📧 Please email tameka@tamekabazile.com for brand partnership inquiries or speaker opportunities.Welcome to my corner of LinkedIn. I lead organic and paid social media campaigns that center brand recognition and cultural relevance. I use key moments to shape a narrative through storytelling and intentional creative direction, previously taking TIME, a 100-year-old brand, into a social-first future. My strategies have amplified major events, such as TIME100 and TIME's Woman of the Year, and branded content campaigns in partnership with brands like Nissan, Amazon Prime, Glenfiddich, and more.I am also a multi-platform content creator and creative entrepreneur. In 2022, I was one of 120 to be part of LinkedIn's US Creator Accelerator program for Technology and Innovation, where I began this community of social media, creator economy, and emerging tech professionals on LinkedIn. Since then, I have partnered with brands like Lyft, Yahoo, Sprout Social, and more to bring my community resources, tools, and opportunities that elevate their career skills.Just for a little razzle-dazzle, you can find me on TikTok - sharing my love for all things skincare and personal success with my audience of 28,000.Other highlights:✚ I've been featured in Business Insider and numerous podcasts reaching over 1 million viewers.✚ I was the featured social media expert in TIME Studios &amp; Peacock's When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story.✚ I have been featured in AdWeek, HelloPartner, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and more.Lastly, I am a first-generation Haitian-American 🇭🇹, a Brooklyn native, and a dog mom to my Staffy, Bailey.

Tameka Bazile 🟢

Ya'll are going to get mad at me for saying this... but no, you cannot hop on the "quarter zip, not nike tech" trend.

Here's why:

Streetwear was born in the Black community. Nike tech = the uniform of the hood. Now Jason Gyamfi has flipped the script, helping young Black men reclaim intellectualism and ambition through style. 

The Black community rejoices 🙌🏾

BUT the wrong brands and people hopping on the trend can very quickly turn this from a cultural reset to a quiet reinforcement of proximity-to-whiteness professionalism.

And that's why you're not invited to the table.

Because Jason didn't create a trend about "dressing up."

He created a moment where young Black men could reclaim intellect, ambition, and soft confidence on their own terms, not to assimilate.

But when outsiders start treating the quarter-zip moment like a marketing opportunity, the narrative subtly shifts:

"This is the version of Black masculinity we can accept."

And suddenly, what started as empowerment becomes another unspoken rule: that Black men are only seen as 'professional' when they edge closer to whiteness.

This isn't about clothes.

It's about allowing young Black men to redefine professionalism, ambition, and identity without their value being measured by assimilation.

Some moments aren't trends. They're transformations.

And they deserve to stay rooted in the community that created them.

B2B Social & Content @ Business Insider | Social Strategist & Business Influencer | Creator @thetamekabazile (60K+) · 2024 Clio Winner · Speaker 🎙️: Follow to talk social media career, culture, content

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