Account Manager @ Kurogo | Creating Industry Leaders through Personal Branding

I eat, sleep and breathe FMCG brands and pop culture.

And if I’m not doom-scrolling into the latest trend rabbit holes, I’m talking about it on LinkedIn.

The rest of the week, I’m an Account Manager specialising in driving strategic outcomes for clients through data-led insights and delivering high-impact marketing strategies.

To craft banging brand strategy, I:
👉🏻 Research (i.e. stalk) my clients and their industries until I know them better than they know themselves
👉🏻 Keep my finger on the pulse of what’s happening in their field
👉🏻 Genuinely root for them and their business 

That’s the mix I use for my clients, and so far I’ve achieved some pretty insane results across 20+ CEOs and Founders including:

- An inquiry from Dragon’s Den
- £700k angel investment directly attributed to LinkedIn 
- Features in podcasts, panels, publications

Ultimately, people buy from people.

Not dry, faceless brands.

Alessia Doyle

Today marks 3 years at Kurogo.

(Or 1,097 days of building CEO and Founders’ brands and leading strategy to be precise.☝🏻)

In numbers, it looks like this:

→ 37 client campaigns led
→ 2,634 posts published
→ 19 million impressions (!!)
→ 257,155 reactions

Yep, counted them all myself.

But it’s not just been all about the numbers (as much as I do love my spreadsheets).

In that time, I’ve also:

Attended 6 team socials 
Worked every role on the delivery team
Supported 7 clients at special in-person events
Secured a client as a lead sponsor of the Olivier Awards
Directed campaign video shoots from our London Studio
Built a client personal brand that led to a £750k in investment
Remotely worked from Bristol, London, Milan, Barcelona, Zadar and Cape Town

But by far, the best bits have been the clients I’ve worked with (4 of which have returned to work with me which means more than any impression count ever could!!) and my incredible teammates.

It’s been a huge 3 years of many highlights, wins and learnings at Kurogo - Personal Branding Agency. 

Very excited for whatever the next 1,097 days bring. 🪩

Serious about brand strategy. Not that serious about myself x | Brand, Partnerships & Culture | Live, laugh, love branding

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“Personal branding is cringe.”
Only until it works.

For one of my clients, it ended up bringing in £750,000 of their £1.5m investment raise.

No paid ads or big PR splash.

Just showing up consistently with a clear story about what they were building and why it mattered.

Behind the scenes it was pretty simple:

→ I led the positioning and brand campaign direction
→ Irene wrote the posts, translating the business’ wins into content
→ Ilaria handled engagement, keeping conversations going with the right people

A few months in, investors started appearing in the comments and DMs.

Some just curious.
Some asking questions.
And some eventually wiring money.

It wasn’t overnight, and it wasn’t flashy. But it worked.

Personal branding gets a bad rep because people picture buzzwords and vain hustle bros. 

In reality, it’s just making your work visible to the people who might care.

Sometimes that leads to a like.
Sometimes it leads to £750k.

Ecstatic client not pictured, so here’s me the moment I got the news instead. 

(Secretly manifesting that my own personal brand also leads me to a jackpot x)

for collabs, partnerships & enquiries, reach out at sakshisureka.2000@gmail.com 💌

also heyy, I'm Sakshi 👋

account management/client services specialist at Live & Breathe, delivering campaigns for global clients  like WDF, Morrisons, Epson.

obsessed with turning complex briefs into seamless executions - managing clients, coordinating creative teams, and optimising workflows so marketing feels less chaotic and more human.

outside my 9-5, i've built a 12K+ community here on LinkedIn (top 2% creator worldwide 🌍) talking about marketing strategy, career navigation, and personal branding. 

i'm passionate about storytelling, systems, and relationships - whether that's in client work, content creation, or building better processes.

if you're into authentic content, creative problem-solving, or figuring out your 20s - stick around, always open to chatting over coffee.

when offline: you'll find me curating Pinterest boards, testing recipes, hunting iced caramel lattes ☕

let's connect if this sounds like your vibe. 🥰

Sakshi Sureka

GUYS. I CAN'T KEEP CALM.

I'm officially off the job market. 🥳

I'm so, so happy to announce that I've joined WPP Media, India as a Senior Executive - Social.

And honestly? This role is everything I could have ever asked for.

The largest global marketing agency. Top-tier brands as clients. An amazing work culture that actually feels right.

I can't wait to dive into the world of performance marketing and absolutely crush it. ❤️‍🔥

Is this a detour from my UK dream? Yeah, it is.

But I've learned that sometimes the best things come from paths you didn't plan for.

Everything happens for a reason. And I'm trusting the process more than ever.

At this point, I'm living proof that if you set your mind to something - and keep going even when it's hard, even when you're tired, even when you're not sure - YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT!!! 🫶🏻

Maybe not in the exact way you imagined. 
But in the way that's meant for you.

I'm SO SO grateful.

💓 Grateful for this opportunity.
💓 Grateful for the journey that got me here 
(even the messy, tearful, "why is this taking so long" parts).
💓 And most of all, grateful for YOU - my community here who kept me going, checked in on me, hyped me up, and supported me at every single stage.

You have no idea how much it meant. 🥹

Special shoutout to Himanshi for the speediest onboarding process ever - let's goooo! 🙌

And now I can't wait to see what this chapter has in store for me.
New role. New challenges. Same energy.

If you've been job hunting or waiting for your breakthrough - this is your sign. It's coming. Keep going. I'm rooting for you. 💕

client services & paid social @ WPP Media | top 2% linkedIn creator | marketing + career tips + mindset 💞

the only friyayyy reminder youuu need 🤭💓🫶🏻🎀✨

here’s the only fri-yay reminder you need 💓🤭💌🫶🏻

60% of jobs are filled without ever hitting job boards.

And I learned this the hard way. 😅

I used to sit around waiting for the "perfect role" to pop up on LinkedIn so I could apply. Spoiler: it wasn't working.

That's because there's an entire hidden job market most people don't even know exists.

But once I learned how to tap into it? Everything changed.

Here's exactly how you can do it too. 👉✨

 Hidden Job market Pt 1.

the beginning of this year taught me one of the most underrated skill:

the art of letting go. 🥹

Have you ever heard that phrase: 

"the tighter you hold sand, the faster it slips through your fingers"?

that's exactly what was happening with me.

for the longest time, I was chasing my dream to get a job in the UK. I was giving it everything - my sweat, my blood, my mental health, all of it.

and nothing happened.

there came a point where I was holding on so tight, it stopped being a goal.

It became an OBSESSION!!

and it was slowly destroying me.

i wasn't excited anymore. i was anxious. burnt out. constantly spiraling.

every rejection felt personal. every "we'll get back to you" felt like a door slamming in my face.

it wasn't healthy. it was toxic.

that's when I realized: 
i can't do this anymore.

so I made a decision.

i took a step back. and I started letting things go...

now, that doesn't mean I stopped applying for jobs or gave up on my dream.

i just detached myself from the outcome.
i stopped obsessing over when it would happen, how it would happen, or if it would happen at all.

I LET IT GOOO

and honestly?
that one month when I didn't have a job? when I was just... existing, applying, trusting, breathing?

that was the best beginning of the year I could've asked for.

i was at peace. i could finally trust the process without feeling like I was suffocating under the weight of my own expectations.

and you know what happened?

everything started falling into place.

not because I was trying harder.
but because I finally gave myself permission to let go of the obsession and just focus on the effort.

so if you're holding onto something so tight it's hurting you.. a goal, a dream, a timeline, an outcome - THIS IS YOUR SIGN!! LET IT GO!!

not the dream itself. just the desperate grip you have on it.

do the work. show up. give it your best.

but release the obsession with controlling the how and the when.

trust that what's meant for you won't miss you. 💞🧿

and in the meantime? 
Breathe. Rest. Be kind to yourself.

you're closer than you think. ✨

p.s. what's one thing you need to let go of this year? tell me in the comments - let's hold each other accountable.

this is your only friday reminder: every “no” is bringing you closer to the “yes” that matters. 🥰🫶🏻

I used to walk into interviews completely winging it..

No prep. Just vibes. And a LOT of anxiety. 😅

Spoiler: that didn't work.

But once I built my interview prep toolkit, everything changed. I started showing up confident, prepared, and actually excited for interviews instead of dreading them.

The best part? All these tools are free (or have solid free versions).

Tools mentioned: @interviewwarmup by google, Glassdoor, Grok, Perplexity AI, ChatGPT

Swipe through for the only 5 tools you need to absolutely nail your next interview. 👉

Only Interview Tools you need!

you know what I was randomly thinking about today?

how easily we assume the worst-case scenario in our heads.

like, I'll be putting in SO much effort - showing up, creating content, applying to jobs, working on myself - and my brain will just casually whisper:

"but what if it doesn't work out?"
"what if you fail?"
"what if all this effort was for nothing?"

and I spiral.. for like 20 minutes.
maybe an hour if i'm really in my head.

but then I had this thought:

SO WHATT?

so what if you fail? you failed. 
you learn. you try again.

but here's the question we never ask ourselves:

what if it actually works out?

like... just for a second, close your eyes and think about the best-case scenario.

what if that job offer comes through?
what if your content goes viral and the right people see it?
what if the brand partnership you've been manifesting slides into your DMs?
what if the thing you've been working toward in silence actually comes true?

won't that be absolutely CRAZY?

that the thing you set out to achieve... just happens. 
because YOU DIDN'T GIVE UP!!!

because here's the thing:

if you stop now, you've completely eliminated the possibility of it happening.

but if you keep going - even when it's messy, even when you're tired, even when you're not sure - you leave the door open for the best-case scenario to walk right in.

and that? that would be so damn WORTH IT!

so now i'm choosing to assume the best-case scenario.

keep going, babe. the best version of your story might be one decision away. 🥰

p.s. what's one best-case scenario you're manifesting right now? drop it below! 👇

If this is month two… we’re not ready for the rest of 2026 😭❤️‍🔥

February really said: raise the bar. So of course, Kamya & I had to debrief!!

This is vol.2 of the Culture Debrief 🗞️

Brands mentioned: Asda, rhode skin, MECCA Brands, Blank Street, @Bratz, IKEA, Lancôme 

Don’t forget to tell us your fav campaign!!!

Kamya X Sakshi Feb 2.0

[ad] There's no worse nightmare than finding a sponsored job in the UK as an international student. 😭

And you know I'm the proof!!

Plus the new visa rules from the UK govt? Yeah, they're not helping. At all.

And LinkedIn… I love you… but we seriously need a sponsorship filter for international students like yesterday.

But here's the good news:

Turns out Poli has us covered with a dedicated portal for visa-sponsored jobs in the UK. 🤩

And honestly? Finding relevant roles has never been easier.

So come with me - let me show you exactly how I used Poli to hunt for that dream sponsored role. 👉

Brand partnership • client services & paid social @ WPP Media | top 2% linkedIn creator | marketing + career tips + mindset 💞

Poli Tutorial

February really said “new month, new culture moments” 👀✨🏈

The Super Bowl noise was loud (for all the right reasons) but these brand moves were nothing less!!! 

This is Vol 1. Of the February Culture Debrief by Kamya & I 

Brands mentioned: Pringles, Uber Eats, indē wild, rhode skin, Lacoste 

Which campaign was your favourite? 🤭

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