ABOUT THE STUDIO
Hi, I’m Tessa. And the studio is just me.
One person, fully invested in your brand — no account managers, no hand-offs, no version of your project getting lost in someone’s inbox. Just me, and the work.
THE STORY
I didn’t start in branding.
I started with a fashion-marketing degree and, before that, training as a stylist at Vidal Sassoon — so craft and taste have always been the foundation, not an afterthought. Then came roughly a decade in marketing: running global campaigns and rebrands for an international production music library, and cutting my teeth across the buttoned-up worlds of insurance and international law. I learned how brands work at every scale — and, more usefully, why so many end up looking and sounding exactly like their competitors.
So I walked away from the 9-5 to build the studio I always wanted to run: smaller, sharper, and far more personal. The kind that helps you look like you, and nobody else.
Here’s what I believe. Most brands blend in — they copy what works for everyone else and end up invisible. But authenticity is what actually sells; it’s what builds a community that sticks around. So I start with the person, never the logo, because everything that makes you different already lives in you. Get that right, and your brand finally has something to say.
Off the clock, I’m a fully paid-up surrealism obsessive (Dalí, always), a serial hunter of vintage finds and independent shops, and a dog mum who does her best thinking on long walks. I’ll never say no to a good coffee or a spicy margarita. It’s all the same instinct, really — drawn to the distinctive over the mass-produced. Same goes for the brands I build.
I’ll always be honest with you. I won’t copy someone else’s style, and I won’t just agree to keep you happy — if something doesn’t sit right, I’ll tell you, and steer you somewhere better. The goal is for you to feel genuinely confident in a brand you understand as your own.
Let’s work together.
Ready to stop looking like everyone else? Tell me a little about what you’re building. First step’s a relaxed 30-min call — zero pressure.