A marketing + communications studio for visionaries

Hi, I’m Deepthi Welaratna. Tiny Little Cosmos is the studio from which I help visionaries turn their ideas into action. At TLC, my guiding intention is to create powerful, impactful work in an environment of mutual respect and possibility.

Who we serve

TLC partners with organizations and individuals across the globe, from businesses, nonprofits, and foundations to founders, artists, creators, and innovators. We understand the complexities of the modern creative cycle intimately and slot in with efficiency and ease to help you accomplish your goals. We are always excited to push the boundaries of storytelling in new and unexpected ways.

Philosophy

  • Structure doesn’t limit creativity; it unlocks it.

  • Strategy should honor instinct, not override it.

  • Imagination is a form of intelligence.

  • Trust is earned through transparency, consistency, and reciprocity.

Values

  • Mutual respect — I work with people who treat others with patience, empathy, and integrity.

  • Positivity with purpose — I value solutions over cynicism and creativity over complacency.

  • Collaboration over ego — The best ideas emerge when everyone’s voice matters.

  • Shared responsibility — Great results are built together.

  • Anti-racist and pro-liberation —Seeking clients and partners who want to build just futures for all.

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Capabilities

Brand Strategy

Crafting brand identities, narrative systems, and touch points that resonate including logos, brand stories, messaging frameworks, style guides, and more.

Research & Design Methods

Including workshops, polls, focus groups, ethnography, surveys, quizzes, A/B testing, design sprints, HCD and collaboration frameworks including personas, customer journey mapping and UX/UI flows.

Learning & Innovation

Including consumer and market research, open innovation, monitoring and evaluation, product launches and optimization, digital transformation, and organizational design.

Creative Direction & Management

Art and copy direction, pitches and presentations, cross-functional and cross-cultural team recruiting and management from concept to completion.

Executive Advising

Advising, mentorship, and guidance to leadership teams and executives on campaign strategy, execution, market positioning, and consumer insights.

Communications & PR Strategy

Training, pitching, mentorship, and guidance for individuals, teams, and organizations in times of crisis and opportunity.

Clients & Partners

  • Ariel Stess

  • ArtsRising

  • Asian Pacific Fund

  • The Aspen Institute

  • Athlete Ally

  • AudioLuxe

  • Be The Change / ServiceNation / Opportunity Nation

  • The Bellagio Center

  • Benjamin Gassman

  • Born This Way Foundation

  • Boston Rising

  • Brilliant Earth

  • The British Museum

  • The California Endowment

  • California Secretary of State

  • California Tomorrow

  • The California Wellness Foundation

  • Carnegie Hall

  • Cause Communications

  • The Center for Global Policy Solutions / Global Policy Solutions

  • Center for Investigative Reporting

  • Chinatown Youth Initiatives

  • Chrysalis Theatre Company

  • Civic Ventures / Experience Corps / Encore.org

  • Coda Societies

  • Courage California

  • Dance Films Association

  • Debbie Adler

  • Diamonds for Africa Fund

  • Disparition

  • Dow Chemical

  • The Elab at Parsons School of Design

  • The Engine Room

  • Enspiral Foundation

  • Excell Educational Center

  • FIRST Robotics

  • Foster Youth Alliance

  • Foundation Rwanda

  • The Global Fund

  • Godiva

  • Google

  • Groupe EDF

  • Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

  • Honoring Emancipated Youth

  • Hope to Action

  • Hyperlinked

  • I <3 Revolution

  • IKEA

  • Impact NYC

  • The Institute of Development Studies

  • The International Center of New York

  • International Documentary Association

  • The It Gets Better Project

  • The James Irvine Family Foundation

  • The Knowledge House

  • LaShea Delaney

  • Lifehack HQ

  • Lights in the Delta

  • Little Giant Creative (now JEME Agency)

  • The Los Angeles Public Library

  • The Lowline

  • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

  • Magnum Foundation

  • Malcolm X Memorial Foundation

  • Marsh McLennan

  • Mei Ann Teo

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • McGill University

  • Miss O & Friends

  • Movement Strategy Center

  • Mustard & Miel

  • Nationswell Studio

  • Netpop Research (formerly Media-Screen)

  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  • New York City Department of Records and Information Services

  • Openbox

  • Randi Zinn, Beyond Mom

  • Renault Groupe

  • The Resource Alliance

  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • The Rockefeller Foundation

  • San Mateo County

  • Secretary of State of California

  • Shelter Scotland

  • Soy Andina

  • Specialty Food Association

  • Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center

  • Tara Ahmadinejad

  • ThoughtWorks

  • United Way of the Bay Area

  • United Way Worldwide

  • The University of Toronto

  • Verizon

  • Vesi

  • Vote For Africa

  • Welcome Home Baby

  • YouTube

  • YWCA Southeast Wisconsin

Let’s Get Started.

Select a time that works for you, and we’ll talk about what you need.