Dec 5, 2025
Mike Perry is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of TAVERN, a Brooklyn-based creative agency focusing on food, beverage, spirits, and hospitality brands.
With 15+ years of success building industry-leading brands, Mike Perry made a name for himself both brand and agency side with stints at NBC Sports, Quaker City Mercantile, Stranger & Stranger, Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR), Design Bridge and TikTok. He has been behind some of the biggest rebrands in the industry, with clients including Budweiser, Beam Suntory, Burger King, and Diageo.
With Tavern, Perry has applied the agency's Modern Heritage
approach, creating timeless brands that take inspiration from the
past but reimagining them for contemporary tastes and standards.
With their signature branding philosophy, Perry and Tavern pair
strategic storytelling with archival stewardship, building brands
that resonate with today's audiences with recent work that includes
Sizzler Old Grand-Dad, Burt's Bees, Overholt Whiskey, and Old
Crow.
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