We believe complacency kills.
Brands need to ebb and flow with the ebbs and flows of trends, technology, and audiences. We help brands stay on top by never standing still ourselves. Currency, relevancy, and curiosity is how you break through, break bad habits, and break out.
We make the boring unboring.
For over 20 years, we’ve had an overwhelming urge to do just that; to make brands relevant. To make the boring unboring. To uncover what’s holding your brand back, and in the process, change perceptions, change behaviour, and change the rules.
How we roll.
We don’t define our creative product, we simply Create. That way, we can adapt, adopt, and never think a certain way but rather, any way. It’s that cultural mindset that allows us to Turn Heads, and for our clients, turn the tide, turn the page, and turn a profit.
Smarts +
Imagination
Everything we create fuses smarts + imagination. That simple formula results in work that stays simple, and #workthatworks. And ensures every decision and idea gets off on the right foot(s).
Positivity
= Possibility
It’s a belief where no egos lead to no limits, where collaboration trumps competition, and where a positive attitude is as important as believing anything is possible.
Insights
that incite.
Strategies need to be grounded in insights that are true and ubiquitously shared. But that’s not enough. The most meaningful insights incite; they drive, shift, or change something.
No smoke.
No mirrors.
The strongest relationships are built on honesty, sincerity, and transparency. It’s how you build trust and a true partnership because ultimately, we’re in this together. #NoBS
The team.
Teammates. Partners. Champions. Call them what you will, we call them fam. We’ve assembled a talented crew of thinkers, planners, analysts, and creators, that are full of passion and 100% full of pride (honestly, we have the survey results to prove it.)
Stephen Brown
CEO
Garo Keresteci
Founding Partner
Aleena Mazhar Kuzma
SVP, Managing Director
Partner
Steve Miller
SVP, Executive Creative Director
Partner
Luke Moore
VP, Managing Director, Media
Partner
Jon Crowley
SVP, Head of Strategy
Linda Carte
Creative Director
Rita Steinberg
Group Media Director
Jacquie Kostuk
Director, Creative Strategy
Anthony Mayes
Director, Production
Melissa Beadow
Director, Human Resources
Vanessa Francone
Manager, Marketing & PR
Carrie Roi
Group Account Director
Lindsay Ditkofsky
Group Account Director
Emily Merrigan
Group Account Director
Jade Kleinman
Group Account Director
Proudly independent.
Globally connected.
Worldwide Partners is one of the world’s largest networks of independent advertising agencies, comprised of over 70 agencies across 40 countries, including Brands Tree. That breadth and depth allows us to tap into global markets for category insights, resources, and to broaden and deepen our own expertise.
Don't take our word for it.
Turns out kids aren’t the only ones who say the darndest things.
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Brands Tree team – you understand our brand and what makes us unique and special, and even more valuable, you understand what we’re trying to become and helping us get there.
Chief Customer Office, Ricola USA
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In all our history, never has any agency earned our trust the way Brands Tree has – we trust them completely.
VP Marketing, Maple Leaf Foods
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We had heard from others that Brands Tree was great to work with and they delivered right from the start.
CEO, Confederation Centre of the Arts
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Thank you for the genius Brands Tree, you’ve brought our vision, our heart, and our hope to life.
Co-Founder, Pinball Clemons Foundation
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What sets Brands Tree apart from other agencies is their flexibility, creativity, and passion.
Director of Marketing, Purolator
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Hilton on the Green was among the most innovative partner activations Golf Canada has welcomed to our National Open Championships.
Chief Commercial Officer, Golf Canada
