Neverland Unveils Pink Neon PR Agency, Led by Ex-Stripe MD Chris Stevenson

From left to right: Jon Forysth, Chris Stevenson, Simon Massey

Independent creative agency Neverland have launched its first agency franchise with ex-Stripe Communications MD Chris Stevenson. Pink Neon will specialise in PR, social media, influencer marketing and brand funded programming.

Chris who joined Stripe Communications in 2016 to launch their London office, won and led campaigns for clients including Merlin Entertainments, Rank Interactive, Travelodge, Tefal and Ubisoft and picked up multiple awards including Cannes Lion, D&AD and Clio awards for his work.

Following departing that role earlier this year, he now launches Pink Neon, an independent agency, created in partnership with Neverland co-founders Jon Forsyth (ex-founder of adam&eve DDB) and Simon Massey (ex-founder of the Gild). Pink Neon will be powered by advanced AI tools used in its strategic, analytical and cultural insight processes. AI is also integrated in operational and administrative workflows, allowing the agencies focus to be on strategy, creativity and execution, responding to the rapidly changing demands of clients.

Chris Stevenson, founder and CCO of Pink Neon, said, “Pink Neon is an agency ready for the future, delivering popular campaigns people love, marrying human intelligence with advanced AI tools. Neverland embody the freedom, confidence and creativity of an independent agency so we immediately aligned on our ambition to serve clients first, not shareholders. It’s an inspiring, exciting partnership and we’re going to do great things together.”

Jon Forsyth CCO and co-founder at Neverland said, “With our continued commitment to driving creative leadership, partnering with Chris to launch Pink Neon is a powerful way to broaden the Neverland brand. Our superpower is independence, being dangerously free to fuse human intelligence with AI, tailored to each client. Combined with Chris’s proven expertise to generate big, popular ideas that get seen, this is the future that clients want.”

Neverland and Pink Neon will work collaboratively across shared clients, delivering fully integrated marketing communications solutions. The announcement of the launch of Pink Neon also follows a series of recent Neverland pitch wins and allows for the fulfilment of the increasing demand of the agency’s integrated strategic and creative offering. Now with the partnership with Pink Neon, it also enables TTL campaign delivery and capabilities.