
Media & Communications Strategist | Former Political Media Adviser
Brooke Hargraves is a media and communications strategist who helps leaders become confident, authentic communicators in front of cameras, microphones, and live audiences. Drawing on more than two decades across journalism, political communications, public relations, and executive coaching, she equips CEOs, founders, executives, subject matter experts, and emerging leaders with the skills to communicate under pressure while remaining genuinely themselves.
Beginning her career as an award-winning journalist, Brooke later spent over 20 years advising senior Australian political leaders through election campaigns, national crises, international media scrutiny, and some of the country's most high-profile public moments. She has coached ministers, MPs, executives, board directors, university leaders, and first-time candidates, translating the communication strategies used at the highest levels of government into practical frameworks that anyone can apply.
Rather than teaching people to perform, Brooke's philosophy is that the most compelling communicators are those who know who they are, understand their story, and communicate it with clarity and confidence. Her approach combines media strategy, storytelling psychology, confidence coaching, and practical communication skills to help clients stop fearing visibility and start using it as one of their greatest professional assets.
Today, Brooke works internationally with business leaders, entrepreneurs, technical experts, and women in traditionally male-dominated industries who want to raise their profile, build credibility, and become trusted voices in their field. Whether preparing someone for television, podcasts, keynote stages, or boardroom presentations, Brooke helps people transform communication from something they endure into one of the strongest drivers of their influence and impact.
The Limits of Media Training: message discipline without losing credibility
For communications leaders, PR teams, and executive handlers, traditional media training can accidentally make spokespeople more cautious, scripted, and forgettable. When the training is mostly about…
Political Communication Methods in Business: message mapping, audience triage and rehearsal
Brooke draws on two decades advising politicians to distill practical, battle-tested frameworks that help spokespeople and executives communicate under scrutiny. She shows how message mapping…
Who Gets to Be the Visible Expert: breaking self-reinforcing credibility in male-dominated sectors
For women in leadership, DEI audiences, and industries such as finance, policy, and technology, public credibility often becomes self reinforcing. The same visible voices get invited into rooms…
Leadership Visibility Before Crisis: building trust in ordinary moments
For CEOs, founders, and senior teams, visibility is no longer a vanity exercise. Employees, customers, investors, and the public increasingly expect leaders to be recognizable, calm, and human before…
2+ podcast & stage appearances. Remote or in studio, broadcast-grade audio.