Cargill

BETTER BRANDS TO BETTER THE WORLD - COHO Creative is a brand strategy, innovation, and design company — located in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Coho is a team of nearly 50 with expertise in client service, insights, brand strategy, innovation, naming & verbal strategy, graphic, fashion, and industrial design. We collaborate with brand giants that influence globally, to startups focused on just one little thing to make a person’s day better. We help them unite with the people they touch and help change the world for the better.

ABOUT STUDIO MPLS - Studio MPLS is an independent, multidisciplinary design agency specializing in branding and packaging design. Since 2009, Studio MPLS has developed strategic and award-winning design work for some of the world’s largest and most influential brands including Amazon, Jack Daniel’s, Samsung, JCPenney, and Panda Express, among others. We firmly believe in the intrinsic value great design can bring to the world and practice this belief by partnering with clients large and small across a wide range of industries and sectors.

ABOUT SIGNAL THEORY - Through the lenses of culture, the social sciences and data science, we understand how people think, behave and make decisions more completely. For clients in the food value chain (from the farm and animal health, to the processor, grocery store and through the drive through), we create value through meaningful communication that resonates with customers. An “Agency of the Year” for both Ad Age and the Business Marketing Association, Signal Theory (formerly Sullivan Higdon & Sink) reads and interprets those signals to build trust and create resonance between brands and people. Our proprietary Resonance Branding process delivers unique insights we use to build trust and success.

ABOUT TARTAN MARKETING - That’s right, Bravehearts.Though less barbaric than the sword-waving warriors in the Mel Gibson movie, we’re just as spirited. And with better hygiene. Here, plaid isn’t just a pattern, it’s a way of life. We’re a courageous bunch of brand advocates who welcome a good challenge and aren’t afraid to question the status quo. But above all, we’re a clan — and when you’re facing a competitive threat, you’ll want us in your corner. Founded in 2000, Tartan Marketing is a private, woman-owned business focused on helping business-to-business clients form effective brand strategies. We know what it takes to build or revitalize a brand. Not just in theory, but in practice — where it counts. We help our clients articulate a compelling brand message that resonates with their key constituents. And we outline practical steps to help them move their brand from where it is now to where they want it to be.

ABOUT FOODMIX MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS - Foodmix Marketing Communications is a full-service food branding agency that has been developing and executing integrated B2B food marketing, B2C food marketing and increasingly B2B2C food advertising and marketing campaigns for some of the biggest and best names in food for more than 30 years. Foodmix brings together a dedicated group of Foodies with a broad range of food and beverage marketing expertise. Foodmix integrates research, brand strategy, a full range of creative and communication services, and sales support programs to help clients build their brands and create brand stories that connect with customers and consumers. At Foodmix, our food marketing specialists partner with valued clients to interpret and capitalize on today’s evolving food culture with the ultimate goal of creating Brand Love.

LEADING B2B BRANDS FROM RELEVANCE TO REVENUE - How do you take your brand, campaign or new product from Relevance to Revenue? Start with agile buyer and marketing research, add branding and UX competencies, and bring it to life with creative, content, and connections that create meaningful buyer experiences and measurable business performance. SCHERMER defines brand and messaging strategies, develops advertising and demand gen campaigns, and delivers sales and digital experiences that change conversations, minds and behaviors. Combining connection, content and creative strategy, we help move people from prospect to lead to sale. Our work gets both results and accolades, including: • MarketingProfs, BrightBulb Award Finalist, Best Creative + Best Brand • 3M Global Marketing Excellence Award :: 2016, 2017 • Twin Cities Business, Best of Business Finalist / Marketing & Adv :: 2017 • ANA's Business Marketing, Agency of the Year Finalist :: 2015 + 2017 • Chief Marketer, Top 50 US B2B Shop • MN Business Magazine, Top 100 Co's to Work For :: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 • B2B Marketing Magazine, Top 20 US Agency • Web Marketing Assoc's B2B Standard of Excellence WebAward :: Cargill.com 2017

ABOUT MARKETPLACE - MarketPlace is a strategic partner to health and wellness, pet and animal, and food and beverage brands. Through business strategy, industry focus, and marketing expertise, we help our partners grow.

(MULTI) DISCIPLINED. CREATIVE. STRATEGIC - We design results-driven, award-winning solutions for page and screen. Crafted from a blend of focussed strategy, uncommon creativity, compelling story telling and deep technical know-how. Fluent in an array of disciplines from motion graphics and explainer videos, to branding, print and packaging design and web strategy, design & development, we give potent voice to our clients' messaging.