What is a Griot?

A griot is a historian, storyteller, and keeper of cultural memory, preserving important stories and passing them from one generation to the next.

The AI Griot Studio carries that tradition forward.

We develop distinctive ideas, preserving the human voice within technology-assisted production, and creating advertising designed to be remembered.

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Business judgment meets
Creative imagination

The AI Griot Studio is a founder-led commercial creative studio built for ambitious home-service brands that want stronger ideas, greater recognition, and advertising worthy of the companies they have built.

TAGS creates memorable, creative advertising for home-service companies that are tired of blending in. For decades, service advertising has followed the same formula: the truck, the technician, the problem, the solution. It works.
But it is rarely memorable.

TAGS creates story-driven campaigns that borrow from cinema, comedy, and entertainment to help regional businesses advertise with the creativity and impact of national brands.

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About us

We are a creative studio that loves making amazing websites and cool products. We've won some awards for our work. We're really good at creating brands, designing cool stuff, and making things work just right.


At our core, we believe in the power of simplicity and effectiveness. Our approach is all about understanding your needs and bringing your ideas to life without unnecessary complexity.

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Companies

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Globally available, embracing a variety of cultures

Awards

39

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Recognized for exceptional creativity

clients

20

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Identities designed to showcase unique narratives

Projects

150

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Delivered globally, celebrating cultural diversity

the Team

We believe great design is more than just aesthetics—it's a powerful tool for solving problems, building connections, and driving real growth.

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Liam Thompson
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Jenny Wilson
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Jacob Jones
PRODUCT MANAGER
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Guy Hawkins
SENIOR DESIGNER
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Marvin McKinney
DIGITAL MARKETER
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Darrell Steward
HR MANAGR
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Liam Thompson
Projects
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Jenny Wilson
Projects
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Jacob Jones
PRODUCT MANAGER
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Guy Hawkins
SENIOR DESIGNER
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Marvin McKinney
DIGITAL MARKETER
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Darrell Steward
HR MANAGR
FOUNDER BACKGROUND
FOUNDER BACKGROUND
A business operator who became a creative.

Tammy did not enter advertising from a purely creative bubble. She spent nearly three decades in the real business world, working across customer service, banking, accounting, technology support, operations, vendor management, training, and process improvement.

Her home-services experience includes serving in the corporate office staff of Arrow Exterminators, where she supported operations across approximately 145 branches and became a resident PestPac expert.

That experience shapes the way TAGS approaches creative work. Every concept must be more than visually impressive.

It must fit the company, make sense to the customer, respect the business objective, and earn its place in the campaign.

Tammy is also part of the consumer audience buying home services. She knows what feels fake, what feels trustworthy, what gets ignored, and what makes people tell someone else about an ad.

TAGS turns that lived understanding into creative judgment.

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DIGITAL CONSERVATIONISM
Our Digital Conservationism

We believe in creating with purpose, not excess. In an era where AI outputs can be infinite, we choose intention over indulgence. Every render, every frame, and every video we make must serve a clear purpose. Never waste for waste’s sake.

Why it Matters:

Energy & Water Have Value:
AI runs on massive data centers that consume electricity and water. Every unnecessary generation adds to that burden.

The Cost of Infrastructure:
Data centers are often built in communities with less political power, where land and resources are cheaper. The environmental and health impacts fall hardest on those least able to fight back.

Art Should Be Crafted, Not Mass-Produced:
We don’t chase volume. We chase value and ROI.

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Our Commitments

Purpose-Driven Creation:
We generate only what is needed for meaningful work.

No endless loops, no wasteful experiments.

Conservation Over Consumption:
We treat GPU power like a natural resource: precious, limited, and deserving of respect.

Transparency:
We acknowledge the unseen costs of AI and do not pretend our work is impact-free.

Quality Over Quantity:
Our restraint sharpens our craft. Every output is designed to matter.

Environmentally Aware:
We recognize the environmental impacts of AI infrastructure and commit to minimizing our role in that cycle.

Our Future

We already have the power to choose discipline. Conservation isn’t a lack of ambition; it’s ambition with integrity.

We don’t generate for fun.
We don't generate noise or slop.

We generate with purpose to serve our business customers.

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