“Brands driven by the personality, values and vision of individuals are the MOST RELEVANT AND AUTHENTIC BRANDS.”

ABOUT

 

Tessa empowers visionary entrepreneurs to build iconic brands that reflect their unique personality, beliefs, vision, and values. Her passion lies in collaborating with dynamic, fast-growing companies led by strong leadership. She offers a range of services, from focused workshops to comprehensive, multi-year brand development programs.

Her expertise spans four continents and diverse industries, including food, fashion, environment, technology, and sport. She always focuses on strategically developing businesses and individuals by leveraging their most critical asset – their brand.

With a proven track record in brand development across multiple platforms — television, publishing, licensing, sponsorship, speaking, franchising, digital, social, and traditional media, and more — she understands how to harness these models for effective brand communication and commercial growth while preserving brand integrity.

She collaborates with her clients to capture their brilliance, create their brand and build their businesses.

She also loves executing big creative ideas with talented and inspiring people.

Her specialities include:

  • Brand Strategy

  • Brand Development

  • Brand Management

  • Business Development

  • Social Media Strategy

  • PR Strategy

  • Digital & Website Strategy

  • Intellectual Property Strategy

  • Publishing

  • Creative Project Management


Working for and collaborating with fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies with strong leadership is what she loves.

Her success is evident in the companies and individuals she has had the honour of working with including Jamie Oliver, Natasha Sideris, Tashas Group, Fox Browne Creative, David Higgs, Lewis Pugh, Stella McCartney, Joe Boxer, and Razorfish and many more.

Tessa was born and raised in Canada. She has lived in both the UK and the US for extended periods and now calls South Africa home.

 

“It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Tessa. She is an expert in her field who can deliver strategy at the highest level. What makes her a rare breed is her ability to work collaboratively, execute and get things done to deliver world-class projects. She is also an amazing human being with great compassion and heart for the people and projects she works on.”

— Kholisa Thomas - Founder, artfull