Route 01
A direction to clarify
When the mandate, priorities, audiences or channels no longer form a coherent whole.
Europe
EU institutions
European associations
NGOs & mission-led organisations
- Members
- Media
- Citizens
We help European organisations turn complex mandates into shared direction — and communication people can understand, use and act on.
Your organisation keeps the direction. One senior team brings judgement, facilitation, creative intelligence and delivery — from the decision behind the work to the finished communication system or deliverable.
Choose your starting point
Start with what is already clear.
The right route depends on the decision in front of you — not on the size of the assignment. We define the smallest coherent scope that can move the work forward.
Route 02
A decision to make together
When leadership, teams or members need to contribute to — and own — the next step.
Route 03
A defined deliverable to conceive and produce
When the brief is clear and you need senior attention from concept to finished work.
Across all three routes, your organisation retains ownership of its strategy, expertise and approvals. We add the senior capacity needed to clarify, align and deliver.
Territory of expertise
Senior communication for organisations that carry a European mandate.
01
Institutions
European and international institutions with complex mandates and governance.
02
Associations
European associations representing industrial or service sectors and their members.
03
Mission-led organisations
Non-profit, social, environmental and humanitarian organisations and NGOs.
- 30+
- Years in European communication
- +15
- Years of continuity with some clients
- ONE
- Senior-led team from framing to delivery
More than three decades in European communication — focused on what comes next.
Founded in Brussels in 1994, #inextremis has grown through long-term work with European and international organisations. Some relationships have lasted more than ten or fifteen years, spanning strategy, branding, publications, campaigns, digital platforms, video, launches and events. The practical advantage is continuity: less time rebuilding context, a more coherent line across assignments, and a partner able to connect the immediate brief to the wider organisation without making every project larger than it needs to be.
- CER
- WWF
- LightingEurope
- FIEC
- ASECAP
- WCO
- CLEPA
- EBF
- ESMA
- ECHA
- EUMEPS
- ILSI Europe
- Zhaga
Selected work
From complex mandates to clear, usable results.
Across institutions, associations and mission-led organisations, the work follows the same discipline: involve the right people, make the decision explicit and carry it through to a result that can be used.
ESMA and ECHA
At ESMA, the process led to a new visual identity and communication system, documented in a 93-page guide and deployed across publications, digital channels and organisational templates. At ECHA, a two-day review of 16 benchmark assets with senior leadership and the communications team produced 120 rules to guide the brand.
APPLiA and EUMEPS
APPLiA connected identity audit, stakeholder research and brand strategy to a new name, visual identity, website, films and a stakeholder launch event. EUMEPS connected member knowledge to a communication programme, campaigns and practical roles.
EDANA, LightingEurope, CLEPA, SELDIA, Cobalt Institute, Zhaga and GS1 Healthcare
Campaign systems combining a central web destination with social media, video or animation, publications, events, media relations and other audience-specific tools.
ILSI Europe and WWF
ILSI Europe turned a 40-year anniversary and scientific symposium into a connected journey across identity, website, LinkedIn and event experience. With WWF, a three-language Chocolate Guide website made campaign guidance directly usable by the public.
PLATFORMA, OCA, AmCham EU and the Council of Europe
A fully online annual publication for PLATFORMA; OCA’s 2030 Strategy translated into an engaging publication and LinkedIn awareness sequence; AmCham EU’s 20th anniversary edition of The Transatlantic Economy and its promotional assets; and the Council of Europe’s People First film.
Insights
Communication is leadership when it helps an organisation choose and act coherently.
Our four publications turn that conviction into practical frameworks for European campaigning, social media influence, multichannel communication and institutional branding.
Bring us what needs to become clearer, more usable or more visible.
You do not need a finished scope. Start with the decision, tension or deliverable in front of you. Together, we can identify the smallest useful starting point.