Charlotte, North Carolina + California · Serving Clients Nationwide

Beyond Public Relations.
Strategic Counsel for Brands Ready to Be Seen, Trusted, and Remembered.

Above Prestige PR is a founder-led public relations and strategic communications consultancy serving brands, executives, entrepreneurs, artists, nonprofits, and organizations in Charlotte, California, and nationwide.

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Industries Served

  • Transportation & Logistics
  • Automotive Service
  • Nonprofit & Community
  • Entertainment & Music
  • Publishing & Authors
  • Professional Services
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The Approach

Strategy before aesthetic. Presence before promotion.

Strong public relations begins before the pitch. APPR clarifies the message, strengthens the positioning, anticipates reputation needs, and builds the communications foundation that makes visibility more credible and useful.

Public Relations & Reputation

Media strategy, reputation counsel, and public-facing narratives designed to build trust before attention arrives.

Brand Positioning & Messaging

Clear positioning and persuasive language that help the right audiences understand why the work matters.

Strategic Communications & Visibility

Executive, stakeholder, campaign, and digital communications aligned around one credible, consistent story.

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Featured Approach

Charlotte presence. California market access. Nationwide reach.

APPR brings a meaningful Charlotte presence and California market access to work that travels well beyond either market. Clients receive founder-led counsel shaped for the audience, stakes, and opportunity in front of them, whether the work is local, regional, or national.

Across Industries

From founders to nonprofits and logistics brands, strategy is shaped to fit the audience, stakes, and opportunity in front of you.

Founder-Led

Clients work directly with LaDàna Young for senior-level thinking, thoughtful counsel, and continuity from strategy through execution.

Legacy-Focused

The goal is not temporary attention. The goal is trust, visibility, and positioning that endures.

A documented Charlotte proof point includes legacy brand activation support for Coke Zero during CIAA Week 2011, combining local market insight, planning participation, and experiential visibility support.

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“The brands worth remembering are not the loudest. They are the ones positioned with intention, presented with discipline, and trusted by the people they were built to serve.”

LaDàna Young, Founder

Recommendations

What people say after the work is done.

Partnering with Above Prestige Public Relations for my “Long Live the Queen” album release was one of the best decisions I made during that powerful chapter of my career. LaDàna brought strategic brilliance, cultural fluency, and an intuitive understanding of my brand that made the release an unforgettable experience.

Naomi Achu

Musician, Filmmaker, RN BSN, Peace Ambassador — Client

I recommend LaDàna as a public relations expert who has served Rebuild Dominica, Inc. as Director of Publicity since its founding in 2015, growing the nonprofit’s public profile and aiding in the fundraising milestone of achieving over $400,000 in donations of money, disaster relief supplies, and equipment. She comes w…

Chardelle Moore

Founder and CEO, Motivational Moore

LaDàna is a superb leader, organizer and team builder. She is skilled in public relations, social media management and marketing. I endorse her for those areas of competence without hesitation. By her integrity and commitment, she would be a credit to any organization.

Gabriel Christian

Managing Attorney, Law Offices of Gabriel J. Christian & Associates LLC — Client

Working with LaDàna Young is a fantastic experience. She is a professional with great experience and profound knowledge of business solutions. She understands complex issues even when outside of her immediate area of expertise, and her ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely makes her a valuable asset in team…

Ada Amobi Woods

Patient Resolution Expert

LaDàna consistently demonstrates qualities needed to perform at the highest level in any professional setting. She is able to work hands-on with minimal direction or supervision, and she showed strengths in her ability to think outside of the box and to react with vigor to unforeseen circumstances. She would be an asse…

Trina Lovett Dunn, MBA, DBA

Licensed Property & Casualty Insurance Broker — Former Manager

She is a solid communications professional and, from a personal point of view, a very pleasurable person to work with. She has not hesitated to help me in building my business and has taught me a plethora of valuable information. You would want to get yourself associated with this individual because she has only your b…

Damon G. Decker

Founder, D3D Entertainment — Cinematic Narrator & Production Strategist

LaDàna has been a huge support to me as a mentor and a source of advice and encouragement. Whenever I have questions about anything related to improvement in the PR field, she has gone out of her way and given her time to help. I could not ask for a better resource or support system for my professional growth.

Jurrell Armstrong

Sales, Public Relations and Communications Professional

LaDàna is a true professional who is caring, trustworthy, and friendly. She has great teamwork and often is a resource for helping out the team. She comes to work focused and gets the job done. LaDàna is a solid contributor to my team.

Mimi Myers

Operations Manager, Lash Group

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Credentials & Affiliations

Founder-led consulting backed by hands-on engagements across public relations, communications, brand strategy, and visibility systems.

Industries Served

  • Trucking & transportation
  • Automotive service
  • Nonprofit & community
  • Entertainment & talent
  • Logistics & customer trust
  • Professional & founder-led services

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