About - KOSTAR*

KOSTAR* helps brands launch, grow and inspire.

After years of creating for the world’s largest brands at the advertising industry’s most respected agencies, KOSTAR* was born. We’re a strategic brand consultancy, creative and production services firm, delivering business building ideas and communications that are powerful, purposeful, and profitable. Based in New York City, we specialize in strategy, creative, video production, branding, campaigns, websites, events, presentation design, and more.

Let us play a supporting role in your success story.

Steve Keltz
Founder / Chief Creative Officer

An award-winning Creative Director, Steve spent much of his career in executive creative positions at the world’s most prestigious ad agencies including Ogilvy & Mather, Grey Global, and Digitas, working with global brands such as American Express, Chase, IBM, Sprint, and AT&T. He has also built and grown several disruptive startups including SendaGuy, Equip ID and ServiceChannel, a leading global provider of SaaS-based multi-site facilities maintenance service solutions serving more than 500 enterprise customers in over 70 countries across the globe including Apple, Nike, and Walmart. (ServiceChannel was acquired by Fortive in 2021 for US$1.2B).

Steve has also driven creative for leading brands including HBO, AETV, DirecTV, TBS, and TNT; as well as leading law firms like McDermott, Will & Emery, Fisher-Phillips and Reitler.

A passionate, inspiring leader with a demonstrated history of results, Steve is a skilled strategist, gifted storyteller, brand architect, and creative evangelist in B2B marketing across many industries including Technology, Healthcare, Hospitality, Finance, Entertainment, Law, and Global Facilities Management.

Always in the know and in the now, he brings a sense of wonder and passion to every new project.