A team that walks with you.
Burgundy Blue Media is a paid media growth partner built for beauty and lifestyle brands who want more than metrics. They want a partner who genuinely understands their brand, their customer, and their vision.
What we're building and why.
Burgundy Blue Media was built on a simple but often overlooked belief: performance marketing only works when it's grounded in genuine understanding. Understanding the brand. Understanding the customer. Understanding the culture they shop in.
We combine culturally fluent creative strategy with performance-grade media buying, blending the “feel” of great brand work with the rigour of direct response advertising. Not one or the other. Both.
Based in Somerset West, South Africa, working with beauty and lifestyle brands who are building something worth buying into.
Commercially Honest
We tell you what the data shows, what's working, and what needs to change. No spin. No overpromising.
Clear Communication
We try our best to explain things in a way that makes sense to someone who isn't clued up on all the paid media jargon that gets thrown around. Clear, thoughtful communication, because confusion doesn't serve anyone.
Grounded & Hands-On
We're in the accounts daily. Your campaigns don't sit on a back shelf. They get active, intentional attention.
Structured Growth
No chaos, no guesswork. Every decision is informed, every strategy is documented, every result is tracked.
The people behind the work.
Tamsyn
Founder, CEO & Head of Performance
Tamsyn believes that great performance marketing starts with understanding the people and community behind the brand.
Over the past six years, she has helped grow more than 60 South African businesses, working closely with founders who care deeply about what they're building. She is hands-on in every account - shaping the strategy, refining the messaging, analysing the numbers and constantly testing for smarter growth.
As a former scientist, she combines creative instinct with analytical precision - which is uncommon in this industry and exactly what makes BBM special. She cares about the people she works with, but she is uncompromising about performance.
Her mission is simple: help local brands grow beautifully, profitably and sustainably.
Zenicia
Account Manager & Head of Operations
Graduating top of her class with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Marketing from Rosebank College, she brings both discipline and detail to everything she touches. As BBM's systems lead (and unofficial "head girl" of the office), she oversees client communication, campaign coordination and internal workflows - ensuring every project runs smoothly from start to finish.
From timelines to tracking to follow-ups, she is the reason nothing falls through the cracks. A former event coordinator, Zen thrives in fast-moving environments and keeps both the team and clients grounded, informed and supported.
Nicole
Lead Designer
Nicole translates brand strategy into scroll-stopping creative. She designs ad creative that's built to convert - not just look good. Her work sits at the intersection of aesthetics, psychology and performance.
With a Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design from Inscape Education, including certifications in Photography and Business Management, Nicole brings both technical skill and commercial understanding to her craft. Nicole brings curiosity, enthusiasm and a sense of adventure into her work, always up for a challenge and ready to push creative boundaries.
Mahnica
Head of Production
With a background in photography from ORMS Cape Town School of Photography, she combines creative vision with strategic thinking to bring brands to life online.
As BBM's Head of Production, she leads the planning and execution of content across every stage, from assisting in concept development and photoshoots to editing and final delivery, ensuring every campaign is produced to the highest standard. Alongside production, she manages organic social media strategy for clients across the board, creating content that doesn't just look beautiful but is designed to build communities, strengthen brand identity and drive meaningful engagement.
Whether she's directing a shoot, capturing content behind the camera or planning a month's worth of social media, she ensures every piece of content has both purpose and impact.
Jaco
Strategy & AI
Jaco builds the systems behind the work. A serial technology entrepreneur, he leads strategy and AI at BBM - turning the operational side of the agency into something measurable, repeatable and fast.
He founded his first technology company at 22 and has spent the years since designing and shipping software across industries, from emergency response to enterprise. His life-saving app RoadSave drew international acclaim, and his work has earned him multiple international awards.
Alongside BBM and Roadsave, he is the founder of Toddles and SparkUp.ai. He is guided by a principle he describes as doing good while doing well - and at BBM that means building the reporting, automation and AI tooling that let a small team run campaigns with the rigour of a much larger one.
Based in Somerset West, South Africa
16 Karee Street, Heldervue, Somerset West, Western Cape, 7130
Ready to work together?
We take on a limited number of clients so we can do exceptional work for each one.