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Insight to Innovation

Our fresh, energized ideas can spark the future of your brand. The BrandVisionaries specialize in:

- Problem solving and trouble shooting current brand issues

- New product innovation, naming and package brainstorming

- Concept development from sketch to finished, test-ready materials

Our work has led to some pretty spectacular launches for Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson, Dannon, Unilever, 3M, Godiva, Estee Lauder, Nabisco, and more.

Our Clients

Creative Chops

We’re an award-winning creative team of brand storytellers for clients across multiple categories: fragrance, food and beverage, finance, personal care, pharma, health and wellness, travel and beauty. Our work has propelled brands such as Folgers Coffee, Jif, Downy, Slim Fast, Sure, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Ban, Fresh Cosmetics, Fruit of the Loom, and Cuervo Tequila, into category leaders and cultural icons.

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Want truth? We dive for it

We're creative directors that have been trained in the most advanced form of deep dive consumer research. Our BrandVisioning focus groups use relaxation and hypnosis for a direct line to the subconscious mind, to uncover:

- Emotions, beliefs, memories, and brand imprints

- Fresher, more honest and authentic insights

Research done through the eyes of creatives is not only unique, it's a more powerful and seamless way to get to recognize insights that will inform brand strategy and positioning.

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The BrandVisionaries

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF YOUR BRAND

BRANDVISIONING

CREATIVE MAGIC MAKERS who GET YOUR CONSUMER

What we do

Barbara Newman- Partner, Creative Director

Barbara Newman’s storied career has left an indelible mark on brand culture—her award-winning campaigns have built iconic brands around the world. Barbara was a SVP Group Creative Director at Grey and was a partner in RNCD, a boutique agency in New York. Her work has propelled global businesses into category leaders for Procter and Gamble, (Jif), Unilever (Slim-Fast), Fruit of the Loom, and Kraft. She has also worked her magic on Disney, Scholastic, Mondelez, and Girl Scouts of America.

As worldwide Creative Director on Slim-Fast, Barbara spearheaded its growth from a $220 million dollar weight-loss product into a $1 billion global lifestyle brand. She wrote “Milk, it Does a Body Good” for the Milk Board, and “We Fit America” for Fruit of the Loom. As co-founder and President of Brandvisioning, Barbara developed a proprietary ideation and consumer insight mining process for clients such as SC Johnson, Estee Lauder, Slim-Fast, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she led the team that re-branded this $8 billion dollar health care system and redefined the city of Pittsburgh. Barbara was part of the think tank that developed the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media, and is on the Board of the Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative.

Susan Spiegel Solovay - Partner, Creative Director

Susan's meteoric rise to Senior Vice President, Group Creative Director at NW Ayer and Grey was fueled by campaigns that jump-started growth for languishing brands. She is best known for creating “The Best Part of Waking Up is Folger’s in Your Cup,” one of the longest-running ad campaigns in TV history. Besides waking up the Folger's brand and propelling it to #1 in the category, she brought new life to brands such as Cuervo Tequila, Ban Antiperspirant, Duncan Hines, Jif Peanut Butter, Downy Fabric Softener, 3M, Scotch-Brite, and Sure.