Community + Brand Partnerships WITH #BLKCREATIVES

Before we begin, please consider your WHY when reaching out to our platform.

We are great fans of doing our due diligence in getting to know potential collaborators and partners, so it’s important for our folks to do the same. Learning more about #blkcreatives before contacting us is important.

While we are a trusted platform, we want you to experience it for yourself by running your own research to get a true sense of what we’re about. Especially in the age of social media when everything is not what it may seem.

Our community and brand partnerships are integral to the work we do which is why we’re sharing our process here to ensure ease and the space for more intentional, purpose driven work.

Whether it’s with other creators and platforms, community orgs, or brands and corporations, our process is always rooted in collaboration. Here’s how we define our collaborator types:

Creative Collaborators = individual creatives and/or creative collectives, example.

Community Collaborators = community organizations, example.

Brand Collaborators = big, public facing companies and corps, example.

Community over Clout leads our partnership process:

  • Make sure that you align with our core values. Our ideal collaborators align with with our following core values: Safety. Well-being. Creative Freedom. Kindness. Integrity. Vulnerability. Authenticity.

 

  • While we understand the power of cross promotion, the intention behind every collaboration always has been to extend further into our purpose – highlighting, celebrating, and affording resources to the Black creative at EVERY stage of their development while we take care of our communities.

 

  • Is it about alignment or exposure? For us, it’s both. We want to work with Black creatives and those who wish to support Black creativity in a real and authentic way.

 

  • Understand that we use our platform responsibly. We do not use our platform to create, spread, or perpetuate harmful propaganda of any kind.

 

  • Come with a working concept, a definite start and end date, and a specific goal in mind – This the very beginning of our collaboration process. This simple structure allows everyone to start on one intentional accord from the jump. ‘Working concept’ doesn’t mean every single detail is worked out, it just means that the main idea is clear

All of our community collaborations require equal effort when it comes to making things shake. Connect with us when you have your ideas prepared, thank you.

Looking forward to working together, contact Rita to get started: rita@blkcreatives.com

Past Campaigns
Focus Features

Honk For Jesus

We partnered with Focus Features to amplify Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul and had the opportunity to send 50 of our #blkcreatives community members & supporters to the Los Angeles premiere.

A&E

Right to Offend: Watch Party

Partnered with A&E for a live-tweet of the two part documentary with our community and audience gaining 270k + impressions.

History Channel

Jackie Robinson

Partnered with The History Channel for a live pre-show Twitter Spaces, a live-tweet of the documentary and an evergreen blog posts with our community and audience gaining 150k+ impressions.

Amazon Prime

Mary J. Blige

Partnered with Amazon Prime Originals for a pre-show Twitter Spaces and live-tweet of the documentary with our community and audience gaining 560k+ impressions.

A&E Lifetime

Janet Jackson

Partnered with A&E & Lifetime for a live pre-show Twitter Spaces, a live-tweet of the documentary and an evergreen blog posts with our community and audience gaining 1.4M+ impressions.

A&E Biography

Bobby Brown

Partnered with A&E for a pre-show Twitter Spaces and live-tweet of the two night documentary with our community and audience gaining 500k+ impressions.