Ciorstain-Photography

I am certified in Human Design and Human Design for Business since 2023.
Human Design changed my life and now I am here to share my journey with others and guide the way,

How to work with me?

“𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩” 
A 3 months high touch 121 program where I guide you on a journey of self discovery using the Human Design System. “The science of Differentiation”
 I will help you to understand AND embody your own soul design and will guide you into a deeper understanding about 

🌟 Who you really are
🌟 Your Personal Brand by design
🌟 What you are here to share 
🌟 How to bring that to the world in a way that is aligned for you AND works.
🌟 How to translate that into your business to make it sustainable, successful AND FUN!

This journey will not be short of being amazing, life changing leading to true empowerment!
It is the journey I have been on myself with incredible results and I am called to share it with more people.

Human Design Coaching and Mentoring

I help camera shy business owners stand out and look professional online by creating a bespoke bank of stunning, on brand images boosting visibility & confidence | Personal Brand Photographer | Portrait Photography 📷

I use 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 in my process leading towards the shoot. 

A total game changer!!!

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣?
Human Design is a system that helps us to understand ourselves better, understand how are designed to exchange energy with the world and how we can show up and lead life in an empowered way. 
It is also called the Science of Differentiation and it is a mix of ancient wisdom and modern science 😎
Exciting, isn’t it?

Using Human Design makes a HUGE difference for my clients in general and of course also for the tangible outcome in the end - the images we are creating together. 

As a Human Design Projector, I have the gift to see differently and am able to connect with people on a deep level.
(Some even say that I can see into their soul … 💚)

I see my clients as who they really are (not in a creepy way 😅) and discover with them what they are truly here to share with the world.

It is often not far away of what they are trying to achieve anyways, but during their work with me 

🌟 Clarity arrives
🌟 Confidence and Self-Belief grows and 
🌟 they are ready to fully step into their innate power.

And this is what I will capture in their images too 📸

𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 💚

Brand and Personal Brand Photographer - fuelled by Human Design

Licentiateship with the British Institute of Professional Photography

Photographer (LBIPP), Independent Business Owner

Panalpina

Responsible for one of the Top 10 Clients within the High Tech industry vertical for Europe, Middle East and Africa

Regional Key Account Manager EMEA

DB Schenker

Key Account Manager for a Top Semiconductor Client.

Global Key Account Manager

🌟 Are you camera shy and hate getting your photo taken?
🌟 Are you the face of your Brand and know you need to be out there to make your mission a success?
🌟 Do you feel uncomfortable putting yourself forward, because you lack images of you that you love? 
🌟 Are the images on your social media and website out-dated, from stock libraries, unprofessional or even non-existing?
🌟 Would you love to look professional online, stand out from the competition and attract more of your ideal clients?
🌟 Would a consistent, professional, on brand look boost your confidence and help you to move to the next level?

If so, I can help you!

I create a stunning and bespoke library of on brand images for you, that portray you, your business and what it is all about beautifully.

📸 I am an experienced and very passionate Brand Photography specialist
📸 I love to learn about your business in order “to get you” and fully understand what you are about, which will enable me to create the images you need to elevate your brand
📸 I will not leave you alone, we will brainstorm and get creative to develop what exactly is needed for your business to stand out
📸 I help you to get to the heart of your “why” and will be there all the way from planning to the shoot
📸 I can make even the most shy personality comfortable in front of my lens - really 😊
📸 I want you to enjoy the whole experience and to be over the moon with your photographs - that is my “why”


I have studied photography in Edinburgh and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2011.
This was not my first career though.
When I left school my dad wanted me to go to University and get a proper job…..
I did that and studied business management - as you do!
I was even successful and went on with a proper career within the Logistics Industry.
Until I felt so frustrated and unhappy that I was ready to change.
I moved to Scotland, quit my job and started studying photography in 2006!
This was the best decision of my life, I loved every minute of it and appreciated so much that I was taught what I always wanted to learn.
However, the path was not that straight and after graduating with a BA in 2011, I was headhunted into a corporate job again, with an offer I could not refuse 🙄.
Fast forward - it took a few too many years to reverse that again, but I now I am finally and 100 % back in the profession I totally love!
And I am good at what I do, too!

I would love to work with you and give you the visuals you need to move your business to the next level.

DM me and we schedule a video call to find out if we are for each other.

Kerstin Gruenling

Sarah Clay

Hello, I'm Sarah Clay

Apparently, my about section is ‘the best we’ve ever seen’!  

🟣 ARE YOU HEAD OF MARKETING, HEAD OF SALES OR CEO?
Let's make your marketing efforts go much further using your most valuable asset.
I'll help you elevate your personal profiles to elevate the status and visibility of your company. 
I  teach and empower your teams to use LinkedIn to increase the brand awareness of the company. It’s called ‘Employee advocacy on LinkedIn’. 

We also manage company pages with our full content creation service. 

🟣 ARE YOU RUNNING A CONFERENCE OR INTERNAL EVENT?
Hire me as your speaker to:    
Empower and inspire your teams to use LinkedIn to spread your company message
Help your attendees understand how they can use LinkedIn more effectively

🟣 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT BIG ROLE?
We work together to reposition you to give you the best chance of getting the best job and the best pay.

🟧🟪 Are you using my 5 step TRUST model to maximise your company message?

Find your Tribe
Build your Reputation
Understand your audience
Don’t Sell, Shake hands
Tell people how you solve their problems

If posts on personal profiles get up to 561% more engagement than on a company page - wouldn't you like to get your teams out and about on LinkedIn?

DM me, let's chat about how I can teach your team how.

🧑🏻‍🦰 ABOUT ME
I trained as a lawyer - amazing life and business skills
I Produced TV and music videos - organising, negotiating, people management
I ran marketing and PR departments then set up my own social media agency which led me to training people how to use LinkedIn

❓ WHY WORK WITH ME?
🔶 Years of Marketing, PR, social media and being a business owner means I bring many other skills to help you truly master LinkedIn: 
design
branding
marketing
communication
content creation
employee advocacy programme manager

🔶 I'm an experienced conference speaker and a regular guest on podcasts, live and on line events -delivering learning in an exciting way for you and your team.

🗣 WHAT DO MY CLIENTS SAY? 
‘Sarah worked closely with our large team on boosting our reach. Within 2 weeks my engagement and impressions stats increased by 245%'

‘Sarah was able to explain the technical elements really simply to me and then worked with me to devise a plan tailored to my needs.’

📈 ARE YOU READY TO START?
🗣 Let's chat: http://bit.ly/4r8W9lb
✍🏼DM me here
📧 sarah@sarahclaysocial.com

Social Selling
LinkedIn trainer
Keynote Speaker
Employee advocacy
Business Development
LinkedIn for corporates
C-Suite personal branding
Good at making lists look pretty

LinkedIn trainer, LinkedIn instructor

Training employees and entrepreneurs how to leverage LinkedIn for Brand awareness, personal branding, content creation and lead generation on LinkedIn.
#LinkedInSimplified
#LinkedInTraining
#LinkedInTips

Don’t you just love a chance to dress up and witness some pomp and ceremony?!

I have to say, The Worshipful Company of Marketors are so good at all that, as I experienced at The Installation dinner this week. 

Saying farewell to our outgoing master Julian Boulding and welcoming in David Elmer as our new master. Also welcoming April Cowen as our new clerk.  

It was great to spend time with
Kevin Harris , Jarmila Yu, CMktr DipM FCIM FIDM MCIPR, Annie Brooks, Martin Ashton and Peter Rees  among others. 
 
Sadly I didn’t take many photos as I was too busy enjoying the moment, but here’s a flavour of the beauty and grandeur at Painters Hall. Oh, and apparently I broke the rules by showing my shoulders! 😳

Sarah 💜

I empower you and your teams to increase your company’s brand visibility by transforming you into thought leaders and ambassadors 🟪 Author ‘Employee Advocacy on LinkedIn’ 🟧 Keynote speaker 🟪 Cyclist 🚴‍♀️ Liveryman

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‘Sarah, you need to lose the orange and purple hearts if you want to succeed in the corporate world.’

Said two men to me this week. 

They told me I was ‘too bright’ and ‘too in your face’ for the corporate world. 

Honestly - please - what do you think? 

Please vote but more importantly, comment below. This is a real dilemma for many - especially me right now. 

Thank you!

Sarah 💜 (eek!)

Should we ‘tone down’ our personality and colours to appeal to a corporate audience?  Full honesty please.

The author can see how you vote. Learn more

This year I want to share my knowledge and expertise with a wider audience. I want to do this by speaking at more events, all over the world. 

What better way to kick this off than by speaking at The Indie Summit in Bangkok! 🇹🇭

Launched in 2017, The Indie Summit The One Network has become one of the leading international conferences for owners and leaders of independent agencies.

Agency leaders come together from all over the world to learn, share experiences, and explore what’s next in marketing and communications.

Huge thanks to Julian Boulding for the invitation. 

I can’t wait to bring some LinkedIn energy to Thailand, and share what’s working right now (and what’s quietly stopped working), and to share my T.R.U.S.T. Advantage TM Formula with the audience. 

If you're an agency owner, please do check out the Indie Summit - and maybe I'll see you in Thailand!

Sarah 🟪 🟧

DSMN8 - The Employee Advocacy Platform asked me for my thoughts on their latest report: The World's Biggest Employee Advocacy Study.  

It’s a very comprehensive piece of work with some illuminating findings; two of which stand out for me. 

Personal content gets 9% more engagement than company page curated posts.

That’s 9% more eyes on your company page content by empowering your employees to post on LinkedIn. 

=>> Companies should build more “people-led” content into the mix.

Not every post, but even 1/3 with a personal angle will lift engagement across ALL company content.

=>> Biggest surprise: the highest engagement rates come from employees with 5,000 to 10,000 connections.

That’s such a good takeaway for leaders and teams who think they need “influencer numbers” before it’s worth showing up.

This is a great incentive for my clients to build their following, and hopefully it will inspire you to do the same!

Sarah 🟪 🟧

Here’s some LinkedIn maths for you.
You’ve probably heard the stat that companies can increase their LinkedIn reach by 561% when employees share content authentically.

But let's take it back a step, what does that actually mean in real life?

A 561% increase means you’re not adding a tiny bit on top. You’re multiplying the outcome.

If your company page post reaches 1,000 people…

=>> Up to 561% more reach could equate to 6,610 people seeing the same message.

1,000 + (561% of 1,000) = 1,000 + 5,610 = 6,610

The interesting part is not the number.

It’s why it happens.

When a real person shares something with even a line of context, it lands differently. It feels like insight, not an announcement.

Credibility, not “content”.

That’s trust at work, and in 2026 trust is the shortcut people use to decide who to pay attention to.

If you want the practical version of how to do this without making your employees cringe, feel pressured, or using copy and paste captions, message me to get access to my FREE monthly webinar.

Sarah 🟪 🟧

Turn your leadership team into credible industry voices, without it feeling forced.

Most leaders don’t need to become “content creators”.

They just need a simple way to show up as trusted experts, consistently, in a way that fits them.

My webinar tomorrow, The T.R.U.S.T Advantage TM is a practical guide to:

~ Building authority on LinkedIn without posting every day
~ Making leader visibility feel natural (and sustainable)
~ Linking that visibility to real commercial outcomes.

🟪 Tuesday 27 January
🟧 11:30am GMT / 6.30 am EST / 12.30pm CET

=>> Register here: https://lnkd.in/emyVwX2v

**Everyone who registers will receive a replay link valid for 7 days.**

I hear this a lot - and it was reinforced in a meeting I had yesterday. 
Things like: 

'LinkedIn is full of rubbish'
'It's becoming too self-promotional'
'LinkedIn is too 'business-y'

It doesn't have to be like this; LinkedIn can be a great place to hang out, meet interesting and relevant people and, of course, begin business transactions.

It's all about how you behave on the platform. 

In the words of Richard van der Blom on his post TODAY in fact: 

"Posts from accounts you regularly engage with get 3.2x more visibility than random viral content. A smaller, highly relevant niche network now outperforms a large but disengaged one. For reach AND lead quality."

What you put in is what you get out. 

So create a strategy around your LinkedIn activity. Be intentional, proactive and organised and you can actually begin to not only ENJOY being here, but you can also start to get business! 

Know someone who needs this message today?  Just send them this post and I hope I can help shift their mindset! 

Sarah 🟧🟪

TRUST is the biggest currency in B2B sales as we enter 2026.

If people don't trust us, they won't buy. Simple.

How can we use LinkedIn to create that trust?

*** Join me on Tuesday 27 January at 11:30am GMT // 6.30 EST // 12.30pm CET ***

I will help you understand how to do this in my free webinar, The Trust Advantage.

🟪 Register here: https://lnkd.in/emyVwX2v

Don't miss out! 

Sarah 🟧 🟪

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