About us

Award-winning Baker Creative is a full-service brand strategy firm. Known for our Madison Avenue style of artistic achievement and strategic savvy, we're located in a charming historic district in central Ohio. Satellite offices are located in Cleveland, Ohio and Raleigh, North Carolina in the United States and Madrid, Spain and Florence, Italy in Europe. Founded in 2003 by Michele Cuthbert, Baker Creative offers public relations, communications, management and human resources expertise with a unique approach to brand evolution that has assisted clients throughout the world in strengthening their businesses. Baker Creative views brands from the perspective that keeps them in business: the consumer's. Baker Creative enables customers to connect the dots between their desires, needs, emotional drivers and your brand's value. What sets us apart is we work much like a doctor, assessing our client's pain and then writing a prescription for success. Our in-house Solutions Studio is our integrated marketing approach fueled by our expertise in uncovering and translating key insights that move through a strategy to produce measurable success. We go "beyond the brand" by delivering proven game-changing solutions and strong return on investment (ROI) results for clients. Our firm was founded by a Hispanic/Cherokee Indian female and includes Black and Hispanic Advisory Boards to further understand niche audiences for our clients. Firm owner Michele Cuthbert has been named by Ohio Business magazine to the Ohio 500, which includes 500 of the most influential people in Ohio. The magazine also named the firm one of the Best Workplaces in Ohio. Cuthbert was named a recipient of the Chief Marketer Market Like A Mother Award, featured in the Hispanic Stars Rising:Volume III book, and named Executive Elements Woman of the Week. Acquisition International named the firm's PR specialist the most creative in Ohio. The Better Business Bureau awarded the firm the Torch Award for Ethics. Healthcare Business Review named Baker Creative among the Top 10 Healthcare Marketing Companies. Receiving dozens of awards for its work, Baker Creative's latest accolades include the Communicator Award, GraphicDesign USA Health & Wellness Award and MarCom Award for client work and our BusHuddle (BusinessHuddle) podcast.

Skills

Brand Management

Sector Experience

Communications, Human Resources, Marketing

Awards

Acquisition International Most Creative PR Specialist (Ohio), Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics, Chief Marketer Market Like A Mother Award, Columbus Business First 40 Under 40, Columbus C.E.O. leading female C.E.O., Davey Awards, Executive Elements Woman of the Week, Goldman Sachs 10000 Small Businesses, Graphic Design USA American Graphic Design Awards books (7), Graphic Design USA Health & Wellness Award, Healthcare Business Review Top 10 Healthcare Marketing Companies, hermes creative awards, Hispanic Stars Rising: Volume III book profile, Marathon Oil Executive Leadership program, Marcom Awards, Ohio Business Best Workplaces in Ohio, Ohio Business magazine Ohio 500 of the Most Influential People in Ohio, Public Relations Society of America Diamond & PRism Awards, Summit International Awards, The Communicator Award, Women's Enterprise USA

Clients

and many more, Benary, Bowling Green State University, DermaMed, Jiffy Group International, KIngy's Pizza, Market 42, MCS, MetroHealth, Ohio Health, Pine Hill Golf Course, Shelly & Sands, Inc., Suntory

Trade Associations

City of Columbus Green Spot, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certified, Economic Inclusion & Sustainability Program-City of Cincinnati, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Minority Business Enterprise Certified, National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat, Ohio EDGE (Encouraging Diversity Growth and Equity), The Designer Accord, Women's Business Enterprise National Council Certified