Top New York Branding Agencies Of 2019

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Garry Kanfer is the president and founder of Big Drop Inc, a digital agency specializing in development, design, branding, and digital marketing. His vision was to take into account the identity of a business and use this as a reflection of what will be created digitally to represent that company.

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Kara Jensen is creative—you can tell because it says so right in her title. At Bop Design, she pours all that creativity into the conception and art direction of client marketing initiatives. Dedicated to communicating each client’s unique business value.

At Bop Design, Jeremy Durant builds relationships with businesses in need of a marketing and branding strategy, helping them to develop their unique value proposition and ideal customer profile.

A native of Orange County, Rachel has immersed herself in the written word and has a special passion for 19th Century British Literature and the writing of Charles Dickens. She earned a BS in Management from Boston College and holds a Master of Arts in English from CSU, Long Beach.

Robin is a bona fide content maestro, although she doesn’t go around wielding one of those little conductor sticks. She does, however, wield a passion for the written word and the power it holds in spurring readers to take action.

Emily has a strong penchant for business, a love of efficiency, and a knack for organization. She has a clear talent for project management, technical implementation, and straightforward communication.

Aivaras is a Web Developer, who started his IT career at the bank as a Quality Assurance Tester in 2009. Having a curious mind and an interest in finding out how things work, he started digging deeper into the internal code of websites and started learning web development on his own.

Colleen is an Aztec Alumni and a second generation San Diego native who is passionate about networking all over San Diego and North County. Building strong community alliances and nurturing business relationships are her specialty as she thoroughly enjoys attending multiple events on a weekly basis.

Jessie is Bop’s resident SEO whiz. Jessie leads the SEO strategy for Bop Design clients—helping client websites rank more prominently for targeted keyword phrases. She leads both on-page and off-page SEO initiatives.

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With 20+ years of mobile design experience, Chris puts his heart into his work and believes that small wins lead to big wins, which is evident in his professional and personal life.

Craig is known for his forward-thinking and creative approach. He is a visionary, able to solve complex business challenges. Craig's innate drive to succeed stems from his work-hard, play hard ethos.

With about 2 years of professional UX design experience, Janie have worked on various digital projects in different industries. She believes in the main core of the designs should be user-focused and user-friendly.

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Alana is an award-winning journalist turned digital media producer, storyteller, and project manager of all things pixelated. She’s spent time as a science journalist, an online producer, an art director, and a photographer. Alana has been in the media and production industry for more than 10 years.

Edward is a skilled interactive storyteller and digital technologist. Combining a rich understanding of creative design and standards-based development, Edward has spent more than a decade creating immersive and interactive digital experiences.

Adam is a strategist and digital producer with over eleven years of experience in online editorial, print, and video production. He has worked across non-profit, events, media, and agency sectors.

Abby has 13 years of experience in NYC nonprofits, with expertise in team leadership, organizational growth, and strategic planning. In her most recent role at StoryCorps, Abby managed partnership projects that harnessed the power of personal stories to effect positive change.

Kendall is a list-loving, process-driven, and ultra-organized strategist who manages just about all of Radish Lab’s digital projects. Prior to joining the Radish team, she worked at art galleries throughout NYC and developed her project management skills at a tech agency focused on the art.

Matt has more than a decade of experience as a full stack developer, having spent a large portion of his career in the world of technology startups and media agencies. In addition to his expertise in building web applications, he is a passionate “maker” and especially loves robotics and AI.

Hege is a graphic designer from Norway with a wide range of experience from print production, agencies and newspapers. She holds a Bachelor of Technology in Communication Design from NYCCT. She is passionate about projects that generate awareness of social issues.

Chris is a web developer building on eight years of experience as a graphic designer. Chris trained at General Assembly through the Web Development Immersive and has worked as a designer at The Madison Design Group, T Salon, and Art House Co-Op, where he was also the curator and manager.

Alina is a graphic designer with a big soft spot for building any and all things out of paper. Originally from Siberia, she now designs, cuts, builds, shoots, and imagines her way through Brooklyn.

Nate is a determined full-stack developer looking to sharpen his skills every day. Prior to joining the Radish team, he worked as a stockbroker, firefighter and ski-bum. These days as a developer, his goal is to write code that is readable, maintainable and concise.

Karina is a creative engineer with four years of experience developing. Prior to joining the Radish team, she built websites and applications for Congressional members and committees. Her knack for UX, advocacy for accessibility, and love of pretty things make her a thriving front end developer.

Lydia is a strategist who oversees many of Radish Lab's print and design projects. With a background in psychology, healthcare, and peer mentorship, she has a passion for people and making their lives better.

Jenna is an administrative guru and maintains a hyper-organized, can-do spirit about herself. Prior to joining the Radish team, Jenna studied Sustainability and Art, Media & Social Change at CUNY and worked as a video editor, project coordinator and community organizer.

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Gregg is a founding partner of CBX and responsible for the overall direction and management of its New York office. Gregg has over 20 years of consumer branding experience, and has worked with such clients as Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, Seagram’s, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay.

With twenty years of expertise in consumer and retail branding, Rick is responsible for inspiring, directing and motivating creative teams to develop powerful design solutions. He has contributed his branding expertise to such companies as Del Monte, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, and Kimberly-Clark.

Nancy is responsible for the overall direction and management of creative, account, production and business development teams. She's spent over 20 years working in consumer branding with clients including Georgia Pacific, Best Buy, HanesBrands, ConAgra and General Mills.

Todd is responsible for all things retail across multiple trade channels including grocery, pharmaceutical, pet, and convenience. Under his leadership, the CBX branded environments division offers specialized services including retail strategy, brand development, market research and store design.

Satoru is responsible for the overall management of business and operations in New York. Satoru’s experience in brand consulting spans over 20 years across more than 200 brands including Gillette, Del Monte, PepsiCo, Mars, Black & Decker, Kraft, and Colgate.

Dustin has had extensive experience positioning, innovating, and re-energizing consumer-facing and internal brands to meet and exceed strategic business objectives for a range of clients, including Del Monte, General Mills, PepsiCo, and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

James is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction at CBX. Before starting his role at CBX, James spent 11 years working in the advertising industry, most recently as a CFO for HL Group Partners. Prior to that he spent 8 years in public accounting.

Stacy leads the Minneapolis client services team and supervises the client work in the office. She's worked with key clients including Clorox, Hormel Foods, and General Mills. Stacy's also developed a custom process to help clients create an innovation pipeline to better serve their consumer needs

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An innovation-focused serial entrepreneur, Gabriel has launched four groundbreaking startups and co-developed over a dozen others. With a bottom-line philosophy toward design and a design-oriented strategy toward growth, Gabriel places innovation at the heart of every project he leads

Before coming to Imagemme, Christiaan served as the Lead Creative at J.Fold, a men's bag and accessories company. His work has been featured in the MoMa design store, as well as GQ and Men’s Health magazine. Christiaan studied Graphic Design at the University of the Arts

A veteran consultant specialized in consumer insight development and analysis, Fermin Ezquer has consulted for household names such as Nokia, Bridgestone, BBVA, Robin Hood Foundation, and Santander. Also, he holds graduate degrees from Stanford and IESE and was the former dean of a business school

Tate began his career as a copywriter and quickly transitioned into brand strategy. He’s responsible for making sure every client’s needs and vision are clearly understood, and the execution of their campaigns meet or surpass expectations. Tate attended both Brandeis University & Columbia University

Liam entered the branding scene as a content strategist and copywriter. At Imagemme, he wears many hats, first and foremost serving as a brand director, managing projects from ideation through to production. He studied at Boston College and later earned his Masters from Columbia University

David started off as a 3D generalist working on projects for games and animation. Upon joining Imagemme, his role expanded to include everything from graphic design, to 3D rendering and industrial design, and even sometimes the occasional IT problem. David earned a degree in Digital Media at NYU

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Known for her boundless energy and relentless pursuit of perfection… To Eva, the client relationship is paramount and her inability to be 100% satisfied, contagious (well, almost).

Rick, who directs all facets of the creative process—and still believes a good idea should start on a napkin—demands that his team hammer out a concept first, to avoid the trap of letting execution drive strategy.

Whether it’s print, online or over the air, Barbara is one woman who is never at a loss for words: fortunately, they’re usually the right ones.

The agency’s creative director, Bryan loves creating and performing, whether it’s in a conference room presenting a new campaign for a client or on stage with a bona fide rock band.

Jennifer lets her creativity run free when it comes to the latest strategy for her clients’ campaigns as well as in the kitchen, where she whips up delectable eats after hours.

For Carolyn, the client comes first. She takes pride in developing long-lasting client relationships and working hard to guarantee accounts run smoothly.

As a veteran PR man and a former radio reporter, Jody has worked on both sides of the newsroom assignment desk. So he knows a good story when he hears one—and how to make a bad one better.

When Erica’s not strategizing for our clients, she’s at home with her two daughters enjoying Disney princess movies, reenacting Disney princess scenes and singing/dancing along to Disney princess songs (which she secretly loves)!

The 1990s Pokemon craze opened up a world of opportunity – and a career in online marketing – for former toy store owner Andrew.

When not sea kayaking at his favorite spot in Maine, Frank (no relation to Jimmy) leads Austin Williams’ digital development team in making seemingly “impossible” projects come to life.

Our boxing, Jaws-quoting managing director, Lisa loves nothing more than punching out an unstoppable brand strategy or never-before-seen marketing strategy for clients big and small.

Sandra believes that the world revolves around relationships and she strives to create them with clients, vendors and associates.

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Co-founder Chris Langer incorporates cutting-edge interactivity and multimedia in all of his work – whether developing Webby-award winning websites, creating innovative platforms for multiuser content networks, or mounting interactive installations at events like DUMBO Arts Festival.

A media artist and choreographer originally from Southern California, Adam Scher brings a strong aesthetic to the creative and art direction of all projects at CMYK. His broad experience and background act as a foundation to create innovative and unique design solutions.

Alexes is senior producer and account manager for CMYK. She attended Florida State University, where she earned a degree in Economics. Alexes started her career in food—working with restaurants, producers, and suppliers on their photography, marketing, and brand strategy.

Pavaris is our native Brooklynite. He’s a recent grad from Stony Brook University where studied Computer Engineering and dabbled with digital arts. If he’s not working on his renowned CSS animations, he’s making the office his autonomous playground with a couple of Raspberry Pis and an Amazon Echo.

A Long Island native, Kevin Freeman has been working with CMYK for two years now. At CUNY-Brooklyn College, he spent his undergrad studying television and radio production. This is where he expanded his interest and knowledge in the world of film, photography and live productions.

Josh hails from Palo Alto, California and brings an interdisciplinary approach to his designs. An economics major from Yale University, he focuses on merging user-centric, creative, and clean designs with the client’s business strategy.

Maya is an undergraduate pursuing a degree in computer science and design at New York University. She first discovered her love of web design through creating custom web pages for her Neopets, where you can usually find her when she’s not in class, at CMYK, or somewhere underground between the two.

Adam is the studio manager for CMYK, with a degree from The New School in Manhattan and a work history that spans book publishing, disaster and crisis management, and experiential marketing.

Elisa is currently attending Pratt for a BFA in communication design.

Iris is currently working with CMYK on a year long internship through her vocational high school.

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Dave believes in putting ROI at the center of everything marketing does. As a leading authority on applying transformational marketing principles, organizations seek out Dave to help them develop compelling marketing and sales strategies.

Bill believes in the value of building effective brand strategy. Leveraging his cross c-suite experiences in both public & private companies, Bill’s clients leverage his award winning creative skills.

Chris believes that the science of marketing is becoming increasingly important to driving growth in highly competitive industries

Judi believes that marketing is about possibility and the power of shareable stories. She taps into more than 15 years of experience transforming marketing for her clients.

Siva is a serial entrepreneur and transformative marketer with a proven track record of category creation and brand building where they do not exist. He combines leadership, data, creativity and teamwork with passion for designing and executing solutions that create high customer value.

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John founded Little Big in 2001 with the desire to create a different kind of branding firm: dedicated to always doing what’s right for clients while fostering an environment where employees can thrive and truly find balance. Under his leadership, LBB has become a force within the industry.

Pam is a hands-on management pro who oversees the client side of our business as well as running key accounts. She has a business mind with a creative sensibility, and expertly walks the line between delivering on business objectives and fostering creative work.

Crystal joined Little Big Brands in 2011, leading the firm’s business development efforts. Prior to LBB she spent seven years at CBX, helping grow the company into the global brand consultancy it is today. Prior to that she was a Vice President with Sterling Brands for six years.

Meg comes to LBB with 20 years of experience building brands whether that is innovating platforms for growth, researching human behavior or creating future-facing strategic pathways. Meg believes the best strategies are felt, not read.

Richard arrived at Little Big Brands in 2014, bringing a wealth of design talent and leadership to our growing team. Prior to LBB, his career started in London at Smith & Milton and later Siebert Head. In 2001 he moved to the U.S., working at Landor Associates, Sterling Brands and Anthem Worldwide.

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Rameet became deeply involved with technology, his first love, at a young age. Now, with over a decade of experience in mobile design, product strategy, and entrepreneurship, Rameet’s in charge of keeping Fueled on top of the innovation game at home and across the pond.

As Fueled’s executive mover and shaker, Ryan leverages his digital marketing background, entrepreneurial tendencies, and acute eye for design to support a wide range of internal initiatives and client projects.

Designer, illustrator, coder, and father to twins, Rob has been at the forefront of design for web since 2002, starting out with a focus on making accessible web design fun and engaging by combining well written semantic markup with rich illustrative design.

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James regularly conducts intensive workshops to help organizations and leadership teams answer fundamental strategic questions and turn those answers into operational behavior and business results.

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Erin Guthan, co-Founder at Transfuture, specializes in designing high performance web solutions for diverse and dynamic content. Erin is constantly exploring new and better ways to develop vanguard web experiences.

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John is one of the founding partners of DVG, and has 20 years experience building solutions for major organizations. He has a deep foundation in data warehousing, business intelligence, data analysis, and user interface design.

Gary is managing partner and COO for DVG. Gary handles the day to day operations of the company, as well as cultivating relationships in the law enforcement community. His unique blend of creative leadership in law enforcement and corporate management has helped DVG gain significant growth.

Rob serves as Vice President of Sales & Business Development at DVG. He has more than has 25 years of experience in high technology markets within a wide range of companies; venture backed start-ups, private owned mid-size, and global public enterprises.

John has been a software developer and engineer for over 20 years, primarily focused on developing innovative software products and solutions for the public safety sector. For the past five years, in addition to his role as Vice President of Products and Services at DVG.

Matt has been in the design field for almost 20 years, working with such clients as Microsoft, Canon, Nikon, United Way, Corning, Guess, Sears, Motorola and Honeywell. He has extensive expertise in the disciplines of user experience and user interface design as well as brand strategy & development.

Ed started using GIS as a master’s student at Duke University. Ed has designed and implemented desktop, server and web GIS applications for a variety governmental and private organizations. He has also been teaching GIS at Rowan University in the Department of Geography & Environment since 2014.

Reggie is a senior software engineer with 15 years of experience, mostly in Java/J2EE. Reggie has led teams through the full life cycle of software development, including requirement definition, prototyping, design, development, customer testing, deployment, application maintenance and support

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Jamie offers over 20 years of gamechanging creative design experience, and now leads a team of designers, programmers and content generators that are pushing boundaries in the world of digital marketing and communications.

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With more than 20 years of advertising experience, Mike has worked in a wide variety of roles in the industry including account management, as well as strategy and media across a wide variety of categories.

As CEO and part owner of Heat, John Elder has led the creative agency to be recognized as one of the most innovative and surprising agencies in the United States. Along with his partner Steve Stone, Elder has grown Heat from its initial team of nine to currently more than 100 employees.

An industry veteran with more than 30 years in advertising, Stoney, as he’s affectionately called at Heat, lends his aesthetic eye to everything at the agency. He has helped shape and has the final say on all creative for clients and has quite a collection of awards to show for it.

With over 15 years of advertising and digital marketing experience, Aaron has worked in a variety of roles across the industry from client services to strategy. In recent years, he has worked on diverse brands including Electronic Arts, Adidas, Nike, Wells Fargo, Fox, Sony, and Pepsi.

As the Chief Strategy Officer, Justin Cox leads Heat’s extensive strategy team as the first in line in Heat’s brand and campaign development process. With the power of Deloitte Digital, Justin helps brands realize their ultimate potential across any of their consumer touchpoints.

Maggie Windsor Gross found her way into planning and strategy because of her love of art, storytelling, game theory, and anthropology. She's worked on strategy for brands like Dos Equis, Starbucks, Samsung, truth, American Express, Keurig, Lysol, Coke, and Special Olympics.

Warren has spent the last 15 years creating iconic & surprising campaigns for Yahoo!, Ben & Jerry’s, Miller Lite, Conde Nast and his one true love, Electronic Arts.

Executive Creative Director Elaine Cox is a Copywriter with a Master’s Degree in Art Direction. She loves finding new ways to connect with people. Whether that means using humor, tugging at heart strings, enhancing storytelling with robot technology, or telling a story without saying a single word.

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Brian is VP, Content & Commerce Practice Lead for Blue Fountain Media. He joined Blue Fountain Media in 2013, bringing over 20 years of operations, technology, marketing, management and business analysis expertise. Brian manages all agency activities relating to the production and partnerships.

As Global Head of Pactera Digital and Managing Director of Blue Fountain Media, Jose is responsible for the continuous evolution of BFM’s digital service offering, ensuring a clear vision into the future as well as robust delivery capabilities.

A creative strategist with more than 20 years’ experience, Robert leads Blue Fountain Media’s Integrated Marketing Services team. Well-versed in traditional, new and emerging media platforms, Robert has developed award-winning marketing campaigns for some of the world’s most beloved brands.

An experienced brand consultant, digital thought leader, and author. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and nonprofits to define and actualize their vision, mission, and message. At BFM, James helps brands move from now to next through strategic positioning and creative execution.

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CEO and Creative Director Melissa Jones began her career in New York after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design. With over 15 years of experience in user-engagement and visual communication, Melissa has contributed to more than 500M in revenue for her clients, developing and leading int

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James is a converted limey, fully acclimated in the ways of the States, yet still beholding an old school British accent. The entrepreneurial spirit was strong in this one, even at that age of 7, selling sausage rolls to meat-deprived kids in an English vegetarian boarding school.

Terra has a BS in Psychology, with a minor in English and minor in Fine Arts, and has worn many hats in many industries. Everything from comic book shops to the tech sector. She came to GB after some late night cocktails with the CEO in Vegas and it's still the best decision she's ever made.

Chris began his journey to greatness at Central Washington University where he studied Business with a specialization in Marketing and Economics. He travelled the world a bit and upon returning to the US reconnected with James. After a few drinks and a firm hand shake Chris joined us here at GB!

Kate has a BFA in Graphic Design from Indiana University and a breadth of experience in design. She’s worked with large, iconic brands and small growing companies. To her, they are all one and the same and deserve the same amount of dedication and respect.

Lauren is a modern alchemist and transforms lackluster social media accounts into bright, colorful masterpieces before the eyes of GB's clients. She believes the world is open for conversation; that no matter where we're located, we have the opportunity to connect with others, relate and share.

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Sunny Bonnell is an author, speaker and co-founder of Motto, a branding agency that works with visionary leaders to build inspiring and magnetic companies. A gifted storyteller and thinker, Sunny has been featured in Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, AMEX, The WSJ, CNBC, and other notable media.

Ashleigh Hansberger is an entrepreneur, brand strategist and writer. Her ahead-of-the-trend vision—building brands around who they are and what they stand for—championed a brand movement years before it became a top business trend. She gets excited working with leaders and entrepreneurs.

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Anneke brought her wealth of experience to IMA in 2016. She values the nurturing of everyone’s individual talent in the team, which included implementing a personal development programme throughout IMA. In this way she strives to make our culture one of confidence and ambition.

Emilie inspires our partners and clients on a daily basis with her infallible knowledge of brand relations and infectious energy. She leads a fast-paced, hard-working team whose success is reflected in our impressive, varied array of work.

The high number of fashion brands in IMA’s clientele can be attributed to Maddie. She became an entrepreneur at a young age while completing her studies in Fashion and Branding. Her expertise has contributed to and continues to shape our dynamic creative vision.

Misty has over 11 years of experience in digital marketing, public relations and communications for leading brands and agencies, before founding of her own business. She joined IMA, bringing a wealth of knowledge about influencer marketing and brand-building.