Meet SkinnyJay and Friends | A collective highlighting others through Collaboration and Community

We had the good fortune of connecting with SkinnyJay and Friends and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi SkinnyJay and Friends, what is the most important factor behind your success?
I would say the most important factor behind my brand is the collaboration within community with my friends. Community brings everyone together, where I saw, I wanted to connect anyone I know with somebody they didn’t know.

SkinnyJay and Friends started with myself collaborating with other creatives, which most of my friends. Support I would say help with success, just us as creatives believing in each other,.

Opportunities come and go, one thing as we enter certain rooms, SkinnyJay and friends doesn’t just represent me, it allows me to talk about creativity within my friends. It’s

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
SkinnyJay and Friends as an collective we are different from others by Support, I would say is a key factor which makes “Skinnyjay & friends” strive is, being genuine building organic relationships collaborating with others. Collaboration within the community. We like collecting other creatives amongst others through resources around them, that’s the beauty of what we do.

I’ve learned as you network it opens doors to resources you may never thought you had access to, where those doors open to even bigger doors.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
So many options to choose from let’s start with

Archive Clt
Dupp & Swat
MacFly Fresh printing co.
Beyond Amazing Donuts
Blk Mrkt
Camp North End and so many more places

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
The SkinnyJay and Friends Team

We would like to shoutout some amazing people

Micki Blendz, some would call her a DJ, to the team, she is our vibe curator. Blendz bringing the sounds to any event where you are going to have a great time. Blending to smooth transition from Southern style Hiphop to west coast funk, when you hear Micki Blendz drop, just know you in for a treat.

Second we have Dante white aka Dante productionsLLC, an lead videographer that captures the moments of SkinnyJay and friends and SkinnyJay personal videographer. Dante self taught with editing and videography made him stand out from your average videographers, Highlights from personal projects to Durag Fest and many more, Dante style is unique how he see the vision shot from a different perspective.

Third we have Danni Snaps our lead photographer, people don’t know but her and SkinnyJay started off capturing when Danni first got her camera trying to figure photography out. Danni’s is adventurous photographer who puts passion in what she do in every shoot, The vision of her interacting with clients is truly rewarding. The SkinnyJay and Friends events wouldn’t be successful without out Snaps capturing the live moments.

Fourth we have Bryan Patterson our lead graphic designer, from flyers to promos for SkinnyJay and Friends, he takes to the next level when communicating the creativity to reality, Bryan helps SkinnyJay and Friends push the envelope to a whole another scale of marketing, we are so appreciative of.

Honorable Shoutout to my friends tho

SkinnyJay and Friends wouldn’t be here without the foundation of community and everyone we collaborate with.

“Honestly it’s never been about me, it’s always been about my friends “ -SkinnyJay

Instagram: @_SkinnyJay_

Image Credits
All images were captured by some amazing photographers who we appreciate.