Boathouse

Boathouse is an independent marketing and communications agency headquartered in Boston. It pairs consulting on where to invest for growth with the creative and media teams that carry out the resulting campaigns.

What Boathouse offers

• Growth architecture — helping leadership decide where to place growth bets, align teams and track results.
• Brand advertising — creative campaigns for organisations and brands.
• Strategic communications — public relations and corporate communications.
• Digital acquisition — paid digital media aimed at winning customers.
• Social media — planning and running social channels.
• AI, data and technology — applied AI and analytics used to inform strategy.

Who it works with

Its work includes healthcare and nonprofit clients such as Mass General Brigham, including its Cancer Institute, the American Diabetes Association and Eversource. It also led the Boston Employers Working Group and publishes an annual survey of how CEOs view their CMOs.

Key facts

• Offices: Boston, Washington DC and Silicon Valley
• Research: yearly CEO survey on the CMO role