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Taylor

Taylor is a New York-based communications agency focused on sports, food and beverage, consumer lifestyle, with international delivery.

United StatesReviewed by Adriaan Brits, MScLast reviewed August 20, 2026
Taylor website, captured July 2026
Website capture from July 2026

Company Snapshot

Agency name
Taylor
Website
www.taylorstrategy.com
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Additional offices
United States campaign coverage
Founded
1984
Employee range
Not publicly documented
Ownership
Privately held
Core services
Sports public relations, Earned media, Social strategy, Influencer marketing, Brand partnerships, Experiential, Purpose communications, Content
Industries served
Sports, Food and beverage, Consumer lifestyle, Health and wellness, Social impact, Entertainment
Geographic markets
United States, International sports and consumer markets
Languages
English
Key leadership
Maeve Hagen, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner; Mike Costabile, Chief Client Officer and Managing Partner; Christina Merritt, Chief Strategy Officer; Tony Signore, Chair
Credentials & certifications
Not publicly documented.
Typical client segment
Enterprise
Publicly stated minimum engagement
Not publicly documented.
Last reviewed
8/20/2026
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Executive Overview

Taylor is a New York communications agency with more than four decades of sports and consumer-brand experience. Its earned-first model uses cultural insight, partnerships, social strategy and public relations to build relevance rather than relying on media exposure alone.

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Market Position

The agency holds a specialist position in sports marketing and PR, with adjacent strength in food, wellness, lifestyle and social-impact work. It is best suited to brands that want to participate credibly in sports culture.

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Service Capability

Taylor delivers earned media, social strategy, influencer work, brand partnerships, experiential activation, content and purpose-led communications. Its public work shows a focus on audience behavior and cultural context before channel selection.

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Industry Expertise

Sports remains the defining discipline, supplemented by food and beverage, consumer health, lifestyle and nonprofit work. Chobani, Nulo and Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program illustrate the range from commercial brand growth to community impact.

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Geographic Reach

The agency is headquartered in New York and primarily structured around U.S. delivery, with international reach through global brands, sports properties and campaign partners. It does not present a large owned-office network.

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Digital Authority

The agency maintains a clear digital presence with visible practice pages, location detail and current thought leadership.

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Reputation Overview

Human editorial review places the greatest weight on current awards, memberships and named assignments; these signals support a measured, evidence-led view of the agency.

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Public Proof

Diageo’s 14 August 2025 client-side publication identifies Taylor as the campaign PR agency for Guinness’s United States “Lovely Day” program and reports 474 million impressions. Diageo attributes the impressions figure to Taylor, so it is treated as a client-hosted, agency-supplied outcome rather than independent measurement. Taylor’s own Chobani case separately reports an approximately 54 percent increase in video views and 7.6 percent follower growth, providing bounded evidence of social-strategy execution across two enterprise consumer brands.

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Technology Signals

The firm publicly integrates data, social and digital delivery into communications planning. Specific technology choices are not fully disclosed, so the assessment is limited to documented capabilities.

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Market Differentiators

Taylor’s distinction is the depth of sports culture experience combined with an earned-first philosophy. It treats attention as something a brand must deserve through relevance, partnerships and useful creative ideas.

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Comparative Intelligence

Compared with general consumer PR firms, Taylor offers deeper sports fluency. Compared with sponsorship agencies, it adds stronger narrative, social and earned-media capability around the activation.

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Public Sources Reviewed

  1. Guinness' Lovely Day in the United StatesDiageo · Public Proof · Accessed 2026-07-23

Methodology and corrections

Information was compiled from publicly available sources and contains independent editorial analysis. This profile was last reviewed on 8/20/2026.

This profile was prepared through human editorial review of Taylor’s official website and Diageo’s client-side campaign publication, checked on 2026-07-23. Company case claims were kept distinct from Diageo’s confirmation of Taylor’s campaign role, and performance figures were labelled by their stated source rather than treated as independently audited results.

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