# Dix & Eaton

> Dix & Eaton is a Cleveland-based, employee-owned marketing, communications and business strategy firm that helps organizations grow while protecting reputation and enterprise value. Founded in 1952 as an industrial advertising agency, it now works across crisis and issues management, investor relations, sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement, organizational change and marketing. Its 2023 acquisition of St. Louis consultancy Standing Partnership added sales enablement, alliance development and partner marketing, leading to a two-platform Grow and Protect model launched in 2026.

- **Founded:** 1952
- **Headquarters:** Cleveland, United States
- **Founders:** John Dix (Co-founder), Henry Eaton (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Grow platform, Protect platform, Investor relations, Organizational change and employee engagement, Creative, digital and analytics
- **Notable:** Named the nation's best midsized public relations firm twice by the Holmes Report., Became 100% employee-owned through an ESOP process that began in 2014., Acquired Standing Partnership in 2023, creating one of the larger employee-owned marketing communications firms in the United States.

## Products & services

- **Grow platform** — Standing Partnership-led growth strategy, sales enablement, partner and channel marketing, alliance development and insight-led marketing.
- **Protect platform** — Risk intelligence, crisis readiness, issues management, stakeholder engagement, sustainability and ESG communications, supported by an Anticipate, Engage, Mitigate approach.
- **Investor relations** — Strategic counsel and content for investors, annual reports, transactions, leadership changes and other material corporate moments.
- **Organizational change and employee engagement** — Communication strategy for transformations, restructurings, culture shifts, M&A and executive transitions.
- **Creative, digital and analytics** — Brand strategy, content, design, web experiences, measurement and AI-enabled audience and risk analysis.

## Achievements

- Named the nation's best midsized public relations firm twice by the Holmes Report.
- Became 100% employee-owned through an ESOP process that began in 2014.
- Acquired Standing Partnership in 2023, creating one of the larger employee-owned marketing communications firms in the United States.
- Built a 10-plus-year reporting relationship with Illinois Tool Works and a sustainability-reporting relationship with Huntington dating to 2018.
- Marked its 60th anniversary with a pro bono 60-for-60 community-service program.
- Helped pack 10,152 meals for Rise Against Hunger in two hours, as reported in its 2024 social impact report.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published guidance on strategic communications practices for earning community trust around data-center development.
- **2026-08** — Expanded its public thinking on community opposition to data centers and on protecting trust during industrial remediation.
- **2026-01** — Launched the integrated Grow and Protect framework across the Dix & Eaton and Standing Partnership operating groups.
- **2025-07** — Installed a new enterprise and operating-group leadership structure following President Lisa Rose's retirement from her full-time role.
- **2023-11** — Completed the acquisition of Standing Partnership; financial terms were not disclosed.

## Links

- Website: https://dix-eaton.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dix-&-eaton/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DixandEaton
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dixandeaton/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DixandEaton

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Last updated: 2026-09-24