let’s work together.

Adaptable and hands-on, I’m ready to support your brand at every stage of the process. Whether you’re looking to launch a new product, revitalise an existing brand, or expand into new markets.

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my approach

  • What is it? Cultural foresight involves tracking cultural shifts and anticipating future trends, while exploring the nuances of current cultural landscapes. It’s about understanding evolving cultural dynamics and their impact on consumer behavior across diverse markets.

    How it helps: Identifying shifts in cultural concepts (e.g. wellness, rebelliousness, femininity), helps brands position themselves for long-term success and navigate cultural nuances to ensure meaningful and sensitive communication across markets.

  • What is it? Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols (e.g. colour, typography, imagery, text, UX), and how they convey meaning across culture. Semiotics unlocks the subconscious associations that shape consumer perception of brands.

    How it helps: Analysing a brand's semiotics uncovers hidden cultural associations and potential tensions, providing deeper insights into consumer perceptions. Examining the semiotics of broader categories or cultural concepts identifies visual and linguistic cues that resonate with the target audience on a subconscious level, enhancing brand relevance and impact.

  • What is it? Language analysis explores the the power of words and their various elements - like semantics, tone of voice, and sonic qualities. It involves analysing how language works in different contexts and how it influences people's feelings and perceptions.

    How it helps: Language analysis uncovers a brand’s voice and identifies hidden meanings, communication inconsistencies, and areas for improvement. It helps ensure that messaging is compelling, consistent, and resonant with target audiences.

  • What is it? Digital ethnography is a research method that involves social listening and online content analysis. It's about gaining firsthand insights into digital culture, and understanding how people interact with brands and products in their natural online environment.

    How it helps: Understanding digital culture and online consumer behavior enables the development of robust insights and effective brand strategies. Digital ethnography offers a cost-effective way to reach wider, more diverse audiences, gather larger data sets, and capture organic opinions, content, and behaviours.

how i can help

  • Offering tailored strategies grounded in cultural and category insights to drive brand success. Services include cultural and category analysis to uncover trends, brand audits to assess touchpoints and identify improvement areas, and the creation of cohesive brand strategies. The focus is on clear, consistent, and culturally relevant communication that uses precise visual, language, and sensory cues.

  • Delivering innovative solutions by integrating semiotic analysis, cultural foresight, and category analysis. Cultural foresight anticipates future trends and shifts in consumer values, while category analysis highlights market gaps and opportunities. These insights guide the creation of new products and services, ensuring alignment with cultural trends and brand values, and positioning brands to lead and shape future categories.

  • Securing a distinctive and relevant market position by understanding cultural shifts and competitive landscapes. Services include cultural foresight to keep brands future-proof, competitive analysis to find market gaps, and developing strategic positioning territories complete with vision, moodboards, and detailed creative toolkits that provide guidance for a consistent and distinctive brand presence.

  • Maximizing the impact of brand communication through expert creative analysis. Semiotic and language analysis evaluates the effectiveness of creative assets in conveying the brand message. Actionable insights provide clear guidance for fine-tuning visual and language cues with the view to enhance brand impact, message clarity, and brand equity.

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Premiumness

Gender

Wellness

Dating

Tastiness

Luxury

Rebellion

Inclusivity

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Let’s work together.

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