SUSIE STRYDOM

INDUSTRY LEADER | INNOVATOR | EDUCATOR

I help Brands, and the Innovation behind them, become more RESILIENT, RELATABLE and RELEVANT.

With over 25 yrs of experience in Brand Design Strategy in FMGC and Advertising, I have created five core products that are proven to deliver high impact outcomes.

Each product applies a lens of socio economic, cultural and generational insights, and shopper principles that show businesses ’HOW TO’ strengthen foundational Brand Building and Innovation for today’s consumer.

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The STARDOM Method®

The STARDOM Method® The STARDOM Method®

The STARDOM Method®

5 PROVEN SERVICES THAT BUILD BRANDS TO BE RESILIENT, RELATABLE AND RELEVANT.

BRAND STRATEGY

Reinvigorate your Brand with in-depth diagnosis of what is and is not working across all creative assets and touch points.
Outcomes:
- ‘Low hanging fruit’ actionable steps and foundational longterm ideas.
- Opportunities in Creative Assets
- Clarity in Brand Architecture.
- Inspires Brand vision
Identify mental-fatigue points in the shopper journey from pack to purchase.

Outcomes:
- Intuitive principles code across 2D + 3D design.
- Clarity in Communication.
- Streamlined shop-ability from in-store to Architecture.

INNOVATION

Emerging themes identified against your business priorities to enable ideation workshop for R&D, Engineering, Design or Think Tank teams.

Outcomes:
- Clear growth opportunities.
- Increases consumer value.
- Stronger product, service, and experience ideas that bring value to consumers.
- Maintains relevance in a dynamic, evolving marketplace.
Check out the innovation reports.

INSIGHTS

Visual mapping of your competitive landscape to uncover subconscious shifts in design codes, communication, and product experiences driving category disruption.

Outcomes:
- Flags disruption to the category and challenger brands.
- Defines emerging design codes.
- Defined design principles to enabling teams to raise executional excellence.
Next-generation AI Agent Personas grounded in deep consumer insight, designed for Research, Insights, and Brand teams seeking strategic clarity and consumer resonance.
Outcomes:
- Foundational principles that mirror lifestyles, values, and behaviors for your AI agent.
- Enables hyper-personalization that resonates.
- Elevates Brand relevance and amotional relate-ability.
Check out the insights.