Your thinking

Your thinking

transcends your title.

transcends your title.

A personal brand and thought leadership collaboration for senior leaders ready to unlock the value of their insights.

A personal brand and thought leadership collaboration for senior leaders ready to unlock the value of their insights.

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A silhouette of a person standing amidst vibrant swirling colors of teal and orange.

WHERE YOU ARE

you know

you know

you have something important to say.

you have something important to say.

What's missing isn't the ideas — you have many — but the structure and space to shape them into something coherent and truly representative of your wisdom and expertise.

Your ideas deserve an audience: they're just waiting to be unlocked.

What's missing isn't the ideas — you have many — but the structure and space to shape them into something coherent and truly representative of your wisdom and expertise.

Your ideas deserve an audience: they're just waiting to be unlocked.

BECOMING UNLOCKED

Starts with surfacing.

Starts with surfacing.

The Unlocked method was developed from years inside the minds of senior leaders. It's designed to surface what you know but haven't yet found the words or the time for.

The Unlocked method was developed from years inside the minds of senior leaders. It's designed to surface what you know but haven't yet found the words or the time for.

1

SURFACE

Conversations to understand and align your thinking and objectives. Together we uncover the wealth of your experience and expertise, creating the foundation for your next chapter.

Conversations to understand and align your thinking and objectives. Together we uncover the wealth of your experience and expertise, creating the foundation for your next chapter.

2

DISTIL

Shaping a considered personal brand and content strategy based on where you want to show up and what you want to be known for, mapped into practical steps for the next 6+ months.

Shaping a considered personal brand and content strategy based on where you want to show up and what you want to be known for, mapped into practical steps for the next 6+ months.

3

EXPRESS

Activating your strategy and turning your thinking into a body of work: a LinkedIn presence, a series of articles, a keynote — the format that best serves what you have to say.

Activating your strategy and turning your thinking into a body of work: a LinkedIn presence, a series of articles, a keynote — the format that best serves what you have to say.

WHO YOU ARE

you believe

you believe

your perspective is an untapped asset.

your perspective is an untapped asset.

And you're ready to do something meaningful with it.

It's for senior leaders preparing for their next chapter — a promotion, pivot or new venture — who want to arrive with a presence that precedes them.

It's for the builders who spend all day driving growth for other brands, only to end without the energy or clarity to invest in their own.

And you're ready to do something meaningful with it.

It's for senior leaders preparing for their next chapter — a promotion, pivot or new venture — who want to arrive with a presence that precedes them.

It's for the builders who spend all day driving growth for other brands, only to end without the energy or clarity to invest in their own.

If you want to be known for how you think, this is for you.

If you want to be known for how you think, this is for you.

WHY NOW

Your future

Your future

needs influence.

needs influence.

The leaders who will be most influential in the next five years are growing their presence now.

Whether you're building toward your next move, or finally making time for what matters, it begins with making your thinking visible.

The leaders who will be most influential in the next five years are growing their presence now.

Whether you're building toward that next move or finally making time for what matters, it begins with making your thinking visible.

YOUR COLLABORATOR

MIMI HAYTON

MIMI HAYTON

FOUNDER OF MARQUESS STUDIO & CREATOR OF UNLOCKED

FOUNDER OF MARQUESS STUDIO & CREATOR OF UNLOCKED

I'm a brand strategist, editor and writer with over 15 years of experience working with brands and their leaders, developing original thought leadership on their behalf.

I understand the finer points of navigating corporate environments and what it takes to succeed in them, as well as having a finely tuned editorial sensibility for finding the signal in a career's worth of thinking.

Organisations hire you for your cumulative experience, and then reduce you to your current title. Your personal brand is where that breadth can live, and Unlocked is designed to create that space for you.

I work with a small number of clients at any one time, which means we collaborate closely and produce results you can be proud of.

I'm a brand strategist, editor and writer with over 15 years of experience working with brands and their leaders, developing original thought leadership on their behalf.

Organisations hire you for your cumulative experience, and then reduce you to your current title. Your personal brand is where that breadth can live, and Unlocked is designed to create that space for you.

I work with a small number of clients at any one time, which means we collaborate closely and produce results you can be proud of.

Mimi Hayton

Mimi Hayton

A smiling man with short hair stands with arms crossed, wearing a dark shirt against a neutral background.
A smiling man with short hair stands with arms crossed, wearing a dark shirt against a neutral background.

THE INVESTMENT

from

from

£2500

£2500

Unlocked begins with a Personal Brand & Content Strategy — the blueprint for building what's next and how you show up moving forward.

Together we decide how best I can support you from there. Ongoing content and thought leadership development is available as a monthly retainer, scoped according to your needs.

If that feels like the right level of investment for where you are, let's have a conversation.

Unlocked begins with a Personal Brand & Content Strategy — the blueprint for building what's next and how you show up moving forward.

Together we decide how best I can support you from there. Ongoing content and thought leadership development is available as a monthly retainer, scoped according to your needs.

If that feels like the right level of investment for where you are, let's have a conversation.

Unlocked begins with a Personal Brand & Content Strategy — the blueprint for building what's next and how you show up moving forward.

Together we decide how best I can support you from there. Ongoing content and thought leadership development is available as a monthly retainer, scoped according to your needs.

If that feels like the right level of investment for where you are, let's have a conversation.

THE output

The strategy phase includes

The strategy phase includes

• Personal brand audit
• Discovery & framework sessions
• Personal brand and content strategy
• Content development & publishing roadmap

• Personal brand audit
• Discovery & framework sessions
• Personal brand and content strategy
• Content development & publishing roadmap

• Personal brand audit
• Discovery & framework sessions
• Personal brand and content strategy
• Content development & publishing roadmap

An ongoing engagement adds

An ongoing engagement adds

• Content development
• A body of work in a strategically chosen medium
• Coaching & guidance

• Content development
• A body of work in a strategically chosen medium
• Coaching & guidance

• Content development
• A body of work in a strategically chosen medium
• Coaching & guidance

Optional

Optional

Visual brand toolkit
Branded social templates & assets

Visual brand toolkit
Branded social templates & assets

Visual brand toolkit
Branded social templates & assets

TESTIMONIALS

what COLLABORATORS say

what COLLABORATORS say

Clients and organisations I’ve supported

Clients and organisations I’ve supported

Are you building a new business from scratch, transforming a hundreds year old global institution or maybe just refreshing your companies existing brand? If so, you must talk with Mimi! She’s smart, collaborative and ruthlessly strategic in her thinking

Mike Beatty

Former Head of Brand, LSEG

Whether working inside the brand or consulting independently, Mimi has a great skill in diagnosing and building a brand from the foundations up through strategy development, content creation, and community engagement.

Victoria Montgomery

Co-Founder, Women in Brand

Mimi is an asset to any team. She has a keen eye for detail, a strategist’s incisive mind, and is a warm and supportive collaborator too. I value her curiosity and her positive influence in our team. Whoever is lucky enough to hire her has brought in a powerhouse.

Tamira Hamden

Founder, Women in Brand

Mimi is one of the finest strategists, creatives, and writers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. She is deeply analytical, meticulous, and best of all an absolute joy to work with. She’s one of just a handful of people in my life I know will be a lifelong collaborator.

Joel Leeman

Co-Founder & CEO, Vivace

Are you building a new business from scratch, transforming a hundreds year old global institution or maybe just refreshing your companies existing brand? If so, you must talk with Mimi! She’s smart, collaborative and ruthlessly strategic in her thinking

Mike Beatty

Former Head of Brand, LSEG

Mimi is an asset to any team. She has a keen eye for detail, a strategist’s incisive mind, and is a warm and supportive collaborator too. I value her curiosity and her positive influence in our team. Whoever is lucky enough to hire her has brought in a powerhouse.

Tamira Hamden

Founder, Women in Brand

Whether working inside the brand or consulting independently, Mimi has a great skill in diagnosing and building a brand from the foundations up through strategy development, content creation, and community engagement.

Victoria Montgomery

Co-Founder, Women in Brand

Mimi is one of the finest strategists, creatives, and writers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. She is deeply analytical, meticulous, and best of all an absolute joy to work with. She’s one of just a handful of people in my life I know will be a lifelong collaborator.

Joel Leeman

Co-Founder & CEO, Vivace

Let your thinking do the talking

If you've read this far, you already know whether Unlocked is for you. The next step is 45 minutes to explore your ideas, your goals, and whether this collaboration is the right fit.

Let your thinking do the talking

Let your thinking do the talking

If you've read this far, you already know whether Unlocked is for you. The next step is 45 minutes to explore your ideas, your goals, and whether this collaboration is the right fit.