Perceptions, Inc. · PR counsel since 1987

We don’t do PR just for the heck of it.

One of the country’s leading full-service communications agencies. Public relations, digital communications, crisis management and media training, and CSR—for brands across the Philippines.

Perceptions, Inc. is a Philippine public relations firm founded in 1987 by Rene Nieva and now run by Noel Rene Nieva as President & CEO. We counsel brands nationwide on reputation, media, and communications that actually land.

PR is doing good and telling people about it.

Rene NievaFounder, Perceptions, Inc.
What we do

Communications that get our clients seen and heard.

Public Relations

We get **it done.

Thirty years in the game and still loving the challenge of coming up with ideas that will get our clients seen and heard.

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Digital Communications

Built for the digital age.

There’s no denying the power of the Internet and we’re here to help companies and brands shape their communications for the digital age.

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Our clients

We are a valued partner of some of the world’s biggest brands.

Our experience and expertise span a range of industries – from aviation, agriculture, and the academe, to entertainment, tourism, and health – and many of our clients have stayed with us for decades.

This, to us, is what matters: the ability to build long-term relationships and deliver when and where it counts.

  • Airbus
  • Discovery Channel
  • Hong Kong Tourism Board
  • Cartoon Network
  • TLC
  • Asian Food Network
  • Animal Planet
  • Ateneo de Manila
  • Cargill
1987Founded by PR pioneer Rene Nieva
150,000attendees at TLC Fest 2019, a one-day event
20 yearshelping J&J train thousands of Filipino midwives
24/7crisis support when the going gets tough
Selected work

True stories.

From the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time to CSR campaigns we’re really proud of.

Poster art for the film Hello, Love, Goodbye, showing its two leads on a Hong Kong street
Public Relations · Hong Kong Tourism Board

A blockbuster film that promotes Hong Kong

The highest-grossing Filipino film of all time is a PR initiative to promote Hong Kong as a destination to Filipinos all over the world.

Read the case: Hong Kong Tourism Board film
TLC Festival 2019 key visual: a colourful city skyline with the festival logo
Digital Communications · TLC

TLC Fest 2019 breaks TLC’s own records

The Perceptions x CBI alliance promoted a one-day festival that surpassed its targets and drew 150,000 attendees.

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CSR · Bonamine

An iconic ode to Philippine tourism

The multi-awarded “Biyahe Tayo” was our brainchild, part of a campaign against motion sickness for Bonamine.

Read the case: Biyahe Tayo for Bonamine
FAQ

Questions we are often asked.

What is Perceptions, Inc.?

Perceptions, Inc. is a full-service communications agency serving brands across the Philippines. Founded in 1987 by Rene Nieva, we help corporate and consumer clients earn attention and protect reputation—the work, not the circus around it.

Where is Perceptions based?

Perceptions is a Philippines-based firm working with brands nationwide. Office address and map are on our Contact page.

What services does Perceptions offer?

Public relations, digital communications, crisis management and media training, and corporate social responsibility. In practice: we get clients seen and heard—and we stay reachable when reputation is on the line.

What does PR counsel mean at Perceptions?

Senior advice on reputation, media, digital, and crisis—what to say, when to say it, and when silence is smarter. We have provided PR counsel in the Philippines since 1987.

Who founded Perceptions, Inc.?

Rene Nieva founded Perceptions in 1987 after stints with multinationals in New York and Asia Pacific—he is one of the pioneers of the local PR industry. The firm is now run by Noel Rene Nieva as President & CEO.

Who leads Perceptions today?

Noel Rene Nieva is President & CEO. He is a previous national chair of the International Public Relations Association—Philippine Chapter (IPRA PH) and led all three of Perceptions’ Grand Anvil awards from the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP).

Throughout our more than three decades of existence, we’ve built our business on the success of our clients in the corporate and consumer spaces.

Got a story worth telling? Let’s get **it done.

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