Brand825 Ranks Among Highest-Scoring Businesses on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of Best Workplaces for 2023 Brand825 has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list in the Extra Micro category. Featured in the May/June 2023 issue and prominently featured on Inc.com, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture, whether operating in a physical or a virtual facility. Brand825 started as a passion project of Kedran Brush and Cindy Baker, two women with more than 60 years of combined marketing experience.

Meet Kedran Brush We were lucky to catch up with Kedran Brush recently and have shared our conversation below. Kedran, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a risk you’ve taken – walk us through the story? I subscribe to the saying, 'Nothing great comes from comfort zones.’ And that sums up the biggest risk I took in starting my own company. I’m a goal-oriented person and each year on January 1st, I write down 5-7 goals for that year. Some goals are big (like run a marathon) and some are smaller (like

Brand825 Wins Gold in 2021 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Brand825, a full-service marketing and creative agency that builds engaging and inspiring brands nationwide, has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in the Marketing Campaign of the Year - Energy/Nutrition Products & Services category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run—worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards. Brand825 won Gold for its work on a successful,

Brand825 Earns Two International Awards, Launches Redesigned Website Brand825, a full-service marketing and creative agency that builds engaging and inspiring brands nationwide, announced it has won two international awards—a gold PR World Award® and a bronze Women World Award®—recognizing its outstanding achievements as a startup agency. Brand825’s work on a successful advertising campaign for a national fitness brand won the gold PR World Award in the “Startup Agency of the Year: Full Service” category. Brand825 has grown revenue by 2,670 percent since the agency launched in 2016, which was the main

Nashville Business Journal Leadership Trust by Kedran Whitten, Co-Founder at Brand825 Kedran Whitten is cofounder of Brand825, a full-service marketing and creative agency that is passionate about building successful brands. The COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing short of destructive to the workforce in this country, particularly for small businesses. According to McKinsey, half of jobs at companies with fewer than 100 employees are vulnerable, compared to 40% of jobs at larger employers. When a business is struggling to make ends meet, tough decisions are made that often lead to furloughs, layoffs and budget cuts. In

Nashville Business Journal Leadership Trust Various article content provided by Kedran Whitten Kedran Whitten is cofounder of Brand825, a full-service marketing and creative agency that is passionate about building successful brands. There’s more to every job candidate than just their résumé. While a list of skills provides useful insight into how well an applicant’s experiences match the position requirements, it won’t provide enough information to help you know whether that person is the right fit for your organization. A candidate who appears perfect on paper may not quite “click” with the rest of the