Cornett

Cornett is an independent advertising agency in Lexington, Kentucky, owned and led by women. It works with established brands competing in busy categories, pairing creative ideas that get people talking with planned paid media campaigns to win attention and market share.

What Cornett offers

• Brand strategy — assessing where a brand can grow and where it can earn an advantage.
• Creative campaigns — ideas and brand moments designed to be shared and discussed.
• Paid media — planning and buying the media that carries those campaigns.
• Full-service production — taking ideas from concept through to finished work.

Who it works with

The agency builds long relationships with its clients; some partners have been with it for over ten years, and its average client tenure is ten years. It aims at brands in crowded spaces that need to outcompete larger rivals.

Key facts

• Based in: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
• Ownership: independent, female-owned and female-led
• Recognition: five-time winner of Ad Age Small Agency of the Year awards; president Christy Hiler named in Adweek's Women Trailblazers