Sassy Salon - Brands & Creators, In the Same Room | London

A monthly morning for brands and content creators to connect properly. Panel talks, real introductions, and goodie bags. Hosted by Sassy Talent. Peckham, last Wednesday of the month.

Panelists: Derrick Kakembo and Myah Asha Jeffers

Brand Sponsors: Mooncup and London Nootropics

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Sassy Salon is a monthly networking event for brands and content creators in London — bringing the right people into the same room so the conversations that usually take months of outreach can happen over a coffee instead.

Hosted by Sassy Talent, each session brings together approximately 30 brands and online content creators for a focused morning of panel discussion, structured introductions, and genuine connection. No pitch decks. No hard sell. Just the room.

This Month's Panel: Derrick Kakembo & Myah Asha jeffers

Our first Sassy Salon features a conversation with:

Derrick Kakembo - London-based Ugandan-born filmmaker, photographer, and founder of Reform The Funk, a production studio championing underrepresented voices in cultural and commercial media.

Derrick's work sits at the intersection of brand storytelling and authentic cultural filmmaking. He has collaborated with the V&A Museum, BBC, Netflix, Island Records, Uber, and Leica, and his films have appeared on Nowness and in Vogue Italia. His portraiture has captured Ashley Walters, Stefflon Don, Post Malone, Bree Runway, and Davido.

He brings a rare perspective on what it means to make work that is both commercially compelling and genuinely representative - exactly the conversation brands and creators need to be having right now.

Myah Asha Jeffers - Barbados-raised, London-based photographer, writer, and director whose work centres the nuances of daily life within diasporic communities, turning genuine human connection into visually arresting, honest storytelling. She works closely with brands including Leica and WeTransfer.

Myah's debut short film Bathsheba world-premiered at Inside Out Film Festival (2024) and won Best Performance at S.O.U.L. Film Festival, with nominations for Best Film and Best Director. She was selected as one of four emerging writers for the DWDP TV writing scheme (2025), supported by Left Bank Pictures (SONY) and the National Film & Television School, and is currently developing two original series.

Her photography has featured in Vogue, The Guardian, ELLE, The Sunday Times Magazine, Aesthetica, It's Nice That, and the British Journal of Photography, with solo and group shows across London, New York, and Houston.

She brings a perspective that is rare in this space - someone who moves fluidly between documentary photography, editorial commissions, and narrative filmmaking, always with community and authenticity at the centre. Exactly the conversation brands and creators need to be having right now.

What to Expect

🍒 Coffee and open networking on arrival
🍒 Panel conversation with Derrick T. Kakembo
🍒Structured introductions - brands to creators, creators to brands
🍒 Goodie bag to take home
🍒Last Wednesday of every month, 10am–12pm

Who This Is For

Brands looking to connect with content creators and cultural voices in niches that are hard to reach through traditional outreach - beauty, lifestyle, fashion, culture, film, and beyond.

Content creators and cultural producers ready to meet brands directly and gain real insight into how commissioning, casting, and brand partnerships actually work.

You do not need to be signed to an agency to attend. Sassy Salon is an open space for anyone working at the intersection of brand and creator culture who wants to do things differently.

Practical Details

Nest & Vine, Peckham, London (downstairs)

29th July, 10am–12pm

£5 per ticket — pay more if you'd like to support the series

Attendance is subject to host approval to ensure the right mix of brands and creators in the room. You'll hear back within 48 hours of requesting your spot.

Capacity: ~30 people

About the Host

Bethany Burgoyne is the founder of Sassy Talent. With a background spanning journalism, media production, and influencer and brand partnerships, she brings a rare crossover of editorial instinct and commercial nous to the creator economy.

She is the producer of Come Curious, one of the UK's leading sex-positive podcasts, and is an active advocate for body hair representation - working with brands to champion conversations that are authentic, unashamed, and innately sassy.

Sassy Salon is her monthly gathering for the brands and creators who want to do things differently.

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