Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Christopher Sessa . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Christopher thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Naming anything – including a business – is so hard. Right? What’s the story behind how you came up with the name of your brand?
Well it all started back when I was training and learning from a buddy who I was helping at the time. He noticed I would do stuff a little differently a little more obsessive. I just like how I keep my tools and how I did the wraps.. he say your too obsessive with your work and when I went on my own I said I wonder if there’s a way to use my last name in it since it’s most of the same characters. And from then on I was known as Obsessave designs……
Christopher, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
My name is Christopher sessa I am the owner of Obsessave designs & installation. I got into this industry started back in 1999 when I would wrap Nokia phones and random car parts. I was always into art so when I graduated I went to international Academy of design and technology in Tampa . I got a b.s. in graphic design. Then got my first job in the sign industry and worked my way around to a bunch of sign shops learning. Wraps wasn’t a thing at the time only when it came out I tried and fell in love with the idea of changing a color or adding a stripe to a car. Me and a few other friends who also worked for shop said let’s get together and start a subcontracting install business so we did that for a few years till I broke off on my own. And after thousands of vehicle, Wraps wall, Wraps floor, Wraps brings us to current day .we offer vehicle wraps , graphics and paint protection films. Do also offer subcontract help to other wrap , signs and marketing businesses. We wrap anything from boats to planes , rvs trains anything really the sky’s the limit. We have some demos for vinyl company’s at sema show in Las Vegas as well as other conventions. We had a few magazines features and our wraps have been used in manufacturer ads for Wrap colors. I’ve wrapped cars for huge famous stars like DJ Khaled, Lady Gaga, the game and bunch of famous painter and artist.
We’d love to hear about how you met your business partner.
When I was doing a lot of demonstrations for vinly companies, one of the companies I meet with the founder and he said Chris tell me about us …. I said well I’ll start by saying the color change film is amazing but the printed is crap. When I said that his jaw dropped I told him why and after he said Woow I can’t believe someone actually told me the truth. Because of who he was everyone would lie to his face. He appreciated the honesty, and had a lot of respect for me after that..
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
When I was traveling doing demonstrations and wrapping vehicles. I began to have fun and explore not only what the jobs had to offer but the areas where I was to blend and to learn about the culture or the people that live there. So I would document take pictures do a lot of Instagram stuff and post a bunch on Facebook. I noticed that when the time that I would go to some of these shows a lot of the people would wait and they would see that I would be on a live stream and be talking back-and-forth to me and it grew from 100 people to over 3000 people watching the stream.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @Obsessave
- Facebook: Obsessave designs & installs
- Youtube: Obsessave designs