Precisely Crafted, Cosmically Original
Hi, I’m Deepthi Welaratna. Tiny Little Cosmos is the creative marketing and communications studio from which I offer strategic design and creative storytelling services to organizations and individuals. My guiding intention at Tiny Little Cosmos is to contribute to an ethical and vibrant economy that runs on mutual respect and sustainable growth.
Who We Work With
TLC partners with ethical organizations and individuals across the globe as they navigate the complexities of the modern economy. Whether scaling a global market leader, or launching a mission-driven initiative, broadening exposure for an artist or creative project, we can help you build your audience, make complex decisions, grow with purpose, and achieve measurable impact.
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 — We work with people who treat others with patience, empathy, and integrity.
Positivity with purpose — We 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.
Progressive, Anti-racist and pro-liberation — We accept clients and partners who are committed to building just, equitable, and flourishing futures for all.
Capabilities
Brand & Business 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, community, and market research, open innovation, monitoring and evaluation, product launches and optimization, digital transformation, and organizational design.
Creative Production & Management
Art and copy direction, pitches and presentations, events and convenings, and cross-functional and cross-cultural team recruiting and management from concept to completion.
Executive Coaching & Advising
Advising, mentorship, and trainings for individuals and teams. Topics include career paths, social entrepreneurship, creative methods, cross-cultural collaboration, research and strategy process, and impact and performance measurement.
Communications & PR Strategy
Framing, drafting, pitching, translation and localization, and capacity building for individuals, teams, and organizations in times of crisis and opportunity.
Clients & Partners
AudioLuxe
Boston Rising
The Center for Global Policy Solutions / Global Policy Solutions, Inc.
Civic Ventures / Experience Corps / Encore.org (now CoGenerate)
Debbie Adler
Diamonds for Africa Fund
Awana Digital (formerly Digital Democracy)
New York City Department of Records and Information Services
Vote For Africa
Welcome Home Baby
Hope to Action
Impact NYC
The International Center of New York
JEME Agency formerly (Little Giant Creative)
Let’s Get Started
Select a time that works for you, and we’ll talk about what you need.
Frequently Asked Questions
-
We design the infrastructure and narratives that help complex ideas scale, secure funding, and establish category authority. Our core pathways include:
Anchor & Action Strategic Design Sessions: Live facilitation and prioritization sessions to untangle internal operations, clear bottlenecks, and rapidly map out actionable workflows.
Plot & Pulse Creative Services: We design the high-impact narrative assets required to launch with momentum—including video reels, custom websites, press kits, earned media PR campaigns, and institutional programs.
Bespoke Studio Engagements: Comprehensive, multi-stakeholder strategy, narrative architecture, and capital infrastructure solutions tailored to enterprise-scale organizational needs or large-scale multimedia installations.
-
You can engage with the studio in three direct ways depending on your immediate needs:
Book an On-Demand Session: For rapid focus and clear next steps, instantly schedule a 1- to 3-hour strategy session through our Anchor & Action framework.
Purchase a Creative Service: To launch or refresh your brand story with absolute precision, you can buy a structured Plot & Pulse service directly from our storefront.
Request a Custom Proposal: For comprehensive, multi-stakeholder initiatives or long-term creative retainers, contact us to schedule a consultation.
-
Tiny Little Cosmos is a boutique strategic design and storytelling studio. We take massive, multi-layered visions—and deeply tangled organizational bottlenecks—and translate them into structured, elegant strategy and narrative architecture. Our approach bridges two worlds: an appreciation for expansive, big-picture imagination and a rigorous commitment to strategic design and management methodologies.
-
Tiny Little Cosmos operates on an agile, studio-network model led by our founder and studio lead. Depending on the scale, complexity, and specific needs of a project, we assemble and manage a custom team of specialized experts—including researchers, designers, and other creative collaborators. This model ensures you get a hyper-focused team tailored precisely to your goals without the unnecessary overhead of a traditional agency.