Brand & Communications Strategist

Brands
that permeate
culture.

I work with founders, early-stage teams, and creative businesses worldwide, clarifying what they stand for and translating it into language that moves people.

Iyebiye Olatokun
6+
Years
50+
Brands
Global
Reach
Brand Strategy Narrative Design Brand Communications Thought Leadership Content Strategy Deep Research Copywriting Cultural Positioning Social Media Strategy Brand Strategy Narrative Design Brand Communications Thought Leadership Content Strategy Deep Research Copywriting Cultural Positioning Social Media Strategy
About

I research a brand
until I understand
it from the inside.

I am Iyebiye Olatokun, a Brand and Communications Strategist with 6+ years of experience partnering with entrepreneurs, founders, and executives worldwide.

Before a single word goes on a page, I spend hours in research. I study your industry, your competitors, the culture your audience lives in, and the gap only your brand can fill. My goal is never just clarity; it is resonance so deep that your audience starts to feel something like loyalty, and eventually, something like genuine investment in what you are building.

I am a lifelong learner, and that is not just a personality trait. It is my method. The brands I am proudest of are the ones I understood so well that the language felt inevitable. From brand positioning frameworks to website copy, video scripts, ebooks, and social strategy, I have done the full range, and I bring that same research-first discipline to every single one. I have also hosted podcasts, MC'd and hosted live events, and spent years in communications, publicity, and digital strategy inside a large community organisation. In my spare time I read, paint, and travel.

Research-first, always. No assumptions, no shortcuts
Goal: brands that permeate culture and generate genuine loyalty
6+ years working with clients across industries and continents
The Approach

I want every brand I touch to feel so true to its audience that people do not just buy into it. They belong to it.

6+
Years in brand and comms
50+
Brands worked with
Global
Client base
Services

What I do best.

01

Brand Strategy

Positioning, purpose, and personality frameworks built on deep research into your audience, competitors, and culture. This is where every engagement starts, and where everything else becomes possible.

02

Narrative & Messaging

The language of your brand, from founding story to tone of voice to messaging hierarchy. Every word is chosen after studying the people you are trying to reach and the world they already live in.

03

Communications Strategy

Strategic planning for launches, campaigns, and long-term reputation work. The right message, to the right people, at the right moment, backed by genuine audience insight and a clear plan.

04

Copywriting & Content

Website copy, articles, ebooks, video scripts, and long-form content that reads like the brand and not a template. Written by someone who did the research first and knows what your audience actually responds to.

05

Social Media Strategy

Social media content and strategy rooted in a real understanding of the brand and the people it is for. Not generic content calendars; audience-specific, brand-accurate content that actually earns attention and builds genuine community.

06

Thought Leadership

Building founder and executive voice through content strategy, editorial positioning, and ghostwritten work that compounds authority over time, earns a real audience, and says something worth listening to.

Selected Work

Projects that
moved the needle.

A selection of brand and communications work across industries. Each project started the same way: research before everything else.

Brand Strategy & Communications
2024–2025
BeyondPlay Kidztown & Sensory Cove

Building a brand for inclusive play from the ground up

Full brand and communications strategy for a fully inclusive indoor play centre in Barrie, Ontario, serving neurotypical and neurodiverse children. From zero presence to a thriving, booked-out community brand.

Brand Strategy Website Copy Social Media Strategy Social Media Management Brand Communications
↗ 95% of opening day visitors discovered via social media
01
Brand Communications & Strategy
Ongoing
Sycamore Community Church

Giving a growing church community a voice it could own

Six-plus years of brand communications work at Sycamore Community Church, across multiple roles, from publicity and storytelling to heading communications and growth, to leading digital evangelism.

Brand Communications Social Media Management Event Campaigns Podcast Hosting Screen Design Storytelling
↗ Consistent brand voice across every channel and format
02
Brand Identity & Copywriting
2025
Farntech Ventures

Brand language for a fintech holding company entering its next phase

Brand copywriter on the Farntech identity project with the ImagoDA team, led by Tai Shittu-Alamu. A private holding company backing technology-driven financial businesses needed language that matched its evolution.

Tone of Voice Brand Personality Messaging Principles Brand Guidelines Copy
↗ Investor-ready identity across all sub-brands
03
Brand Narrative & Copywriting
2023
FRWL New York

Brand story at the very beginning of something special

Worked on the brand story for FRWL New York, a NYC bike life culture and lifestyle brand, at the foundational stage of their brand-building. The kind of work that shapes everything that comes after.

Brand Story Brand Narrative Copywriting
↗ Exceeded client expectations with the finished work
04
BeyondPlay Kidztown and Sensory Cove is a fully inclusive indoor play centre in Barrie, Ontario, built on the belief that play should be fun, purposeful, and developmentally enriching for every child, including those with sensory needs and disabilities. Many play centres are built to burn energy. The founder wanted to build a place where play actively supported children's development across three categories: sensory play, social play, and STEM play, with accessibility for all children as a foundational principle rather than an afterthought. The brief covered brand strategy, website copywriting, social media strategy, and ongoing social media management.
The project started with extended discovery conversations with the founder, pulling apart the why before anything else was touched. Competitor research followed, mapping the landscape of indoor play centres, inclusive spaces, and family-focused brands in Barrie and the wider Ontario market. Audience mapping across parent and caregiver communities, early childhood educators, and the broader disability-inclusive parenting space informed every strategic decision. A four-phase process structured the work: Empathize and Discover, Conceptualize and Define, Design and Develop, and Deliver.
I developed the full brand strategy and positioning document, with purposeful play at its core and genuine fun as the brand's anchor emotion. Tone of voice and messaging pillars were built to speak directly to parents of young children as the primary audience, with caregivers and early childhood educators as secondary. I wrote the full website copy translating the brand vision into a parent-focused narrative, then designed and managed a three-phase social media strategy covering pre-launch awareness, grand opening, and post-launch community building. The play centre officially opened in September 2025.
30,000+
Instagram views at launch
32,147
Facebook views at launch
200+
Booking enquiries before opening
95%
Opening day visitors via social
"I am just so grateful I met you." — Dr. B.F, Founder, BeyondPlay Kidztown & Sensory Cove
Sycamore Community Church is not a short-term project. It is the organisation where I have spent years doing what I love, in a community I care about. Over six-plus years, I have moved through several communications roles, each one requiring a deeper understanding of the church's brand, voice, and the people it exists to serve. The work has never been theoretical. Every piece of communication has had to give accurate, honest expression to what Sycamore actually is, what it believes, and how it wants to show up in the world.
I have served as Publicity and Storytelling Lead, Head of Communications and Growth, and Digital Evangelism Lead. Each role expanded the scope of the work: from managing how individual events were communicated, to shaping the overall growth communications strategy, to leading the church's digital presence and online evangelism efforts. Across all of these, the constant was the same: accurately giving expression to the church's brand in every medium.
The work has covered the full communications spectrum. I have managed social media strategy and execution, produced and hosted podcasts for the church, designed graphics for screens and event materials, created end-to-end event campaigns, and MC'd and hosted live services and events. I have told the church's stories, shaped its public voice, and built the communication systems that keep its brand consistent across every touchpoint. Six years of this kind of sustained, embedded communications work is rare, and it has shaped how I approach every brand I work with.
Farntech Ventures is a private holding company that backs technology-driven financial businesses reshaping how money is managed, moved, and multiplied. Its portfolio includes Tranzfar (cross-border payments), Hustle (merchant payment solutions), Freedom (AI-powered banking), Bankfar (enterprise foreign exchange), and Apex (digital assets and loyalty programs). As Farntech grew from a fintech startup into a structured, multi-vertical investment group, it needed brand language that matched. I worked as Brand Copywriter on this project as part of the ImagoDA team, led by Creative Director Tai Shittu-Alamu, with Jude Babayemi on design.
The discovery process involved detailed stakeholder sessions, competitor and category audits across holding companies and investment groups, and a close analysis of how Farntech's existing brand was being perceived versus how it needed to be positioned. The key finding was a gap between the company's actual maturity and sophistication, and how it was communicating. The language needed to close that gap confidently.
I wrote the full Farntech brand guidelines copy, covering tone of voice, brand personality, messaging principles, and communication guidelines for consistent use across all platforms and sub-brands. The language needed to project discipline, credibility, and forward-thinking ambition at once, without sacrificing the warmth and mission-driven energy at the company's core. Every element was documented to support consistency as Farntech continues to scale.
Founded in 2023, FRWL is a lifestyle brand and progressive home to New York City bike life culture. The brand blends the raw power of bikelife culture with New York's urban style, creating apparel and accessories that reflect the grit and self-expression of riders. The founder's story started in 2018 when she left corporate life and found herself at Harlem's beloved neighbourhood bike shop, Larry's Freewheeling, apprenticing under the legendary Larry Duffus, known as Bicycle Larry. Larry's Freewheeling was a bike shop and a sanctuary, a place where riders from all walks of life gathered around a shared mantra: "Ride Till I Die." FRWL was born from that community. I was brought on to write the brand story at the very beginning of the brand's construction.
I worked on the brand story and foundational narrative for FRWL New York, developing the written framework that would define how the brand presented itself, what it stood for, and how it would speak. The work needed to honour a real and specific subculture, carry the weight of the founder's personal journey, and still function as a compelling, commercially useful brand story. The client noted that I provided far more than was asked for and that the finished work exceeded expectations.
Thinking

Essays on brand,
culture, and people.

Brand & Culture

Why The Best Brands Tell Cultural Stories

An essay on how brands influence culture through narrative, and why the most powerful brand stories are the ones that reflect something people already believe about themselves.

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Strategy

Marketing Is Anthropology

Understanding people is the real foundation of brand strategy. Before positioning, before messaging, before any of it, you need to understand how people think, what they value, and why they behave the way they do.

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Communications

What Churches Can Learn From Great Brands

Clear, consistent communication can transform community organisations. Churches have some of the most powerful stories to tell. Most are not telling them well enough.

Read the essay →

Full essays coming soon.

Client Praise

What people say.

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★★★★★
"

She was flexible with our requirements, reliable, and produced incredibly creative content. Her ability to adapt and come up with unique solutions was truly impressive. Her work played a crucial role in helping us reach our goals successfully.

BD
Brian Dils
Investor and Adviser, DilsHouse Ventures.
Former Lead Product Designer, Auth0
★★★★★
"

Delivered on time and exactly to spec. This was a long-form copy project and I was very pleased with the results. It is clearly written by a human with a clear and engaging voice and an excellent grasp of the language. Well researched, well written, well done.

BL
BenLabs.com
Bill Gates-founded company
★★★★★
"

She wrote several amazing blog posts for me and they were exactly what I was looking for. She was proactive and very thorough. I will be back for more.

JD
Jordan Duvall
Founder, Ignite Your Soul Brands. Former Lead Designer, Universal Studios. Film poster credits include Lord of the Rings and Star Trek.
★★★★★
"

She provided much more than promised, was extremely responsive and creative. She listened to exactly what I needed and exceeded expectations with the finished product. I strongly recommend her for your writing needs.

FN
FRWL New York
Lifestyle brand, United States
★★★★★
"

She is a very talented writer who obviously does her homework before writing. We have bought multiple times and have been delighted at the results every single time.

S
Shepnerd
Repeat client, United States
★★★★★
"

The quality of work was simply amazing. Outstanding. Creative. Responsive. Polite. Incredible work.

DT
Daniel Tereau
Client, United States
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something
they'll remember.

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