Dillon St. Bernard is a New York City-based cultural strategist and the Founder/Chief Creative Officer at Team DSB, a creative collective of content creators and activists who use storytelling as a tool for social justice.
Since launching in 2021, Team DSB has worked with over 30 purpose-driven brands and organizations. With most of the work being focused on elevating civic engagement and climate justice, Dillon and Team DSB have mobilized over 1.5 million people to take action online, while leading to the empowerment and equitable payment of over 200 young multicultural creatives.
Team DSB has developed projects such as Create for Change, a community of hundreds of young creatives who use their art and storytelling power as a tool for social justice, and Young People Address the Nation, the Webby Award-winning series that is home to the historic annual "Youth Response to the State of the Union.”
Prior to launching Team DSB, Dillon led digital communications strategy for movements that have organized over one million people in the streets and garnered billions of impressions. These efforts include the historic September 20, 2019 US Climate Strikes (which helped shift the national conversation around climate justice), March On for Voting Rights, Earth Day Live, and #VoteWithUs.
The journey that started for him as a 13-year-old content creator has led him to develop his superpower: helping purpose-driven creatives, brands, and organizations effectively amplify stories that shift culture through high-impact creative campaigns.
Dillon’s work is centered on elevating young, multicultural, and LGBTQ+ folks, and he is unapologetic about using media as a tool for social justice. As a Journalism and Design graduate of The New School, Dillon taps into his education and experience as a media producer to continuously and unapologetically push forward actionable content.
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Social media, particularly TikTok, can be a wellspring of financial wisdom. Don’t be afraid to do some exploring there, too.
“FinTok provides efficient idea generation, while real-life advisors offer [the] customization required for financial strategies to work long-term,” said Dillon St. Bernard, cultural strategist, social impact advisor, founder and chief creative officer at Team DSB.
“Gen Z should absolutely start the money chat with FinTok features, then turn to family support and professional financial planners to construct a customized action plan to manifest those initial sparks into reality.”
If your communications team is the last to know, something is wrong.
There has been a trend I’ve seen across organizations I’ve consulted for: folks tasked with communicating the thing (the webinar, event, program, etc) are often tapped in too late.
The questions and insights a comms person can ensure that…
✅ the timing is most strategic and in alignment with all of the other communications priorities;
✅ the plan to engage audiences is in alignment with the comms strategy;
✅ there are intentional moments built into for audiences to amplify their experience.
For communicators: let this be your affirmation that it’s okay to encourage your team to tap you in as early as possible.
For well-intended team members: let this be an invitation to inform your comms colleagues even before you think it’s ready to begin communicating out to the world.