Braintrust Creative

What Braintrust Creative does

Braintrust Creative is a private, founder-led experience design agency headquartered at 335 Curie Dr, Alpharetta, Georgia, operating since 2007 (firmographics year_founded). The firm delivers five interconnected service lines — environment design, event production, graphic design, motion graphics, and video production — covering strategy through execution including set design, LED content creation, brand identity development, immersive experiences, and production management. Its positioning emphasizes strategic creative context over content-only output, and the company explicitly references AI avatar filming and AI avatar training as part of its video production offering, though no proprietary AI platform is disclosed.

The business operates a professional services, project-based revenue model with custom quote-based pricing per engagement; the intake form segments projects across budget tiers ranging from under $5,000 to $500,000+. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales driven by a website portfolio and contact form, supported by partnership referrals from agencies and consultants such as Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment, Westfall Gold, Pure Melon, and Seth Bartlett. Marketing channels are concentrated on the company website, which organizes work by service and industry.

The customer base is split across large enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. Named enterprise clients include Chick-fil-A, ESPN, Amazon, Delta Airlines, Jaguar Land Rover, NCR Voyix, THINQ, and Winshape Foundation (and supporting source IDs), while faith-based and nonprofit engagements span Convoy of Hope, North American Mission Board, North Point Community Church, Perimeter Church, Stonecreek Church, Elevate City Church, and Orange. Leadership is founder-led, with Drew Kimball as Founder & President and Jeff Ponder as Vice President. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or institutional backing.

Name

Braintrust Creative

Legal name

Braintrust Creative

Website

https://braintrustcreative.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Braintrust Creative is an Atlanta-based experience design agency providing environment design, event production, graphic design, motion graphics, and video production services to enterprise clients including Chick-fil-A, ESPN, Amazon, Delta, and Jaguar Land Rover, plus faith-based and nonprofit organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Services / Experience Design Agency

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event Theming, Mood Boards & Concept Design (HSACAOAH)

Keywords

• Experience design services
• Event production services
• Creative agency services
• Video production services
• Brand identity design

Headquarters

HQ city

Buford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Creative Services: Braintrust Creative generates revenue through project-based creative services including environment design, event production, graphic design, motion graphics, and video production. The company accepts projects with budgets ranging from under $5,000 to $500,000+, indicating a custom pricing model for each engagement. Services are delivered as one-time project fees rather than recurring subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Braintrust Creative is an experience design agency that delivers project-based creative services for enterprise clients, including environment design, event production, graphic design, motion graphics, and video production. The company designs and produces brand experiences, immersive environments, live and broadcast events, LED content, and visual identities for major brands and non-profit organizations. Services span strategy through execution, delivered as custom engagements with project budgets ranging from under $5,000 to $500,000+.

Product overview

Braintrust Creative is an experience design agency that provides a comprehensive suite of creative and production services rather than a unified software product. The company offers five interconnected service lines: Environment Design (production sets, stages, lighting, immersive experiences), Event Production (consulting, direction, live/streaming/hybrid events), Graphic Design (brand identity, website, collateral), Motion Graphics (LED content, animations, explainers), and Video Production (brand videos, training content, AI avatar filming). These services work together to deliver integrated experiential marketing and event solutions for corporate clients. The company does not offer a standalone software platform but rather delivers project-based creative services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environment Design Design of physical environments including studio sets, stages, lighting, immersive experiences, interactive exhibits, trade show booths, brand activations, and wayfinding. Delivered to enterprise clients and organizations needing experiential spaces.
• Event Production Full-service event production including consulting, creative direction, production crew, live/streaming/hybrid events, run of show development, and scriptwriting. Delivered to enterprise clients and organizations staging conferences, donor events, and corporate events.
• Graphic Design Visual design services including brand strategy and development, brand identity design, website design, collateral/print/packaging, and event/campaign key artwork. Delivered to enterprise clients and organizations.
• Motion Graphics Motion graphics for live events, large format LED screens, motion toolkits, explainer videos, and logo animation. Delivered to enterprise clients and organizations.
• Video Production Comprehensive video production services including brand story videos, campaign videos, instructional design, studio rental, on-site capture, event recap, AI avatar filming and training, and voiceover. Delivered to enterprise clients and organizations.

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Westfall GoldminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWestfall Gold is a fundraising consultant partner that Braintrust Creative works with for Convoy of Hope's major donor weekends. Braintrust designs, animates, and cues all LED content for Convoy of Hope's events in collaboration with Westfall Gold.
• Pure MelonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPure Melon is an agency partner that Braintrust Creative collaborates with for Delta Airlines internal events. Braintrust creates and plays back content at Delta events.
• Van Wagner Sports & EntertainmentcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVan Wagner Sports & Entertainment tapped Braintrust Creative to build and manage a technical workflow for playing back video cues at the US Open. Braintrust designed, built, and ran a playback system for millions of pixels in the largest tennis stadium in the world.
• Seth BartlettminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSeth Bartlett is an agency partner that Braintrust Creative worked alongside to produce a full video training for MinistrySafe, including scriptwriting, casting, directing, set design, animated content, and post production.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• MKG (MKG Inc.): A creative agency specialized in brand experiences and event activations for global brands; directly comparable as a digital/experiential creative agency that integrates design, content, and live event production, similar in scale to Braintrust.
• Sparks: Global experience marketing agency delivering brand experiences, exhibits, and event content for Fortune-500 clients; closest comparable in category (experience design + production) with broader scale, useful for understanding the upper bound of what a similar model could become.
• Highmark Creative: Mid-sized creative agency producing brand environments, events, and video content for corporate and nonprofit clients; closely comparable boutique-scale peer with overlapping service mix (environment, motion, live event).
• Mosaic: Experiential marketing agency producing live events, brand activations, and content for enterprise clients; comparable positioning as an integrated experience-design and production shop serving similar enterprise verticals.
• INVNT: Global brand experience agency producing live, hybrid, and digital events for enterprise clients; comparable offering across environment design, content, and production services with similar blue-chip brand emphasis (Chick-fil-A, Amazon-style enterprise customers).
• Beutler Ink: Design and creative agency offering brand identity, video, and digital content for church/faith-based and enterprise clients; small-team creative services peer with comparable scope to Braintrust's brand and content offerings.
• The GATE Agency: Boutique full-service creative agency with deep event, environment, and content production capabilities; comparable size and customer profile (enterprise brand experience work) to Braintrust.

Broad incumbents

• 160over90: Endeavor-owned creative agency handling brand storytelling, content, and experiential for major sports/entertainment brands; competes for similar enterprise and sports-entertainment clients (ESPN, Delta, JLR-type roster) as Braintrust.
• Jack Morton Worldwide: Interpublic-owned brand experience agency delivering events, environments, and content for major global brands; competes for the same experiential marketing RFPs as Braintrust from the same enterprise customer set.
• George P. Johnson (GPJ): Largest pure-play experience marketing agency globally, with full-service event/experiential, content, and digital capabilities; serves the same enterprise buyer (CMOs, event teams) as Braintrust but at much larger scale and with multinational reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/braintrust
• Facebookfacebook.com/braintrustcreative

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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