Think Communications

What Think Communications does

Think Communications Inc. (DBA Think Inc.) is a Pittsburgh-based, privately held marketing and public relations agency founded in 1998. It sells integrated professional services—branding and advertising, public relations, market research, and content management—delivered through project-based engagements and ongoing retainers. The firm operates with a sales-led, relationship-driven go-to-market, evidenced by multi-year and often multi-decade client engagements (e.g., 10+ years with Sheetz, 15 years with De Nora & Hyde Marine, and a decades-long relationship with Philips).

The agency's offerings are organized around four verticals: Healthcare & MedTech, B2B Communications, Consumer & Shopper Marketing, and Higher Education & Non-profit. Customer evidence spans enterprise brands across these verticals—including Philips, Sheetz, Calgon Carbon, McDanel Advanced Ceramics, Mount Nittany Health, PBGH, Rite Aid, Primanti Bros., Invent Penn State, NALS, and the Center for Healthcare Solutions—indicative of mid-market and enterprise client concentration in the Western Pennsylvania and broader North American markets.

Technically, Think Communications does not disclose a proprietary product platform. It references a 'Media Intelligence' capability that analyzes cross-channel media data to inform advertising strategies, and mentions use of AI within its B2B Communications vertical for stakeholder mapping and account-based marketing. No APIs, SDKs, patents, or research publications are disclosed. Pricing is quote-based with no public rate cards, consistent with a custom professional services model. The company remains privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, parent entity, or M&A activity.

Name

Think Communications

Legal name

Think Communications Inc.

Website

https://thinkcreativity.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Think Communications Inc. (Think Inc.) is a Pittsburgh-based, privately held marketing and PR agency founded in 1998 that delivers branding, advertising, public relations, market research, and content management services to enterprise and institutional clients across healthcare, B2B, consumer, and higher education verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Marketing and PR Professional Services: Think Communications generates revenue through professional services engagements including branding, advertising, public relations, market research, and content management. Services are delivered to healthcare, B2B, consumer, and education/non-profit clients through project-based and ongoing retainer arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Think Communications is an integrated marketing and public relations agency that delivers branding, advertising, public relations, market research, and content management services to enterprise and mid-market clients. Its work spans healthcare and MedTech, B2B industrial, consumer/retail, and higher education/non-profit verticals, producing demand generation strategies, brand systems, earned media placements, and SEO-optimized content.

Product overview

Think Communications is a unified marketing and PR agency offering integrated service modules. The core portfolio consists of four main service lines—Branding & Advertising, Public Relations, Market Research, and Content Management—which work together as a comprehensive demand generation platform. These core services are delivered across four specialized industry verticals: Healthcare & MedTech, B2B Communications, Consumer & Shopper Marketing, and Higher Education Marketing. The agency combines strategic insight, creative storytelling, and data analytics to build revenue-driving solutions for clients across healthcare, technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, and education sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding & Advertising Strategic brand development and advertising services including brand strategies, logo systems, and brand guidelines ensuring consistency across touchpoints from print to digital, combined with media intelligence-driven advertising strategies. Targeted at enterprise and mid-market clients seeking to build brand awareness, loyalty, and search visibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Generated qualified meetings, multi-brand lead pipelines, and millions in attributable revenue for B2B clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PhilipscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerProven MedTech agency partnership with a global leader in sleep and respiratory care (SRC). Think Inc. collaborates with Philips SRC on comprehensive B2B/B2C/B2BC campaigns including product launches, branding, rebranding, and improved customer experiences. This is a decades-long relationship generating measurable sales demand meeting KPI/ROI metrics.
• SheetzcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFor more than 10 years, Think Inc. played a crucial role establishing Sheetz's reputation as more than a gas station. Helped develop new-market expansion process from PR to community engagement to grand opening events. Expanded role to include strategic product creative and recruiting advertising across six states and 300+ stores, helping Sheetz become a multi-billion dollar organization.
• Calgon CarboncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerWorked to help drive demand for Calgon Carbon's Granular Activated Carbon and Ultraviolet Light solutions for municipalities across North America. Deployed creative, advertising, public relations and industry communication to define and separate the brand, aiding sales development and new customer acquisition.
• De Nora & Hyde MarinecoreGTM or Marketing Partner15-year partnership helping Hyde Marine and De Nora enable shipowners and operators globally to improve ocean health with ballast water treatment technologies. Deployed sales-driving strategies including advertising campaigns, creative services, PR and content development, helping them emerge as leading maritime technology solutions.
• Invent Penn StatecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHelped launch Penn State's entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Commonwealth with comprehensive PR, content development, creative services, and advertising. Continues to support 21 LaunchBox and Innovation Network locations through work on Venture & IP Conference, Student Startup Week, and Global Entrepreneurship Week.
• Mount Nittany HealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered to launch and drive demand for the Joseph V. and Suzanne P. Paterno Women and Children's Health Unit. Developed strategies and tools to communicate Community Health Needs Assessment process, including public presentations, fundraising materials, and development case studies.
• PBGH (Pittsburgh Business Group on Health)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerDevelops and delivers strategies defining the employer-based business coalition - assisting this 40-year-old healthcare and benefits organization continue its mission. From PR to strategic planning, Think Inc. advances brand-defining messaging to elevate PBGH.
• McDanel Advanced Ceramics TechnologiesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHelps drive demand for McDanel's unique advanced ceramic technology products serving aerospace, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and healthcare industries. Provides strategic messaging, customer segmentation, PR, customer acquisition and sales enablement tools.
• Rite AidminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHelped reinvigorate Rite Aid brand and recast private label products through strategic multi-unit store positioning and creative services including photography, point-of-purchase and in-store promotional pieces designed to drive demand and topline sales.
• Primanti Bros.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvided strategic public relations services with a creativity backbone to drive demand for the menu, community commitment, and new market development for the nearly 100-year-old sandwich brand.
• Center for Healthcare Solutions (C4HS)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerDeveloped and launched the Center for Healthcare Solutions brand (formerly Healthcare Council of Western Pennsylvania) and continues to develop strategies that drive demand for its products, services and advisory role in helping hospitals and acute care facilities.
• NALS (North American Lutheran Seminary)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerHelped drive recruitment demand for more than 300 pastor and church leadership roles over the next decade. Provided creative services, public relations, strategic planning and fundraising/development support to help NALS ensure the North American Lutheran Church will thrive.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mower: Independent, employee-owned marketing, advertising and PR agency headquartered in Syracuse with multiple offices. Comparable in independent ownership structure, integrated service model, and B2B/consumer client mix.
• Marcus Thomas: Cleveland-based independent integrated agency of similar size serving B2B and consumer clients with brand, digital, PR, and media capabilities. Comparable as a Midwestern independent alternative to holding-company shops.
• Finn Partners: Mid-size global public relations and integrated marketing firm. Comparable in PR-led integrated offering, healthcare and B2B vertical strength, and project-plus-retainer service model.
• Gatesman: Pittsburgh-based advertising, PR, and digital agency of comparable size serving mid-market and enterprise clients. Most directly comparable peer given shared geography, full-service model, and similar client mix spanning B2B and consumer brands.
• Padilla: Mid-size integrated communications and PR agency with similar vertical emphasis on healthcare, B2B, and consumer. Comparable in scale, integrated service model, and emphasis on content and earned-media strategy.
• Brunner: Pittsburgh-headquartered integrated marketing agency offering advertising, digital, PR, and media services. Comparable in geography, service breadth, and mid-Atlantic enterprise client focus.

Emerging players

• BerlinRosen: Mid-size independent communications and PR agency with notable healthcare, B2B, and nonprofit practices. Comparable in integrated PR/marketing approach and mid-enterprise client profile; larger and faster-growing than Think Communications.

Broad incumbents

• Publicis Groupe: Global advertising and communications holding company. Competes for the same enterprise marketing and PR budgets at scale across Think Communications' verticals.
• WPP: Global advertising and PR holding company owning agencies such as Ogilvy PR, Burson, and Grey. Competes for the same enterprise clients (e.g., Philips, Sheetz) at scale with global reach that Think Communications cannot match.
• Omnicom Group: Global advertising holding company with PR and integrated marketing networks including FleishmanHillard and DDB. Overlaps in healthcare, B2B, and consumer verticals with Think Communications but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thinkcreativity
• Facebookfacebook.com/ThinkCreativity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/think-communications-inc

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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