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Starfish is a Brand and Creative Intelligence agency that builds brands for the integration of the human and AI universe. Headquartered in New York with offices in France and Florida, the agency has served clients for more than 20 years across brand experience, brand soul, brand coherence, and brand intelligence.
Starfish is a Brand and Creative Intelligence agency founded in 2002 by David Kessler. Headquartered in New York City with offices in France and Florida, the agency has served clients for more than 20 years. Starfish works through four expertise areas: brand experience, brand soul, brand coherence, and brand intelligence, expressing brands across the physical, digital, and AI worlds they now inhabit.
The agency employs fewer than 49 people and works with a minimum budget of $25,000 to $50,000 at an average hourly rate of $250. Starfish serves small businesses, medium businesses, and enterprise or corporate clients, positioning itself as strategically masterful, creatively human, and technologically powered.
Starfish offers branding, logo design, creative services, graphic design, web design, advertising, content marketing, business consulting, package design, and digital strategy. Expertise areas include advertising, branding, business consulting, CMS platforms such as Drupal and WordPress, creative work, digital marketing, graphic design, market research, product design, site builders, UI/UX, video production, and web design.
The agency serves legal, corporate services, automotive, health care, finance, government, transportation and logistics, real estate, professional services, and AI industries. Notable clients include PwC, Gallup, Dunkin', ADL, Baxter Pharmaceuticals, Avis Budget Group, Principal, Samsung, Hologic, Crisil, and the NYC Department of Health.
Starfish holds a 4.5 Google rating from two reviews, with reviewers describing the work as "Excellent" and expressing strong satisfaction. DesignRush reviews highlight the agency's strategic approach, creativity, timely delivery, and project management skills, with clients noting successful brand transformations across banking, nonprofit, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
The portfolio includes branding and web design work for Apollo Care, Hisense, Leaf Vodka, Weight Watchers, Maison Kayser, NYC, Atlas Air, Sharp, AST, Juvea, Hearts & Science, LiveOn NY, WPA, 18 Doors, Navigant, ERB, Lowenstein Sandler, ARZ, ADL, and Gallup. Starfish has won a C2A Integrated Campaigns award and a 2018 Rebrand 100 Global Award.
Services
- Branding
- Logo Design
- Creative Services
- Graphic Design
- Web Design
- Advertising
- Content Marketing
- Business Consulting
- Package Design
- Digital Strategy
Industries Served
Team Size
Pros
- Strategic approach blending qualitative and quantitative research with a thoughtful creative process
- Communicative, flexible, and timely delivery praised by clients
- Creativity and innovative advertising approach that stands out in competitive markets
Cons
- One client noted minor areas for improvement in a nonprofit branding project
Client Review Analysis
Google reviews are positive, with one reviewer rating the agency "Excellent" and another expressing strong satisfaction.