Brittany Dacoff

Blacklight Creative Agency — Founder & Creative Director

• Founded and operate a full-service creative agency specializing in brand strategy, visual storytelling, content production, creative operations, and business consulting for founders, entertainers, nonprofits, and cultural organizations.
• Lead creative direction and production for campaigns, events, brand launches, and ongoing content systems from concept and shot lists through final galleries, reels, graphics, and delivery workflows.
• Build scalable brand systems including templates, guidelines, asset libraries, file structures, social content calendars, and publishing-ready exports that help clients move faster with a more consistent visual identity.
• Provide founder-level business consulting across brand positioning, messaging strategy, competitive audits, service packaging, go-to-market planning, and retainer models.
• Manage full project lifecycles including scopes, timelines, budgets, vendor coordination, contracts, W-9 documentation, insurance requirements, client communication, and quality control.
• Produce photography, video, short-form social content, event recaps, documentary-style footage, and graphics for clients and projects spanning entertainment, hospitality, wellness, nonprofit, sports, corporate, and cultural sectors.
• Portfolio includes real client and project work for Apple, Wilson / 40 Love Foundation, USTA, Create & Cultivate, CAAM, SoFi, Black Girl Tennis Club, US Open, Ritualized Joy, LaRussell, Everi AI, D Smoke & SiR, JJOA, and OCD.
• Bring accessibility-minded design, fast execution, solution-driven thinking, and the ability to wear every hat from shooting content and editing assets to writing contracts, managing stakeholders, and working the room.

The Wild Seed Collective — Co-Founder, Creative Lead & Grantee Brand Systems Consultant

• Co-founded The Wild Seed Collective, a Los Angeles County grant-funded initiative supporting women-of-color founders through funding, visibility, technical assistance, business support, and community-centered programming.
• Lead all branding, marketing, creative direction, visual storytelling, and digital presence for The Wild Seed, translating the organization’s mission into a clear, consistent, and community-rooted brand platform.
• Support the initiative through the full grant cycle, with programming and creative services running through 2027 after the completion of the $1.2 million Los Angeles County grant funding period.
• Provide 30-hour grantee brand and marketing engagements designed to help founders clarify their digital presence, strengthen their messaging, organize their assets, and leave with practical tools they can continue using after the grant period.
• Built a four-phase grantee support roadmap: Discover, Strategize, Implement, and Close, guiding founders from audit and assessment through strategy, content creation, brand asset organization, and final handoff.
• Conduct social media presence audits, visual messaging reviews, competitor analysis, platform data collection, gap analysis, and founder kickoff sessions to identify what each business needs most.
• Develop strategy packages including content pillars, 90-day content calendars, platform prioritization, brand guidelines, hashtag strategy, language banks, and digital presence recommendations.
• Implement production support including brand photography sessions, Canva Brand Kit setup, social media template builds, content batch creation, platform profile optimization, asset library organization, and implementation coaching.
• Produce documentary-style content, founder stories, business features, event documentation, recap visuals, and campaign assets that amplify grantees, partners, and community impact.
• Manage creative systems including Google Drive organization, file naming conventions, content archives, brand asset folders, publishing workflows, and final deliverable handoff systems for both the organization and participating founders.
• Collaborate with co-founders, funders, grantees, vendors, community partners, and small business owners to move the initiative from grant-funded concept into visible, organized, and measurable community impact.

Dr. Kamilah Evans, Work Hard Play Hard Collective — Fractional Launch Operations + Brand Systems Client

• Serve as fractional launch operations and brand systems lead for Work Hard Play Hard Collective, helping turn the founder’s event concept into a structured community brand, launch plan, and repeatable operating system.
• Translate the founder’s vision into a clear offer architecture across five core programming tiers: Study Hall, Pulse, Rounds, Actors, and Off Duty.
• Build brand and offer clarity tools including psychographic audience profiles, customer personas, mission language, brand voice direction, tier summaries, elevator pitch language, and messaging banks.
• Create launch infrastructure including a Substack structure map, website and email capture page outline, Google Drive PARA folder system, partner and sponsor tracker, volunteer structure, and communication guide.
• Develop timeline and budget systems including a launch roadmap, project timeline with milestones, Study Hall budget template, offer-specific budget templates, and event planning checklist.
• Provide accountability and implementation support through weekly check-in agendas, decision tracking, task assignment logs, next steps checklists, and founder support sessions.
• Organize scattered ideas, files, timelines, and partner relationships into one accessible structure so the brand can move confidently into sponsor meetings, pitch conversations, programming, and launch execution.

Omni Hotel Los Angeles — Banquet Server / On-Call Hospitality

• Serve as an on-call banquet server and event staff member in a luxury hotel environment for 7+ years, supporting high-end private events, banquets, corporate functions, and formal dining service.
• Execute front-of-house operations with professionalism, reliability, and composure in fast-paced event settings that require polished guest interaction and precise timing.
• Support guest services, banquet setup, food running, table service, event turnover, and closing duties while maintaining high hospitality standards.
• Practice attentive upselling, service recovery, and guest relationship skills that transfer directly into client-facing creative work, VIP hosting, and event production.
• Collaborate with hospitality teams, event captains, kitchen staff, vendors, and venue stakeholders to deliver smooth guest experiences for diverse event formats.

Pasadena City College — College Ambassador & Administrative Staff

• Served as College Ambassador, visiting high schools throughout Pasadena to recruit prospective students and represent Pasadena City College through outreach and student-facing presentations.
• Supported the Dean of Sports as an administrative assistant, handling confidential documentation, signed NDAs, conflict-related paperwork, and sensitive institutional processes.
• Managed stakeholder communications, student and staff interactions, office workflows, and documentation with professionalism and discretion.
• Built early experience in public speaking, recruitment, community outreach, institutional operations, and confidential administrative support.
• Brought a student-athlete perspective as a former cheerleader and track & field participant while building early leadership, teamwork, and campus engagement experience.

Edit with Brit — Twitch Streamer & Digital Creator

• Host “Edit with Brit” on Twitch, a live streaming show teaching younger generations photo organization, editing techniques, post-production decision-making, and creative workflow habits.
• Stream real client post-production workflows after shoots, documenting gigs during the day and editing on-stream at night to turn behind-the-scenes work into educational content.
• Build an audience at the intersection of creative education, live production, nightlife and entertainment culture, and transparent business-building for emerging creators.
• Develop sponsorship and cross-promotion concepts, including a pitch for Ice House Comedy Club sponsorship to reach college-age and creator audiences.
• Use live streaming as a digital media extension of Blacklight’s brand ecosystem: community, education, content repurposing, and audience development.

Pasadena City College

Studied Fashion Design with a Dance minor while serving as a cheerleader, Student Ambassador, and Assistant to the Dean of Sports. Built early experience in public speaking, student recruitment, campus outreach, event support, administrative operations, confidential documentation, and working directly with students, faculty, and athletic leadership.

Glendale City College

Completed General Education coursework while continuing as a collegiate cheerleader. Strengthened communication, discipline, teamwork, performance, time management, and leadership skills through academics, athletics, and campus involvement.

Briar Cliff University

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Class of 2013. Focused on entrepreneurship, leadership, business operations, management, strategy, organizational development, marketing, and the foundational business skills that now support Blacklight’s creative direction, client strategy, project management, and agency operations.