Overnight Sensation is a creative copywriting and content studio founded on the principle that if you want something doing well, you should ask an artist.

We believe that artists are resilient, multi-talented and interesting people, so you’d be better off hiring them instead of some faceless consultants. Need something writing? Hire a writer. Need some video content? Hire a film-maker.

We’ve built a network of creative freelancers who can do pretty much anything. We’re all from the arts, just like you, so we understand how you work and what you need.

Director

Tessa Norton has been a professional artist and writer since 2019.

Alongside her art practice, as a consultant she has advised numerous arts organisations and charities, large and small, on communications, marketing and fundraising. Recently, she has written copy and content for youth music charity AMP, Nesta’s Arts & Culture Finance, Arts Professional and Corridor 8, and she’s advised organisations from The Modernist Society to Siobhan Davies Dance on communications and audience development.

She has worked in senior marketing, communications and fundraising roles at leading charities and arts organisations, including the London School of Economics and Cecil Sharp House.  From 2017-23, she was on the board of trustees at LUX, the artists’ film organisation.

She’s also a working writer and artist. Tessa is co-editor, with Bob Stanley, of the book Excavate: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall (Faber, 2021), and is currently working on her second music book for Faber. She has written about arts and culture for various publications including The Wire, Corridor 8, Tribune and Burlington Contemporary. She was a FACT x Jerwood Fellow in 2020-21 and her art work has appeared in exhibitions and events at FACT, Rough Trade, Wysing Arts Centre, The Tetley, Liverpool Biennial, Flat Time House and more, and has been reviewed in The Guardian, The Times, Front Row and more.