Author Archives for Jonathan Galbreath
October 13, 2021 4:16 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Brightly Creative, a full-service agency in the food and beverage industry, is looking for an experienced social media professional to guide strategy, develop content and engage with audiences in the consumer and B2B food and beverage space. Ideal candidate loves writing social content and possesses ideas aplenty to drive engagement and
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July 21, 2021 12:33 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Brightly Creative, a full-service agency in the food and beverage industry, is looking for another creative force to join our growing organization. With a small agency comes many hats and big shoes. As a candidate, you must be a confident, self-starting multi-tasker, willing to take and give direction. Strong design
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April 22, 2021 5:04 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
I remember the first, and the second time, I became a freelancer. A pretty easy career shift (all you have to do is say it to yourself). As a post-grad with an expensive, irrelevant-to-the-industry college education, I knew very little about anything. I was just a creative kid who believed
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December 14, 2020 5:32 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
I’ve been creating and re-vamping brands for over 20 years – quite a few have been Fortune 100/500. It’s been very rewarding. However, the most enjoyable projects have been with start-ups or small privately owned small to medium size business looking to take their brand to the next level. They
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January 23, 2020 4:14 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
I decided to stop drinking (well, at least for 365 days). I’ll spare you my reasons why. Because what I think is important is whether craft non-alcoholic beer is “good.” Can non-alcoholic beer replace the real stuff? My answer is NO. But, we’ve come a long way from O’Doul’s (which
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July 29, 2019 9:11 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Brightly Creative, an agency specializing in the food and beverage industries, is expanding its small team and hiring a full-time content specialist. Ideal candidate will be an experienced writer in short- and long-form content. Food writing experience is preferred but not mandatory. However, you should really have an appreciation of
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May 28, 2019 8:00 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
The concept of a traditional work environment has always been a challenge for me. Post-grad, I lasted two years in a cubical farm before attempting to define my own work environment. I feel I can now do that somewhat, and a key has been striking a balance between my personal
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March 12, 2019 10:00 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
I googled this topic just to see what other branding wizards had to say. So many “creative” folks regurgitating the same obvious factors as if each was the owner of these epiphanies. I would put most of the articles in the same folder with “25 Signs that Your Power is
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February 12, 2019 9:00 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
“Okay everyone, take a look at this. We put stuff in here and the move it over here. Everyone, look at this. From here we add this stuff and then cook it. Before we put it in here, it goes in there. After that, it goes into something smaller and
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December 5, 2018 2:27 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
2019…ehwhathuh?! Time flies, when you do it a lot for work. So much travel. So many balls up in the air. So many challenges, wonderful people and experiences. If I stop and think about my favorite things/experiences from 2018, it can be overwhelming. For me, the best thing to do
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September 5, 2018 7:48 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
This is our first “Tradeshow Express” post. In between the events we host for our clients, we exhibit on their behalf at A LOT of trade shows in the food and beverages industries. IFT18 was one of our stops this year. We didn’t see anything earth-shattering this year, but we
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May 9, 2018 8:37 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
The year is 2013. Our client, the National Honey Board, had started to field quite a few calls about the use of honey in the brewing industry. We knew it was an emerging market for honey, but we also knew it was a small market at the time. With a
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April 24, 2018 5:44 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
About this time last year, we ran into some folks from Les vergers Boiron at Craft Brewers Conference in Washington D.C. At that time, they were not focusing much on the brewing industry, but were looking for an agency that could bring them into the fold. Little did we know at
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April 23, 2018 9:34 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
We been working with S2G Ventures for some time now. Recently, we’ve worked on a refreshing their website to make it more responsive and easily updated by their staff – s2gventures.com. Working with content from an existing site and blog material from another blog format can be challenging. Over the
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April 13, 2018 8:05 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Photographers that own there craft, can be “spirited”. Often, being masterful can be confused with ego, and vice versa. Flying to Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the National Honey Board for a photoshoot at the tail end of last year landed us at the studio of esteemed Mark Boughton, Food
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January 20, 2018 4:27 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
The number of new craft breweries in the United States is exploding through the roof. The number of people drinking beer has remained stable. Something’s gotta give, and recently released sales stats from IRI Worldwide provide a bit of insight. I’ll attempt to mine this insight into a cognitive blog
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January 20, 2018 4:26 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
When: January 10-12, 2018 Why: American Beekeeping Federation’s Conference and Tradeshow Thinking about visiting Reno? Don’t. That’s probably a bit too harsh of an assessment considering I was only in the city for two days, and spent most of the time in a hotel at meetings. Still, the times I
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January 20, 2018 4:23 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
A blog post in which I join the countless others making predictions about what to expect this year in the food and beverage industry. Hopefully, I mined some insights in here others have not covered. Without further ado….predictions about the food and beverage industry in 2018. Authenticity will become imperative
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January 12, 2018 10:31 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
When: December 12-15, 2017 Why: National Honey Board Photo Shoot I’ve always struggled with getting a handle on Nashville. The city is in such growth and flux that every time I visit I find myself in a new pocket with new things to explore. This was my second trip to
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January 12, 2018 10:31 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Year one in the books, and what a year it was. If you’re not familiar with our origin story, check out this blog post from last year. In summary, we started Brightly Creative at the beginning of 2017 to follow our passions. To work with great clients in the food
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January 12, 2018 10:31 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
On any given day, you’ll find one of us on the road, somewhere in the United States representing our clients. We attend events, host our own events, teach classes and conduct intensive educational and technical seminars. All, for our clients. It’s one thing we take pride in at Brightly Creative.
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January 5, 2018 12:01 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
We work quite a bit in the beer industry, and we quite enjoy the products that craft brewers craft, from hazy IPAs to tart Berliner Weisses. Through our travels in 2017, we’ve had the opportunity to taste some amazing beers, whether it’s at one of the Honey Beer Summits we
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January 5, 2018 12:01 am
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Dates: April 10-14, 2017 City: Washington, D.C. Brightly Team: Keith, Jonathan and Alison One of my favorite shows of the year! Great beer, great friends, great coworkers and a new city to explore. Plus, three days talking about honey. What’s not to love about the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC)? Jonathan,
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January 4, 2018 11:24 pm
Published by Jonathan Galbreath
Follow your passion. Empty words for most professionals, as “passion” often doesn’t pay the mortgage, a tab at a Michelin-rated restaurant or college tuition for your kids. But what if it could? That’s the question we’re on a journey to answer with the launch of Brightly Creative, a new craft
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