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Who We Are
The Constellation Collective is a brand & communications strategy firm. We work with mission-driven organizations and small creative businesses, helping them figure out what to say, who to say it to, and how to make it all work together.
About Us
We’re a small firm, which means that the person you talk to is the person doing the work. In practice, we wear a few hats:
Strategist: Working out who you’re for, what you stand for, and how to say it so it lands.
Writer: Turning the strategy into the actual language on your website, your emails, your program report.
Creative director: Briefing and managing designers so the work reflects the strategy.
Thought partner: The person you call when you’re stuck on a name, or rethinking your about page for the tenth time.
The Constellation Collective was founded in Brooklyn, NY in 2018. We are 100% woman-owned and operated.
Our Approach
We believe that communication is about making a connection. Strategic communication isn't just about messaging—it's about reaching the right people and compelling them to act. With everything we do, we consider audience, style, voice and tone, and overall mission and goals as an essential starting point before we craft any communications.
Our approach is guided by three core beliefs:
Audience first, always.
Communication isn’t a one-way street — if it doesn’t reach the person, it hasn’t worked, however good the writing is.
Strategy before words.
Decide who you’re for and how you sound, then write. The writing is rarely the hard part; knowing what it has to do is.
Built to be used.
A strategy nobody can apply is an expensive document. We hand over things your designer, your writer, and your next hire can each pick up on day one.
What We Do
Six things, and most engagements combine several.
Brand Strategy
The decisions everything else gets built on.
Naming
A name is the first strategic decision a brand makes.
Content Strategy
What to say, and in what order.
Not sure which one you need? That’s normal.
Copywriting
The words themselves, in your voice
Digital Strategy
What your site and channels are doing, and what to change.
Strategic Communications
All the pieces working together.
Why It Matters
Most people come to us thinking they need one specific thing — a brand, a name, a set of messages. Usually what they actually need is a partner who can think across all of those at once, because none of them work in isolation.
When that thinking is done first, everything that follows — the website, the packaging, the voice of your emails — gets easier and better. When it isn't, you feel it everywhere.
“The Constellation Collective was the right expert at the right time at the right price for my boutique firm. They really listened and came up with a plan to make sure I was saying what I wanted to say to the world. One of the best investments I’ve made for my business.”
— David KlahrOur Clients
From a one-person studio to a national foundation. Some of these have come back five or six times; a few we’ve worked with for years.
ABRAMS
ADA Music Worldwide
Annie E. Casey Foundation*
Archer Roose
Arts Ignite!
Bridging Access to Care
Civic Arts
Creative Capital Foundation*
Dear Annabelle
Designer Fund*
Edible Schoolyard NYC
EL Education
Ford Foundation*
frog design*
Gowanus Music Club
Happy Cog*
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts*
Hyperakt*
Interbrand*
Klahr Consulting
KnollTextiles
Lobster Place*
Love & Victory
Marianna Schaffer
Marion Kadi
National Endowment for the Arts
North River Architecture
NYU Bernstein Institute for Human Rights
Sam Chenkin
Sara Clugage*
Textile Society of America
The Town School
Trinity School*
Union Square Partnership
Upbeat
Zack's Mighty
*Repeat clients
We also work alongside design and development partners, and we’re often brought in by them.