A Black Women-Owned Full Service Agency
Who We Are
A full-service marketing and communications agency, The Allen Lewis Agency (TALA) is committed to helping clients tell their stories, build their brands, commemorate experiences, and expand their business through strategic brand development, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and grassroots engagement, experiential, marketing, media planning, and buying, public relations, social and digital, speechwriting, issues, and reputation management.
Jocelyn (Allen) Coley and Chandra S. Lewis formed the firm in 2015 based on the philosophy of four Ps: they have Passion for what they do; their combined Power makes them among the best in the field; their Prowess and expertise to transform pitfalls into prosperity; they ceaselessly work to fulfill a true and bold Purpose.
Now in its tenth year in business, TALA is a certified Minority Business Enterprise, Women Business Enterprise, Women-Owned Small Business, Detroit Based Business and Headquartered Business and Association of National Advertisers diverse supplier. TALA employs a national team of experts who have decades of experience servicing major brands with measurable results. TALA has amassed local and national clients in a variety of sectors and industries and has garnered numerous awards for their work.
The TALA Difference
Our experience is rooted in aspects that differentiate TALA from most agencies, including:
Black Female Co-Founders
We hail from the corporate brand side, led high-level marketing roles in global companies, and glean a keen understanding of marketing practices within large legacy brands
Audience Connection
We are entrenched in these communities; therefore, possess innate insights that other firms may not have
Strategic Approach
Our account leads and team members have extensive experience in developing strategies for campaigns specifically for grassroots engagement
Geographic Reach
Our team is comprised of people from cities across the country, offering varied perspectives and multiple touch-points
Expert Execution
Our team members are not only experts in strategy but also execution - we know how to develop ideas and stories and bring them to life
Integrated Campaigns
From Public Relations and Digital Storytelling to Diversity-Equity-Inclusion and Experiential, we have comprehensive experience within functional areas needed for campaign success
