Los Angeles personal branding agency

The Next Chapter: personal branding for people who have already built something remarkable.

You built the career. The Next Chapter is Davel’s program for doctors, founders and experts who are ready to be known for more than a title: a clear story, a public presence, and real opportunities to share what you know in interviews, on podcasts and in the media. Every one is directed by Elen Gasparyan, our co-founder and executive creative director.

Dr. Susan ChobanianElen on building her personal brand
Your career already speaks for itself. Most people just never hear it.
Expertise earns respect inside your field. Recognition outside it takes something else: a story people understand, a face they trust, and a chance to hear you speak. The professionals people remember, refer and invite back are the ones whose story is clear, visible and told the same way everywhere.

Before we talk about publicity, a few honest questions.

  1. When someone searches your name today, what do they find: the story of who you are, or a list of credentials?
  2. How many people know what you do, but have never heard how you think, why you started or what you stand for?
  3. What has that cost you: the interview that went to someone less experienced, the client who chose a name they recognised, the book, talk or idea still waiting for the right stage?
  4. And if the next five years look like the last five, will people know the person behind the work?
The Next Chapter exists so those questions stop being yours.
Magazine features with Dr. Susan Chobanian
Case in point

Dr. Susan Chobanian: four years of building a recognizable medical brand.

When we started working with Dr. Chobanian, she was already a successful cosmetic surgeon with decades of surgical experience. What we saw was everything around it: the woman behind the practice, her story, and how much more she had to share.

For about four years we have been her strategic creative and marketing partner. The goal was clear: establish her as a trusted authority in rhinoplasty while communicating the human side of her work, from confidence and identity to patient care and transformation. That has meant brand positioning, creative campaigns, outdoor advertising, digital marketing, patient storytelling and national media outreach, including a CBS/KCAL television interview with Erika Olsen, podcast appearances, expert interviews and multiple magazine features.

4
years as her strategic creative and marketing partner
18
months of outdoor advertising in Glendale
TV
a CBS/KCAL interview with Erika Olsen, plus podcasts and magazines
Dr. Susan Chobanian recording a podcast interview

A personal brand, built like a campaign.

The Next Chapter is not a publicist on retainer. It is the full system around your name, directed by one creative mind:

  • Positioning.Brand strategy that defines what you want to be known for, by whom, and why it matters to them.
  • Your story.The narrative and messages that carry you through interviews, stages, captions and conversations, in your own voice.
  • Creative direction.Photography, film and a visual identity that look and sound like you on your best day.
  • PR and media relations.Pitching your expertise to television, podcasts, interviewers and magazines, and preparing you for every appearance.
  • Outdoor and digital.Billboards, ads and campaigns that put your name where your audience lives and scrolls.
  • Social and content.Content produced by our own team, so your presence keeps working between headlines.
The difference is the person.
Known for your work. Remembered for you.
Dr. Susan Chobanian, featured in Haute Living

Picture your name opening doors before you do.

A producer calls because someone mentioned you. A patient or client walks in already trusting you, because they saw you speak. An invitation arrives for the stage you used to watch from the audience.
That is what a personal brand is for. Not fame for its own sake, but the trust, the referrals and the opportunities that come when the right people know who you are and what you stand for.

How Elen builds a personal brand.

Elen Gasparyan has directed Dr. Chobanian’s personal brand for about four years. The sequence is the same for a surgeon, a founder or an author.

01

We listen to your story.

Long conversations about where you started, what you believe, what you are proud of and what you want the next chapter to be. The story is usually bigger than the biography.

02

We define what you will be known for.

One clear position, for one clear audience, with the proof to back it up. Everything else is built on it.

03

We shape how you show up.

How you present yourself, how you speak, how you connect with an audience and how people see you beyond your profession, on camera and in person.

04

We create the stage.

Opportunities to share your expertise through television, podcasts, interviews, media features and events, with preparation for every one of them.

05

We keep your name visible.

Outdoor, digital, social and content that keep your story in front of the right people between appearances, and turn attention into enquiries.

Dr. Susan Chobanian billboard at Glendale Plaza
Outdoor advertising for Dr. Chobanian at Glendale Plaza.

The standard behind it

3
MUSE Creative Awards Gold for work Elen has directed
3
international award juries Elen sits on: Webby, Drum and Digiday
500+
projects delivered since 2017, rated 5.0 on Clutch
See all work

Your story, directed by someone the industry asks to judge.

Elen Gasparyan co-founded Davel in 2017 and directs our personal branding work. She has won three MUSE Creative Awards Gold, sits on the juries of the Webby, Drum and Digiday Awards, and is a member of IADAS and The One Club for Creativity.
That matters for one reason: the person telling your story knows exactly what makes a story worth hearing. Based in Los Angeles. More than 500 projects delivered. A 5.0 rating on Clutch.


The Next Chapter

★ Client reviews

What clients say about working with us.

★★★★★

Davel Creative Agency is great, and they feel like part of our team.

Susan Chobanian Surgeon & CEO, Susan L Chobanian MD Clutch review
★★★★★

They were genuinely invested in our success, which is probably the biggest thing that set them apart.

Razmik Tumasyan Director of LA Branch, Mantashyants Business Club Clutch review
★★★★★

Since contracting with them, I've had friends and family regularly stop me and say "whatever you did to your marketing recently, don't change it!" With Davel's help and ideas/creativity, our instagram has truly experienced a facelift, and our business has really started to pick up with calls, bookings etc. Probably one of the best business decisions I've made.

Joseph Seif SM Drip Medspa Google review

✶ Partners

Trusted by brands that expect results.

Tech startups, fashion brands, non-profits, food and beverage, healthcare, hospitality and global corporations.

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FAQ Before you book

Questions people ask

Who is this for?
People who have already built something: doctors and surgeons, founders and executives, attorneys, consultants, authors and speakers. If you have the experience and the story, and feel there is another chapter you want to explore, it is for you.
Can you guarantee TV or press coverage?
Nobody honest can. What we do is shape a story worth covering, create the opportunities, pitch them to the right people and prepare you for every appearance. For Dr. Chobanian that has included television, podcasts and magazine features.
Do I have to be on camera?
Some of it, yes, because people trust people they can see and hear. We direct every shoot and prepare you for every interview, so it feels like you on a good day, not a performance.
How long does it take?
A personal brand compounds. The foundations come first: your story, your positioning and how you look and sound. Visibility builds from there. Elen and Dr. Chobanian have worked together for about four years, and the work keeps growing.
What does it cost?
It depends on how much of the system you need, from positioning and content to media relations and outdoor. Real numbers come after we understand your goals, which takes one call.
You built something remarkable.

Would it be worth twenty minutes to talk about the story behind it, and what your next chapter could look like?

Pick a time that suits you. Twenty minutes with our team: you leave knowing what your story could become, and what it would take.

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