.
achievements
Awards &
recognition
Awards, recognition and milestones from across entrepreneurship, live events and creative projects.
2023
RBS Female Entrepreneurship Award
Winner
2024
FSB Freelancer/Self-Employed Award
Winner
2024
Scottish Thistle Awards: Innovation in Tourism
Winner
2024
Scottish Thistle Awards: Inclusive Tourism
Finalist
2024
Scottish Thistle Awards: Tourism Individual of the Year
Finalist
Blog
Insights & Behind the Scenes
Project highlights, behind-the-scenes stories and insights from the world of creative projects, partnerships and business support.
5 Things I’ve Learned Running Large-Scale Live Events
From unexpected problems to creating memorable experiences, five lessons I’ve learned from planning and running large-scale live events and what happens behind the scenes to make them work.