As a former brand content strategist who has worked with companies ranging from global brands such as Louis Vuitton & Estee Lauder to local lovables like Matchali & The LOFT Bridal, Christina Ko still decided that she wished to engage an external branding agency when she created her own creative wellness space, Good Peoples.

The agency she engaged was At the Table, whose scope of work quickly and organically grew from website design and SEO to overall visibility strategy and rationalizing brand direction. For a one-woman business, this relationship has become so indispensible and intimate that we thought it warranted an official discussion and presentation.

In this Creative Conversation, Christina, along with At the Table's Anna Tee & Lorena Chan, demystify how you can work with agencies even if you never thought you needed one (or thought you didn't have the budget for one), as well as how to make the most of an agency relationship.

We'll cover all the things people never talk about openly – fair pricing and quotations, what on earth the scope of work should be, how empathy and trust factor into the relationship, and overall how to determine which agency is right for you.

Whether you've been working with branding & creative agencies for your entire career or you didn't even know using agencies was a possiblity for your business, this will be an illuminating look at the art of creating a beautiful and fruitful agency relationship.

They’ve collaborated now on six shoots across the last two years, from personal branding to product stills to interiors to family portraiture. They are the co-hosts of About Me, a personal branding and headshot photoraphy workshop.

For fun, they interview each other for hours on end and explore endless forms of art, from trance-breathwork-drawing to dressing up as drag queens. And they’re here to talk about their creative partnership and process from start to finish, for a sneak peek on how they make visual brand magic together.