Let’s Talk About Layla!

Who’s ready to meet another proud employee of Velocity Agency? I know we always are! Today we give the spotlight to Layla Sutton, our newest addition to the social media department!

Layla hails from a small town in Snow Hill, North Carolina, but her love of music brought her to New Orleans. Upon her first trip to New Orleans, she fell in love with the food, culture and most importantly the vibrant musical climate. Growing up doing music in church, she transitioned to being on her high school drumline and continued her passion for music education at East Carolina University. In that time, she was always writing in journals. She took up blogging and social media when Myspace made its debut (remember that?).

Since she moved to New Orleans almost three years ago, things changed very fast. Layla started working part time for her father with his media and marketing business that he and his wife had created. Layla began to notice that her love for working with people combined with taking loads of psychology and education classes in college made her a natural at working in marketing. She’s always liked monitoring people’s behaviors, and now she’s doing it through a computer screen. She has previously taught preschool music at St. George’s Episcopal School as well as music at the Louisiana Academy of Performing Arts where she still teaches percussion lessons now in the afternoons and on the weekends.

Outside the office, she is also the lead singer for the New Orleans Ragweeds, the percussionist and vocalist for Sunshine Brass Band, drum set for the Tiny Furniture Ensemble, and has played with the New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra. When she’s not working, she’s also checking out new brunch spots, watching live music, laying by a body of water somewhere, and playing with her blue heeler puppy named Brother. Sounds like a great new addition to the team!