Agency of Joy

09/06/2024

12/22/2023

It's the solstice day, the start of the Capricorn season, and the 5th anniversary of my company, Agency of Joy! 🥹🙏🏾

Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey and beyond. I'm so, so grateful!

To celebrate this milestone, check out my more in-depth reflections on what this moment means to me below.

Sean A. Watkins, founder of Agency of Joy, reflects and celebrates five years as a small Black LGBTQ+ owned company.

02/06/2023

✨ Agency of Joy Partners with Brooklyn Arts Council ✨

We’re thrilled to be in partnership with in support of their efforts to build a digital platform for Artist advancement!

Currently known as the Dynamic Engagement Portal (DEP), is providing a Market Assessment to inform and maximize the creativity, sustainability, and impact of the new platform.

As a Brooklyn-based company, our work is often directly inspired by Brooklyn’s q***r and trans creative communities and we are overjoyed to give back in such a tangible and impactful way.

If you live or work in Brooklyn–or did so in the last five years–and would like to support this vision, please complete the survey, created by of .

🔗 Link in bio to learn more 🔗 

Image: Loki Circus Theater, 2022 Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee. Artists from left to right: Toni Cannon, Summer Lacy, Copper Santiago, Susan Voyticky, Darielle Williams, Veronica Blair. Photo by Maike Shultz. 

12/21/2022

🎉🎂Happy birthday to us! 🎉🎂

We can’t believe it’s been four whole years since we launched. What an amazing journey, and we can’t thank you, our clients, and our friends and family enough for your continued support. We’re still learning, growing, and dreaming, and we can’t wait to see what this next year brings.

ICYMI - we recently launched two new services:
✨Travel Experiences (for organizations and individuals) ✈️🏝️and
✨Retreat-Style Group Facilitation 🗣️✊🏾

And are accepting new clients for your strategic communication needs!
✨Brand Strategy
✨Social Media
✨Content Creation
✨Media Relations

Schedule your free consultation with us in our link in bio.

Cheers to 4 years and many more. 🥂 And a happy Winter Solstice (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere)! 🫶🏾☀️🫶🏾☀️🫶🏾☀️

04/16/2022

See you at ! ☀️✊🏾🖤

Our own will be a speaker on the ‘Environmental Justice Is… Your Career’ panel at this year’s Soul Summit 2022. ✨

is an expansive career field that can take many forms and roles. This panel will explore how individuals can explore different entry points and pathways to environmental justice. 📲✊🏾

Hosted by , Sol Summit brings together organizers, community members, elected officials, and the issues in a way that leads to collaboration on solutions to some of our communities’ most pressing environmental issues. 🌱

Sol Nation is a climate justice, solutions-based organization led by Black thought leaders who are focused on changing the material conditions of Black communities in North Carolina.

🔗 Tickets are still available !

     

04/14/2022

Still celebrating ’ Webby Award nomination! 😍

“Nominees like Sean are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, President of . “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 13,500 entries we received this year.”

“I’m incredibly grateful for this honor,” said Watkins. “I’ve admired The Webbys since the start of my career, so this moment is an actual dream come true. While I celebrate this moment for myself, I’m also celebrating this for all the Black q***r, trans, and nonbinary storytellers who don’t get the recognition they deserve. I see you, I’m with you, and this is just the beginning.”

Get your votes in to help Sean win! 🖤

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04/14/2022

Our own Sean A. Watkins is nominated against the likes of George Clooney and Ne-Yo! ✨✨

Fans Can Vote Online to Help Sean A. Watkins Win Internet’s Top Honor: http://wbby.co/video-performance

04/12/2022

Celebrating Black maternal heath! 💗

And shoutout to our newest client, , who are joining forces with this Black Maternal Health Week to center the values of joy, vision, and liberation. We’re so excited to support them with content creation ✨

Make sure you follow them for more content!


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“How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, hopefully embraced upon our arrival, impacts the whole of our time on this Earth.” -Alice Walker 👏🏾👏🏽

As we , so many questions bubble to the surface. What if your birth experience was the most beautiful, cared for, moment of your life? What if care honored our agency by default? is a black-led organization inviting us to ask these questions and birth a better future. 🙌🏾

Check out ’s powerful, heartwarming new video on their page. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcNY3CnDTAG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Art by , produced by and .

04/11/2022

Thank you for the nomination ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 So excited for our very own to be up for Best Individual Performance - Video.

04/07/2022

Congratulations Sean on your first (of many) The Webby Awards nominations! 🍾✨

Cast your vote at:

http://wbby.co/video-performance

Tag a friend in the comments to encourage more voting! 👯

Sean A. Watkins (they/them) has been nominated in the Best Individual Performance - Video category in the 26th Annual Webby Awards for their TEDx talk, “The Game We Didn’t Know We Were Playing.”

This nomination comes on the heels of their recent win for “Leader of the Year” at the 2022 Anthem Awards. 💫

02/01/2022

Happy ! 💛 Today and everyday. ✊🏾✨

Transcription: "I find, in being Black, a thing of beauty. A joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness." --Ossie Davis

02/01/2022

Today and everyday. ✊🏾 Happy Black History Month 🤎✨

Transcription: "I find, in being Black, a thing of beauty. A joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness." --Ossie Davis