Same shape, different sectors
Press Pilot helps chambers, trade bodies, DMOs, charities, sports bodies, BIDs and networks turn member stories into the press coverage your board, members and funders expect. One inbox. One workflow. Coverage you can prove.
One workflow across chambers, trade bodies, DMOs, charities, sports bodies, BIDs, housing associations and more, with DMOs as our worked example throughout.
17 stories from 47 partners this week
Harbour Hotel
New rooftop bar opens for summer season
Cliff Walk Festival
Lineup announced, three nights of headline acts
Maritime Museum
Lost shipwreck artefacts return after 80 years
Old Mill Distillery
Single-cask release for the harbour anniversary
Coastal Bus Co.
Electric fleet hits the road from June
Inside the platform
Partner story intake, AI-assisted drafting, pitching, coverage and reporting. One workspace, end to end.
A quiet summary of this month's comms activity.
↑ 6 this month
↑ vs 41% avg
Bundle them into one multi-voice release? Estimated opens: 38 journalists across business and regional desks.
Illustrative views. Real workspaces use your branding, your members and your data.
Working with comms teams at
Sound familiar?
You run a comms team of two, three, maybe five. Your members, businesses, charities, clubs, venues, tenants, beneficiaries or partners, are doing brilliant things every week. The board wants press coverage. The members want amplification. The funder wants evidence. And it's Thursday afternoon.
Press Pilot is the calm in the middle of that. Member stories land in one inbox. AI helps you draft fast, from a single submission or by weaving several voices into one release. You distribute to the media lists you already own. Engagement gets tracked automatically. By renewal season, the proof writes itself.
Member news in inboxes, Slack, WhatsApp, and that one Google Doc
One newsroom inbox. Tagged, triaged, ready to draft
You write every release from scratch
AI drafts in your brand voice. You edit, not write.
One member quote per release, or none
Combine multiple member submissions into a single release with multiple voices
Distribution is a Tuesday afternoon email blast
Send to the media lists you already own, segmented and templated
Coverage gets tracked in a spreadsheet, when there's time
Opens, clicks and link engagement per journalist, automatically
Board reports take three days
Board reports take three clicks
How it works
Member stories, one inbox.
Members submit news through a branded self-service portal, email or your CRM. Press Pilot tags, deduplicates and queues every submission for your team. No more chasing for quotes.
Drafting that sounds like you, with one voice or many.
Use a single submission, or combine multiple member submissions into one release with several voices. AI turns the raw notes into a publishable release in your house style. You edit, approve, schedule. Fifteen minutes a story, not two hours.
Distribute everywhere a story should live.
One approved release publishes to your branded press room, your website, and platform-tailored social posts, then sends to the media lists you already own. Track opens, clicks and link engagement per journalist. Generate the board report in three clicks.
A Tuesday in the life
One real example, the way it actually plays out in your week.
Mon 9:4201 · A member submits
, Sam, Comms Lead, a member organisation
Lands in the Newsroom, auto-tagged "Member opening, Education".
Mon 10:0802 · Press Pilot drafts
Draft release
"A new training centre opens its doors on 14 May, with Dr. Mara Quinn (formerly of King's) leading the programme, the latest in a record year of member-led openings across the network."Drafted in your brand voice. You edit two lines, hit approve.
Wed 14:2103 · A journalist replies
, Priya, Sector desk, national daily
Opens and clicks logged per journalist. Board report ticks up by one.
What's inside
Built around the media lists, brand and members you already have. A built-in journalist database and automatic mention monitoring are on the roadmap, not promised today, and we'll always tell you which is which on the demo call.
Where member stories arrive, get triaged and turned into releases. Single submission, or weave several voices into one combined release.
See the NewsroomUpload the media list you already own, segment by beat or patch, and send personalised pitches from your authenticated domain.
See pitchingEvery approved release publishes to your branded press room and as platform-tailored social posts. One workflow, every channel.
See press roomOpens, clicks and press room visits per journalist. Log the coverage that lands. Board, funder and member dashboards write themselves.
See reportingApprovals, sender domains, branded press release layouts and member-facing report templates.
See brandBuilt for the comms team of one
If you're a parent organisation that aggregates news from a network of members or partners, Press Pilot is built for you. Chambers, trade bodies, DMOs, charities, sports bodies, BIDs, housing associations, museums, shopping centres and leisure trusts all run the same workflow.
Chambers
Member launches, hires and expansions, finally getting the airtime they pay for.
See howTrade bodies
Demonstrate member value and sector influence with national press coverage they couldn't get alone.
See howDMOs
Turn partner stories into travel-press coverage across hotels, attractions and food.
See howBIDs
Use your collective investment to amplify the messages of your levy payers. Win the next ballot with evidence, not slogans.
See howCharities
Beneficiary and partner stories that deserve a wider audience, packaged for press and funders alike.
See howSports
Club, league and grassroots stories collected centrally, drafted in your tone, distributed to sport and regional desks.
See howHousing
Tenant stories, openings, ESG reporting, coverage your regulator and board will notice.
See howMuseums
Exhibitions and partner-venue stories across every site. One press team, every venue.
See howCentres
Tenant launches, events, footfall stories, consistent across every centre in your portfolio.
See howLeisure
Community impact stories that win the next council renewal.
See howWhat changes
Comms-team time returned by week three.
Pilot chamber of commerce, Head of Comms
More member stories distributed per quarter, post-launch.
Pilot housing association, Marketing Lead
Of board reports now produced in under ten minutes.
Pilot trade body, COO
Measured across 14 pilot organisations, Q3 to Q4 2025.
Read the methodologyWhat customers say
“Press Pilot turned our member-stories pile into our most-read press section in six weeks. The board now asks me for the coverage report. They didn't used to.”
Eleanor Hewitt
Director of Communications, Pilot DMO
A day in the life
DMO is our worked example, but the rhythm is the same whether you're a chamber, trade body, BID, charity, housing association, museum, shopping centre, leisure trust or sports body. Your job stops being chasing members and chasing coverage, and starts being the part you actually trained for: telling the story of your place, sector or cause.
You open Press Pilot before email. Eight new member stories are already tagged, deduped and queued for the day.
Swipe through the inbox: approve four for drafting, ask one member for a photo, archive three. Done before the kettle's cold.
Greenfield Engineering Ltd
Morning! Just confirmed our new factory opening, 22 March. Press release please?
Three member submissions all point to the same trend in your sector. Press Pilot weaves them into one combined story with three named member voices. You tweak a quote, change the headline, hit approve.
Press Pilot
Draft ready, 'A strong quarter for our members', 412 words, three member quotes, in your tone.
The release publishes to your press room and goes out as platform-tailored social posts. Pitches are queued to your own media list, segmented by beat. They send themselves on schedule while you walk to the cafe.
Press Pilot pings: three journalists from your list have opened the release, two clicked through to the press room. You forward a hi-res image without breaking stride.
Engagement alert
Travel editor at a national daily clicked the embargoed press-room link. Worth a follow-up?
Board chair pings asking how the month's looking. You send the live dashboard link. They reply with a thumbs up. You close the laptop.
Board chair
Looks brilliant, thank you. See you Thursday.
Twelve hours back a week, on average. That's the part of the job you've been missing.
Board chair, last Tuesday
"Send me this month's coverage report, would you?"
From a pilot organisation
"Press Pilot turned our member-stories pile into our most-read press section in six weeks. The board now asks me for the coverage report. They didn't used to."
Eleanor Hewitt
Director of Communications, pilot member organisation
Live in 30 days. For real.
Every new organisation gets a named Customer Success Manager and a day-by-day roadmap. By Day 10 your workspace is set up and branded. By Day 15 your first campaign is live, going to the media lists you already own. By Day 30 your reporting dashboard is on your board chair's screen. No "implementation phase". No invoice for "professional services" three months in.
See the full 30-day plan →Day 1–3
Kickoff & access
Day 4–10
Setup & brand
Day 8–17
Team training
Day 15
First campaign live
Day 22
Second campaign (run by you)
Day 30
Board-ready review
A 30-minute demo, tailored to your organisation. No slideware. We'll use your real partner list and show you what week one would actually look like.
Book a demoOr read the 30-day plan before you commit.
