Crafting brands that bite.
This is my living archive and freelance studio of strategy, visuals, and cultural instinct. Brands aren’t built to blend in, they’re built to be felt, remembered, and talked about. Here, I document the work, the thinking, and the craft behind building identities with teeth.
Welcome to the dark side.Brand Strategist ✷
Social Media ✷
Creative Storyteller & Designer ✷
Brand Strategist ✷ Social Media ✷ Creative Storyteller & Designer ✷
Comfort doesn’t build cult brands.
Hi, I’m Kim, a brand strategist focused on growth marketing and creative storytelling and social-forward ecosystems. My work is rooted in the belief that identity matters more than approval. Authentic brands don’t conform, they commit, the experiment, they play, and they connect.
My Philosphy
Welcome to my little corner of the internet: Sugar Riot Studio. Where strategy gets a little sweeter, where I document the work, ideas, and creative process behind building brands and campaigns with stories to tell.
Hi, I’m Kim! I think about social and brand marketing the way some people think about astrology charts.
Yeah I work in marketing, but what I really do is study how people move. Why they attach. Why they disengage. Why they turn brands into personalities and personalities into cult followings that convert. Call it strategy, call it intuition, I like to think it's a little bit of both.
I gravitate toward brands with personality. The ones that aren't afraid to be a little weird, a little self-aware, a little playful. A bit of whimsy, a bit of edge, and a whole lot of intention.
That’s how cult followings are formed. Not through trends alone, but through alignment. Though strategy. Through shared values. Through making people feel and be seen.
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approach brand strategy as identity work, not positioning theater. The goal isn’t to appeal to everyone, it’s to create clarity, conviction, and a point of view strong enough to build cult loyalty. Every decision starts with understanding what a brand stands for, what it refuses to be, and how it earns relevance in culture.
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Growth lives where strategy meets systems. I design social and digital ecosystems that prioritize community, momentum, and authenticity. Instead of just chasing trends, my work centers on building frameworks that scale presence, deepen connection, and turn audiences into advocates.
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Storytelling is how strategy becomes human. I focus on translating brand instinct into narratives that feel lived-in, emotional, and real. The strongest stories don’t perform authenticity, they communicate it through tone, visuals, and consistency over time.
My corner of the internet.
Here, you will find...Work I’m proud of, experiments I’m exploring, campaigns I’ve led that challenge how brands show up. Some projects are archives. Some are in progress. All of them show how I think about brands as living ecosystems, built with, not just for, the communities around them. I’m constantly challenging myself (and the brands I collaborate with) to rethink what visibility, connection, and effect really mean in a world that’s tired of being sold to.
My latest work & other stories
Sugar Riot Studio
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