Sydney Henriques-Payne is a storyteller, strategist and coach specializing in supporting early-stage start-ups, pre-seed projects, solo-entrepreneurs and small business owners. She is the founder of Bridge & Ladder, a boutique consultancy that supports individuals and organizations in organizational and/or brand and product development through a focus on strong storytelling, organizational design, strategic planning, project management and capacity-based coaching. She most often works with founders who are working to solve the world's biggest problems and those amplifying social impact through engaging storytelling. As a consultant, Sydney has worked across sectors. Her experience includes work with large corporate entities, small businesses and solo entrepreneurs. She has spent the bulk of her career working on smart, scrappy teams who make magic with minimal resources., including significant experience within the social impact sector. Her favorite clients are big picture visionaries — creatives telling meaningful stories through their art — and founders who are working to solve the world's biggest problems or building businesses that share their passions with the world around them. With a background in communications and talent, Sydney has experience managing individual and organization-wide strategic refreshes, (re)brands and roll-outs, end-to-end. She deeply enjoys partnering with organizational leaders and creatives to co-design mission, vision and values of a brand and then building the aligned infrastructure needed to support it. Outside of strategy consulting and system building, Sydney is an integrated producer and writer. She has experience supporting multi-media production studios, podcast networks and independent filmmakers. This includes past work as a writer, producer and creative operations lead for organizations including, theGrio, UWish Co (A Baron Davis Enterprise) and Never Whisper Justice. She has had the opportunity to work on a range of creative projects, including podcasts, web series, commercials, feature films and documentaries.Sydney received her Masters from Johns Hopkins University. She holds a Bachelors in English & Communications-Rhetoric with a Certificate in Community & Corporate Relations from the University of Pittsburgh. A DC native, Sydney is currently based in New York. Pronouns: She/Her/Hers