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Crafting Your Legacy: The Power of Storytelling in Business and Personal Branding
Amplifying Black Excellence
Storytelling is the heartbeat of successful branding and business growth. Join Jakiya Brown Thiaw, CEO and Founder of The JBT Agency, in conversation with Sienna Brown will share proven strategies for transforming ideas into sustainable brands that create income, impact, and legacy. With over a decade of experience working with iconic global brands like YSL, Lancôme, and Spotify, Jakiya will reveal how to harness storytelling to elevate your personal brand and connect authentically with your audience. Discover how to market your unique story with ease, turning it into a powerful tool for growth and influence. Whether you're an entrepreneur or a corporate leader, this session will leave you inspired and equipped to build a brand that truly resonates.
Jakiya Brown Thiaw (She/Her)

As the CEO and Founder of The JBT Agency, Jakiya has built a reputation for using a strategic, fresh, cultural, and realistic approach to marketing to transform stories, ideas, and influencers into sustainable businesses with ease. With 10+ years of experience working for iconic brands like Lancôme, Kylie Skin, YSL, Byredo, and Giorgio Armani, Jakiya has honed her skills in branding, marketing, and business development. Her work has taken her around the world, and she has been featured in notable publications such as Oprah Magazine, Refinery29, HuffPost, Conde Nast Traveler, and more.
After simultaneously launching her signature program Hustle to Ease generating almost $2 million dollars in revenue for Black women entrepreneurs and acquiring clients like Spotify, Hennessy, and The NBA in under 3 years time, Jakiya launched The JBT Agency, to support both corporations and growing entrepreneurs to bring awareness to their brands with innovative strategies, and campaigns that impact, inspire, and sell.
Now she spends most of her time “hubbed” between NYC and Dakar executing her vision of creating ease in the business growth and storytelling process, the key to helping both the corporate & individual client create income, impact & legacy.