The Joy Brigade
Welcome to
The Joy Brigade!
The Joy Brigade is Shabnam’s independent production and consulting services company that works with independent production and development teams, organizations, and individuals to strengthen their creative, strategy, operations, and teams.
Take advantage of Shabnam’s 20 years of media and entertainment experience as a writer and producer. Shabnam can provide services as an executive producer, producer, or development executive for creative organizations, agencies, and independent productions, across a variety of formats, including social content, short-form video, docuseries, unscripted television, sitcoms, specials, and documentary films. Shabnam has been hired for:
Content strategy and creative ideation
Show and series development and fundraising
Writing, treatment, and world-building
Production services
Creative and Development
Shabnam provides advisory services and coaching to select organizations. She currently sits on the advisory councils for Tiny Souls Media, a children’s media company; Seed & Spark, an independent film financing platform; Sunset Vibes Swimwear, an inclusive resort fashion brand; and the University of Southern California's Digital Media Department.
Advisory Services
Shabnam provides confidential, strategic business and planning consulting for a handful of clients, primarily in the media, entertainment, and marketing spaces. Past clients have included a global TV/film development startup, a pre-seed social NFT company, a celebrity-founded mid-stage sports content studio, and a values-based children’s media brand. Her consulting services typically deliver:
Long-term business development and planning
Strategies for navigating startup growth and challenges
Developing investor materials and fundraising game plans
Organizational culture and values work
Go-to-market planning
Marketing strategy, including content investment
Digital, social, and platform strategy