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IAN Leadership Summit 2026 — April 15th in Chicago

Indie Agency News Leadership Summit: April 15th in Chicago

Rolling coverage of our members and key stories in the independent agency world

An almost daily look at what Indie Agency News members are up to!

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Belfast indie launches a government-funded campaign that uses BAFTA-level filmmaking to confront Northern Ireland's rising road death toll
Danny Weisman and Barry Dan launched Obsessed Media to fix what holding companies won't: where your money goes and whether anyone sees it
Made Music Studio has been turning 3 seconds of sound into decades of brand identity — and the work they're most proud of is the stuff nobody knows how to categorize
Roberto Salas and his co-founders built a creator-led agency in Williamsburg — turns out, casting your team like a film crew makes better ads
Danny Weisman and Barry Dan launched Obsessed Media to fix what holding companies won't: where your money goes and whether anyone sees it
Made Music Studio has been turning 3 seconds of sound into decades of brand identity — and the work they're most proud of is the stuff nobody knows how to categorize
Roberto Salas and his co-founders built a creator-led agency in Williamsburg — turns out, casting your team like a film crew makes better ads
Katy Hendricks and a team of self-described weirdos have spent 26 years making every agency sound like the only one

Howard Moggs has heard it all. “We work with clients big and small, across all categories.” “We create breakthrough work.” “We’re big agency talent in…

Highdive, Born and Raised and Allen & Gerritsen made leadership hires this week that have nothing to do with filling vacancies
Doe-Anderson CEO John Birnsteel on investing your own money, keeping Maker's Mark for 50 years and why the long view beats the quarterly panic
Shannon Jones and Yadira Harrison join Christian Gani on the Year One show to talk about the realities of starting verb from scratch.
Belfast indie launches a government-funded campaign that uses BAFTA-level filmmaking to confront Northern Ireland's rising road death toll
Mike Bucchino of CYLNDR Studios on why the safest bet in advertising has nothing to do with famous faces — and the test that proves it.
PB& rebranded Oregon Humane with a new logo, illustrated characters and murals on the shelter walls — after 158 years, the outside finally matches the joy inside
Abalone Partners and Quality Meats on restraint, Gen Z blind spots and why the quietest ad in the room may have been the smartest
Why brands that lead with product value win when the economy tightens
The growing sense of belief, clarity, and earned confidence matters

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