About

It’s exhausting struggling to grow your business with a generic brand identity and ineffective marketing. We're here to help.

With BBN Agency’s strategic design services, we help you break through the barriers holding your business back. Our beautiful brands and powerful digital marketing convert your prospects into customers.

Our Core Values

Integrity

We are committed to doing what is best for our team and for our clients. We will act ethically and communicate with candor, honesty and respect.

Humble Ambition

Our company exists to help clients achieve their goals and dreams. Their success is ours. We make every decision and measure every outcome based on how well it serves our customers.

Strategic Collaboration

We work together to find strategy-based solutions that get results and achieve success for our clients.

Balance

Our best self is our whole self. We believe in fostering an environment that encourages hard work while maintaining a thriving home life.

Meet Our Team

Nicole Ellis

Founder + President

Nicole is the founder and president of BBN Agency and also principal of the collaborative partnership Fort Worth Creative Suite alongside Lauren Cockerell. Nicole provides beautiful designs and powerful strategy that converts prospects into customers.

Nicole earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism with an emphasis in Advertising/Public Relations and a minor in Women’s Studies from Texas Christian University. She started her career in publishing, working as a graphic designer for a start-up magazine in 2007. Nicole made her way into the agency world in 2010, working for local branding and advertising agencies. In 2017, she launched BBN Agency.

More About Nicole

Wife and mom of two boys
Enneagram 1 + ISTJ
Runs on an IV drip of caffeine so she can somewhat gracefully balance family life and entrepreneurship.

Lauren Kwedar Cockerell

PR + Messaging Partner

Lauren is president of Kwedar & Co. BBN and Kwedar & Co. often team up on projects that require both content and design (as well as strategic plans) under our collaboration, Fort Worth Creative Suite. In addition to being collaborative partners, BBN and K&Co. also share office space.

Jessica Pickard

Operations + Project Manager

Jessica leads BBN operational and project excellence, supporting client and business needs. Jessica has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Murray State University. She is based in Kentucky.

Margaret Fry

Digital Marketer

Maggie supports our social media efforts and other digital marketing projects. In addition to her work with BBN, and our collaborative partner firm Kwedar & Co., Maggie has her own marketing consultancy, MF Concepts. Maggie earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Maggie lives in Austin.

Callie Pierce

Social Media Assistant

Since getting her Bachelor's in PR from Tarleton State University, Callie has dove head-first into the marketing and social media world and hasn't turned back. With her fun approach to authentic marketing and utilizing storytelling to develop strong brand voices, she creates great content for BBN and our clients.

Haley Deem

Production Designer

Haley supports BBN by producing print and digital graphics. She enjoys working collaboratively with clients and other creatives to find strategic and innovative solutions. Haley earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sam Houston State University and lives in the DFW metroplex.

Karlene Mercer

Executive Assistant

Karlene supports BBN in a variety of functions, helping the business run smoothly. She has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Public Health degrees from the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina. Karlene is based in South Carolina

In addition to the team above, we work with a network of trusted partners, so you get only the services you need, performed at the highest level, for a fraction of big agency rates.