# Brighton Agency

> Brighton Agency is an independent St. Louis marketing and creative firm founded in 1989. It combines consulting-style strategy with advertising, brand design, content, media, public relations, digital work and video production, with especially visible experience in agriculture, pet care, consumer goods, healthcare and life sciences. Its most persuasive public work is translation: making seed genetics, childbirth education, biomanufacturing materials and pet nutrition understandable enough to act on.

- **Founded:** 1989
- **Headquarters:** St. Louis, United States
- **Products:** Brand strategy and identity, Integrated campaigns, Content and education, Video, motion and production, Media and public relations
- **Notable:** Founded in 1989 and marked 30 years in business in 2019., Reportedly grew from 40 employees and $31.6 million in capitalized billings in 2009 to more than 60 professionals and $81.8 million in billings over five years under Tina VonderHaar., Named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace in 2018 based on employee survey feedback.

## Products & services

- **Brand strategy and identity** — Research, positioning, brand foundations, identity systems, naming, packaging and refreshes, including Brighton's proprietary Brand Dimension process.
- **Integrated campaigns** — Creative development and campaign execution across advertising, digital, social, content and omnichannel media.
- **Content and education** — Long-form guides, technical storytelling, educational series, social assets and audience-specific content programs.
- **Video, motion and production** — Video production, sound, animation and mixed-media content created through in-house production capability.
- **Media and public relations** — Media planning and management, public relations, cause campaigns and launch support.
- **Digital experience** — Web development, digital campaigns, social media and interactive marketing.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1989 and marked 30 years in business in 2019.
- Reportedly grew from 40 employees and $31.6 million in capitalized billings in 2009 to more than 60 professionals and $81.8 million in billings over five years under Tina VonderHaar.
- Named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace in 2018 based on employee survey feedback.
- Produced Pampers childbirth education content that generated more than 4.6 million organic video views and engagements by May 2020.
- Brought the CRAVE pet-food brand and packaging from briefing to store shelves in six months; the design later supported global sales without a paid launch campaign.
- Won multiple regional Best of NAMA honors for Syngenta and NK Seeds work, including first-place entries and a Best of Show recognition publicized in 2024.
- Tina VonderHaar was named one of the St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Business Women in 2010 and Clayton Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Brighton leadership said the agency had spent six months building a foundation for digital transformation and expected to recruit creative technicians and AI engineers while assembling an advisory board.
- **2026-01** — Tina VonderHaar discussed leadership, oversight, in-office collaboration and St. Louis business priorities in a St. Louis Magazine Business 500 Q&A.
- **2025** — Brighton extended permanent offers to all four participants in its eight-week graduating-senior internship program; all four accepted.
- **2024** — The agency publicized multiple regional National Agri-Marketing Association awards, including Best of Show, for work with agriculture clients.

## Links

- Website: https://www.brightonagency.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brighton-agency
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brightonagency
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightonagency
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightonagency

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Last updated: 2026-09-24