Social Media
Strategy, management, content systems, campaign planning, creator coordination and performance review.
Discuss a retainerSocial Media · Cinematography + Photography · UGC
Visual presence,
built with intention.
Creative direction, imagery and social-first storytelling for beauty, wellness, fashion, lifestyle and consumer brands.
VA / 001
Creative direction · Washington, DC
Creative direction · Washington, DCSelected clients + collaborations
Kleos + KleaCollado CosmeticsPuraSalone MonetSynergy & SerenityRebalance Vintage
One creative language, multiple formats
Strategy informs the concept. Image brings it to life.
Victoria Akinwande develops the strategy, imagery and social-first creative behind brands that want to be seen clearly. Every frame is built with the audience and the commercial objective in view.
Three core disciplines
From the first thought to the final frame.
Available for a focused production, a social-first campaign or an ongoing creative partnership.
Cinematography + Photography
Creative direction, campaign photography, beauty, portraiture, product work, short-form film, editing and color.
Book photographyUGC + Social-First Production
On-camera UGC, paid social creative, organic assets, demonstrations, voiceover, B-roll, hooks and variations.
View short-form workCommercial + lifestyle photography
Products with a life around them.
Art-directed imagery that makes products tactile, places them in context and gives every campaign a distinct visual language.
01 · Commercial wellness
Ritual in daylight.
A tactile study of wellness through natural light, gesture and close product detail.
Photography by Victoria Akinwande · Washington, DC
02 · Product in use
Made for the everyday.
Lifestyle imagery that keeps the person, setting and product in the same visual conversation.
Creative direction + photography by Victoria Akinwande
03 · Lifestyle portraiture
Movement, warmth, presence.
A relaxed outdoor portrait series shaped by candid gesture and a quiet editorial sensibility.
Photography by Victoria Akinwande
04 · Social art direction
Color as brand language.
A color-led product still life paired with selected social assets, translating distinct brands into recognizable visual worlds through palette, styling and platform-native copy.
Pura · Collado Cosmetics · Kleos + Klea
Commercial film · Synergy & Serenity
A sense of place, in motion.
A horizontal store film capturing the atmosphere, environment and customer-facing details of the Synergy & Serenity space.
Commercial + lifestyle video · Filmed by Victoria AkinwandeRetainer UGC example · Quest Fine Jewelry
One brand. A complete short-form content system.
A multi-format UGC library built around product discovery, gifting moments, education, cultural hooks and the in-store experience.
Four selected deliverables · Vertical social video · Campaign-ready formats01In-store discovery
02Anniversary gifting
03Social-first hook
04Expert-led education
What this demonstrates
For retainer clients, Victoria can develop a repeatable mix of trend-responsive concepts, product education, gifting narratives and location-based storytelling—giving the brand a varied content library rather than a single isolated post.
Discuss ongoing UGCSelected vertical film
Three formats. Three different jobs.
A concise edit of product-led UGC, unboxing and brand storytelling across beauty, personal care and creative services.
Collado CosmeticsOrganic product UGC
ProseUnboxing + on-camera UGC
Ayomide CreativesBrand promo
Victoria Akinwande / Creative DirectorAbout Victoria
Creative instinct, commercial thinking.
Victoria Akinwande is a multidisciplinary creative director, photographer and content strategist working across beauty, wellness, fashion and lifestyle. Her work spans both behind and in front of the camera.
Her consumer and retail investment-banking experience informs how she thinks about positioning, audiences and the purpose behind creative work. As Founder and Creative Director of Ayomide Creatives, she also supports talent development, portfolio strategy and branded content.
Visit Ayomide CreativesBooking + consultations
A thoughtful starting point for your next visual move.
Commercial and custom productions follow an inquiry, scope, quote, agreement and deposit process before a booking is confirmed.
Project inquiries
Let's make something worth remembering.
Share the objective, audience, deliverables and timing. Victoria will respond with the right next step for scope, usage and production.