Brands of consequence

Progressive communications & advocacy for a fast-changing world

We are a Black- and Brown-owned firm that helps leaders win moments, build movements, and navigate cultural, political, and regulatory complexity.

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Why Seeker

Forged in politics, our team is calm in crisis, collaborative by instinct, and laser‑focused on impact. Weʼve led nonprofits and campaigns, advised Fortune 500s, generated millions of audience interactions, and built durable media relationships.

Core strengths

  • Strategic storytelling & earned media
  • Coalition building & advocacy
  • Crisis navigation & message discipline

Certified HUB

Seeker Strategies is certified by the State of Texas as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB). We work with partners who want communications that advance a more sustainable, equitable, climate‑conscious future.

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What we do

Retained programs built to move audiences and decision makers—plus targeted engagements to launch, train, and accelerate.

Primary Offering

Communications & Messaging

Story development, earned media, op‑eds, and crisis protocols that build authority and trust.

  • Media strategy & press relations
  • Message audits & narrative development
  • Media training
Primary Offering

Advocacy & Outreach

Coalitions, stakeholders, and mobilization that shape policy and public will.

  • Political & legislative strategy
  • Stakeholder mapping & engagement
  • Campaign planning & events
Additional

Launch Packages

From product debuts to statewide tours—messaging, media, influencers, and measurement.

Additional

Media Training

Rules of engagement, message boxing, and practical drills to build confidence.

Additional

Seeker Intensives

Facilitated sessions that align goals, accelerate decision‑making, and strengthen teams.

Environmental Defense Fund Baylor University American Federation of Teachers Run for Something Energy Foundation Texas AFL-CIO Good blend Texas Future Project Clean Air Task Force Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) Open Democracy PAC Texas Alliance Bedrock Energy Climate Power New Houston Texas Climate Jobs Project Texas Immigration Law The Texas Signal Media Foundation Unlocking America's Future United way for greater Austin

Seeker Standards

How Seeker Strategies operates: principled, practical, and press-ready. We keep calm in crisis, bring political chops, and deliver without the drama.

Structure

Flat monthly retainer, three‑month minimum—for focus, momentum, and no surprises.

  • Principal‑level lead
  • Added specialists as needed
  • Weekly check‑ins: progress, next steps, hurdles

Who we are

Seeker Strategies is a Texas‑rooted, nationally active communications and advocacy firm.

  • Strategy, message, earned media
  • Preferred partners for lobby & digital

How we show up

Urgent when it counts; unflappable when it doesn’t. Political instincts that keep you out front—and out of trouble.

  • Texas‑tough; nationally seasoned
  • We connect rooms, not just messages
  • Your message, buttoned‑up in 60 seconds
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Case studies

A snapshot of how we help clients win coverage, shape narratives, and move policy.

Texas Redistricting
Advocacy Media

Texas Redistricting

Framed mid‑decade gerrymandering as a national democracy fight; organized Capitol press event with House Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Texas Redistricting
Workforce Earned Media

Apprenticeship Program

Statewide campaign for Texas Construction Career Pathways put union‑path jobs on the map.

Texas Redistricting
Ballot MeasureCoalitions

Affordable Childcare Now

Coalition campaign delivered a decisive win for Prop A to expand child care access in Travis County.

Texas Redistricting
Clean EnergyLaunch

Bedrock Energy Geothermal

Brought an underground technology to life with an on‑site launch and VIP engagement.

Texas Redistricting
TransportationEvents

Driving the EV Future

Capitol showcase and statewide ride‑and‑drives to normalize EVs in rural Texas.

Texas Redistricting
HealthcareTour

Medical Cannabis Awareness

Nine‑city media tour for TCUP awareness with measurable digital and enrollment growth.

Texas Redistricting
PolicyDigital

Killing S.B. 624

Built a bipartisan coalition, press strategy, and targeted digital to protect Texas renewables.

Texas Redistricting
DemocracyNational Media

Walkout on Voting Rights

From midnight pressers to White House meetings—reset the national conversation.

Texas Redistricting
InstitutionalFacilitation

Future‑proofing an Institution

Strategic retreats and comms protocols for BCHP to scale influence and visibility.

Texas Redistricting
Climate PolicyCongress

#CutMethane Campaign

Secured unified support from TX Democratic delegation to restore methane rules.

Our team

Operators, strategists, and storytellers who roll up sleeves and deliver.

Tariq Thowfeek
Tariq Thowfeek

Co‑Founder

Manny Garcia
Manny Garcia

Co‑Founder

Cliff Walker
Cliff Walker

Co‑Founder

Claire Frueauff
Claire Frueauff

Director

Bailey Schumm
Bailey Schumm

Senior Associate

Kira Schwarz
Kira Schwarz

Associate

Emma Pickering
Emma Pickering

Associate

Letʼs build whatʼs next

Tell us about your challenge. Weʼll respond with a practical plan and a path to measurable results.

Email hello[at]seekerstrategies.com

Address 1609 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704

Certified Texas HUB

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