you already have the story. i help you build from it.
“Smart, organized, and wildly creative — a rare mix of strategic thinker and creative leader.”
“I would buy a book of these exercises. Hint, hint.”
“I just wish I had more time with her. Her energy was very infectious.”
one foot in the board room, one in the studio.
I have scrappy roots. I'm originally from New York (oh, how I miss pizza by the slice!) and started my career as a receptionist and design intern. After a few years of switchboards, swatches and subway rides, I felt the call of the west. Los Angeles gave me scale.
I spent nearly a decade at NPR helping bring the Tiny Desk Contest to life — one of the most beloved music discovery platforms in the country. From there: creative direction, startups, writers' rooms and workshops. The work kept getting more specific, more alive, and more mine.
When I wasn't at my desk or setting up backdrops, I was making collages and reading tarot. I've been writing stories, cutting and pasting images and reading cards since I was seventeen. That work eventually became sToRyDrOpS — a weekly newsletter that serves as a lighthouse for creatives who feel like lost, black sheep.
they said it better than i could
from tiny desks to big ideas.
For fifteen years, I've been the person you call when the creative is good, but nothing’s cohering. When you've built something real and still can't say what it is in a way that lands. I step in when you have a talented creative team that is still somehow stuck.
“Shaunté is one of the strongest strategists I know. She turns original ideas into unforgettably vivid, results-driven campaigns.”
