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We help you say what matters, clearly and convincingly.

Top Stories connects business strategy, brand and people. We research, plan and create communication that grows out of your work and reaches people in the right form and in the right place.

Who we are

We are a content and communication partner for companies and public institutions. We bring together advice, communication and creative concepts, editorial planning and hands-on production of business content.

We are an editorial office for business content, processes and relationships. We help companies and public institutions connect a business challenge with communication: we advise leadership, develop brands and communication concepts, plan editorial work and create the agreed content and production. We fit the scope to each specific goal and volume of work.

9
years in Slovenia and the region
100+
clients, 18 of them long-term
7
agile storydoers in a boutique team

Challenges

How we can help

Pick a challenge you recognise and we'll show you how we usually tackle it.

How we help

First we find the common core that connects your teams, channels and products. From it we build a brand position and architecture that everyone uses the same way.

Typical project

Brand architecture and consistent communication

  1. Defining the role of each brand
  2. Agreeing key messages and tone
  3. Visual identification
  4. Graphic design and brand book
Similar case · Ministry of Health Cancel your appointment in time: 300 excuses a day keep the doctor away 8 Kinds of material from one idea: from the plan to TV ads and posters.

Our matrix

Build your own top story

A few short questions. At the end we'll show you how we'd tackle your challenge.

Where do you work?

Pick what's closest to you.

Results

Numbers from published case studies

1 million+
users reached by the Facebook page every year, 80% of them organically
Slovenian State Forests (SiDG)
60+
media appearances in national and local online outlets
Ministry of Culture
78.8%
Average viewing rate of Triglav Express episodes; other internal announcements are read at around 20%.
Triglav Group
27%
More regular supporters for Deník Alarm after it launched its own donation platform.
Internews, Thomson Media and Deutsche Welle

Why we do this

Organisations hold many good stories

Organisations are full of knowledge, decisions, people and actions that the public often doesn't see or understand. Our mission is to find these stories, check them, edit them and tell them in a form that fits the goal, the audience and the moment. A story isn't decoration for a brand. It's how an organisation connects its direction with people's experience.

Why we're not a classic marketing agency

A classic agencyTop Stories
Starts with a campaign and an ad.We start with a business question: what communication must change, and for whom.
Tells the story only.We find the story inside the organisation, in real knowledge, people and actions, and back it with evidence.
Fills channels with content.We don't create content just to fill a channel. We choose the format to fit the task.
Promises reach and virality.We only promise what we can deliver, and describe results with data we actually have.
Hands over the project and moves on.We work like an editorial team: long-term, with a rhythm and responsibility for the whole.

Top team

The people who edit top stories

For every challenge we bring together the right mix of advisers, editors, producers and creatives.

Meet the team
Jernej Verbič

Managing Partner, Content Consultant

Jernej Verbič

Thinks strategically. Moves quickly and is responsive.

Having worked as a journalist, correspondent and editor for all major Slovene media outlets, he knows the local and regional media landscape through and through. His mission is for journalistic approaches and principles to also find their place in corporate communications.

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Uroš Goričan

Senior Partner, Brand Consultant

Uroš Goričan

Thinks strategically. An advocate of storydoing. Lives the stories of our clients.

A well-versed advertiser and the first Slovene to have completed the Executive MBA at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. The former creative director of Herman & partnerji, Pristop, LUNA/TBWA, Publicis Slovenia and Saatchi&Saatchi, who interweaves his media and advertising know-how with enthusiasm for film and screenwriting.

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Mitja Godnič

Junior Partner, Executive Producer

Mitja Godnič

Follows the latest communication trends. Always on the cutting edge.

A journalist who has returned to Top Stories after a year-long break at Zemanta/Outbrain, where he worked as a Product Marketing Specialist. Formerly also a journalist at Siol-net and RTV Slovenia. His content and marketing know-how comes from working for international institutions and projects: The Embassy of the Republic of Italy in Ljubljana, Expo Milano 2015, and the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante.

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Aleksander Prosen Kralj

Senior Partner, Business Intelligence Developer

Aleksander Prosen Kralj

Versatile AI, digital and production all-rounder.

Former video and production "all-rounder" who, after one term of (co-)decision-making (or actually... "prompting") in parliament, became an "all-rounder" in the field of modern content and production solutions. He was never a programmer because he is a "prompter" at heart—and has been for a long time, well before the advent of artificial intelligence. That is why today he is living his dream, turning it into carefully tailored products for his clients.

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Jakob Kužnik

Junior Content Strategist

Jakob Kužnik

Applies an in-depth approach. Responsive and creative in finding solutions.

He gained his communication skills carrying out workshops for the Association for Nonviolent Communication and working for various governmental organizations. First as a junior associate at the National Assembly and the secretary general of a parliamentary party's youth council, and later as a public relations manager for the National Assembly.

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Aleksandra Vugrin

Story Producer – Data & Design

Aleksandra Vugrin

Designs with an in-depth approach. Lives in tables, charts and infographics.

An awarded graphic designer and expert design thinker, who spent six years transforming the Court of Audit's mundane reports and data into digestible, coherent and attractive visualizations. At the Court of Audit, she helped establish a design department. Following their example, similar insitutions across Europe also employed their own in-house designers.

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Timotej Kresnik

Story Producer – Video

Timotej Kresnik

Responsive in communication. Trendy in designing solutions.

A graduate in cultural studies who combines experience in corporate administration, problem-solving, and project management. But also, and above all, an amateur theatre and art production enthusiast. One day, when he "grows up"... he will sign his name under his own (documentary) film.

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Contact

Do you have a challenge, a change or a story you want to develop?

Tell us the goal, the audience and the deadline. We will suggest a sensible first step and a scope we can agree on together.