Barkley

Kansas City, United States

Contact Information

1740 Main Street
Kansas City Missouri 64108
United States
Phone: 816 842-1500

Basic Info

Core Competencies: Full Service, Digital, Mobile, Social Media, SEO, Web Design, Shopper Marketing/Point of Sale/Sales promotion, Direct/Tele/Database Marketing/CRM, Experiential, Market Research/Consulting, Marketing Technologies/Analytics, Public Relations, Media Buying/Planning, Corporate Communication, Crisis Communication, Events/Sponsoring, Branding/Naming/Product Development, Packaging/Design, Design, Visual/Sound Identity, Strategy and Planning, Others, Healthcare, Financial, Institutional/Public Interest/Nonprofit, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Retail, Entertainment, Beauty, Fashion, Luxury Goods, Travel and Tourism, Consumer

Founded in: 1964

Employees: 550

Awards: 18

Clients: 35

Barkley

1740 Main Street
Kansas City Missouri 64108
United States
Phone: 816 842-1500
Jason Parks

Jason Parks

Chief Growth Officer

About Barkley

Barkley, a 2023 AdAge Agency Standout (Top 25) and a 2022 Adweek Agency of the Year Shortlist finalist (Top 10) is a full-service, independent creative idea company that helps build whole brands and their biggest possible future. We are committed to knowing modern consumers and employees better than anyone and are proud to be a Certified B Corporation with the firm belief that all brands, including ours, can be a force for good in the world. 

Languages

English, Spanish
Philosophy & Competitive Advantages

We solve communications, business and transformation strategy, media, social, measurement, analytics, public relations, design and experience challenges for clients.

For the past decade, we’ve gone all-in studying how modern consumers and employees think and act — and why some brands succeed, and others don’t. Our findings led us to evolve our own brand first, based on a model rooted in deep consumer insights. It looks like this: A purposeful, core idea inspires every action a brand takes, from business decisions to marketing ideas, in capability areas including sustainability, culture, products and services, design and experience, actions, PR, content and . . . yes, advertising. These shifts expanded the capabilities we offer to our clients, giving us opportunities to impact the kind of business decisions brands face that are typically reserved for consultancies — and connect them back to that singular, purposeful core idea that rallies all stakeholders around the brand.

This is what we call Whole Brand Thinking: The mindset cutting-edge organizations use to redefine brands and create massive change and growth, inside and out.

Whole brand thinking can solve for the complicated problems that result when the parts that make up an organization aren’t working as one, but it can also produce some pretty amazing creative that transcends across channels for a unifying consumer experience.

We’ve designed our model and mandate that ideas come from everywhere. This includes communications, business and transformation strategy, media, social, measurement, analytics, public relations, design and experience.

Our structure allows us to house multiple skill sets and disciplines under one roof, leveraging the right team at the right time. We believe the most powerful way to bring a brand to life is to unite a truly-integrated team with a vision for your brand’s biggest possible future. 

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