The trade group for Ohio's craft beer makers has released an RFP for "branding services" to promote the Buckeye State’s fast-growing industry.
The seven-year-old, 107-member Ohio Craft Brewers Association hired its first executive director last year as it grew from a volunteer organization to a non-profit trade association.
Ohio is fourth in the country for craft beer production with more than 1M barrels in 2013 and is boosted by large regional (Great Lakes Brewing Company) and national (Sam Adams, Anheuser Busch) breweries.
The OCBA has not yet had formal branding, comms. or marketing and seeks a firm to take the reins. Proposals are due Oct. 10, but a notice of intent to submit must be in by Nov. 19.
Executive director Mary MacDonald ([email protected]) is handling the search.
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