Industry | Brand & Innovation Consultancy |
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Founded | 1983 |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | Cincinnati |
Key people | Sarah Tomes, Chief Executive Officer; Nathan Hendricks, Chief Creative Officer; Jesse McMullin, Chief Growth Officer; Valerie Jacobs, Chief Marketing Officer; Brent McCoy, Chief Financial Officer; Jerry Kathman, Founder & Chairman of the Board. |
Products | Branding, Experience Design and Innovation |
Website | www |
LPK (formerly known as Libby, Perszyk, Kathman Inc.) is a brand design and innovation agency headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. [1]
LPK’s origins trace back to 1919, when Cliff Schaten started an art studio called C.H. Schaten Studios upon his return to Cincinnati after World War One. [2] In 1959, seven of its employees purchased the company, renaming it Studio Art Associates. During the 1960s and 1970s, the company, which had been renamed Cato Johnson, opened offices in London, Brussels, Geneva, Paris, New York and Toronto. In 1975, Cato Johnson was acquired by advertising firm Young & Rubicam (Y&R), which continued to expand with locations in San Francisco, Hong Kong, São Paulo and Mexico City. [3] [4] In 1983, five Y&R employees—Mort Libby, Ray Perszyk, Jerry Kathman, Howard McIlvain and Jim Gabel—organized a leveraged buyout of the Cincinnati office and renamed the firm Libby, Perszyk, Kathman.[3] [5]
From LPK’s founding in 1983 until 1997, the late Mort Libby served as Chief Executive Officer, followed by Jerry Kathman, who served as CEO from 1997 until 2016. [6] In 2015, Executive leadership included Chief Executive Officer Jerry Kathman,[6] Chief Creative Officer Nathan Hendricks, [7] Global Development Officer John Recker, Chief Organizational Officer Phil Best [8] and Chief Financial Officer Dennis Geiger. [9]
In July 2016, the company announced the appointment of LPK’s next generation of chief officers: Chief Executive Officer Sarah Tomes, Chief Financial Officer Brent McCoy and Chief Growth Officer (previously Chief Insight & Innovation Officer), Valerie Jacobs. They joined Chief Creative Officer, Nathan Hendricks. Jerry Kathman now serves as Founder and Chairman of the Board at LPK. [10] [11]
Clients have included Bayer, [12] Coleman, [13] Expedia, US Bank, P&G, [14] Kellogg’s, [15] Mondelẽz, [16] SUNY and others.
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