Big Behr Design Co

Big Behr Design Co is an advertising, marketing and design studio serving Cedar Rapids, Marion and the wider eastern Iowa area. Founder Randy Behr set it up in 1994 and, since 2016, has run it as a freelance designer working from Marion. The studio produces the promotional tools companies need to launch, rebrand or grow.

What Big Behr Design Co offers

• Advertising: magazine, outdoor and direct marketing pieces.
• Branding and logos: identity work for new and established companies.
• Web design: responsive websites that work on computers, tablets and phones.
• Print and digital material: promotional pieces across print and digital media.
• Product and service launches: campaigns to raise awareness of something new.

Customers and markets

Clients span manufacturing, finance, technology, healthcare, education, construction, insurance, restaurants and many other fields, and many have stayed for decades. Current and former clients include Alliant Energy, Mercy Medical Center, Cornell College, CRST and The University of Iowa.

Key facts

• Based in: Marion, Iowa
• Founded: 1994
• Founder: Randy Behr, a graphic design graduate of Iowa State University and former creative director at Parsons Technology
• Recognition: several American Advertising Federation awards in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City