Lead marketing decisions
with the consumer subconscious

We leverage behavioral science + AI to develop deeper, more human insights for business growth.

Be more strategic
with your brand tracker

Our brand trackers inform positioning, messaging, and creative development with the power of conversational AI.

Discover better
jobs-to-be-done

Successful product innovation aligns with consumers’ aspirational identity. Are you ready to uncover the next great idea?

Creative briefs
that fuel thinking

Want breakthrough creative that drives business? Our methods go deeper so your brand appeals to consumers’ subconscious needs and desires.

What does your brand mean to consumers?

Does it match the identity and lifestyle they desire? The most influential brands connect functional attributes with symbolic meaning to align with who people want to be. This results in emotional connections between the brand and consumers.

Protobrand uses AI + Behavioral Science to identify the ideal connections between Functional, Emotional and Symbolic properties to optimize brand performance.

Transformational insights for business growth

Our expertise spans across key areas of your market research strategy

Product Innovation

At Protobrand, we take a different approach to innovation and recognize that innovations succeed when they are entrenched with consumer lifestyles and identities. We illuminate how products deliver meaning to consumers by addressing the values and beliefs that are central to consumers’ lives.

Brand Development

Iconic brands are cultural authorities that shape consumer lifestyles and identities. To manage the brand strategically requires an understanding of its functional, symbolic, and emotional dimensions and how these are woven into consumers’ sense of self.


Marketing Communications

The quality of creative is closely linked to the ROI of advertising. But what’s driving the quality of creative? Developing effective advertising requires deep insights about consumers so the brand can become a hero in their lives and help to achieve their desires.

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2026 l Chicago, April 15-16

Inspiration for Transformational Insights