Jess Cheetham
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Work with me

A few ways to work together.

Whether you're pressure-testing an idea, tightening a business that's already live, or building a brand from scratch — there's a way in.

Building

Your sounding board.

Advice from someone who's actually built it, shipped it, and sold it.

I work with founders and businesses at that messy, exciting beginning — where brand, positioning, product and potential are all trying to click into place at once.

Not for you if you want a cheerleader. For you if you want it straight — and to move instead of stall.

Fresh eyes, the what-if questions, the truth. I've been through the rejection, the imposter syndrome, the no-idea-what-comes-next — and I'll celebrate every win with you. I just won't promise it'll be easy.

Naming, positioning, audience, messaging, cleaning up your offer, your brand, site and marketing — and what to fix first. Wherever it's stuck, that's where we look.

Two ways in

Not sure which fits? Start with a Power Hour, and we'll work it out together.

Power Hour
One 60–90 minute session on one real decision — viability, positioning, or route to market — with a written one-page takeaway: what we worked through, my recommendation, and your three next actions.
One session
Validation Sprint · Recommended
A packaged programme from concept to a clear go / no-go — four sessions plus light async support between, my full toolkit (positioning one-pager, name + tagline shortlist, audience & messaging map, brand / site / copy audit), and a simple next-90-days plan.
6-week sprint
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Refining

The Aesthetic Audit.

A brand & experience audit for founder-led businesses that know something's off — but can't name it.

You're too close to see it.
And I see everything.

You've built the thing. It works. But somewhere between your website, your inbox, your Instagram and your checkout, it stopped feeling like you — and started leaking trust you can't afford to lose.

I find the hundred tiny inconsistencies you've stopped noticing — the copy that doesn't match the brand, the clunky checkout, the About page that contradicts the Instagram bio, the confirmation email that lands cold — and I make the whole thing feel considered. Unified. Premium.

Because coherence is what makes people trust and buy; incoherence is the quiet kind of fatigue that costs you sales you never see.

So here's what I do: I go through every touchpoint a customer actually hits — site, copy, emails, socials, booking, the DMs, the confirmation message nobody ever reads back — and find every place it feels off-brand, off-standard, or harder than it should be. Then I tell you exactly what to fix, in what order, and why it matters.

Not a redesign. A tune-up. The whole thing, considered again.

What you get
A full walk-through of your customer journey, start to finish.
Every inconsistency, clunky bit and cold moment flagged — with the fix.
A prioritised list: what's costing you trust now vs. what can wait.
The copy rewritten where it needs it, not just marked up.
Three ways in
The Audit
The full once-over + prioritised fix list.
Audit + Done
I find it, then I fix the top priorities.
The Standard
Monthly retainer — I keep you coherent as you grow, launch and add things.
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My approach

How I think about building

The creation of a business — taking an idea and turning it into a brand — is my favourite part of the whole journey.

New business ideas, it turns out, are a lot like collecting puppies: fun, exciting, a little addictive, and always needing more hands and time than any one person has.

I'd love to grow every concept to its full potential, but I know my strength is the start. So I build them properly, give them a real shot, and — when the time is right — pass them to someone who'll love them next.

Some people are exceptional operators. I'm happiest at the beginning: turning nothing into something, proving people actually want it, creating the brand, bringing the idea to life. The handover isn't the end of the story — it's just the point where someone else's strengths matter more than mine.

It's the same instinct I bring to the founders and businesses I work with — helping them find the sharpest version of what they're building, and get it out into the world.

Jess Cheetham © jesscheetham.com.au 2026