Brands with bite.

About Bigmouth

We founded Bigmouth to be a different kind of brand and creative agency. We simplify the complex with everything we produce—from inspiring brand books and integrated marketing campaigns to employee communications and corporate websites. With strategy, that means using insights and emotion to shape your value proposition. With design, it’s about clean, human-centered storytelling. With content, it’s everything you need and nothing you don’t. And with technology, it’s about delivering an effortless experience. Creatives at heart, we always make our solutions as unique as they are useful.

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Collaborators

We are hybrid creative experts in strategic branding. After years of combined experience on both the agency and client side, we truly believe that the best, most engaging brands are the simplest. Easy to say. Hard to do. It’s probably why we’re overly-thoughtful about your business, or why we stay small to work shoulder-to-shoulder with you.

Jonathan Hart

Owner, Design Director

As Design Director, Jonathan approaches every project with a dogged thoughtfulness and a solution for every situation. He believes graphic design is the perfect blend of math, science and art. In his past life, Jonathan worked on accounts such as GE Healthcare, USG, SCA and Tork. He also played a key role in successfully branding several properties for international real estate firm Golub during one of the worst housing crises in history. A marathon runner and amateur chef, Jonathan has watched nearly every episode of “Battlestar Galactica.”

Jonathan’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder skills: Ideation, Strategic, Adaptability, Intellection, Input.

Cate Laga

Director of Client Services

Cate is a dedicated and driven leader with 16 years of account management, marketing and brand development experience. She has led successful engagements for B2B and B2C clients across various verticals including CPG, Retail, Auto, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Insurance and Education. She is a builder and facilitator of long-term client relationships based on trust and confidence. A proven leader and motivator, Cate is known for her positive attitude and outlook, organizational skills, and thoroughness in completing work. Cate is focused on being a strategic advisor to her clients and leading initiatives that drive results. When she’s not working, Cate enjoys being outside, trying new recipes and spending time with her 3 kids.

Cate’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder skills: Empathy, Discipline, Positivity, Communication, Harmony.

Joy Keller

Director of Digital Experiences

With a passion for all things web related, Joy has been helping companies run their online businesses for over 20 years. From implementing standards driven website designs, to managing large e-commerce stores, Joy is always focused on delivering the best user experience to the web. In the past she has worked with brands such as Paper Source, Bulletproof Coffee, Abbott Laboratories, Kroger and Chewy.com. When she’s not in front of her laptop, Joy can be found vegetable gardening in the suburbs, traveling to all the US National Parks and watching the Chicago Blackhawks.

Joy’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder skills: Empathy, Positivity, Developer, Consistency, Input.

Kap Coleman

Writer + Creative Strategist

A brand strategist with a background in writing, Kap is happiest when she can wear both hats — using creative expression to meet business objectives, bringing brands to life with words. Kap’s focus has been on brand voice, messaging, naming and innovation consulting for a wide variety of clients, including Google, Walgreens, MillerCoors, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Hyatt. Outside of the office, Kap can be found testing chocolate chip cookie recipes and taking too many photos of her rescue dog, Booey.

Kap’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder skills: Individualization, Responsibility, Futuristic, Analytical, Empathy.

Sarah Alexander

Creative Director

Sarah has produced innovative solutions rooted in human insights for Fortune 500 companies —such as Dell, Unilever, Motorola, PepsiCo, Gilead and Kimberly-Clark— for over 17 years. Her big-agency skillset and passion for storytelling helps her deliver breakthrough creative that builds brands and meets strategic goals. She enjoys copious amounts of coffee, reruns of The Office, walks in the woods and admits to putting everything bagel seasoning on literally… everything.

Sarah’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder skills: Strategic, Futuristic, Positivity, Responsibility, Includer.

Sonia Chadha

Project Manager

Sonia is an advertising professional with almost 20 years of experience working in Project & Resource Management. She has helped bring small to large scale creative visions to life— ensuring the delivery of flawless executions, on time and within budget. Some notable past clients include Unilever, IBM, Comcast, DuPont, Coca Cola, Kraft and MetLife. She’s a multi-hat wearing, task juggling, process driving collaborator who strives to deliver perfection. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, gardening and watching The Golden Girls–on repeat. As a native New Yorker, she’s always on the hunt for the best thin-crust NY style pizza around Chicago.

Sonia’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder skills: Empathy, Connectedness, Developer, Intellection, Maximizer.

“That’s not my job,”

SAID NO ONE EVER AT BIGMOUTH

Our Commitment

We believe purpose-driven business practices and higher standards of accountability in ethical, environmental and social stewardship allow us to leverage our voice to be a force for good. We challenge the traditional agency model by encouraging a culture of trust, celebrating close collaboration and diversity of thought, and enabling our teams to be adventurous through work/life balance.

We’re on a mission to build something to believe in:

Be Good

Fight for positive change and bring joy to people through creative excellence.

Be Bold

Challenge how we interact by engaging in meaningful communication and giving authorship.

Be Loud

Celebrate how we live by changing how we work through respect, collaboration and balance.