About
Sharper Content
Sharper Content is a consultancy and service agency that was established by Simon Harper, co-founder of the award-winning music and fashion title Clash Magazine, and its Editor-In-Chief for 16 years since launching in 2004.
An experienced journalist and content creator with an abiding passion for music and deep understanding of creative marketing, his skills and knowledge - plus an extensive network and outstanding reputation within the music and media sectors - combine to offer clients insightful and effective cross-platform results.
With a background that encompasses all mediums from print to digital, plus live and experiential activity, Sharper Content can bring to each project a 360-degree multi-dimensional approach where key brand messaging is delivered through a cohesive narrative thread by the most authentic and committed voices, vividly brought to life on screen, page, or stage.
Responsible throughout the years for campaigns by some of the world’s biggest brands, Sharper Content is adept at delivering dynamic work that stands out from the pack - a skill sharpened by ensuring the success of an independent title in a crowded and competitive market.
The secret to these enduring performance results is the reverence for storytelling that is at the heart of all Sharper Content’s output. The aim is to captivate, to enlighten, educate and entertain.
This tangible commitment to achieving a consistently high level of editorial quality is shared by all Sharper Content’s collaborators. Drawing from a database two decades in the making, Sharper Content can realise briefs in the most imaginative and accomplished manner possible with a global network of ingenious creative minds.
Your audience deserves integrity, passion and knowledge.
Your audience deserves Sharper Content.
Testimonials
“I have collaborated for several years with Simon Harper. We have worked very closely on a photo shoot with American singer Miguel. Simon is creative, well organised and reliable, which made our project successful.”
— Nicolas Aksil, Head of Comme des Garçons Men’s Press
“Simon Harper stands out as one of the most compelling content creators I've had the pleasure to work with. At heart a storyteller, where Simon excels is in delivering marketing solutions enriched with a deep knowledge and understanding of what makes great and engaging content. His passion for music is all too tangible in the breadth of his output to date, and he has consistently proven a valuable resource for creative insights, fresh perspectives, and exciting ideas.”
— Nick Wright, Managing Director, Havas Entertainment
“Having worked with Simon at two brand roles in the luxury fashion space, he has always delivered compelling and unique solutions to marketing challenges. Simon possesses an encyclopaedic knowledge of music and through his years of working as a publisher and editor and with a vast array of brands, this allows him to confidently and coherently partner brand marketing and comms activity with the perfect musical talent. He creates campaigns that pack a punch and that truly cut through the noise, on both a regional and global level.”
— Oliver Cooke, Director of Marketing & Communications, UK, Burberry
“I’ve been working with Simon Harper for over 15 years. In that time, having steered a magazine and business through turbulent times in publishing, Simon has successfully established Clash as one of the UK’s foremost music and fashion titles, regularly attracting exclusive access with the A-list talent that grace its covers. Simon has shown himself to be not only a brilliant writer and editor, with an instinct for spotting new writing talent, but also a deft businessman with an innate understanding of how to make brand partnerships work. He is great at making things happen and highly dedicated. During our time working together I have always found Simon to be utterly trustworthy, relaxed yet on it, flexible and sympathetic to the very occasional capricious whims of talent. He is one of the industry’s good guys.”
— Susie Ember, Director of Press, Polydor Records
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